Tipped as ‘One To Watch’ by BBC Introducing, Jazz FM UK and Belfast Live, award-winning singer-songwriter Katharine Timoney is making waves as one of Ireland’s leading jazz-soul crossover artists.

Raised in Belfast, Katharine grew up listening to the voices of Nina Simone, Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday.  In 2024, she caught the attention of Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2with her single ‘All This Time’.

Her debut EP ‘Life came into Colour’ produced and arranged by British saxophonist Ben Castle was significantly supported by Jazz FM UK, and has received an incredible 600,000 plays on Spotify.  Recent performances saw her take to the stage to a packed out audience at Cheltenham Jazz Festival and perform a string of sold-out shows this year.

Katharine’s upcoming record is due for release in September and is produced by saxophonist Ben Castle, and features pianist Mark Edwards, drummer Darren Beckett and bassist Arnie Somogyi. 

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Acclaimed Galway guitarist and composer Aengus Hackett has established himself as one of Ireland’s leading jazz guitarists. He has played with the cream of Ireland’s jazz scene – Mike Nielsen, Tommy Halferty, Conor Guilfoyle, Izumi Kimura, Bill Blackmore, Greg Felton, and Damian Evans – as well as with the RTÉ Contempo Quartet and trombonist Colm O’Hara’s 10tet.

In his Aengus Hackett Trio he is joined by two of Dublin’s most in-demand players, drummer Matthew Jacobson and bassist Derek Whyte. The band’s released their acclaimed debut album was last Spring. It made number three in the Irish Times critics poll of best jazz albums of 2024.

A graduate of the prestigious Conservatory of Amsterdam, Aengus studied under world-renowned guitarist Jesse Van Ruller and in the US, with the likes of guitarist Wayne Krantz, Curtis Fuller, Pat LaBarbera and Grammy-winner Bobby Shew. A versatile musician, his projects also reach into electronica, hip-hop, post-rock and folk.  

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