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Michael Lington & Richard Elliot Live in London

It seems like ages (doesn't January appear to have gone on forever?) but we've finally got some live shows coming up soon in London.

First Michael Lington is coming for a two night stopover on Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th February at Pizza Express in Kings Road, Chelsea. It's the first ever engagement for SKY.fm at the brand new music room at The Pheasantry (Eric Clapton's old home).

Then we have Richard Elliot coming to play 5 shows in 4 nights commencing March 8th.

Tickets for all of these shows are on sale now. Go to The SKY.fm Smooth Jazz Events Page for full details, prices and booking links.

Smooth Jazz 24/7

A little over 6 months down the line, it's time to look back on our newest project, which has put DJs on air through the medium of Internet radio and attempted to keep smooth jazz alive in the process. The listenership has tripled during that time and continues to grow, so I'm hoping for big things in the coming year.

I'd like to say a big thanks to Ari and Duy at Sky for giving Smooth Jazz 24/7 the chance in the first place. Also a big thanks to my wife Steph, who contributes a heck of a lot of her time each day to spread the load, and without whom the whole thing would have sunk without trace in month one.

Also a huge thanks to a whole host of people who present shows and/or have recorded sound bites to make Smooth Jazz 24/7 what it is. Namely, Carmen Kennedy, Lynda Clayton, Dianna Rose, Bruce Nazarian, Lynn Briggs, Oli Silk, Marc Antoine, Nick Colionne, Euge Groove, Dave Koz, Paul Brown, Peter White, Stewart Coxhead, Miles Gilderdale, Boney James, Brian Simpson, Brian Culbertson, Jeff Golub, Jessy J, Jeff Lorber, Jonathan Fritzen, Michael Lington, Mindi Abair, Paul Hardcastle, Richard Elliot, Steve Oliver & Victor Fields.

The biggest thanks of all goes to our fantastic listeners who tune in daily. Without you it wouldn't be happening at all.

Best of 2011

Here's a list of the best smooth jazz songs from the releases of 2011. Once again a reminder that these are not compiled from any sales charts or the suchlike, but these are the top 25 songs according to me. Album of the year has to go to Euge Groove for S7ven Large:

1. The Rippingtons – Bandol
2. Euge Groove – S7ven Large
3. Player A – Coming On
4. Boney James – Contact
5. Larry Carlton – I’ll Be Around
6. Richard Elliot - Panamera
7. Jessy J – Meant To Be
8. Acoustic Alchemy – Marcus
9. Euge Groove – Love Wont Let Me Wait
10. Neamen Lyles – Who Dat
11. Paul Hardcastle – Night Time Hustle
12. George Benson – My Cherie Amour
13. Euge Groove – To The Nines
14. Craig Sharmat – Something About You
15. Cindy Bradley – You Don’t Know What Love Is
16. Kool & Klean – I Smile
17. Richard Elliot – Metropolis
18. Neamen Lyles – Remember The Time
19. Euge Groove – Track 01
20. Acoustic Alchemy – Swamp Top
21. Boney James - Spin
22. Kim Waters - Heart Seeker
23. Maysa – Have Sweet Dreams
24. Jessy J with Paul Brown – Remember The Night
25. Nick Colionne – Windy Dance

And just in case you missed the rundown on the Live Show today. Here's the archive of it.

The SKY fm Smooth Jazz Sunday Live Show on livestream.com.

Oli Silk at Pizza Express Jazz Club This Weekend.

Only 4 days to go...




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Here's one from Euge.

Recorded at Pizza Express.



Oli Silk next weekend.

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Euge Groove currently rocking the UK

We're about midway through the UK mini tour with Euge Groove. Since last Friday he's been seriously rocking the house at Pizza Express Jazz club. There are still two nights to go there and then it's on to the Stables in Milton Keynes for Friday Night.

If you've not caught Euge's show yet then you should make a date for one of the remaining nights before you miss out.

Details and booking links on the SKY fm Events page.

Smooth Jazz 24/7 now live!

It's Tuesday. Launch day! And SKY fm's newest channel is on the air. Smooth Jazz 24/7 is now broadcasting and with an impressive line up of presenters.

And today we have two special guest presenters as well, so tune in at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific to hear Oli Silk's first ever stint as a radio jock. And at 3pm Eastern/12 Noon Pacific Dave Koz takes the chair for two hours.

Links for listening are available on the SKY.fm Homepage, and also on the Smooth Jazz 24/7 website.

You can also get the new channel and all of your smooth jazz radio favorites on your iPhone, Android or Blackberry with the Sky.fm Apps.

Press Release - Announcing a new radio channel at SKY fm

On Tuesday June 7th SKY.fm will launch a fourth smooth jazz channel to its existing line-up, entitled Smooth Jazz 247.

The playlist will be a compilation of the best material from Sky's other three smooth jazz channels, but with the addition of presenters throughout much of the day, including guest artist presenters from the world of smooth jazz.

SKY are hoping that the new channel will appeal to people who have lost their local smooth jazz station in the last year or two. The addition of presenters should provide a station sound that will be more familiar to US based terrestrial smooth jazz radio fans.

Many of the industry's top names have kindly provided some liners to help make things sound a little more personal than traditional Internet Radio fare and the whole delivery is designed to be very free flowing.

Expect further announcements over the coming weekend with regard to presenters and line-ups for the coming week. To keep on top of things, please follow the Smooth Jazz 247 Twitter and Facebook pages.

Brian Culbertson Sells Out The UK

Less than a fortnight to go until Brian Culbertson arrives for a series of shows on British soil, and already there's hardly a spare seat to be had at Pizza Express Jazz Club in London. Of all of the shows there, only Monday 9th May now has seats available.

There are still some seats to be had for the performances at The Stables in Milton Keynes on Wednesday 11th May and Pizza Express in Maidstone on Thursday 12th May, but don't delay if you want to catch Brian in the UK. Booking links and availability can be found on the SKY.fm Events Page.

Meanwhile here's an opportunity to capture that Pizza Express atmosphere with a video from the recent visit from Rick Braun & Richard Elliot.