Tina Edwards is a music multi-hyphenate, recognised as an international DJ, broadcaster, curator and music journalist.
Championing new music is what makes Tina’s heart race. One of the UK’s most trusted music heads; Tina Edwards is a broadcaster, DJ, music journalist, curator and interviewer who’s worked with Bandcamp, BBC TV, BBC radio, a wealth of International festivals, venues and audiophile brands.
The Londoner has a reputation for discovering and breaking artists—especially in the UK Jazz scene—and has been a facilitator in the story of artists like KOKOROKO, Makaya McCraven, GoGo Penguin, Sarathy Korwar, Nubya Garcia and many more.
Tina is a perpetual self-starter and collaborator. In the mid 2010s, she grew a multi-media platform called EZH (FKA Jazz Standard) which aimed to spotlight the then-emerging UK Jazz scene. One of the many projects she launched at this time with co-founder Will Shanahan was CHICAGOxLONDON; a legacy-inducing event series programmed with US label International Anthem that forged bonds between the jazz scenes in these cities.
Tina proudly retains one of the most coveted roles in radio as host of Bandcamp Selects, taking over the mantle from show founder Andrew Jervis alongside Aly Gillani. Expect jazz, global grooves, soul, psychedelia and local sounds from small places. Active in radio since 2015, she’s appeared on BBC 6music (Roundtable & Mary-Anne Hobbs), BBC Radio 3 (Jazz Fix, ‘Round Midnight), BBC Radio 2 (Power of Jazz), Jazz FM (various series), Soho Radio, NPR and community radio around the world - not to mention a long-standing residency on Tokyo’s J-Wave. Gilles Peterson invited Tina to join Worldwide FM, becoming one of their longest-serving residents (5 years), with two of those years as host for their long-standing breakfast show, WW Daily. Spotlighting music from across the UK, Tina hosted, produced and edited seven series of Next Big Thing for British Airways and Aer Lingus, listened to by millions of passengers worldwide between 2017 and 2026.
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An internationally-acclaimed DJ, she encourages dancers to ignore the booth and stay present on the dance floor. Tina began DJing in the UK shortly before the pandemic; since, her demand behind the decks has taken her and her maroon box of 45s around the world, performing in Australia, Japan, Singapore, LA, Chicago and across Europe. She’s played several high profile events including BAFTAs Official after party (2025, 2026), several TV and film after-parties and product launches for the likes of Ray Ban.
Tina’s sets are wildly eclectic and full of wild cards—but her grounding comes from the language of jazz; she’s recognised as one of the few DJs of her generation to uphold jazz dance floor culture. She does this with her Internationally-renowned night Love Is Everywhere, with some of the most established jazz dancers from across Europe and Asia making a point of performing. Wherever she plays, her sets avoid predictable arcs; Latin jazz, cumbia, off-beat disco, Afro-diasporic grooves, psychedelia and obscure 45s from her travels all contribute to her playful, intoxicating sets.
Tina is a prominent record collector, sharing her 1000+ collection with 170k+ people on Instagram. Fans can indulge in Tina’s personal selections in Jazz-ish Jazz Club, a subscriber-based digital fan club on Bandcamp where subscribers receive Tina’s album of the month, exclusive interviews, access to the artists, listening parties and a chat space.
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Today, Tina is the founder of re:sonate and Queer Jazz, which both aim to empower artists and audiences alike:
“What happens if we democratise information in the music industry?”. That’s the prompt that Tina and fellow DJ and broadcaster Tim Garcia return to time and time again with re:sonate, founded in 2022. As consultants, curators and hosts, they’ve worked with Love Supreme Jazz Festival, KEF Speakers, House of KOKO, Old Spittalfields Market, SXSW and many others. They’ve exciting plans ahead for 2026, leading with their Substack and socials.
Founding Queer Jazz in 2023 with musician Arowah, they hold a mirror to the previously-underrepresented LGBTQIA+ artists in the jazz scene. Their ACE funded 12 month live residency enabled Queer Jazz to build meaningful connections amongst artists and audiences which continues today through live shows at Hootananny’s, jams at Vortex Jazz Club, ‘Date my Mate’ events and collaborations with Orii Jam, Montreux Jazz Festival and more. QJ was nominated for the “Collaboration Award” at the JazzFM Awards 2025.
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Alongside music itself, writing is Tina’s first love. With a degree in Music Journalism, she’s written liner notes, features, interviews and scene reports for publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, Monocle, Mixmag and more, with regular contributions to jazz press like Downbeat, WeJazz and Everything Jazz. As Editor of KEF’s Listen Zine—a print magazine distributed globally—she’s shaped issues and written cover stories with musicians as varied as Nai Palm (in her “red room” at home in Melbourne), Daito Manabe, Antal, Sogumm and Victor Ray.
Tina started her career on screen; a presenter and producer for Balcony TV, London Live and voice over artist for ITN. She later circled back to TV to host BBC documentary Jazz UK: Spitting Fire, which told the story of the UK Jazz explosion. Today, she’s working with some of the UK’s most esteemed TV writers as Executive Music Supervisor and consultant for a family crime drama which is currently being workshopped.
Tina Edwards is a longtime member of the AIM Awards judging panel and Downbeat Critics poll. Away from music, she dabbles in creative writing, comedy improv and astrology.
“Edwards is deeply plugged into what’s next for global record culture” - Cue BURN, vinyl alliance
“YOU ABSOLUTELY SMASHED IT… THE GEM OF THE FESTIVAL FOR US” LOST VILLAGE DANCER
“Essential jazz into dance selections every time - Gilles Peterson
WINTER-Spring 25/26
30 October - Kasheme, Zurich, Switzerland
31 October - Kasheme, Zurich, Switzerland
1 November - Kasheme, Zurich, Switzerland
6 November - Enjoy Jazz Festival, Mannheim, Germany (listening session)
8 November - Enjoy Jazz Festival with Jazz Is Dead, Mannheim, Germany
14 November - Hootananny’s with Afterclapp, London
14 November - STEREO, London
22 November - Love is Everywhere with Charlie Dark, GROW Hackney, London
27 November - re:sonate at Ellen’s, House of KOKO, London
5 December - Tina Edwards Takeover, Multi Story, London
12 December - December - Tina Edwards Takeover, Multi Story, London
30 January - Jam Jar, Bristol
22 February - BAFTAs Official After Party
5 March - re:sonate at Ellen’s, House of KOKO, London
21 March - Kelham Jazz Festival, Sheffield
28 March - WOW, Athens
Based in Asia in April and May 2026
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MUSIC JOURNALISM
I’m a Music Journalist specialing in Jazz, club culture and underground music. I’ve written for Composer, Monocle, WeJazz, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Mixmag, Downbeat, Selamta (Ethiopian Airlines), Carlyle and Co (Hong Kong) and more.
I’m Editor of Listen Zine presented by high audio speaker brand KEF. It’s a printed zine that zooms into the underground music scene of a particular city, with Issue 1 focusing on Amsterdam, and Issue 2 on Tokyo. Issue 3 on London comes later in 2024, The zines are distributed across the world with an adjoining event in the featured city. I’m incredibly proud of it.
You can read my monthly column Slow Listening on KEF’s sister website, Sound of Life.
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Following Leeds: The Northern English City is Reshaping UK Indie
BANDCAMP
The northern English city of Leeds is good at reinventing itself. Once a flourishing hub for wool and textiles production during the Industrial Revolution, the city’s factories and mills, now repurposed as shops and residences, stand tall and proud amongst a plethora of small venues and music-loving pubs, and Europe’s largest outdoor market. A candidate for European Capital of Culture in 2023, after Brexit nullified the bid, the city went ahead with its own year-long cultural program called “LEEDS 2023” to showcase local musicians, artists, and performers. It’s with help from this community, which also includes bookers, promoters, and mentors, that Leeds’s rock scene is shaping the sound of British rock music right now.
JACOB COLLIER’S TECHNICOLOUR WORLD
DOWNBEAT (COVER STORY)
Jacob Collier started to build his fanbase back in 2011 when he began sharing intoxicating arrangements to popular songs on YouTube. One of those fans was Quincy Jones, who in 2015 flew to Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London to watch Collier’s solo show. Jones began managing him soon afterward. The rest, as they say, is history … but not quite. Just turning 30 — with five studio albums and four world tours under his technicolored belt — the multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and educator is just getting started.
Celebrating the life of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
selamta magazine, ethiopian arlines
In March 2023, we lost an exceptional woman: musician and nun, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, who would have turned 100 years old in December 2023. Her life tells a story that is as moving and as eventful as any film.
THE UNMATCHED SOUND WORLD OF NAI PALM
LISTEN ZINE / SOUND OF LIFE (cover story)
Nai Palm’s home is as quirkily ornate as you might imagine. We sit in her lounge laden with red walls—not the muse of her band Hiatus Kaiyote’s Red Room track though; she moved in only recently. Synthetic white flowers hang from the entire span of the ceiling. To my right, a framed bat skeleton catches my eye—a gift from a friend who said “watch this” as Nai had no interest in watching TV whilst she recovered from illness a few years ago.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on emotively scoring 'Bones and All'
COMPOSER MAGAZINE (cover story)
When Composer asked if I would interview living legends Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, I had to exercise restraint, not to WhatsApp the school friends that I’m no longer in touch with - the ones that I listened to Nine Inch Nails with as a teenager, whilst we drank on the beach and watched the sun reach towards the sand.