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Preview: Major Free Jazz Festival In Dalston

The Vortex Jazz Club and adjoining Gillett Square host a major music event this weekend.

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Listen Up: Lazy Habits Interview

Hailing from Hackney and vehement defenders of the 7″ vinyl format, Lazy Habits are cross genre, combining big band and hip-hop sampling sounds to give you the mariachi horn. Their first few releases – Even Out, Please People, and EP – have reached cult status, …

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Ba Doo Be Doo Bah Skat Dadley Doo Jazz Jazz – London Jazz Festival Hits Town!

With a program that consistently attracts a host of wonderful performers and where living legends appear alongside rising stars, London Jazz Festival (LJF) opens at The Barbican this Friday with a spectacular celebration of 100 years of songwriting. Led by trumpeter/arranger extraordinaire Guy Barker, a …

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Interview: James Hesford Of The Working Classical Music Orchestra

The Working Classical Music Orchestra regularly performs unusual pieces of music with a classical leaning; a recent performance included parts for a bingo caller and a terminally ill patient. Xstream East Radio’s Nikk Quentin Woolf spoke to its leader, composer James Hesford ahead of the …