Guardian Music — Joy Orbison, LondonPeter O'Grady, the DJ and producer with arguably the dance world's best pseudonym, is someone having the best of both worlds. He's reassuringly underground (he says his influences include GG Allin and Martin Hannett) and he hasn't ... more info

Chicago Tribune — City Winery Chicago, a 300-capacity concert hall in the West Loop, will open Aug. 1 and announced a full slate of performers Tuesday for the 2012 season, including singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, gospel great Mavis Staples and jazz vocalist Kurt Elli... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT)Jazz Bigband Graz was founded in 1998, and has devoted itself to a world music mix from Europe and Africa, and traditional jazz methods coloured by contemporary electronica. Kurt Elling, Take 6 and Jon Hendricks have all guested with JBBG, and t... more info

Guardian Music — NME Awards Tour, On tourOnce solely the preserve of young guitar slingers, the NME Awards Tour has lately evolved to offer some different takes on the traditional rock diet. It's a tough assignment, of course. Do you serve up the wildest newcomers? O... more info

Guardian Music — Friendly Fires, On tourFriendly Fires are a band whose music is flying through the 1980s. Having started with streamlined punk-funk, full of wild drumming and guitar thrashing, they've now arrived at 1983 and Club Tropicana. The band's current album ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — 'She's got a special way,' Herbie Hancock says of the singer-songwriter. He's on the 'Joni's Jazz' bill with Wayne Shorter, Kurt Elling and many others.An eclectic group will assemble onstage Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl to riff on the work... more info

Guardian Music — Eloquent jazz vocalist who drew on the raw passion of the bluesThe reputation of Joe Lee Wilson, the jazz vocalist, who has died aged 75, never matched those of such male stars as Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy or Kurt Elling – yet his eloquent bariton... more info

Guardian Music — 2009: Number 48 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicHowever hairy it gets, jazz has always had a smoother, more moisturised cheek to turn to the public, on soundtracks, adverts and as supper club background fodder. Jazz voc... more info

Guardian Music — (Dreyfus)Richard Galliano, the great French accordionist, adapted Clifford Brown's jazz trumpet solos to the instrument as a teenager and (as he recently confirmed on vocalist Kurt Elling's memorable London gig) jazz ideas drive him, despite a worl... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIn less than a decade of UK appearances, the Chicago jazz vocalist Kurt Elling has ascended from intimate performances for a handful of people to the standing ovation he received at the Barbican. An imaginative bill partnered him with... more info