jazz
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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Yes, She’s Ready
For legendary jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, the upcoming weekend allows her to continue exploring her roots, following the release of new album ‘Memphis, Yes, I’m Ready’. She tells Mike McGrath-Bryan about her journey to date. The body of work that Dee Dee Bridgewater has created in four decades of music and stagecraft is a…
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The Bonk/Fixity: Improv Jazz & Psych-Rock Exploration
One of the sleeper hits of the Jazz Festival is set for upstairs in the Roundy on Castle Street on the Sunday night, as psych-rock outfit The Bonk launch their new album with Leeside jazzists Fixity in a double-headline show. Mike McGrath-Bryan investigates further. Since debuting in earnest in 2015, The Bonk have been on…
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