Bloc Party
Left to right: Okereke, Lissack, Moakes, and Tong
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Indie rock,[1] post-punk revival, alternative dance, alternative rock
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Frenchkiss, Wichita, Atlantic, Dim Mak, Transgressive, Trash Aesthetics, Vice
Associated acts	Kele, Pin Me Down, Young Legionnaire
Website	www.blocparty.com
Members
Kele Okereke Russell Lissack Gordon Moakes Matthew Tong

Bloc Party are a British indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their brand of music is said to have been drawn from such bands as The Smiths,^[2] Joy Division,^[3] Sonic Youth,^[3] The Cure,^[4] Mogwai,^[4] Siouxsie and the Banshees^[5] and in their more recent work Radiohead.^[6]

The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices".

In February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was critically acclaimed and was named 'Indie Album of the Year' at the 2006 PLUG Awards and NME Album of the year which both honour indie music.^[7] That year, the record was also certified platinum in Britain. The band built on this success in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve in the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio record, Intimacy. The band went on a hiatus in October 2009 to focus on side projects, and reunited in September 2011. In May 2012, the band announced via their website that their fourth album, Four, will be released on August 20, 2012. As of May 2012^[update], Bloc Party have sold two million albums worldwide.^[8]

History[link]

Formation and rising popularity (1999–2004)[link]

Russell Lissack and Kele Okereke first met in 1998 in London. Lissack had attended Bancroft's School, while Okereke attended Ilford County High School, then Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green for sixth form. They bumped into each other again in 1999 at Reading Festival and decided to form a band.^[9] Bassist Gordon Moakes joined after answering an advert in NME, and drummer Matt Tong joined after an audition.^[9] After going through a variety of names, such as Union, Superheroes of BMX, The Angel Range, and Diet, the band settled on Bloc Party in September 2003, a play on block party.^[10] The band has said that the name was not intended to be an allusion to the Soviet Bloc or the Canadian political party Bloc Québécois. However, Moakes said on the group's official Internet forum that it was more a merging of the eastern "Blocs" and the western "parties", in the political sense. He also notes that the name was not explicitly driven by politics, but rather it "looked, sounded, seemed fine so we went with it."^[11]

	"Banquet" noicon "Banquet" was Bloc Party's first and only release by Moshi Moshi, and is typical of their early indie rock style.
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In November 2003, Bloc Party had their track "The Marshals Are Dead" featured on a compilation CD called The New Cross released by Angular Recording Corporation.^[12] They then released their debut single "She's Hearing Voices" on the then fledgling record label Trash Aesthetics.^[13] The band got their break after Okereke went to a Franz Ferdinand concert in 2003, and gave a copy of "She's Hearing Voices" to both lead singer Alex Kapranos and BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq.^[14] Lamacq subsequently played the song on his radio show, labelling the track "genius",^[15] and invited them to record a live session for the show.^[16] The buzz generated off the back of the single led to another release, "Banquet/Staying Fat", this time through Moshi Moshi Records,^[17] and to the eventual signing with independent label Wichita Recordings in April 2004.^[18]

[edit] Silent Alarm (2004–2006)

Bloc Party's Lissack and Okereke on stage in Cardiff in October 2005

Bloc Party's debut album, Silent Alarm, was released in February 2005 and was met with universal critical acclaim.^[19] It was voted 'Album of the Year' for 2005 by NME,^[20] and reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart before being certified platinum.^[21][22] The first single from the album, "So Here We Are/Positive Tension", made the top 5 on the UK Top 40 chart.^[21] Further singles "Banquet" (which reached number 13 in NME's 'Top 50 Singles of 2005'), "Helicopter", and "Pioneers", whilst failing to repeat this success, still managed to reach the UK top 20.^[21] The animated video for "Pioneers", made by the Shoreditch-based Minivegas design agency,^[23] was top of the NME video charts for 4 weeks. NME tagged them as "art-rock" at that time but the band felt it was too limited.^[3]

The band received positive reviews from critics in the United States and they toured there heavily in the 18 months that followed the release of Silent Alarm.^[24] In early 2006, they finished their tour with sold out shows in Los Angeles, Miami and Berkeley.^[24] The album went on to sell more than 350,000 copies in North America and over a million worldwide.^[22] After this success, the established electronic group, The Chemical Brothers, soon collaborated with Okereke for "Believe", a track on their Push the Button album.^[25] An album of remixes of tracks from Silent Alarm had also been released at the end of August 2005 in the UK.^[26] This remix album, entitled Silent Alarm Remixed, retained the album's original track list and includes remixes from the likes of Ladytron, M83, Death from Above 1979, Four Tet, and Mogwai.^[27]

During July 2005, Bloc Party recorded two new tracks with Silent Alarm producer Paul Epworth. The songs were released as single with a B-side, titled "Two More Years",^[28] to coincide with the band's October 2005 UK tour.^[29] The tour was also accompanied by a re-issue of Silent Alarm, which included "Two More Years" and former single "Little Thoughts" as bonus tracks. A remix of "Banquet" by The Streets, as well as a music video for the song, were included in the "Two More Years" single.^[30] Bloc Party also contributed the track "The Present" to the Help!: A Day in the Life compilation, the profits of which benefited the War Child charity.^[31]

[edit] A Weekend in the City (2006–2008)

Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend in the City, was produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee.^[32] It was released in February 2007,^[33] although it was leaked in November 2006.^[34] It became available for download on the UK iTunes store before the physical release, and reached the number 2 spot on the UK Albums Chart.^[35] The album also reached number 2 on the Australian and Belgian charts,^[36][37] and debuted at number 12 in the Billboard 200, with 48,000 copies sold.^[38] The first single, "The Prayer", was released on 29 January,^[39] and became the band's highest charting single in the British Top 40, reaching number 4.^[40] In the build up to the release of the album, BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe aired a live set by the band from Maida Vale studios on 30 January 2007, featuring a mix of old and new songs.^[41] On 1 February 2007, A Weekend in the City was made available to listen to for free through the Bloc Party's official MySpace page.^[42]

Bloc Party at The Brixton Academy, London, UK. October 2005.

The next single, "I Still Remember", was Bloc Party's highest charting American single, peaking at number 24 on the Modern Rock Chart.^[43] The band released their third single, "Hunting for Witches", with an accompanying video clip in August 2007. The single became their only ARIA Chart entry, peaking at number 20.^[44] In October 2007, it was announced that Bloc Party would release a new single, "Flux", on 13 November—ahead of their end of year gigs.^[45] The electronic song, also produced by Jacknife Lee,^[46] was very different from previous singles released by the band.^[47]

The band's first gig following the release of A Weekend In The City was on 5 February 2007, in Reading,^[48] and was broadcast live on BBC 6 Music.^[49] On 20 May 2007, Bloc Party headlined on the In New Music We Trust stage at the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Preston.^[50] They also performed at the UK leg of Live Earth on 7 July 2007 at Wembley Stadium.^[51] Furthermore, the band played sets at T in the Park and Oxegen 07 that same weekend,^[52][53] as well as Glastonbury and the Reading and Leeds Festivals later in 2007.^[54][55] Bloc Party announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand in August 2007, which would include a special appearance at the Splendour in the Grass Festival on 5 August.^[48] On 17 September 2007, they recorded a set for the PBS show Austin City Limits.^[56] a day after playing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.^[48] On 27 October, the band performed a set at London's The Roundhouse with the Exmoor Singers, a London based choir, as part of the BBC Electric Proms. The set included songs from both Silent Alarm and A Weekend In The City along with the first British live performance of "Flux".^[57]

[edit] Intimacy (2008–2009)

"Mercury" was released as the first single from Bloc Party's third album in August 2008,^[58] accompanied by a music video.^[59] Again produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth, Intimacy was rush-released later that month, with the album available to download 3 days after an announcement in August 2008. Later in the month the band played second on the bill at the Reading and Leeds Festivals^[60] before headling the Hydro Connect Music Festival in Argyll, Scotland.^[61]

During the autumn of 2008, the band went on a short tour of North America, which included an appearance at the Virgin Festival in Toronto, as well as the band's first ever American college show at Syracuse University.^[62] They made their live return to the UK on 30 September 2008 with a special gig in London as part of Q Awards: The Gigs. They also played the Glasgow date of MTV2's and Topman's "Gonzo on Tour" on 19 October 2008.^[63] A follow-up single, "Talons" was released in October 2008. The song was not part of the pre-order album, but did featured on the full album CD release^[64] and was made freely available to people who had already purchased the download-only album.^[65] An album of remixes of all tracks on Intimacy, Intimacy Remixed, was released in May 2009.^[66] The band undertook their first UK tour since December 2007 in October 2009,^[67] dubbing it "Bloctober".^[68]

"One More Chance" and hiatus (2009-2011)[link]

In July 2009, Okereke stated that the band did not have a current recording contract and had no obligation or pressure to release a new album in the foreseeable future; he went on to suggest that the release of a fourth album was on an indefinite timescale.^[69] A new single, "One More Chance", was released in August 2009. The song did not appear on Intimacy and was produced by Jacknife Lee. After this the group went on a hiatus, with the members unsure as to whether they would carry on.^[70]

During this period of hiatus Lissack revived his project Pin Me Down^[71] and joined the live line-up of Irish rock-band Ash as guitarist and synthesiser player on their touring for the A-Z Singles series.^[72] Moakes formed the group Young Legionnaire with Paul Mullen, vocalist & guitarist of The Automatic, and William Bowerman, drummer for La Roux, releasing a single, "Colossus" in August 2010.^[73] Okereke released a solo album, The Boxer, in June 2010. Produced by Hudson Mohawke and XXXChange, its release was preceded by the single "Tenderoni".^[74][75][76] Rumours throughout 2011 suggested Okereke had left the group to focus on solo work, though these were disproven by other band members.^[77][78]

[edit] Four (2011-)

Bloc Party started writing material for a fourth album in 2011,^[79][80] but decided not to play live.^[80] In the meantime Okereke finished an EP titled The Hunter.^[81] The group stated they intend to release a new album in 2012.^[82] On 3 January, Okereke appeared on Zane Lowe's radio breakfast show and stated that Bloc Party had already finished recording two full tracks and had demoed a further seventeen. On 8 March 2012, Bloc Party began uploading short videos to YouTube showing various members jokingly practising "possible tracks" for the upcoming album. By 22 March 2012, the band announced via Twitter that they had finished writing the album and were beginning to record.^[83] The same day, the band announced a new contract with Frenchkiss Records.^[78][84] On the 31 May 2012, Bloc Party announced Four.^[85][86][87] The album is set to be released on 20 August 2012 on French Kiss Recordings / Co-operative Music. The album was recorded with Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta) at Stratosphere Studios in New York City through the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012.^[88]

Musical style[link]

Bloc Party's brand of guitar rock draws on influences such as The Cure, Joy Division, Sonic Youth,^[4] Blur,^[89] and The Smiths.^[9] Okereke has also stated that Mogwai's album Mogwai Young Team changed his life by being his musical "year zero".^[90] Okereke also cites Suede as a major influence, he says Dog Man Star was the first record he fell in love with.^[91] Particular parallels were made between Bloc Party and Gang of Four upon their arrival on the music scene,^[4] yet the band were "mildly infuriated" at such references, claiming they had never "particularly liked" Gang of Four.^[34] To achieve their unique style, numerous delay and other effects pedals are implemented.^[92] During the recording of second album A Weekend in the City, the band suggested it would contain "some truly R'n'B styled beats, a song where [Tong] and [Moakes] play drums simultaneously [with] both eggshell-thin fragility and trouser-flapping hugeness",^[93] as opposed to their typical sound. The style has been compared to and inspired by such bands as Radiohead, U2, Depeche Mode, and Björk.^[6] Some of the most noticeable changes between debut Silent Alarm and A Weekend in the City are that the songs became more layered and less raw due to inclusion of string arrangements.^[94]

With the release of "Flux", Bloc Party's style became even more diverse with the inclusion of electronic music.^[94] "Mercury" saw Bloc Party distance themselves even further from the traditional guitar band set-up by experimenting with dark electronic sounds and a brass section inspired by Siouxsie and the Banshees.^[5][95] The band's third album Intimacy also features synths, processed drum beats and loops, vocal manipulation, and choral arrangements.^[96] Even though the album is influenced by electronic music, the band still has not lost their feel for guitar music. For example, in a recent interview, Okereke said that the band is starting to miss their more traditional sound, and confirmed that may be the way fourth album is headed.^[97] However, Tong contradicted this, stating: "There's every chance we might go back to more orthodox arrangements or things that resemble a traditional band but I don't think we'll ever write songs like we did on Silent Alarm again."^[98] A 2009 Vice Records mix lists the following songs Bloc Party are influenced by: Eagle Boston's "Wild Wild Ost", Pylon's "Working Is No Problem", Delta 5's "Mind Your Own Business", John Foxx's "Underpass", Prince's "I Would Die 4 U" (also covered live), Sonic Youth's "Youth Against Fascism", Dinosaur Jr.'s "Freak Scene", La Roux's "Quicksand (Nightrunners Edit)", and Bruce Springsteen's "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)".^[99]

Awards and nominations[link]

Bloc Party have had several nominations from a number of different awarding bodies during their recording career. The band themselves were nominated for 'Best New Artist' at the 2005 NME Awards,^[100] and were also up for the 'Best Alternative Act' category at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards.^[101] In 2006, Bloc Party were nominated for another NME Award, this time in the 'Best British Band' category.^[102] They were also shortlisted for three PLUG Awards: 'New Artist of the Year' in 2005,^[103] and 'Artist of the Year' and 'Live Act of the Year' in 2006.^[7] At the 19th GLAAD Media Awards in 2008, they were nominated in the 'Music Artist' category for their work on second album A Weekend in the City.^[104]

Their debut album Silent Alarm was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize.^[105] It was also nominated as 'Album of the Year' at three different ceremonies: the New Pantheon Music Award (Shortlist Music Prize),^[106] the 2006 NME Awards,^[102] and the 2006 PLUG Awards, where "Helicopter" was also up for 'Best Music Video'.^[7] The record won the award for 'Best Indie Rock Album' at the 2006 PLUG Awards.^[7] At the 2008 NME Awards, "Flux" was nominated in three different categories: 'Best Track', 'Best Video' and 'Best Dancefloor Filler'.^[107]

Band members[link]

• Kele Okereke – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Russell Lissack – lead guitar
• Gordon Moakes – bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesiser, glockenspiel, electronic drums, sampler
• Matthew Tong - drums, backing vocals, drum machine

Discography[link]

• Silent Alarm (2005)
• A Weekend in the City (2007)
• Intimacy (2008)
• Four (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

	Book: Bloc Party
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v t e Bloc Party Russell Lissack Gordon Moakes Kele Okereke Matt Tong Studio albums Silent Alarm A Weekend in the City Intimacy Four Remix albums Silent Alarm Remixed Intimacy Remixed EPs Bloc Party Little Thoughts EP Singles "She's Hearing Voices" "Banquet/Staying Fat" "Little Thoughts/Tulips" "Helicopter" "Tulips" "So Here We Are/Positive Tension" "Banquet" "Pioneers" "Two More Years" "The Prayer" "I Still Remember" "Hunting for Witches" "Flux" "Mercury" "Talons" "One Month Off" "Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" "One More Chance" Other songs "Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)" "Like Eating Glass" "This Modern Love" "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)" "Ares (Villains Remix)" Related articles Discography Awards and nominations Pin Me Down Young Legionnaire The Boxer The Hunter Book:Bloc Party

Jools Holland
Holland at the British Academy Television Awards 2009
Background information
Birth name	Julian Miles Holland
Born	(1958-01-24) 24 January 1958 (age 54) Blackheath, London, England
Genres	Boogie-woogie, jazz, blues, R&B
Occupations	Musician, composer, television presenter, bandleader
Instruments	Piano, keyboard, guitar
Years active	1974–present
Associated acts	Squeeze Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Website	Official site

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze (1974-1980 & 1985-1990) and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine and Bono.

Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. He currently hosts Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny, is based.^[1]

Life and career[link]

His great grandfather came from Ireland.^[2]

Holland played as a session musician before finding fame, and his first studio session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on their track "F*ck Off."^[3]

Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1981 and helped the band to achieve millions of record sales, before pursuing his solo career.^[3]

Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being Boogie Woogie '78. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based TV music show The Tube with Paula Yates. Holland achieved notoriety by inadvertently using the phrase "groovy fuckers" in a live, early evening TV trailer for the show, causing it to be suspended for six weeks.^[4] He referred to this in his sitcom "The Groovy Fellers" with Rowland Rivron.

Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, 22 January 2005

In 1983 Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for the album Soul Mining. In 1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to 1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Jools Holland as their keyboard player. Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point, he again departed Squeeze on amicable terms to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV host.

In 1987, Holland formed The Jools Holland Big Band which consisted of himself and Gilson Lavis from Squeeze. This gradually became his 18-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.^[3]

Between 1988 and 1990 he performed and co-hosted along with David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance program Sunday Night on NBC late-night television.^[5] Since 1992 he has presented the music program Later... with Jools Holland, plus an annual New Year's Eve Hootenanny.

In 1996, Holland signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records,^[3] and his records are now marketed through Rhino Records.

Holland has a touring band, The Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, which often includes singers Sam Brown and Ruby Turner. In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief Cardiff.

Personal[link]

Holland lives in the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath in South East London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design, inspired by Portmeirion, the setting for the 1960s TV series The Prisoner.^[6] Holland owns costumes and props from the series and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in the series. In 1987, Holland demonstrated his love of the series and starred in a spoof documentary, The Laughing Prisoner, with Stephen Fry, Terence Alexander and Hugh Laurie.^[6] Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, with archive footage of Patrick McGoohan, and featuring musical numbers from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magnum and XTC. Holland performed a number towards the end of the program. His younger brother, Christopher, also plays organ in the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, as well as being a singer-songwriter.

Holland was an interviewer for The Beatles Anthology TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film Spiceworld as a musical director.

He received an OBE in 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician. In September 2006 Holland was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent.^[7] He is also known for his charity work: in June 2006 he performed in Southend for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay,^[8] and in early 2007 he performed at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings.^[9] He is also patron of the Drake Music Project^[10] and has raised many thousands of pounds for the charity.

Holland was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University at a ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 January 2009.^[11]

On 29 August 2005 Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years (between 1983 and 1995 she had been married to Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, before they divorced). The wedding, at St James's Church, Cooling near Rochester, was attended by many celebrities, including Ringo Starr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Noel Gallagher, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.^[12]

Holland is also a patron for The Milton Rooms, an Arts centre in Malton, North Yorkshire, along with Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Kathy Burke.^[13]

Writing[link]

His 2007 biography, Barefaced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts was BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland. He is the author or joint author of four other books.

Discography[link]

Albums that have charted and gained Certifications[link]

Releases[link]

• 1978 "Boogie Woogie '78" (EP)
• 1981 Jools Holland and His Millionaires
• 1984 Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy (U.S. release only)
• 1990 World Of His Own
• 1991 The Full Complement
• 1992 "Together Again" (single with Sam Brown)
• 1992 The A-Z Geographer's Guide To The Piano
• 1994 Solo Piano
• 1994 Live Performance
• 1996 " Jazz & Rock & Roll
• 1997 Lift The Lid
• 1998 Best Of
• 1999 Sunset Over London
• 2000 Hop The Wag
• 2001 Small World Big Band
• 2002 SWBB Volume Two: More Friends
• 2003 Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)
• 2004 Tom Jones & Jools Holland
• 2005 Beatroute
• 2005 Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska
• 2006 Moving Out To The Country
• 2007 Best of Friends
• 2008 The Collection
• 2008 The Informer (With Ruby Turner)
• 2008 "The Informer" (single with Ruby Turner)
• 2009 "I Went By" (single with Louise Marshall)
• 2010 Rockinghorse

Film and television[link]

• 1981 Urgh! A Music War
• 1982 Police: Around the World
• 1982 - 1987 The Tube (Host for 121 editions)
• 1983 Rebellious Jukebox: Compere
• 1984 The Young Ones: Punk (Episode entitled "Summer Holiday")
• 1985 Walking To New Orleans (Jools Holland in New Orleans)
• 1987 Eat the Rich: Sun Reporter
• 1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap: Strip Show Pianist (Episode #1.3)
• 1987 The Laughing Prisoner: No. 7
• 1987 French and Saunders (Episode 1.5)
• 1988 Sunday Night: Host (unknown episodes)
• 1989 Juke Box Jury: Host (unknown episodes)
• 1989 The Groovy Fellers Himself, 6 episodes
• 1991 Mr Roadrunner (Jools Holland in Memphis)
• 1994 There's No Business: Pianist
• 1994 - 1995 Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
• 1995 The Beatles Anthology
• 1997 Spice World: Musical Director
• 1997 Name That Tune: Host and Pianist
• 2003 Jool's History of the Piano : Presenter
• 2006 Top Gear: Star in a reasonably priced car.
• 2007 Fairport@Forty: Interview
• 2009 Chop Shop Rover Concept: The Jet 1 Car : Customer

Current television programmes[link]

• 1992–present Later... with Jools Holland
• 1993–present Hootenanny

Books[link]

• "Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road, (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998), (ISBN 0-670-88051-5)
• Beat Route: Journeys Through Six Counties, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (1998), (ISBN 0-575-06700-4)
• Ray Charles: Man and Music, (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999), (ISBN 0-86241-929-8)
• Hand That Changed Its Mind , International Music Publications (2007), (ISBN 1-84328-645-9)
• Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts , Michael Joseph Ltd (2007), (ISBN 0-7181-4915-7)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Jools Holland at the Internet Movie Database
• Jools Holland's Radio 2 show at BBC Programmes
• Later...with Jools Holland at BBC Online