What the Press are Saying About Spellbound Stories...

Being interviewed on Arise TV

I am so grateful for the support of those who pledged to my campaign and/or supported my music by coming to the album launch last week.  Thank you!

The album is now officially released and on sale at Amazon and Bandcamp.

Buy from Amazon

Buy from Bandcamp (also available as high quality audio files or mp3s)

It's had amazing reviews so far including this 5-star one from BBC Music Magazine!

It was also jazz album of the week in the Sunday Times.

And the Guardian said:

It's been a busy, busy month!  As you can see from the photo at the beginning of this blog, I was on TV talking about Spellbound Stories - my first ever television interview.  That was a lot of fun!  And there's a feature in July's Jazzwise - a great interview and a 4-star review.

I've also been interviewed on radio and you can listen to recordings of the shows on Hoxton Radio (Jazz Standard) and Croydon Radio (JazzBeat).

Last but definitely not least, there are the blogs:

Interview on London Jazz
Review of album launch at Pizza Express on Marlbank
Reviews of album on LondonJazz, Bebop Spoken Here, JazzViews, Sandy Brown and All About Jazz

I'm so pleased with the response the album's been getting.  Huge thanks to the journalists for their reviews and to the presenters for having me on their shows.

Next stop - Italy. I have just one month to brush up on my basic Italian!

Derby, Tuscany and Countdown to the Launch of the SS (Spellbound Stories) Album

Castello Pasquini

Great news - I've been booked for some tour dates in Tuscany, Italy.  Love Italy and all things Italian so I'm really looking forward to it!  I'll be working with some great musicians, the Daniele Gorgone Trio. 

23 July - La Spezia
24 July - Livorno
25 July - Pisa
26 July - Rosignano Marittimo (at a festival taking place at the beautiful Castello Pasquini pictured above)

Closer to home, I had a lovely time at my first performance in Derby.  We performed a family-friendly show of Spellbound Stories organised by excellent musician/promoter Corey Mwamba who is doing such great things for jazz, especially in Derby.  It had been a while (since October last year) that we'd played the songs and I'm so excited that we'll be performing them again very soon for the launch at Pizza Express Jazz Club on 18 June.  Tickets are available here:

http://www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk/jazzBook.aspx?showId=b94d9d1a-7cdc-481a-914f-03df585d347b&showDateId=8280

More good news - the PledgeMusic target was achieved!  Thanks so much to everyone who pledged.  I appreciate it a lot.  You can still pre-order the album and other exclusives up until the release date of 22 June.  And remember, 10 per cent goes to Amnesty International.  Just click the link below:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/spellboundstories

I was very happy to learn that Forbidden Fruit (the track inspired by Alice Walker's "The Color Purple") was played on BBC Radio 3's Jazz Line Up by Julian Joseph at the beginning of this month.  And there was a mention about the album release in the June edition of UK magazine Jazzwise.  Exciting to have received the first bit of press and some radio play for the album!