Emma-Jean Thackray is difficult to categorize. Her first festival performance of the night will be playing jazzy sounds with her band in Darling hall, but Sunday night will end with her own DJ set. No stranger to the turntables, Thackray’s sounds could earlier be heard on Soundcloud, Worldwide FM and Spiritland Radio, where she explored the latest and best in jazz and beyond. But even in her own music her take on jazz is often dancefloor-angled, mixing more traditional sounds with electronics. Maybe Darling hall and Tigris are not that far apart after all!
