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Voting is now open for the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards
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Press Release Voting is now open for the 2022 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline set for midnight on Sunday 27th March 2022. The Parliamentary Awards celebrate and recognise the vibrancy, diversity, talent and breadth of the jazz scene throughout the United Kingdom. “These awards are a great opportunity…
The Arts Council funds the arts in England for four years without coherent art form policies
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The Arts Council has recently published funding for the four year national portfolio organisations. The Arts Council’s method of funding the arts in England is fatally flawed. The problem is that the funding decisions are not informed by a coherent art form policy that would hold the Arts Council to account. Further more the Arts…
Pete Allen Newsletter January 2024
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Pete Allen Newsletter January 2024 Welcome to the New Year and January’s newsletter. If you know of anyone who would like to receive the newsletter please ask them to drop me a line at allenpete886@gmail.com I will add them to the list. Wednesday 3rd January – The Conservative Club, Radway Place, Sidmouth, EX10 8TL 3 pm to 5.30 pm. Admission is £15 at the door,…
Submission to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into the “Economics of music streaming” on behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group.
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APPJAG is submitting evidence to the inquiry to ensure that musicians and composers achieve equitable payment for their music and to ensure a level playing field through regulation will enable ethical business models to become the norm. Summary The dominant organisations are the likes of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. They are effectively a…
Joe Spibey RIP
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Brian ‘Joe’ Spibey Residents of Widcombe have told the Chronicle with great sadness that Widcombe resident Brian “Joe” Spibey, known as Jazz Joe passed away shortly before Christmas aged 79. His death comes only eighteen months after the passing of his collaborator, singer James Lambeth who died in May 2020. “Joe was a Widcombe fixture,”…
The Guardian leader on culture was looking at music through rose tinted spectacles Monday 23rd March 2020
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The leader article ( Amid the pandemic music send a message about things eternal, Monday 23rd March 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/22/the-guardian-view-on-music-and-pandemics-the-global-prisoners-chorus) on culture and music completely missed the point which is the meltdown of music; especially among underrepresented music such as jazz, blues and folk. The available research shows that jazz musicians had 45% of their incomes coming from…