Trumpeter Yazz Ahmed is known as the high priestess of psychedelic Arabic jazz. Though born in England, she spent part of her childhood i...

Kokoroko is an eight-piece Afrobeat ensemble based in London.  When trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey and Onome Ighamre were traveling in Ken...

MURS is an artist who raps from the heart. He isn’t afraid to allow listeners a searing look into his personal life, which in the past f...

If you’ve roamed the UK music festivals in the summer, you’ve probably encountered a singer whose songs stay in your head for days. That ...

Trumpeter/producer Josef Leimberg is one of those musicians who’s very well known to other players but not to casual music fans. He has w...

French native Hervé “RV” Salters works under the name General Elektriks. And work he does, as a keyboardist, singer, composer, and produc...

If Iggy Pop says a band is going places, people should stop what they're doing and take notice. False Heads is that band, providing a muc...

The impact of Aretha Franklin on the musical landscape cannot be overstated. Is there anyone in the English speaking world that does not...

A growing phenomenon known as the “sisterhood of the saxophone” has brought attention to a new generation of female sax players. And now,...

London-based R&B singer Bassette took a rather modest path to her art. It wasn’t until she heard a recording of herself from a friend’s k...

Khruangbin was born in a barn. The Texas trio sounds like they should be from San Francisco, yet they first teamed up in the tiny town of...

The London jazz scene keeps producing amazing new talent. The quintet Ezra Collection is one of the many ensembles that are reinvigoratin...

California girl Phoebe Bridgers wrote her first song at age 15. Later, her mom used to drive her to the monthly open mic nights at Ben Ha...

A jazz trio that plays modern, ambient pop?  Doesn't seem plausible, but it's one way of describing the Neil Cowley Trio.  Still, that de...

Barely out of high-school, Lindsey Jordan has already released her first album.  Lush, under her stage name Snail Mail, is Jordan's debut...

South London born and bred, Jamie Issac is among a new breed of crooners in the UK. Melding jazz beats with ambient soul, he crafts song...

Canadian sextet Brasstronaut was formed in 2007 by Edo Van Breemen and Bryan Davies in Vancouver. By 2009 the group had grown to the six-...