No More Excuses I at Wiener Festwochen 2026 | Free Republic of Vienna
No More Excuses I celebrates the sounds between and shines a spotlight on significant female pioneers who are shaping the discourse on cultural identity
Author: pierre
Jazzwise – 6 May 2026
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2026
Tony Benjamin
“Witnessing their brilliant collective creativity was a heart-warming privilege that will resound long after the festival’s finale.”
TDE Promotions – 16 April 2026
Elaine Mitchener and The Power Of Four at Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Tony Dudley Evans
“My work with the Power of Four fits in perfectly with all my other work as I see them as interconnected – it’s still ensemble playing but with different repertoire and ‘feel’, but the openness to mining ideas remains the same.”
Always, Already There, 23-25 October at Barbican & GSMD
'Always, Already There' is the first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project, curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener
Metal Mark Time at Auto Italia
Elaine Mitchener presents Metal Mark Time, a newly commissioned vocal performance based on the artist’s personal connections to Tower Hamlets, and inspired by The Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
Dance Art Journal – 25 March 2026
Graffiti Bodies XV by Dam Van Huynh, Elaine Mitchener & Michael Picknett
Qiao Lin Tan
In a world where it feels like injustice and oppression repeats itself in different guises with every news story and social media post, Graffiti Bodies XV reminds us that amongst the multiple layers of shittery, there are always layers upon layers of hope, justice and community to look for as well.
The Wire – April 2026
Elaine Michener: Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
Hugh Morris
How long before we start talking about Elaine Mitchener as a genre?
Jazzwise – 17 March 2026
Graffiti Bodies XV: A Requiem for the Wrongfully Erased
Kevin Le Gendre
Graffiti Bodies XV is more of a death disco, a thought-provoking if not utterly disquieting commentary on the long history of police brutality in the black Diaspora.
13 June 2026
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