Beverley Beirne at York Theatre Royal, York.
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
Featuring: Beverley Beirne
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Beverley Beirne writes;
I have a return gig at York Theatre Royal as part of their Old Paintshop Series.
I’m really looking forward to it and I’ve got 3 amazing musicians on board, John Crawford on keys, Andy Hamill on double bass and Steve Hanley on kit.
I’ve been in the process of composing for my next album of originals and I’m looking forward to performing some of these with the guys and giving them a first spin out.
PRESS RELEASE:
‘A deep-diving delight!’ JAZZWISE 4****
‘Beirne just kills it!’ ALL ABOUT JAZZ 4****
****Dream Dancer in the long-list for the Grammy’s Best Jazz Vocal Album
Dream Dancer receives multiple 4**** reviews
‘Old Brazil’ at #no2 in the Roots Charts in the States for 2 months!****
One of the U.K.’s finest jazz singers Beverley Beirne will be returning as part of York’s Theatre Royal Jazz Programme on Saturday 10th October.
Beverley has performed at leading clubs throughout the UK and Europe including Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Jazz Club, 606 Club, The Stables (Cleo Laine’s prestigious venue), Gregory’s in Rome and Venice Jazz Club, and headlined at Marsden Jazz Festival and Limerick Jazz Festival with her band of leading U.K. musicians.
Dream Dancer, Beverley’s latest album was in the long-list for The Grammy’s Best Jazz Vocal Album and received multiple 4* reviews. ‘Old Brazil’ from the album, written by saxophone legend Duncan Lamont originally as the theme to the 70s children’s programme Mr. Benn, was at #no2 in the Roots Charts in the states for several weeks. The album focuses on her original takes on songs of hope, passion, of living life to the full, of day dreaming, regret, love lost and love found and ultimately of dancing through the game and rhythm of life. The album was produced by Grammy-winning NY producer Jason Miles (Luther Vandross, Miles Davis, Sting).
The material contains some of the finest songs and song-writers in the jazz repertoire and beyond, such as the little known ‘Reaching For The Moon,’ by the great Irving Berlin featuring double bass and ‘Grandma’s Hands’ by Bill Withers, highlighting both Beverley’s comparison to Anita O’Day and Cleo Lane. True to form, Beverley also includes original interpretations such as David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance,’ and a crowd pleasing bluesy version of The Clash’s ‘Should stay or Should I go.’
Beverley will also include original songs from U.K. legend Duncan Lamont and a preview of some of Beverley’s own compositions due to be recorded next year for her fourth studio album.
Producer Jason Miles (Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Sting) says, “Beverley has one of those voices that you can keep on listening to. I just don’t hear many jazz singers today like her.”
As jazz reviewer Richard Salvucci said in All About Jazz, ‘Beirne not only has fun, but makes you think!’
Beverley brings with her two incredibly talented and highly regarded jazz musicians on the London scene, pianist John Crawford and Andy Hamill on double bass and the exceptionally skilled and talented northern based drummer Steve Hanley.
The second CD by Beverley Beirne to be produced by Jason Miles is successful because all the elements are exactly right…it isn’t often that all these things come together on one new record but here they do.’ JAZZ JOURNAL 4 ****
‘Beirne’s voice has an instrumental quality and a glorious rich tone. A great new album. Superb!’ BBC RADIO ULSTER, Jazz World
‘A Standout!’ SOMETHING ELSE REVIEWS 4****
‘Her deep, soulful and highly flexible vocals have attracted justifiable comparisons with Cleo Lane, but Beirne is very much her own woman.’ THE JAZZMANN
‘Beirne sings without a net…a tour de force performance!’ JAZZ VIEWS
‘Jazz Just Wants To Have Fun may have brought Beverley Beirne to the attention of an audience not familiar to jazz music; Dream Dancer emphasises why she is considered by many to be one of the leading vocalists in British Jazz.’
SIMPLYJAZZTALK
‘Beirne’s vocals often sound like the phrasing of a tenor saxophone. She knows how to hit those notes and get in between the cracks of them like a virtuoso instrumentalist.’
LA JAZZSCENE
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