Albert Man - Say Something Loving - single launch

Albert Man

Albert Man
Dan Johnson
Joe Watt
Rachel George

Date - 7th February 2018
Venue - 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo, London, UK

Single launch Say Something Loving
Watch the video HERE

Rachel George

The award-winning, Manchester-born singer-songwriter Albert Man has established himself as one of the most creative songwriters on the London gig circuit. He performed at 12 festivals over the summer of 2017 including The Great Escape, Camden Rocks, Liverpool Sound City, Reverb Festival, Tramlines and Standon Calling. He also organises his own music festival, Music Makers Festival,
 www.musicmakersfestival.com.

Dan Johnson

Albert Man was featured on Best Of British Unsigned as “one to watch” for 2017 saying they “love Albert's sound”. This was swiftly followed up with him being chosen as their featured artist of the day twice and has been nominated for 'Best Unsigned Male' for their Unsigned Music Awards 2017.
Man had a sold out launch at St Pancras Old Church for his 2017 EP ‘Nothing Of Nothing Much’ (www.albertman.com/nonm) and the live recording has been released as a live album called 'Live At St Pancras Old Church' (www.albertman.com/live). His 2016 self-produced album 'Cheap Suit' (www.albertman.com/cheapsuit) won the 'Best Independent Album' award on the Alternative Friday blog.

Saarloos - 1901 Arts Club

Brian McGovern

Saarloos
Brian McGovern
Craig Gallagher
Gavin James
Andy

Date - 7th February 2018
Venue - 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo, London, UK

Craig Gallagher

Future performance
28th February 2018 - Abner Browns, Dublin, Ireland

Andy

Saarloos a new Irish band consisting of critically acclaimed songwriters, Brian McGovern and Craig Gallagher. Having formed a formidable songwriting partnership they felt a desire to perform their songs together onstage.

Gavin James

Gavin Wigglesworth, known professionally as Gavin James, is an Irish singer-songwriter. He was born in Dublin on 5 July 1991 and grew up in a household surrounded by music. James' great-grandparents were opera singers and his grandfather was a stand-up comedian and whistler. He began playing music in a rock band at the age of 8 and writing his own songs. By the age of 21 he began focusing on his songwriting and playing open mic nights. In 2013, James independently released the single "Say Hello", which won the Meteor Choice Award for Song of the Year. By 2015, James had signed deals with Sony in Europe and Capitol Records in the US.

Hattie Briggs - 1901 Arts Club

Hattie Briggs

Hattie Briggs

Date - 7th February 2018
Venue - 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo, London, UK
Album - Hide EP (2017)

Future performance 2018

Feb 24 - Bournemouth Folk Club Presents John Smith at the Shelley Theatre

Mar 03 - Roundhouse Rising - Round our Place, London, United Kingdom
Apr 07 - The Spring Arts Centre, Havant, United Kingdom

Apr 08 - Twickfolk, London, United Kingdom

Apr 29 - Glad Cafe, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Apr 30 - Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, United Kingdom
May 01 - The Basement, York, United Kingdom
May 02 - The Kings Arms, Manchester, United Kingdom
May 05 - Cafe Kino, Bristol, United Kingdom
May 06 - St James Wine Vaults, Bath, United Kingdom
May 07 - Rough Trade, Nottingham, United Kingdom
May 08 - Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hattie Briggs

Hattie Briggs is a 24 year-old singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Named Fender Undiscovered Artist of the Year 2017/2018 in November 2017, Hattie won the prize of supporting Lucy Rose at the prestigious O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.

Since making the decision to drop out of a Russian degree in her second year at Oxford University after being shortlisted for a BBC Radio 2 Young Musician award, she has released several EPs, two albums, had airplay on BBC Radios 1, 2, and 6 Music, and embarked on tours around the UK, the Netherlands and the U.S.

During her travels she has performed at over 400 gigs, house concerts and numerous festivals (both local and nationally renowned) and supported well known bands and artists, including Lucy Rose at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, Ward Thomas at O2 London Brooklyn Bowl, John Smith, Blue Rose Code, Tom Williams, Lauren Aquilina, Stornoway, Jamie N Commons, Seth Lakeman and Grant Nicholas (Feeder).

Gary Willcox Quartet - The Archduke

Gary Willcox

Gary Willcox Quartet
Gary Willcox - drums
Stephen Main - saxophone
Ross Stanley - piano
Oli Hayhurst - bass

Ross Stanley

Date - 3rd February 2018
Venue - The Archduke, Waterloo, London, UK
Gary Wilcox Qrt on YouTube HERE

Future performance

14th July 2018 - Gary Willcox Qrt. at Swanage Jazz Fest

Oli Hayhurst

The Gary Willcox Quartet has been playing together since 2008. Each member has developed strong individuality and profile through years of experience playing with many of the UK’s leading jazz/folk artists (Iain Ballamy, Gilad Atzmon, Bobby Wellins, Brian Finnegan, Ian Shaw). They play a mixture of original material & material of some of the masters of the idiom (e.g. Charlie Parker / Wayne Shorter) , arranged for the band’s own purposes.

“A versatile band with a rich, emotive sound: three powerful yet thoughtful soloists propelled by a lively, rustling drummer, playing open, attractively airy music imbued with just the right mix of punch and wistfulness.”
Chris Parker

Stephen Main

Born in 1972 and from Shepperton, Middx, Gary Willcox started playing the drums when he was 10 years old, with encouragement from his father, himself a musician. He quickly became fascinated with the great jazz drummers Buddy Rich, Max Roach & Art Blakey and through them discovered the whole world of Jazz. In 1988 Gary started formal drum studies with renowned drum kit teacher Trevor Tomkins. Gary went on to study orchestral percussion at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Gary has been playing around UK & European jazz scene since the mid ’90’s, performing with the likes of Jim Mullen, Ian Shaw, Chris Batchelor, Chris Biscoe, Iain Ballamy, Alex Garnett.

Portico Quartet - Roundhouse, Camden

Duncan Bellamy

Portico Quartet
Duncan Bellamy - drums and electronics
Jack Wyllie - saxophones and keyboards
Milo Fitzpatrick - electric and double-bass
Keir Vine - keyboards

Jack Wyllie

Date - 3rd February 2018
Venue - Roundhouse, Camden, London, UK
Current album - Art in the Age of Automation (Gondwana Records, 2017)

Future performance 2018
Apr 05 - Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
Apr 06 - Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Apr 26 – CBE, Cologne, Germany
Apr 27 – Lido, Berlin, Germany
Apr 28 – Mojo, Hamburg, Germany
May 09 – E-Werk, Erlangen, Germany
May 10 – Ampere, Munchen, Germany
May 11 - Grelle Forelle, Vienna, Austria

Milo Fitzpatrick

Part of In the Round at the Roundhouse (Camden) Portico Quartet performed music from their fourth studio album Art in the Age of Automation, as well as luminous classics from their much loved back catalogue, and live debuts of previously unheard new music.

Keir Vine

Mercury Prize-nominated Portico Quartet have always been an impossible band to pin down. Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, the group created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of three studio albums, from their 2007 breakthrough Knee-Deep in the North Sea, and 2010 John Leckie produced Isla, to the self-titled recording Portico Quartet in 2012. Now rebooted as Portico Quartet, with the return of Keir Vine on hangs and keys after a brief spell as the three-piece Portico, the group released their fourth studio album Art In The Age Of Automation on forward thinking indie jazz and electronica label Gondwana Records in August 2017. It’s been hailed as possibly their finest album yet, with the band simultaneously delivering both a return to their mesmeric signature sound and fresh new sonic departures in their new music.

Bahla & TootArd - AWIL double-bill

Joseph Costi

A double-bill of sensational bands on this A World in London - Bahla and TootArd!
Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-31st-january-2018/

Tal Janes

Date - 31st January 2018

Venue - A World In London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Ines Loubet

Bahla
Joseph Costi - piano
Tal Janes - guitar
Ines Loubet - vocals
Andrea Di Biase - bass
Ben Brown - drums

Current album - Imprints (2017)

Ben Brown

Future Performance
2nd FEB 2018 - Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich
14th FEB 2018 - The Holt, Sheffield
15th FEB 2018 - The Basement, York
16th FEB 2018 - Jazz Cafe, Newcastle
18th FEB 2018 - The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
19th FEB 2018 - Guild Sessions, Lincoln
20th FEB 2018 - The Peer Hat, Manchester
21st FEB 2018 - Speakeasy, Torquay
22nd FEB 2018 - Broomhill Arts, Barnstaple
27th FEB 2018 - Pizza Express Soho, London

Andrea Di Biase

Bahla opened our show with their wonderful atmospheric concoction of cinematic jazz weaved around Jewish folk music. This five-piece group was formed in London just two years ago by Venezuelan pianist Joseph Costi and guitarist Tal Janes. Along with Andrea Di Biase on double-bass, drummer Ben Brown, and the sublime vocals of Ines Loubet Franco from Portugal, they’ve just released their debut album, ‘Imprints’, and you can catch them on tour across the UK from February 2nd. Their London date will be at Pizza Express in Soho’s Dean Street on February 27th! www.bahla.co.uk

Tootard
Hasan Nakhleh
Rami Nakhleh

Current album - Laisser Passer (2017)

Future Performance
2 FEB 2018 - Cobalt Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
3 FEB 2018 - Celtic Connections, Glasgow

Rami Nakhleh

Next up on this AWIL were Hasan and Rami Nakhleh from TootArd, who’d just flown in from Paris and are set to play Rich Mix on February 1st! TootArd’s superb album ‘Laissez Passer’ has stirred up a whole heap of excitement on the international scene since it emerged last year. Their tracks marry rock guitar with classical Arabic sax,  painting in Maqam riffs and Levant-tinted desert blues, filtered through deep dubby Reggae bass lines and compelling Maghreb rhythms. This charged and infectious winning musical formula of traditional meets urban has been handed down from their father and gleaned from YouTube, whilst their lyrical themes centre around the natural world, love, and travel. This latter point is a poignant one for TootArd having grown up in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Their idyllic small village in the Majdal Shams mountains is constrained by borders yet inhabited by people restricted by their ID pass - Laissez Passer - leaving them effectively stateless & without a sense of belonging. But in TootArd’s case, their bold, unique, and inventive sounds qualify them as citizens of the world-class musician community, and fortunately for all of us, a musical passport to freedom. Find out more here: https://www.tootard.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tootard/                                                                      

Hasan Nakhleh

31/1/18 – AWIL 152  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-31st-january-2018/  Production & pics by Sofia Gaetani-Morris, Norman Druker, Sophie Darling,  and sketches by Alban Low. Also this week non-stop global music at SOAS. Click: https://soasradio.org/music/episodes/a-world-in-london-248  Next week Amanda Noar’s Impact Theatre Co. at SOAS and London’s Night Czar Amy Lamé at Resonance! [http://#AWorldinLondon – IN ITS TWELFTH YEAR! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4  www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio  mixlr.com/soasradio  ]#AWorldinLondon – IN

47Soul - Shamstepping out

Z The People

47Soul
Z The People زين الناس
El Jehaz الجهاز 

Date - 24th January 2018

Venue - A World InLondon, Resonance FM, London, UK
Album - Balfron Promise (2018)

Future performance UK 018

2 Feb - Jazz Cafe, London

3 Feb - Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Truro

9 Feb - Band on the Wall, Manchester

14 Feb - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

15 Feb - Harley Hotel and Bar, Sheffield

16 Feb - 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool

17 Feb - Mama Liz's Bar, Stamford

24 Feb - Trinity Centre, Bristol

9 March - The Mash House, Edinburgh

10 March - Cobalt Studios, Newscastle

Shamstep super-group 47 Soul on this A World in London!
Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-24th-january-2018/

El Jehaz

It’s been just four short years since the guys from 47 Soul moved to London, stamping their electrofying sound on British soil, wowing muddy festival-goers from Glastonbury to WOMAD. On February 2nd they’ll launch their first full studio album, ‘Balfron Promise’, with an un-missable showcase at the Jazz Cafe. The quartet met in Jordan 2013, forming an alliance built on their individual music-making skills, and as four individual souls rooted in Palestine. As you’ll hear in this AWIL interview with Hamza (El Jehaz) and Ramzy (Z the People), interspersed with extracts from Balfron Promise, 47 Soul are powerful communicators, employing words & music perfectly in the art of expression. Their lyrics, sung in Arabic and English, are challenging and thought-provoking, exposing truths and correcting history, all framed within a turbo-charged, multi-layered concoction of Arabic riffs, vocal choruses, and blistering hip-hop beats. 47 Soul own this new genre Shamstep, and it’s expertly designed, providing a stepping stone into Middle Eastern sounds fused through urban London. This accessibility resonates with their overall message which is about connecting people through the common language of music and stitching fractured communities back together. The time has come for repair, not rage, and 47 Soul are the ideal diplomats to build bridges.
Find out more and check dates for their UK tour at www.47soul.com
                                       

Mareia Zarbek

24/1/18 – AWIL at Res 151  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-24th-january-2018/  Production & pics by Sofia Gaetani-Morris, Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Mareia Zarbek, and sketches by Alban Low. Also this week global percussionist Elizabeth Nott at SOAS. Click: https://soasradio.org/music/episodes/a-world-in-london-247  Next week non-stop music at SOAS and Bahla at Resonance! [http://#AWorldinLondon – IN ITS TWELFTH YEAR! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4  www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio  mixlr.com/soasradio  ]#AWorldinLondon – IN ITS TWELFTH YEAR! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4  www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio  mixlr.com/soasradio  Support the Resonance fm FUNDRAISER!!! https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/