With a song in her heart and some sense in her head!

This evening I had the pleasure of speaking to one of the UK's most talented and underrated vocalists in a no-holds-barred interview on the state of jazz music today.

Gill Manly is a jazz artist who's just released her second album "With A Song In My Heart" to much critical acclaim. Having been in the industry for a couple of decades, Gill spoke honestly and refreshingly about her experiences in music and her thoughts on the industry, warts and all. After a sabbatical of a few years, Gill returned to the stage and the recording studio to find not much has changed since she exited the business and found spiritual enlightenment.

Look out for Gill and other talented women in jazz in a feature on the rise and rise of women in jazz in the next issue of Lucid Magazine, online on Monday, 4th May.