• Twitter
  • YouTube
  • home
  • about
  • video
  • contact
Kay Grant

Voice-Player, Song-Singer, Music-Writer, Free-Improviser

  • home
  • about
  • video
  • contact
  • home
  • about
  • video
  • contact

Category Archives old news

‘Fast Talk’

7 Oct 2014

‘Fast Talk …Being a Collection of Live Musical Conversations Recorded on Several Auspicious Occasions’ received smashing reviews upon its release – both online and in print.

The evolution of Grant and Ward’s combined sound is evident in the span of the pieces, ranging from some of their first gigs to a couple of specially recorded tracks.

The cover art is by renowned illustrator Kate Charlesworth, with liner notes from one of the nation’s wittiest wordsmiths, Zolan Quobble.

“The heart-stopping drama of the music continues throughout… with spectacular wit and the choicest of musical wisdom” – Raul d’Gama Rose, All About Jazz

“…it can’t get much more fun than this… you just have to hit play, sit back and enjoy” – Joe Higham, Free Jazz blog

As the album’s title – and flip subtitle – suggests, Fast Talk exists totally in the here and now, and ‘conversations’ is the pertinent word… there’s an intimate, musically flirtatious chemistry at play here. – Philip Clark, The Wire

BUY IT NOW FROM EMANEM

Mopomoso On Tour

30 Jan 2013

Co-produced with Sound and Music and supported by Arts Council England, I will be part of the first ever Mopomoso UK tour, taking in seven cities between the 23rd and 30th of April 2013. The full lineup

Continue Reading →

‘Fast Talk’ Hits the Charts

14 Dec 2012

My CD ‘Fast Talk’ with Alex Ward has hit the Columnists’ charts in The Wire 2012 Rewind!

We’re part of the Jazz & Improv list compiled by Philip Clark and Daniel Spicer. Many heartfelt thanks to both of them

Continue Reading →

‘Fast Talk’ CD Reviews

9 Jun 2012

“The heart-stopping drama of the music continues throughout… with spectacular wit and the choicest of musical wisdom” – Raul d’Gama Rose, All About Jazz

“…it can’t get much more fun than this… you just have to hit play, sit back and enjoy” – Joe Higham, Free Jazz blog

[divider_large_gray]

My CD Fast Talk – out on Emanem – has received a couple of smashing reviews this week!

It is always gratifying to receive such enthusiasm and appreciation – read both in the PRESS section.

In fact all the reviews to date have been positive – both online and in print. The most recent of the latter was by Philip Clark in the June issue of The Wire:

[pullquote_left]As the album’s title – and flip subtitle, “being a collection of live musical conversations recorded on several auspicious occasions” – suggests, Fast Talk exists totally in the here and now, and ‘conversations’ is the pertinent word. The opening piece is called “May I Have This Dance”, and there’s an intimate, musically flirtatious chemistry at play here. Chattering lines overlap obsessively; questions are already answered before they’ve been fully formed. Two people with lots to say to each other, clearly.[/pullquote_left]

 

[button link="http://www.emanemdisc.com/cd2009.html#5021" target="blank" size="small"]BUY FAST TALK NOW FROM EMANEM[/button]

Fast Talk CD cover, illustration by Kate Charlesworth

‘Fast Talk’ CD Release

18 Feb 2012

My new CD ‘Fast Talk’ has just been released by Emanem ‘…being a collection of live musical conversations recorded on several auspicious occasions’.

Alex has been working with me for over five years and the evolution of our

Continue Reading →

Welcome to my website!

16 Feb 2012

Over the coming weeks and months I will be adding audio and video from my various groups and projects, starting with the present moment and then heading back in time. And maybe even writing a few choice words here and there when the muse is with me…

So do check in again, and in the meantime pick up a copy of my new CD and erm, follow me on Twitter!

Hope to see you at a gig soon.

XXXK

 

  • FAST TALK ...Being a Collection of Live Musical Conversations Recorded on Several Auspicious Occasions
    Fast Talk CD: find out more
    FIND OUT MOREBUY IT NOW
  • MAKING ROOMS:
    Four CDs from Mopomoso tour including SEVEN CITIES by Kay Grant & Alex Ward
    Making Rooms Box Set - Seven Cities CD: find out more
    FIND OUT MOREBUY IT NOW
  • KAY GRANT ON TWITTER

    • RT @thewiremagazine: Adventures In Sound And Music broadcasts on @ResonanceFM tonight at 9pm. Phil England plays @BlankForms @onusound… https://t.co/kdP98wZwJF
    • RT @ResonanceOrches: Three hours of Resonance Radio Orchestra classics at 2pm on @ResonanceFM today w. @tamdeanburn @rodneyEclarke… https://t.co/ZNPk6VnvjD
    • Wishing you and yours a rockin' Christmas and a (more) normal 2021 😎🎄🥳 https://t.co/b4xoMfYYFA
    Follow @KayGrantMusic
  • Copyright © 2021 Kay Grant
  • Photos by F~Images