Category: Genres

Music genres featured on the blog

Music News UK: St Katharine Docks Jazz Festival this August bank holiday weekend

St Katharine Docks closes out the summer season in style this August Bank Holiday weekend with the St Kat’s Jazz Festival. Three days of live jazz (Friday 28 to Sunday 30 August) with free entry for all, food and drinks across the estate, and over 15 world-class musicians performing on Marble Quay.

It’s deliberately accessible. By moving the popular jazz sessions to Marble Quay with free entry, there’s no barrier to simply wandering down, catching a few sets, grabbing a drink, and staying longer than you planned. It’s jazz for everyone, not just ticket-holders.

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Music News UK: Manchester Camerata to perform Brian Eno’s Music for Airports as part of Here We Are

Between Tuesday 15 and Sunday 20 September, Manchester Camerata is on the move once more, bringing its internationally acclaimed musicians to perform free concerts and pop-up performances in unexpected public spaces across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester to literally say: Here We Are!

Free pop-up music performances across all ten boroughs in Greater Manchester in unusual and unexpected places including Manchester Airport’s T2, Manchester Museum, Stretford Carpark and Bolton Library.

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Classical Pianist Francesco Piemontesi announces new album of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1

On 23 July, Swiss-Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi announces a new recording of Brahms’ monumental Piano Concerto No. 1 to be released on 11 September.

Recorded live in December 2025, and paired with Brahms’ Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118, the album will be released on Pentatone and available on CD and all streaming services.

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Grammy Award winning Lorne Balfe composes score for The Cat In The Hat

London, UK [23 JULY 2026] — GRAMMY-winning, Emmy and BAFTA-nominated composer Lorne Balfe has been announced as the composer for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s upcoming animated feature The Cat in the Hat, set for global theatrical release in November 2026.

Composer Lorne Balfe

Balfe composed the original score for the highly anticipated film, bringing his expansive experience across blockbuster filmmaking, television and gaming to one of the most iconic properties in family entertainment. The project marks a major new chapter for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and a fresh cinematic reimagining of Dr. Seuss’ beloved classic.

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Rena Angel set to release her new single Labyrinth

Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Rena Angel returns with her most evocative release yet, the hauntingly beautiful new single, Labyrinth.

Having already built a growing audience with four acclaimed singles, Labyrinth explores the emotional disorientation of losing yourself inside a toxic, suffocating relationship and eventually finding comfort in the feeling of being lost. What begins as a love song slowly transforms into something more internal and self-protective: a story about retreating into your own imagination when reality becomes unbearable.

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