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BLACKBURN act Neutrino play music to groove to - and their quirky sound has landed the trio a special prize ahead of their appearance at this weekend’s free on-line Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival. The inaugural Jackson Jazz and Blues award, won by Neutrino, is inspired by Geoff Jackson, who has played a major role in developing the festival and attracting international artists to the town. Clitheroe’s Mr Jazz stepped down as the festival chairman in 2019 - a decade after the first Ribble Valley Jazz Festival was staged in Clitheroe, British jazz vocalist Jacqui Dankworth providing the headline act.
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FAVOURITE: Kyla Brox is one of the headliners of this year’s jazz and blues festival THE Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival will go ahead this year - as an online event. All three days of the festival will be streamed for free over the May Day Bank Holiday featuring some of the biggest names on the British jazz and blues scene. Singer song-writer Kyla Brox will provide the vintage fizz when she headlines this year’s three-day jamboree on Bank Holiday Sunday. Organisers, who have attracted acts from all over the world to Clitheroe in the last decade, were forced to cancel last year’s festival due to the Coronavirus health emergency.