LADY J

Last summer, my gigs were few and far between and my motivation was low. I needed a new challenge, but also needed some answers.

• What makes and sustains a career as a gigging musician?
• How do I get more gigs?
• …

Music. It’s the music that sets Christmas apart.

Other holidays may also be about love, and family, and food and gifts, and peaceful wishes, but no other holiday is as inextricably linked to its music as Christmas is.

Which is…

China was the worst.

Well, to be fair, not necessarily the worst. But, of all the countries I performed in when I was touring, it was definitely my least favourite.

Frankly, the sole redeeming feature of my 6-month Chinese…

In the wee hours of a mid-January morning in 2015 I landed in Dubai with my band, ready to begin a long sought-after residency at The Music Room, one of the city’s most interesting and prestigious live music venues. A…

It’s a friendly takeover!

Aston Wylie hosts a very special episode of The Lady J Podcast, interviewing Felix, my husband-slash-guitarist-slash-business partner, and me about our career together over the last two decades.

Felix and I have been together since 2006…

In this episode, Chris Santillán, musical director, pianist, and educator, proves how far a formal musical education can take you, if you “know your why”.

Chris has spent his career telling stories through music, on tour and at sea, and…