Women in Jazz

29 Jul 2012

The Teleportation Accident
by Ned Beauman
Sceptre (e-book)

10:31PM

1 Jul 2012

Having enjoyed a sizeable hit with her last album - My One and Only Thrill, which made No 2 on the US jazz albums chart and No 42 on the Billboard 200 - Melody Gardot might have been expected to...

7:00PM

Style meter

20 May 2012

HOT

Light, folksy summer dresses

A bit of broderie anglaise works wonders this season.

Hermes' new range of swimwear

Perfect for chic...

3:20PM

Blue notes

8 Apr 2012

'The main way in which the Grammy has changed my life is that I keep getting asked how the Grammy has changed my life,' says Esperanza Spalding, winner of the 2010 award for best new artist, and...

12:09PM

2012 Grammy Nominees (CD)

24 Feb 2012

First released in 1995, the Grammy Nominees series of CDs is an annual feast of some of the biggest tracks of the year - as well as a surprising number of little-known songs.

8:19AM

Open your eyes to new sounds

19 Feb 2012

First released in 1995, the Grammy Nominees series of CDs is an annual collation of some of the biggest tracks of the year - as well as a surprising number of little-known songs.

7:53AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Blue notes

Diane 'Deedles' Schuur is well known as a jazz singer and pianist, but few of her followers will know she started out singing country music. 'I did a country [single] when I was 17 years old,'...

7:11AM

Late diva's music lives on

This summer, the world lost a musical talent like no other. As tragic as it was, no one can truly say it was a surprise: let's be honest, Amy Winehouse's long battle with substance abuse was no...

4:22AM

Rising tide of volunteers celebrate their most successful beach clean-up

In its 11th year, the Hong Kong International Coastal Clean-up Challenge was bigger than ever.

This year, the number of volunteers swelled by a third from last year, as did the...

11:53PM

Blue notes

Following a typically quiet summer, fans of live jazz can look forward to a surfeit of gigs this autumn.

There are two jazz festivals - one organised by the Hong Kong Jazz...

7:07PM

Back to Black Amy Winehouse (CD)

Back to Black was released almost five years ago and it catapulted Amy Winehouse to stardom. The husky-voiced singer with her laid-back, bluesy, quirky delivery has since become a global success....

6:58PM

Blue notes

Jazz drummer and percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project has been some time in gestation. For years, she says, people have been suggesting that she make a collaborative album with...

5:57PM