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The Power and the Glory: Carleen Anderson @ Ronnie Scott's, Soho, 8 January

Jason Holmes | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Jason Holmes

Petite and lithe, Carleen Anderson took the stage in a black gown and launched into a 90-minute set of jazz and gospel at the legendary London jazz club, and such was her vocal power, that in an instant we all forgot the ephemera of the day just gone.

One Sharp Cat: Nick Etwell

Jason Holmes | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Jason Holmes

Shoreditch in east London. It's in the Bricklayer's Arms that Nick Etwell greets me with a grin, a paisley scarf knotted around his throat.