Welcome to Rays Room

The Home of NuDirections FM

And The Essential Jazz Matters Blog

NuDirections FM, Where Music, Images, Videos, Blogs and Content Come Together

NDFM

Welcome to Ray Room Studio, the home of NuDirections FM (NDFM), we are a not-for-profit project that I'm so proud of, what started as a weekly show on a community radio station, has grown into a significant global music streaming service within three years. we are dedicated to a worldwide audience of 40,000+ open-minded music lovers on 24+ music platforms in 57 countries. bringing together music from different backgrounds. that's diverse, uncompromising and bold and can only be described by the generic name Jazz.

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Introducing to Jazz Matters

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We decided to move forward from just being a music platform and to offer you more. The obvious move was to bring blogs, images, content and videos into NDFM.

Jazz Matters is now the editorial part of NDFM, so please enjoy our Blogs, listening to our Interviews and albums of the week (with a link option to purchase), also check out our selected images and of course our selected music videos.

How NuDirections FM became a significant Global music platform, from a community radio station show in three years. Please swipe left or click on the Right arrow - or allow 10 second auto scroll

Let the Music Live Inside You

We are What We Listen To

Interview with Billy Cobham

Way back in the mid-1970s, Billy Cobham released an album that altered the course of my life, The Album Crosswinds and the track Heather just took my musical mind in a different direction, I started to go to Jazz clubs to hear and see this music that set my mind on fire.

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

Interview with Ian Daley

Ian Daley (aka Selwyn) from Route Publisher (Music books). The interview was about the book "Train of Ice and Fire". This is the story about the maddest and most dangerous ever tour done by a rock band. The band was Mano Negra from France. The ex band of its leader Manu Chao.

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

The Lost Conversation with Joe Zawinul Part 1

All those that know me – know Joe Zawinul is my music man and my band was Weather report, then the Zawinul Syndicate. Around 2002 Joe released the Faces and places album - I arranged what was my very first interview and it was with Joe Zawinul my music idol, using a mini disc recorder to record a phone call to Joe’s home in the USA.

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

Mestizo Sounds present Tom Hingley

Tom was the singer of Inspiral Carpets in the days of the Madchester scene and is one of the greatest voices of his generation

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

The Lost Conversation with Joe Zawinul part 2

All those that know me – know Joe Zawinul is my music man and my band was Weather report, then the Zawinul Syndicate. Around 2002 Joe released the Faces and places album - I arranged what was my very first interview and it was with Joe Zawinul my music idol, using a mini disc recorder to record a phone call to Joe’s home in the USA.

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

MESTIZO SOUNDS PRESENT BARCELONA MANCHESTER

Mestizo Sounds is continuing with “Let's Talk about Music” series, this new programme will focus on the musical cities of Barcelona and Manchester. Jordi Ballart, a Barcelona native from Hospitalet, writer and Catalan linguist, will talk with Mestizo Sounds about the music of these two cities.

Jazz & Beyond Viewpoint  

Music is The Sound of Feelings - Listen & Purchase

Captain Planet & Shungudzo

Music Is Medicine

Jose Padilla

So Many Colours

Afro-Caribbean Mixtape

Nicholas Payton

Brother Moves On

$​/​he Who Feeds You​.​.​.​Owns You

London Brew

London Brew

Hendrix in Jazz

Various artists

Vince Mendoza

Olympians

Shabaka Hutchings

African Culture

Various Artists

Brasil Novo

Please reach out to NDFM with any comments, suggestions or enquires you might have; we’ll be more than happy to hear from you.
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