Peter Whittingham Award 2014

                                       Phil Meadows, winner of 2013 Peter Whittingham Award

Help Musicians UK has opened applications for the 2014 Peter Whittingham Award, a professional development award focused on emerging jazz musicians.

The £4,000 grant is given to jazz musicians in the first two years of their professional career or studying a full-time high education music course. Previous recipients of the award have included Phil Meadows (pictured), Roller Trio, Soweto Kinch and Led Bib amongst others.

The deadline for submissions is Friday 7th November at 5.00pm. Auditions will be held in London on Thursday 4th December.

See the Help Musicians UK website for more information and read about their other projects.

Gig Preview: Led Bib & Silence Blossoms, April 27th

Led Bib & Silence Blossoms
FUSEBOX at Fox and Newt, Leeds
April 27th
8pm
£8/6

Heavyweights Led Bib are playing at Fusebox in Leeds on Sunday as part of their current tour which marks both their 10th anniversary and the release of their newest album, The People In Your Neighbourhood (tour preview on LondonJazzNews and a review of the new album by Benji Powling).

Alongside Led Bib, Silence Blossoms will also appear. This band features Sam Andreae, Hanna Olivegren and Gus Loxbo.

This gig is sure to be a popular one, so Fusebox advise you get down early to make sure you hear these two great bands.

For more information on Led Bib, see the Led Bib website.

For more information on Silence Blossoms, see the Silence Blossoms website.

Led Bib - The People In Your Neighbourhood

NorthernJazzNews' writer Ben Powling wrote a review of Led Bib's latest album, The People In Your Neighbourhood for LondonJazzNews.


On the 10th anniversary of their incarnation, jazz/rock trailblazers Leb Bib are back with their fifth studio album The People In Your Neighbourhood, the result of a successful crowdfunding campaign. Led Bib have not been particularly visible on the scene or in the jazz press in the time since their 2009 Mercury nomination for their fourth album Sensible Shoes, but this new release may change that.

Read the full review here.

Jazz Does Crowdfunding - UPDATE

                                 Led Bib


Following up from our recent interview with guitarist Alex Roth, today he announced that his Sponsume campaign has raised £1,310.97 to go toward his UK tour with band Otriad. Congratulations to Alex, who has put in a lot of hard work to promote the tour, so head to see a gig if you can.

Led Bib are also going down the crowdfunding route and have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new studio album and live vinyl to mark their 10th anniversary. They've set a £10,000 goal and have until 25th May to achieve it. To see their video or to pledge, visit Led Bib Kickstarter page.