Kings Place

Marcus Roberts Residency Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3 Kings Place 15 to 17 November 2012 Marcus Roberts curates a scintillating series. His own consummate trio deliver a celebration of Monk and Coltrane. New Orleans meets Harlem looks back at Bud Powell, Earl Hines and Jelly Roll Morton while the Saturday night finale finds Roberts’ Big Band playing Basie, Ellin...

Elgar Explored: Daniel Tong & Friends 8 - 10 November The name Elgar tends to evoke his large-scale public, patriotic works, and impressive symphonies and concertos, but this programme from pianist Daniel Tong’s Wye Valley Festival focuses on his passionate chamber music, from the melancholy String Quartet to the suave pieces for violin, the stylish Serenade for Strings and the Introduction and Al...

LIFEM: SOUNDS FROM THE ARCTIC COOL Wed 31 Oct - Sat 3 Nov We spoke to Sámi joik singer Wimme Saari about his upcoming performance as part of The London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) which returns to Kings Place with a fascinating line-up of Scandinavian groups. Also taking part in the Festival are Norway’s Deaf Center, the arctic electronica of Biosphere and Gothenburg-based...

Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter and performer. Roddy Woomble Band performs at Kings Place on Wednesday 17 October 2012 as part of a week curated by folk legends Lau. Read more and buy tickets...

Throughout Kings Place Festival 2012 you can take a trip along the Regents Canal on historic narrow boat Tarporley. Dave Bridle tells us about the history of the boat and the canal which runs right alongside Kings Place. Read more, and book your trip here... www.kingsplace.co.uk/festival

Ahead of her performances at Kings Place Festival 2012, we spoke to Sukie Smith about her band Madam, their new album, and collaborating with Emma Tricca. Madam with Emma Tricca: Gone Before Morning - Sunday 16 September Read more... www.kingsplace.co.uk/festival

Maia, the four-piece alternative acoustic band from Huddersfield bill themselves as ‘playing all sorts of disco sci-fi folk pop on ukulele, cajon, trumpet, banjo, mandolin or whatever else is lying around!’ They talk about the launch of their new album at Kings Place, Friday 5 October. Read more... www.kingsplace.co.uk

Throughout the 20th Century serious, and not so serious, composers flirted with cabaret and jazz. Serious Cabaret is the new CD by Mary Carewe and Philip Mayers and also describes their unique take on cabaret. ‘Mary Carewe hits the ideal balance between cabaret style (with a touch of the old-fashioned belter) and art-song style...’ The Guardian Mary performs two shows at Kings Place Festival 2012,...

Norwegian Tubist Daniel Herskedal talks about his new album 'Neck of the Woods', working with saxophonist Marius Neset, his compositional influences and what he's got coming up. Neck of the Woods is released worldwide from 27th August 2012 on Edition Records . Daniel and Marius peform at Kings Place Festival - 16th September

Written in 1607, Monteverdi's ground-breaking L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica fuses the tragical tradition of Greek antiquity and the Baroque's revolutionary expressive palette. We caught up with David Bates, director of La Nuova Musica, who perform L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica at Kings Place on 23 June 2012. Read more...

"Jeffrey Siegel's 'Keyboard Conversations' programme is unique, informative and very entertaining. A piano virtuoso and first class communicator, Jeffrey Siegel makes you leave the theatre hungry for more music." David Suchet Jeffrey Siegel has a somewhat different approach to most pianists. Not only does he perform works but he offers an insightful commentary so that everyone in the audience can...

Experimental folk multi-instrumentalist Rachael Dadd talks to Kings Place about living her life between Japan and England, her music and her busy lifestyle of constant touring, writing, sewing and creating. We caught up with Rachael in Japan ahead of her show here at Kings Place on Friday 22 June. Alas over the phone rather than in person which caused much disappointment in the Kings Place office....

ensemblebash are twenty! And to celebrate they are presenting a retrospective of the last two decades over a series of shows at Kings Place. In their upcoming performance they celebrate Cage@100, playing a selection of his seminal works for percussion, Third Construction, Credo in US and Double Music, written in conjunction with Lou Harrison. We talk to Chris Brannick from ensemblebash ahead of th...

If you are serious about your playing the four day Jazz workshop is the ideal way to spend the Easter break this April. But there is more! The Easter Jazz Festival runs alongside the workshops and is open to everybody. Don't miss performances from Deborah Brown, Peter King, a triple bill of top pianists Frank Harrison, Kit Downes, Jason Rebello and Bruce Barth plus films and free events. Find out...

We interviewed Harry Christophers, Director of The Sixteen, ahead of their performances as part of the Brahms Unwrapped series at Kings Place. 15 March The Sixteen sings Brahms & Schumann 16 March The Sixteen sings Brahms 17 March The Sixteen sings Brahms: A German Requiem Part of Brahms Unwrapped at Kings Place

The "ludicrously underrated" (The Sunday Telegraph) Jack Cheshire assembles his full band for what promises to be a memorable performance. Jack Cheshire performs at Kings Place on Friday 30 March

Kings Place 26 - 29 April 2012 The Brodsky Quartet perform Shostakovich's complete quartets, after first setting the scene and delving into the great mans mind with his Preludes and Fugues for piano and the Piano Quintet, in which pianist Jenny Lin will join the Brodsky Quartet.

Ahead of their live shows at Kings Place on 11 and 12 April 2012, we interviewed Tim Daniels and Tom Reynolds from The Complete Guide to Everything, iTunes chart topping comedy podcast. www.tcgte.com www.kingsplace.co.uk

A trio of Jazz talents Jay Phelps, Soweto Kinch and Alex Wilson collaborate on-stage together over three nights to produce a unique series of performances. Kings Place 26 - 28 January 2012 Find out more about eXplorations with Soweto Kinch, Jay Phelps & Alex Wilson on the Kings Place website

Abram Wilson is redefining Christmas this year with A New Orleans Style Christmas Story at Kings Place on Sat 17 Dec 2012. Here he talked to us about the idea behind the show and the special guests that will be joining him on stage. Tickets are available from the Kings Place website. Abram's performance is part of a three day festive Jazz celebration curated by our friends over at Serious. Thur 15...

Martin Simpson talks about his music, teaching, and Purpose and Grace, the mini-festival he is curating at Kings Place. Tony Benn & Roy Bailey: The Writing on the Wall Martin Simpson with June Tabor & Dick Gaughan Chris Wood in concert Ruth Theodore Band + Nancy Wallace & Jason Steel Martin Simpson & Guests: Bright Phoebus Workshops Purpose and Grace runs from 8 to 11 February 2012...

Kings Place spoke to the fascinating Dave Richardson from The Boys of The Lough ahead of their performance at Kings Place on Friday 9 December. This is a rare UK appearance, absolutely not to be missed, from the Boys who play great traditional music played straight from the shoulder. Tickets for The Boys of the Lough are available now. ‘Traditional heroes.’ The Irish Times ‘Musically splendid – le...

The World's most famous piano duo, Katia and Marielle Labèque, bring their latest band to explore masterworks of the minimalists.

In anticipation of their performance as part of London A Cappella Festival (12th – 14th January 2012) at Kings Place we interview Kasper Ramstrom from FORK. In the Scandinavian rock show that reinvents a cappella, FORK fuse world-class vocals, comedy, extravagant fashion and groundbreaking sounds. Performing rock and pop covers FORK recreate everything from the pumping baselines to the rock guitar...

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