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Track of the Day: If Ever I Would Leave You – Jo Harrop

A knockout version of a Lerner and Loewe classic is the first newly released Jo Harrop recording in a while and marks a return to the song that the acclaimed north-east of England singer has already successfully recorded.

Track choice

8 March 2026

Bex Nash and Sara Colman photo Olivier Burnside

Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash, Ribbons Vol. 1, Stoney Lane ****

A brooding, serious work stocked with more than a few great moments.

1 March 2026

The James Hunter Six, Off the Fence, Easy Eye Sound

Uplifting instant sunshine

Album of the Week

19 January 2026

Rufus Wainwright with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Wainwright Does Weill, Pacific Jazz Orchestra / Thirty Tigers

Crackles with life enough to conjure Kurt Weill's depictions of colourful trouble and strife.

Album of the Week

24 November 2025

Theo Bleckmann, Love and Anger, Sunnyside

Maybe too wide a choice of material in the blend. But Labi Siffre, Beatles and Janis Ian songs work more than well on this latest which is new from the Kate Bush loving singer Theo Bleckmann.

Reviews

13 November 2025

Dena DeRose, Mellow Tones, HighNote Records **** recommended

One of the very best jazz vocals albums we have come across this year. Album of the Week

Reviews

6 June 2025