14/05/2013 – Check out GoGo Penguin’s Maida Vale session for Jamie Cullum’s show on BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sd0jv
Matthew Halsall Interview with Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2 Tuesday 19th February 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqb88
Congratulations to GoGo Penguin for being nominated for Jazz Album Of The Year @ Worldwide Awards 2013
WORLDWIDE AWARDS 2013 // THE WINNERS January 20, 2013 Jazz Album Of The Year 1. Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao Of A Music Warrior [Gary Bartz] 2. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing [Smalltown Supersound] 3. Robert Glasper – Black Radio [Blue Note] 4. David Virelles – Continuum [Pi Recordings] 5....
A lovely piece on Matthew Halsall from writer Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan A MODAL CITIZEN It was broadcaster Robert Elms who first told me about Matthew Halsall’s music. ‘Mancunian Modal’ he called it and it was a fair description – on Colour Yes, the first album I picked up (and have hardly put down since), the young trumpeter channels the sounds and ethos of Kind...
Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park – The Jazz Mann Review
REVIEW Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Reviewed by: Ian Mann 4 out of 5 ”His most individual and personalised album to date – and arguably his best.” Matthew Halsall “Fletcher Moss Park” (Gondwana Records GONCD007) “Fletcher Moss Park” represents Manchester based trumpeter and composer Halsall’s fourth album exploring the musical legacy of Miles Davis’ modal (“Kind...
GoGo Penguin – Interview in Crack Magazine
GoGo Penguin are a Manchester-based trio made up of Chris Illingworth (piano), Grant Russell (double bass) and Rob Turner (drums), friends from The Royal Northern College of Music, all in their 20s. They already have a cult following in the North West, and with their debut album – released on Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records – having hit...
GoGo Penguin: Fanfares – BBC Music Review
BBC Review Based on this debut album, GoGo Penguin seem destined for great things. John Eyles 2012-12-10 In the increasingly overcrowded field of piano trios, any new arrival must have some eye-catching feature to stand out. That probably explains why a jazz trio comes to be called GoGo Penguin, a name which is not easy to...
Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park – BBC Music Review
BBC Review Manchester musician carves a strong individual identity on album four. Daniel Spicer 2012-12-03 Since the release of his 2008 debut, Sending My Love, Manchester-based trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall has worked through his influences, album by album, in pursuit of an original voice. His first few albums displayed a clear debt to the spiritual...
