This months Cabaret Room is very different to all the previous podcasts in that it features just two performers and is all about their unique musical partnership.  Jazz singer Claire Martin has just released a new album I Watch You Sleep with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra that is dedicated to the late singer/composer Richard Rodney Bennett. There is also (for the first time) an interview with both of them about cabaret music and what it means to them ..read more

The art of the cabaret song performance is the basis of The Cabaret Room. There are some excellent examples of that in this months podcast from singer Curtis Stigers whose appearance at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club has been sold out for some time. Roseanna Vitro a wonderful and expressive jazz performer sings in the bijou Mezzrow club in New York, while in the Piano Room a first time appearance from Scottish pianist Brian Kellock is a thrill and Claire Martin and her late partner Richard Rodney Bennett leave a possible hint of something that might happen later ..read more

Among the highlights this month in The Cabaret Room look out for Samara Joy  and her new album, she is a former winner of the Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition.  There are some seasonal songs from Curtis Stigers and Meg Flather plus some excellent jazz piano from Roland Hanna ..read more

In this month's podcast Barbra Streisand has a new album out that might surprise you when you discover when it was recorded. British singer Lianne Carroll sings a Stevie Wonder song adding her own individual touch. There is an appropriate song from the pen of Noel Coward about the weather and a couple of visits to The Piano Bar and find out who had one of the longest residencies in an iconic New York cabaret club than anyone else ..read more

In this month's Cabaret Room you can expect to hear songs from The Great American Songbook with such artists as Catherine Russell, Dominic Aldis and Mel Torme.   Barb Jungr though is a fine interpreter of songs by Jacques Brell, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.  This month's Album of the Month, by unknown singer Iris Festenstei, might intrigue a few. She has been retired for some time now but has just released a  surprising "new" album ..read more

Due to a few technical difficulties this months podcast hits you a few days late. Hope you enjoy what we have for you this month ..read more

This months Cabaret Room has a mixture of British and American cabaret singers. We feature the much missed UK singer Frank Holder and Claire Martin who has just won the Jazz Singer of the Year Award in the Parlimentary Jazz Awards for 2022. Claire in one of a number of singers featured on the Album of the Month that is something of a rarity in that it is a collection of brand new songs written by the pianist and composer Ross Lorraine ..read more

On this month's Cabaret Room - discover cabaret artists you don't hear on mainstream radio singing songs from The Great American Songbook, a New York duo showcasing their album of all new cabaret songs, plus a rare visit to the UK by a piano duo playing ragtime in London. As well as all that our album of the month is something a little bit special ..read more

This month we feature a new album from singer Tierney Sutton. The Bill Charlap Trio join us in the Piano Room. British singer Clare Teal sings a beautiful ballad and a rare visit for one night only in the UK from pianist Marcus Robert. We also take a trip over the pond to California to feature some West Coat Cool from Marcus Robert ..read more

This months visit to the Cabaret Room is full of some impressive performances from singers Christine Tobin and Claire Martin. We also celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Royal Bopstars vocal group. Our venture into the Piano Bar is full of intrigue and surprise with a collection of fifteen new songs we believe you will not have heard before from a couple of New York songwriters/cabaret performers that are a joy to hear ..read more