Guardian Music — Soul man Geno Washington promises to get the party started, while Suggs plans a classical 'Baggy Trousers'Anna Calvi, singer-songwriter (performing 16 June)What do the Kinks mean to you?I remember my dad putting on "Waterloo Sunset" and being struck ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — 3 songs from the debut album "Early In The Morning" from James Vincent McMorrow. Dublin’s James Vincent McMorrow will be returning to the US this June for a handful of solo west coast dates opening for The Civil Wars. The dates currently b... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Acoustic, Surf, Singer Songwriter - David Collins - 'Above The Clouds' (Expat Records) David Collins is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and producer who has released his first album to critical acclaim. "Above the Clouds" is a beach chil... more info

Guardian Music — Various venuesThe fight through teeming crowds to get to Herbie Hancock's Royal Festival Hall show suggested that the 2010 London jazz festival was breaking all records – until I pondered whether the Lord Mayor's South Bank fireworks might have a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jazzlover said... :::Jazz Europe Express – U.K.::: National Health - Of Queues And Cures (1978) http://jazzarchives.blogspot.com zero said... - Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways - Erwin Geschonneck - "Widerstand und Anpassung - Überl... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz Voice, a celebration of the last 100 years of popular song, opens the 2010 London Jazz festival tonight. Song arranger and conductor Guy Barker kept a diary in the run-up to this year's eventJune 2010Writing around 22 arrangements for a 42-piec... more info

Guardian Music — Of all the acts at the London Jazz festival, there is no one to compare with the sixtysomething starThe 10-day London Jazz festival opens at London's Barbican on Friday night with Jazz Voice, the vocal extravaganza we have now come to expect on this ... more info

All About Jazz — Pianist-singer Mose Allison is perhaps rock's least likely muse. A Southern blues singer-pianist, Mose's lyrics are sophisticated and riddled with puns while his voice has a distinct twang. But it's this subversive originality and "who cares" approac... more info

The Vinyl Villain — CARRY ON CAMPINGWhen you read this I will be under canvas again for only the second time in my life. Knebworth was the first which I shared with you last time. It remains to be seen whether there will be a third.This time I am told it will be a comp... more info

Guardian Music — Giles Oakley writes: It was good to see recognition given to the contribution of the pianist Johnny Parker (obituary, 22 June) on Humphrey Lyttelton's 1956 hit single Bad Penny Blues, a significant record that played a key role in creating a widespre... more info