harp and kora with Sefo Kanuteh

I really had one of the most amazing days of my life recording with Sefo, my near namesake (I’ve always been called Sefa for short). He is really an incredible musician, it was like a masterclass. Ben aka Jon Johanna who is helping produce the album, created a...

updates

I’m playing in JARV which is Jarvis Cocker’s new project and there are four of us including Jarvis in JARV. Fellow BAS JANner Emma Smith (violin/guitar), Adam Betts (Drums), Andrew Mckinney (Bass/minotour) and myself on electric harp(!) and keyboards. We...

BAS JAN update

Firstly, my new years resolution is to get organised. It is impossible but the good people at lost map are helping. I’ve some how got locked out of the basjan.co.uk website so I can’t update it. lol The album Yes I Jan is coming out digitally on Feb 9th....

9th Dec Bas Jan – Paul Hamlyn Award and other news updates

Very belated news! I won a Paul Hamlyn award (as well as these other 9 artists) This coincided with my old laptop finally expiring so I haven’t been able to update my website. So that was one of the first things I spent some money on and now I am able to write...