If there is another way - for this inspiringly unique mix of musical voices - then it lies beyond easy categorisation. While elements of jazz, folk and soul coalesce here, The Other Way have a chemistry that's more than the sum of it's parts, creating a cocktail of lyrical song writing and improvisation, with songs reflecting on humanity's place in nature. Sampled sounds of birds and other animals are part of the instrumentation, wailing against a deep, paired back groove.

The band is led by trumpet player and composer Rowan Porteous, who has combined music with a career in nature conservation. An established voice on the south west music scene, when not saving creatures from extinction, Porteous has been seen performing with Highlife Jazz fusion band Baraka and in Gifford's Circus, among many others.

After receiving Arts Council development funding, the band released their debut album 'Learning to Be' in 2024, and have performed to rapt Audiences around the South West, including Cheltenham Jazz Festival, as well as being playlisted on Jazz FM and receiving great reviews in Jazzwise and Jazz Journal among others.

Ecological soul jazz for dancing into the void

"This band is electrifying live" - Jazz Journal

"This is very, very special" - Jazz FM

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