Sticks and Thrones with Migdalia Van Der Hoven and Jenny Pearson-Walinetski

Women in Jazz Media: The Podcasts

Welcome to the third episode of our drummer focused series ‘Sticks and Thrones’ with host Migdalia Van Der Hoven, with our guest Jenny Pearson-Walinetski

Our podcasts are available on all platforms and are currently at number 9 in the top 60 best Jazz podcast on FeedSpot featuring original music from Migdalia Van Der Hoven available here

Migdalia van der Hoven is an International Award winning Mexican drummer currently touring with SIX the Musical across the UK. She is also a Vater Drumsticks, Bosphorus Cymbals and RTOM Corporation artist and a Berklee College of Music graduate (where she studied and performed with Jackie Santos, Terri Lynn Carrington, Victor Mendoza and Mark Walker). She is known for her groove, sensitivity and versatility across multiple genres such as funk, jazz, fusion, latin jazz, pop and world music. She became the first Mexican Female drummer to ever perform at Ronnie Scott’s and the EFG London Jazz Festival. Migdalia became “Woman of the year 2022” in Mexico in arts and culture for her contribution in music nationally and internationally.

Follow Migdalia here

Jenny Pearson-Walinetski is a Drummer and Percussionist based in Manchester UK and is a graduate of the RNCM and Chetham’s School of Music. She currently tours with Miles Kane as well as artists including Bryony Jarman Pinto (Jazz), Molly Wharbuton (Pop) and IORA (Electro Pop and Sync) and has enjoyed over the years playing at festivals such as Glastonbury, Kendal Calling and Tramlines.

Jenny is a current deputy on Six The Musical UK tour and has performed on other musicals such as Hamilton, Fantastically Great Women and Unfortunate Musical. She is involved with her Jazz/DnB duo, j2oh (@j2ohmusic) which has performed at London Jazz Festival, Glasshouse ICM, Royal Albert Hall and in a feature recording with the Halle Orchestra. J2oh look forward to their upcoming album release late 2024.

Aside from gigs, Jenny records from her home studio with her work featured on Spotify Top 100, Netflix film releases UK and USA plus UK and European radio play. She has also featured as a drummer in advertisements for Facebook Meta and one of the Thousands of drummers in a shoot for Ladbrookes!

Find Jenny on Instagram here