Hilary Seabrook - writer, podcaster, musician

  I interviewed my old friend Toby Jepson for episode 14 of Harmonious World .     It was such a joy to chat with him, about music, lockdown, the music business and life in general.

The latest release from Roy Ayers proves that Jazz is not dead, despite it being released on the Jazz is Dead label.     You can read my review on Kind of Jazz here .

I don't usually write political blogs, but the ineptitude of the UK government through the unprecedented times of the Covid-19 pandemic is becoming more bizarre.     Out of interest, I looked at UK media to see when the UK began talking about Coronavirus and it turns out that on 24 January 2020, the UK government first created a web page to publish the case statistics for the disease. On 29 January, the first two cases were recorded in York, after two Chinese nationals fell ill, and the first flight returned British nationals from Wuhan. The following day, the World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency.     Conspiracy theorists might question the media attention around the announcement of the famously-private Boris Johnson's engagement on 31 January. Meanwhile, who knows what is happening with Brexit? What never seemed a great idea for many of us now seems simply wrong, when we should all be pulling together in our attempts to protect each other fro...

 I have interviewed some amazing people for the first 13 episodes of my podcast, Harmonious World .     Have you listened to any of them? Check them out and tell me what you think in a comment or a review.

 I reviewed Rob Luft's 'Life is the Dancer' on Kind of Jazz . It's a beautiful album.     Listen to the album, then read my review and see if you agree.

One of my favourite albums for 2020 is Maria Schneider's 'Data Lords'. It was an honour to chat with her for Harmonious World .     Schneider has won grammy awards for both jazz and classical recordings and there's an orchestral quality to her writing where she interweaves lines and timbres. Check out the album here .

  Episode 12 of Harmonious World features a conversation with drummer Kenrick Rowe.     You'll have heard him with The Specials, PJ Harvey and LOADS of other jazz, rock and reggae bands.