Author archive for Chris Wells

Warner Bros’ well-developed habit of gathering together a handful of great albums, bunging them into a box case and...

In January 1999, around the 20th anniversary of Donny Hathaway‘s death, Echoes Editor Chris Wells talked exclusively to Donny’s...

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Thursday 20 March 2014, Union Chapel, 19:30 Tickets £22 barbican.org.uk. Grammy Award nominated ngoni...

Billed as the ‘Giants of Funk Soul Boogie & Jazz’ the already intriguing coming together of Glenn Jones, Steve...

Playing with her full American band, former Floetry member and now established solo artist Marsha Ambrosius has lined up...

Gifted young jazz vocalist and songwriter Zara McFarlane will drop her second album, titled If You Knew Her, on...

Chris Wells talks to Texan jazz and soul artist Tatiana ‘Lady May’ Mayfield, whose second album is one of...

Finally… and we do mean, finally – ESKA is about to release her first ever solo music, after spending...

The one and only Maceo Parker has lined up two London shows at Under The Bridge next month. You...

Maxine Powell, the former leader of Motown Records’ famous ‘Finishing School’, died on Monday October 14 at the age...