Blues and Soul Music Magazine

Tems: Somerset House Summer Series, Strand, London 7/7/22

What better way to kick off the Somerset House Summer Series then with Nigerian Afrobeat star Tems, whose recent Glastonbury performance was one of the festival's biggest highlights...

Ibrahim Maalouf: Barbican, London 11/07/22

The main part of the show was dominated by surging and thunderous horn blasts of Arabic riffage that is frankly intoxicating...

Gladys Knight: Royal Albert Hall, London 20/7/22

For an artist of such longevity, the Royal Albert Hall was the perfect place for one of soul music's most regal figures. At the age of 78, Gladys Knight remains a compelling stage presence...

Herbie Hancock: Barbican Centre, London 22/6/22

It was little surprise, then, to see the Barbican Centre in central London packed when the jazz luminary, now aged 82, came to town days before his Glastonbury performance...

Ziggy Marley: O2 Academy Brixton, London 26/6/22

When it was announced that Ziggy Marley would be at the O2 Academy Brixton performing his father's hits, it was little surprise the queues were snaking around the building before the venue opened...

Jay Electronica: Jazz Cafe, Camden, London 31/1/22

It was a massive coup by Camden's Jazz Cafe to secure four nights with a rapper with such a massive profile, and hip hop lovers got the chance to catch him up close...

Headie One: O2 Academy, Birmingham 18/11/21

Lyrically Headie One delivers a combination of world-weary tales of the streets and party bangers and performed a compelling mix onstage in Birmingham...

In The Round Festival: Hak Baker presents Bricks In The wall 15/1/22

Kai Kwasi, Bel Cobain, Connie Constance, Rachel Chinouriri and Hak Baker opened 2022's In The Round Festival with a night that showed why there's currently so much excitement surrounding them...

Trombone Shorty: O2 Academy2 Birmingham 20/5/22

There are few figures on the modern music scene with the versatility of New Orleans stalwart Troy Andrews. Known to the world as Trombone Shorty...

Steel Pulse: O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 13/5/22

It was little surprise that the affection and respect the British reggae heavyweights are held in saw a packed out crowd descend on the O2 Forum Kentish Town to see them celebrate an incredible career...