Jazz Thing with Adrian Riley on Coast and County Radio

Calling all jazz radio fans, venues and musicians; there's a new radio station broadcasting across the North and it includes a weekly 2 hour show on jazz presented by Adrian Riley.

Adrian says

'jazz thing' is committed to supporting jazz in the region, playing plenty British music in the mix and featuring as much new stuff from the North of England as I can get my hands on. It's often a bit funky, tries to start each show approachable to a wide audience but isn't afraid to get a bit 'out there' too - 2 hours means I can fit all sorts in. it also features weekly live jazz listings for the region. 

Adrian is calling out for musicians to send over tracks to be played during the show and for venues to send their gig information to be included in the weekly jazz listings segment of the show. After each programme, the show is archived on mixcloud to be accessible long term.

For more information, visit the Jazz Thing facebook page and the Coast and County Radio website.

New Jazz Radio show coming to Ribble Valley

Ribble FM is a brand new radio station being built from the ground up by a group of hardworking volunteers. Supported by lottery funding, the station will feature a number of programmes including one dedicated to jazz and run by the team at Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Club.


From the Ribble FM website -

At Ribble FM we are planning to reflect and enhance the local area, the towns and many villages which make up this unique place. Ribble FM has been working towards operating a truly local and professional radio station here for many years and will launch before June 2016.

We are now streaming online via this website, along with the TuneIn Smartphone App and our own app which is available on iPhones and Android devices. What you can hear today is a small taster of what we'll be bringing to our FM frequency when we launch early next year. Many thanks to our sponsors so far for making it possible, and we look forward to working with even more Ribble Valley businesses from launch.

Jazz listeners should keep an eye out for the shows which will be broadcast in July and August. For more information, visit RibbleFM.com.

New Radio Show on JazzFM to showcase British Jazz

JazzFM have announced that a new weekly show on their station will focus solely on British Jazz.

True Brit will run each Thursday at 6pm and will be presented by Nick Pitts. There will be regular guests from the British Jazz scene and music from the archives of UK Jazz as well as new releases.

With the wealth of releases by British acts, there is a huge potential playlist for a programme like this and we hope it helps celebrate the rich and varied UK jazz scene.

Artists who wish to submit music for airplay should either post physical CDs and press packs to 75-77 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SY or visit the Contact Us page of the JazzFM website for links to email contacts for mp3s and EPKs.

BBC Introducing Showcase at Montreal Jazz Festival - apply to play!

As part of the 2015 Montreal Jazz Festival, Jamie Cullum will host the first BBC Introducing & PRS for Music Foundation showcase on July 1st.

Cullum, who hosts a jazz radio programme on BBC Radio 2, says he regularly finds music to play on his show through the BBC Introducing uploader, where unsigned groups and musicians can upload their music to heard. Following on from this, he will now be selecting groups to perform live at the Montreal showcase in the same way and is inviting groups to upload their tracks to be in with a chance.

It's expected that more information will be released soon, but for now this article on the BBC website contains links to the uploader and some information on the showcase.