The musicians brought a blend of cross-cultural compositions to Bing last Saturday. It was musical expression in its purest form and an explosion of life and joy, Wang writes.
SATURDAY night saw a packed Scalloway Hall treated to a night of music and culture for all the family in the last event of the Shetland Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) season. Headliner Sidiki Dembele from the Ivory Coast arrived in Shetland the previous Sunday. Over the course of.
THE 80-year-old has been a familiar face around Shetland’s jazz scene since 2008, but now Jeff Merrifield is stepping down as lead trustee at local promoter Jazz and World Sounds (JAWS) due to ill health. The Englishman has now called the isles his home for 15 years. “I came.
A MUSIC improvisation workshop and concert is being held in Lerwick this coming weekend, with three experienced performers heading north to Shetland to take part. Saxophonist Raymond MacDonald, who is a professor and chair of music psychology and improvisation at the University.