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Preview: Orchestra Baobab + The Heliocentrics + Shingai @ Roundhouse (London; Friday 27th September 2019)

If you were to introduce someone to the highlights of African music, your best bet would be to begin with Orchestra Baobab. Fusing African and Cuban jazz with strong elements of Congolese rhumba, Orchestra Baobab quickly rose to fame in the 70s and continued the spell-binding grip on their fans,...

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Preview: Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds @ EartH (London; Wednesday 25th September 2019)

Catch Benjamin Zephaniah and The Revolutionary Minds playing Hackney venue EartH on Wednesday 25th September as part of the seventeenth London African Music Festival! Dr Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is best known as a “dub poet”, but he’s worked across lots of genres, from poetry to music and from novels...

15 Sep
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Event Review: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 15th to Sunday 18 August 2019)

An inaugural festival is always going to be packed with risk and suspense, and after the downpour that Friday night experienced, a breath was held in anticipation of Saturday’s events. However, it is with sheer delight I report that the proceedings seemingly went ahead seamlessly. Saturday I have to jump...

12 Sep
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Preview: Malphino @ Pizza Express Live Holborn (London; Wednesday 2nd October 2019)

You are all invited to join us for a one-way trip to Malphino Republic, the tropical music land where grooves are luscious and vibes heart-warming. Dance shoes on your feet, appetite for quality notes strongly encouraged, and desire to spend a fun-filled evening more than welcomed; we will take care...

10 Sep
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Preview: Abdul and The Gang @ Rich Mix (London; Thursday 12th Sptember 2019)

Sadly, we can’t bring up all the amazing events enriching this year’s London African Music Festival calendar; still we can shine a light on a couple of them, starting from possibly its wildest one. Ever danced to some groovy gnawa-funk? No? There’s always a first time! On 12th September, style,...

9 Sep
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Preview: The Pioneers @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Sunday 15th September 2019)

As with every universal music style worthy of its name, ska and reggae also have dozens of acts claiming to be their pioneers. But not many of them can rightfully do it like the one and only Pioneers. The Jamaican band, originally formed in 1962 by brothers Sydney and Derrick Crooks...

9 Sep
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Preview: Shabaka Hutchings’ OneFest @ Leadmill & EartH (Sheffield & London; Saturday 14th and Saturday 21st September 2019)

If the London jazz scene has a face, that’s the one of Shabaka Hutchings. The saxophonist, clarinettist and bandleader has indeed surged as one of the most popular interpreters of the movement, playing solo or collaborating and enriching the work of many of its actors, and becoming its ambassador around...

9 Sep
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Preview: Sarathy Korwar – More Arriving + Ms Mohammed & Ahadadream (DJ) @ MOTH CLUB (London; Wednesday 25th September 2019)

Undoubtedly one of the hottest names in the UK music scene, Sarathy Korwar has recently released one of the most intriguing albums of the year. More Arriving is only the second studio album of the US-born Indian musician (who’s today based in London), but already a mature and factual musical...

9 Sep
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Preview: Anthony Joseph @ Mau Mau Bar (London; Thursday 26th September 2019)

Spoken word and popping beats that are held strong by the backbone of cultural heritage. Anthony Joseph is a Trinidadian poet and musician who taps into his roots to create music that blends Afro-Caribbean, free jazz and funk. Joseph will be performing at Notting Hill’s cosy Mau Mau bar to...

9 Sep
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Preview: Kel Assouf @ Jazzlive at The Crypt (London; Saturday 28th September 2019)

Londoners don’t usually have the pleasure of being blown away by some intense and stormy Saharan rock, but when they do, it’s often thanks to Kel Assouf, one of the most active names spreading the Tuareg music all over the world. The trio, led by Nigerian Aboubacar “Anana” Harouna, has...

9 Sep
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Preview: Pat Thomas and the Kwashibu Area Band @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Tuesday 1st October 2019)

Pat Thomas is a name known by many and perhaps all lovers of West African grooves, as he is a staple name in the rare groove resurgence, heightened by the likes of Strut Records, reissuing some old regional classics. Known by some as the ‘golden voice of Africa’ (officially crowned...

9 Sep
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London Gig Guide (September 2019)

At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...

7 Sep
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Preview: Criolo @ Islington Assembly Hall (London; Tuesday 10th September 2019)

There has always been unconditional love for Kleber Cavalcante Gomes. The Brazilian MC and singer-songwriter, better known as Criolo, who also has a past as educator, is one of our favourite artists, not only for his genuine song-writing talent and musicianship, but also for the commitment he has constantly shown...

7 Sep
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Preview: Altin Gün @ XOYO (London; Wednesday 11th September 2019)

Can a Dutch band sound quintessentially and vintage Turkish? Join Altin Gün on 11th September at Xoyo, and you will board a direct time machine to Istanbul in the early 70s, when the so-called Anadolu Rock and Psych were intoxicating Turkish music listeners. The Amsterdam-based band is indeed able to...

6 Sep
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Preview: The Specials @ Gunnersbury Park (London; Saturday 7th September 2019)

2 tone celebrates its fortieth year this year, and in effect, The Specials do too, as it is they who brought the style that fuses Jamaican ska and British punk rock to the surface, with band leader Jerry Dammers creating the first dedicated label, 2 Tone Records. Forty years later,...

4 Sep
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Event Review: Wilderness Festival 2019 @ Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire; Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2019]

Situated within close proximity to some of the festival’s increasingly populated hangouts at Wilderness, such as the Atrium, if you happened to stumble upon the Level stage, you were almost guaranteed to be charmed by a constant conveyer belt of talented troubadours within the world music spectrum. There were memorable...

4 Sep
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Preview: Príncipe London w/ DJ Firmeza, DJ Lilocox & DJ Lycox @ The Jazz Café (London; Friday 06th September 2019)

Have a ball to the new Lisbon sound! On 6th September, the Jazz Café will move to the shores of the river Tejo and the Atlantic Ocean to pay tribute to the most exciting label born and bred in the Portuguese capital, Principe Discos. To do so, they have invited...

4 Sep
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Event Review: Boomtown Fair @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 7th to Sunday 11th August 2019)

Going to Boomtown for the first time and solo, the levels of anticipation and nerves were extraordinarily immense. Was I really prepared for what many of my peers perceive as a non-stop, excessive party zone? Upon pitching my tent on Thursday evening and exploring as many of the fourteen districts...

31 Aug
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Interview: DJ SAMA’, Jason Kaakoush & Rise 1969 – Techno from the Middle East (August 2019)

DJ SAMA’ shot to world fame with her Boiler Room set in 2018, which acquired more than 1 million views. She has been an emblematic artist of the Palestinian underground and is credited for bringing techno to Palestine. SAMA’ (which is Arabic for sky) studied audio engineering at London’s SAE,...

31 Aug
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Preview: Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Six Blokes @ Church of Sound (London; Sunday 1st Sep 2019)

In Moholo-Moholo’s words, his body lives in London but his mind in South Africa. The outstanding bandleader and jazz drummer first made a name for himself in the Sixties as part of the legendary Blue Notes. On the first Sunday of September he will be joined by his Six Blokes...

30 Aug
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Preview: Orchestra Baobab + The Heliocentrics + Shingai @ Roundhouse (London; Friday 27th September 2019)

Preview: Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds @ EartH (London; Wednesday 25th September 2019)

Event Review: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 15th to Sunday 18 August 2019)

Preview: Malphino @ Pizza Express Live Holborn (London; Wednesday 2nd October 2019)

Preview: Abdul and The Gang @ Rich Mix (London; Thursday 12th Sptember 2019)

Preview: The Pioneers @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Sunday 15th September 2019)

Preview: Shabaka Hutchings’ OneFest @ Leadmill & EartH (Sheffield & London; Saturday 14th and Saturday 21st September 2019)

Preview: Sarathy Korwar – More Arriving + Ms Mohammed & Ahadadream (DJ) @ MOTH CLUB (London; Wednesday 25th September 2019)

Preview: Anthony Joseph @ Mau Mau Bar (London; Thursday 26th September 2019)

Preview: Kel Assouf @ Jazzlive at The Crypt (London; Saturday 28th September 2019)

Preview: Pat Thomas and the Kwashibu Area Band @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Tuesday 1st October 2019)

London Gig Guide (September 2019)

Preview: Criolo @ Islington Assembly Hall (London; Tuesday 10th September 2019)

Preview: Altin Gün @ XOYO (London; Wednesday 11th September 2019)

Preview: The Specials @ Gunnersbury Park (London; Saturday 7th September 2019)

Event Review: Wilderness Festival 2019 @ Cornbury Park (Oxfordshire; Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2019]

Preview: Príncipe London w/ DJ Firmeza, DJ Lilocox & DJ Lycox @ The Jazz Café (London; Friday 06th September 2019)

Event Review: Boomtown Fair @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 7th to Sunday 11th August 2019)

Interview: DJ SAMA’, Jason Kaakoush & Rise 1969 – Techno from the Middle East (August 2019)

Preview: Louis Moholo-Moholo’s Six Blokes @ Church of Sound (London; Sunday 1st Sep 2019)

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