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Exciting news for jazz-soul fans! Katharine Timoney—hailed as ‘One To Watch’ by BBC Introducing, Jazz FM UK, and Belfast Live—has a new EP titled All This Time, scheduled for release September 15, 2025. The release marks another step in Timoney’s journey of blending gospel, R&B, soul, and vocal jazz into a rich, genre-defying sound. The record features contributions from Ben Castle (saxophone), Mark Edwards (piano & Hammond), Arnie Somogyi (bass), and Darren Beckett (drums).
Her EP, Life Came into Colour (2022), earned significant praise—including Track of the Week nods and several weeks on Jazz FM UK’s A-List—and won the 2022 UK Songwriting Contest (Jazz category) with its title track.
Fresh from standout festival performances—Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cork Guinness Jazz Festival, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival—Timoney is gearing up for her first headline autumn tour. Among the highlights: October 16, 2025, she brings her full band to Arthur’s Blues & Jazz Club in Dublin—an intimate yet unforgettable performance not to be missed.
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Katharine Timoney is steadily carving out her space at the intersection of jazz, soul, and R&B. Her music channels the emotional depth of icons like Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and Dinah Washington, while maintaining a distinctly contemporary edge. Support from major tastemakers—Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2), Jazz FM, Spotify, and more—has helped her build momentum, and this new EP promises even greater reach and resonance.
This Dublin show, uniting her full live band, offers fans a chance to experience her evolving sound in a vibrant venue known for its soulful atmosphere.
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Discover Katharine Timoney’s latest singles Ruminate and All This Time now, and stay tuned for the full EP dropping this September.
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Music Network and Ionad Cultúrtha wish to provide a significant development opportunity specifically for a professional musician who is autistic/a person with autism and who has a strong track record in music performance.
This opportunity recognises that many such musicians face barriers toward career progression that others may not. The main purpose of the residency is to provide time and space for a Musician-in-Residence to develop their practice intensively.
Through this opportunity, Music Network and Ionad Cultúrtha are seeking to make space for social change in the music sector in general and hope to learn from the Musician-in-Residence how they can better facilitate and include autistic people/people with autism in their own programmes and in the wider sector, both in performance and educational environments.
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Read more: Sligo Jazz Festival 2025: Celebrating 20 Years of Jazz, Community & Creativity
Jazz is the teacher. That’s the message running through this year’s Sligo Jazz Festival, which returns from 22–27 July 2025, marking its 20th anniversary with a week-long celebration of boundary-breaking performance, deep musical exchange, and serious good vibes.
Kicking off with a programme launch and live performance on Thursday, June 12th at Lillies Cocktail Bar, the festival gets its first spark from UK guitarist Ant Law and vocalist Brigitte Beraha, two of the many creative voices shaping this year’s programme. The evening will also unveil the full SJP 2025 schedule — and what a schedule it is.
“Funk may be the preacher but jazz is the teacher,” writes Stephen Graham in the official festival programme foreword. “Whether a learner or observer, the Sligo Jazz Project’s faculty — its biggest ever — sends a signed, sealed, delivered message hand delivered person to person, generation to generation, musician to musician.”
Read more: Sligo Jazz Festival 2025: Celebrating 20 Years of Jazz, Community & Creativity
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Read more: Louis Stewart’s I Thought About You: A Landmark Recording Reborn
Release Date: May 29, 2025
Livia Records | Remixed, Remastered, and Extended Edition with 16-page Booklet and Photos
“In my book he's one of the world's great jazz guitarists.” – Ronnie Scott
Louis Stewart’s extraordinary career is once again illuminated by the latest release from Livia Records: a fully remixed and remastered edition of I Thought About You, a studio album recorded in 1977 featuring a stellar international quartet—British pianist John Taylor, and the powerhouse American rhythm team of Sam Jones and Billy Higgins.
Originally released in 1980 with some edits and overdubs, this new version restores the album to its original brilliance, using the master tapes recorded at London’s Olympic Studios. With two additional tracks and a 16-page booklet of rare photos and newly commissioned notes, this reissue confirms I Thought About You as one of the definitive documents of Stewart’s artistry.
Read more: Louis Stewart’s I Thought About You: A Landmark Recording Reborn
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Composer and guitarist Orlando Molina steps into the spotlight with the release of his debut album Autorretrato en Tres Colores (Self-Portrait in Three Colours) on May 23, 2025 — a sweeping, seven-track reflection on migration, transformation, and the emotional terrain that lies between.
Blending contemporary jazz with the vibrant folk traditions of Latin America, Molina crafts an intricate and deeply personal sonic portrait. Each composition is a chapter of his life, composed during different stages of his journey from Venezuela to Ireland, and informed by the emotional tension between departure and arrival, longing and belonging. With striking clarity, the album reveals the quiet resilience and joy found in cultural hybridity and self-discovery.
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Livia Records continues its run of ambitious and distinctive jazz releases with At Swing, Two Birds by Ronan Guilfoyle’s Bemusement Arcade—a record that finds deep inspiration in the jazz tradition while challenging its rhythmic foundations with daring innovation.
Led by acclaimed bassist, composer, and educator Ronan Guilfoyle, this brand-new album features seven original compositions performed by a top-flight quartet of creative improvisers: Sam Norris (alto sax), Chris Guilfoyle (guitar), and Darren Beckett (drums). The album is housed in a beautifully designed 12-page booklet with session photography and liner notes offering deeper insight into the music.
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Applications now open - Closing date: Thursday 15 May 2025 at 2pm
Fingal County Council Arts Office, in partnership with Music Network, is delighted to announce the launch of its newly established Musician-in-Residence Award at Carnegie Library, Swords. This exciting initiative offers musicians the opportunity to develop their artistic practice, create new work and engage with local audiences.
The residency will provide the selected musician with dedicated time and space to develop and showcase new work and/or foster artistic collaborations. The recipient will receive an award of €6,000, space to work, as well as mentoring and career development support. The residency will culminate in a public concert, allowing audiences to experience the musician's work firsthand.
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