Video of the Day: Trish Clowes shares ‘A View with a Room‘ the lead track from her new album on Greenleaf Music

The LP is her fourth with her jazz-rock-edged My Iris quartet of Ross Stanley (piano/Hammond organ), Chris Montague (guitar) and James Maddren (drums), and features music mostly composed and developed on live-streams during lockdown – which in turn fed into the subject matter of the album, as Clowes explains: “Many of the tracks make direct reference to issues created and exacerbated by the global pandemic, commenting on personal loss and creativity as solace, the climate crisis, and the ever-growing migrant crisis. The title track, for example, suggests a surreal, and yet strangely relatable concept, forced upon much of the world during these deeply isolating times.”

The band head out on an extensive UK tour to support the album too, dates are: Jazz Hastings (5 Apr); Bracknell Jazz (8 Apr); The Blue Room, Lincoln (9 Apr); Ashburton Arts Centre (21 Apr); Lighthouse, Poole (22 Apr); Wigmore Hall, London – album launch (23 Apr); The Flute and Tankard, Cardiff (27 Apr); Aberjazz, Wales (28 Apr); Tung Auditorium at Liverpool University (30 Apr); NQJazz, Manchester (2 May); National Centre of Early Music, York (3 May); Scarborough Jazz (4 May); Seven Arts, Leeds (5 May); Hive, Shrewsbury (14 May); Jazz Northeast, Newcastle (15 May); Beeston Library, Nottingham (16 May ); Workshop Library, Nottingham (17 May); Southwell Library, Nottingham (18 May); West Bridgford Library, Nottingham (19 May); Leicester Jazz House (26 May) and Blue Arrow Club, Glasgow (27 May).

See the video for ‘A View with a Room’ below and for more info visit www.trishclowes.com