I feel like my generation, through groups like Black Lives Matter, is really focusing on that type of intersectionality—if one of us is not free, then none of us are free. The Navigator’s role is to tell the story, tell it to the people who don’t know their own story, so they can be free. […]
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Beatrix Players: Magnified
Formed in 2013, Beatrix Players is an all-female trio comprised of Amanda Alvarez (cello), Jess Kennedy (piano and backing vocals) and Amy Birks (lead and backing vocals). Hailing from Spain, Australia and Straffordshire respectively, the three musicians all met in London where they are now based. Effortlessly blending their eclectic musical backgrounds, the trio distils […]
Eyot: Innate
Formed in 2008 and based in Niš (Serbia), Eyot is a jazz band comprised of Dejan Ilijic (piano), Sladan Milenovic (guitar), Milos Vojvodic (drums) and Marko Stojiljkovic (bass). As a quartet, Eyot’s novel sound lies at the confluence of the acoustic jazz trio tradition and electric jazz-rock. Influenced of course by the many jazz fusion […]
Christine Ott: Only Silence Remains
Based in Strasbourg in Eastern France, Christine Ott is a classically-trained pianist, composer and a rare specialist of the Ondes Martenot. One of the early electronic instruments, the Ondes Martenot produces a distinctive and eerie oscillating sound often compared to a “celestial” voice. Several 20th century composers including Olivier Messiaen or Edgar Varèse for instance […]
Marika Hackman: We Slept At Last
From Hampshire and now based in London, Marika Hackman is a young Folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Closely associated with Laura Marling with whom she has toured extensively and with Alt-J producer Charlie Andrew, the singer has already released four EPs and several self-directed videos in 2013 and 2014. Out since February 2015 last on Dirty Hit Records, […]
Fox Capture Plan: Butterfly
Formed in Tokyo in 2011 by three musicians already active in three separate bands – Ryo Kishimoto on piano (Jabberloop), Hidehiro Kawai (Immigrant’s bossa band) on double bass and Tsukasa Inoue (Nhhmbase) on drums – Fox Capture Plan is a young trio playing an exuberant and infectious brand of contemporary jazz influenced by indie rock […]
