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A Magical Musical Story Box comes to Cambridge
Sara has co-written a jazz/interactive drama show for young children. Titled ‘A Magical Musical Story Box’, the next performance is at the Cambridge International Jazz Festival 2016, with two sessions on Sunday 27th November. Click here for ticketing information.
The Ayala Show: Sara Mitra live videos
A selection of videos from Sara Mitra’s recent appearance on The Ayala Show:
Sara Mitra on The Ayala Show tonight (Sky 191)
Sara Mitra 5tet live footage and interview, tonight Friday 6th Nov 2015 on The Ayala Show, Irish TV (Sky 191) at 10pm.
WDR 3 “CD der Woche”, Bandcamp “New and Notable Record” and more
Some links to online response to ‘Losing You’.
“CD der Woche… hervorragende Songwriterin und Sängerin im Bereich Jazz, Folk und Blues” WDR 3
“…dieser speziellen Art von anziehender Unterkühlung” Sonic Soul Reviews
“She has the courage to take chances and her musical sense of adventure continually serves her well… her disciplined voice and innate style clearly mark Sara Mitra as a jazz singer of note” BluesBunny Reviews
“Her singing is always surrounded by an on point instrumentation… Playful character and beautiful vocals” Mos Eisley Reviews
“It touches us deep inside, it makes us dream and focus in that sublime sound of her voice… Beautiful.” B-Authentique
‘Losing You’ was also chosen as one of Bandcamp‘s “New and Notable Records” May 12th 2015: “Mitra’s sultry vocals shine on this rootsy, and occasionally bluesy, sophomore album of folk, jazz, and soul…”
‘Losing You’ vinyl and download pre-order available now
Click here to pre-order the new Sara Mitra album ‘Losing You’ (Impossible Ark 2015) on vinyl and digital formats. Official release date May 11th 2015.
Launch gig with Sara Mitra 7tet at The Vortex Jazz Club, London, Sunday May 10th 2015, 8pm, £12 advance. Click here for full ticket information.
“A wonderful UK singer who really has a very individual sound and a great choice of repertoire as well… I’ve been playing her on the show a lot, (I) really love her versions of standards and her original tunes as well. The music she has been creating with Nostalgia 77 over the past few years is some of my favourite British vocal jazz of recent times” Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2
Bill Leslie film for Sara Mitra ‘She Moved Through The Fair’
Visual artist Bill Leslie presents a video for ‘She Moved Through The Fair’ (Traditional arr S. Mitra).
New signing to Five Missions More Publishing
Sara Mitra signs with Five Missions More Publishing for ‘Losing You’ release. For full info click here.
‘Losing You’ dates coming up
Tickets are now available for upcoming Sara Mitra ‘Losing You’ live shows Spring 2015.
Weds 15th April – Spice of Life, Soho.
Fri 24th April – Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead.
Sun 10th May – LOSING YOU LAUNCH, Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston.
Sun 17th May – Summertown Wine Cafe, Oxford.
Weds 20th May – Green Note, Camden.
Mon 1st June – Jazz@The Oxford Tavern, Kentish Town.
Fri 19th June – Jazz@The Hunter Club, Bury St Edmunds.
For full details, click here.
LOSING YOU out May 2015
The Launch date approaches…. Losing You will be released 11th May 2015 on Impossible Ark Records, with the launch gig Sunday 10th May 2015 at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, East London. More details to follow…