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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

‘She floored me. I was in shock’: Blossom Dearie, the jazz singer with the diminutive voice and vast talent

A new box set explores how the American singer – now beloved of Kylie and more – was embraced by swinging London. Those who knew her recall a star who gently trod her own path

The Guardian - UK

“I made my own bass and used bicycle brake cables as strings…” How Richard Bona went from homemade guitars to being hailed as “the African Jaco”

"I don't want to play for bass players – I want to play for truckdrivers! I want people to dance!" The rise of a reluctant virtuoso

Guitar World

‘We’ll play until our teeth drop out!’ The long, remarkable lives of Britain’s Windrush-era musicians

Now in their 80s and 90s, having faced down racism and neglect, musicians of Caribbean heritage are still centre stage in the adopted country where they’ve enriched music in so many ways

The Guardian - UK

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‘I got consumed by the hatred, by how many people were upset because I wore an armband’: Alex Scott on love, Lineker and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights

The footballer and presenter escaped a tough start to become an England legend and one of the BBC’s faces of football. As the Women’s World Cup approaches she talks finding her voice – and why she’s no victim

The Guardian - UK

The One Show's Alex Scott reveals quirky reason her brother got his name

The former footballer was chatting about her parents' first date and revealed part of her family's history

Manchester Evening News

Shirley by Ronnie Scott review – finally, a male author who brilliantly writes women

The author’s second novel is impressively constructed, following a young woman who was raised by a group of men beholden to her celebrity mother

The Guardian - AU

Crumb bachelors and millennial HENRYs enliven Ronnie Scott's zeitgeisty new novel

Ronnie Scott is an RMIT academic and co-founder of the literary journal The Lifted Brow. His debut novel, The Adversary (2020), set mainly in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, was a wry exploration of the nuances of house sharing and online dating.

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Blowing up: six of Britain’s new jazz musicians on making a living out of their passion

The British jazz renaissance continues with the rise of six astonishing young talents, creating a musical storm despite the cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Our top 12 shows to book now at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2022 from Nubiyan Twist to Melody Gardot

The pick of the shows from the event’s largest ever line-up

Evening Standard

Curtis Stigers at Ronnie Scott’s review: Back on the road, crooning and blowing fire

The US singer, songwriter and hornsman was back at Ronnie Scott’s with fresh makeovers of old favourites

Evening Standard

10 fail-safe spots for a first date in London

Angelica Malin on her go-to spots for getting a first date off on the right foot

Evening Standard

AC/DC frontman Bon Scott led a high-voltage life. But his friends say the singer's unglamorous death at age 33 was not a surprise

Four decades after Bon Scott was found dead in London, the enigmatic AC/DC star's closest friends and relatives have spoken of his greatest vulnerability.

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