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Event Preview: DakhaBrakha @ Barbican (London; Thursday 20th January 2022)

There’s so much need right now to shift the focus of the news coming from Ukraine and (re)discover and support what the country has to offer culturally. That’s why DakhaBrakha’s gig at the Barbican Centre on Thursday evening couldn’t happen at a more fitting time. After three years of absence from...

17 Jan
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Interview: Q&A with KUUNATIC – Adrift in Tokyo (January 2022)

It’s a true blessing when we meet musicians able to spur us to leave our comfort zone behind. Kuunatic, a leftfield and far-out all-female Tokyo-based trio is the latest act who has led us far away from our ‘safe place’. To make your way into the Kuunatic world, you have...

14 Jan
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Interview: Q&A with Diego Hernandez – Eck Echo / Radio Amazonia (December 2021)

There’s a small but wonderful miracle going on air throughout the depths of the Peruvian Amazonas. Aptly named La Voz de La Selva, the radio station based in Iquitos (in North Eastern Peru) is the only media of communication reaching and giving voice to the communities living in the vast,...

15 Dec
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Event Review: Soweto Kinch & LSO Orchestra @ Barbican (London; Friday, 19th November 2021)

Soweto Kinch’s White Juju dropped us on a political see-saw of time. Unsettling. Disturbing. But with an overtone of hope. It was a brutally honest and intellectual investigation into the “powerful suspicion that the current receptivity to the black experience… may only be momentary”. All conveyed through an uncommon mix of...

15 Dec
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Event Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant @ Cadogan Hall (London; Tuesday, 16th November 2021)

After winning three Grammys, it’s clear Cécile McLorin Salvant has been faced with artistic compromise. I felt she had sadly succumbed to sticking with her status quo. The performance felt bedded in her safe place. However she is a real master of reinventing songs and it’s her embodiment of every...

15 Dec
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Event Preview: New Regency Orchestra @ EartH (London; Tuesday 14th December 2021 + more dates in 2022) 

Beware of the front row for this night. With a twelve-piece horn and eight-piece rhythm section, some serious vibrations will be coming your way! New Regency Orchestra is a new collaborative project curated by Lex Blondin and co-led by musical director and African diasporic multi-percussionist Crispin ‘Spry’ Robinson. Presenting an...

10 Dec
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Event Review: Judi Jackson @ Jazz Cafe – EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Thursday 18th November 2021)

Judi Jackson is able to tease out more erotic energy from a crowd than eighteen months of lockdown boredom. Or maybe it’s the combination of both. This was a night packed with couples flirting, whispering and grinding. I was enchanted too, and just one worrying step away from trying to...

10 Dec
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Interview: Gianluca Tramontana – Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo (November 2021)

From our personal experience, we never found it too hard to fall for local Cuban music traditions. Still, the musical infatuation is even more gratifying and intense when prompted and guided by a fully committed music researcher, journalist, podcaster and producer like Gianluca Tramontana. That’s how we approached changüí, the...

7 Dec
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Event Review: Archie Shepp & Jason Moran @ Barbican Hall – EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 12th November 2021)

Archie Shepp may not have executed his ideas with the same technical dexterity I imagine of earlier years. However in his mid-eighties, he still delivered a beautifully effectual experience that transcended any physical limitations. Alongside Jason Moran, their musical ideas revealed their reverence towards the plight of inequality and the complexities...

1 Dec
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Album Review

Album Review: Renu – You Are Fearless (Tumi Obhoi / তুমি অভয়) [November 2021]

The music of percussionist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist RENU (Renu Hossain) is a tour de force of experimentation from a maestro craftswoman informed by decades of practice and study by way of the Queer British Asian experience. RENU’s work is skilfully textured and sonically varied, with each new addition to...

29 Nov
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Interview: El Búho – Musical Postcards from a Parisian Lockdown (November 2021)

From the underwater soundscape of a mangrove forest in Mexico to the musical heights of Los Glaciares Park in Argentina, and from the lushness of beats of the Canadian Pacific Coast woodland to the melodies of a Polish one, El Búho has made room and sheltered nature into his remarkable brand-new...

24 Nov
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Event Review: Liraz @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 3rd November 2021)

With Liraz there are no half measures and once she’s on stage, you end up following her unconditionally. You are initially tantalised by her glittery electro-pop world by the Middle Eastern-scented aromatic vibes of her tunes, then she entraps you in it with her stage presence, dedication and social commitment...

11 Nov
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Interview: Q&A with Camilla George & Soojin Suh – Jazz as a Universal Language (November 2021)

The 2021 edition of London K-Music Festival is in full swing and, until Wednesday the 17th of November, is offering the London gig-goers another remarkable programme of traditional, contemporary and avant-garde sounds from the Korean peninsula. We have already introduced the acts enriching this year’s edition, so on this occasion,...

8 Nov
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Event Review + Gallery: Bromyard Folk Festival (Bromyard, Herefordshire; Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th September 2021)

With the dance tent already in full swing, the live accompanying bands Banter and Urban Folk Theory were at large most often and their unflagging efforts were as much of a spectacle as the dance portion itself. The Urban Folk Theory was more favoured among the younger audiences here, challenging...

8 Nov
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Preview: Hafla! @ The Post Bar (London; Friday 12th November 2021)

There’s a new music series in town! Aptly named Hafla, the new University of Tropical Sounds‘ residency at The Post Bar in Tottenham will thoroughly embody its meaning (get-together in Arabic) welcoming musicians, DJs, jammers and gig-goers at large for a night inspired by sounds from the Mediterranean shores wherever...

8 Nov
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Album Review

Album Review: El Buho – Natura Sonora [Shika Shika; November 2021]

El Buho – globetrotting DJ and producer Robin Perkins – took nature as inspiration for this latest release, a marrying of folk, electronica and found sound. Self-proclaimed ‘owl by night, environmentalist by day’, Perkins’ reverence for the natural world shines through in this downtempo organic electronica that is bright with...

2 Nov
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Interview: Q&A with Amami – Let’s Dance to the World (October 2021)

Amami are far more than a Geneva-based global-electro trio, they are the joy of dancing. Throughout 2021, the hype around their name has exponentially grown. Single after single, they build up a loyal following of music lovers and global beats dancers and the release of their debut LP, Soleil, via Les...

28 Oct
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Preview: Bukky Leo and Black Egypt + Simo Lagnawi @ Woolwich Works (London; Saturday 23rd October 2021)

Not many musicians can boast that they have played and are still playing a crucial role in music history. That’s why we are more than honoured to welcome you to Woolwich and present you with a good and proper institution of West African and the UK scene. On Saturday the...

20 Oct
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Album Review: Manzanita y su Conjunto – Trujillo, Perú 1971 – 1974 [Analog Africa; July 2021]

Savour, swing, rhythm and joy distinguish the magic guitar of Manzanita, spanning around the golden age of Peruvian Cumbia. Trujillo, Perú 1971 – 1974 comprises the personal style developed by the self-taught guitarist Berardo Hernández (1943-2007). Along with his Conjunto: Antonio Medina (bongos), Héctor Mattos (congas), Ricardo Valles (timbales), Enrique Ibérico...

19 Oct
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Preview: Balimaya Project @ Woolwich Works (London; Saturday 16th October 2021)

Of course you are going to be blown away by the Balimaya Project… How could a 16-member-rich band possibly sound flat and dull? But that’s not the (only) reason why we love them. The larger-than-life London-based collective has plenty of other qualities, just like their far-reaching music. Led by percussionist...

14 Oct
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Event Preview: DakhaBrakha @ Barbican (London; Thursday 20th January 2022)

Interview: Q&A with KUUNATIC – Adrift in Tokyo (January 2022)

Interview: Q&A with Diego Hernandez – Eck Echo / Radio Amazonia (December 2021)

Event Review: Soweto Kinch & LSO Orchestra @ Barbican (London; Friday, 19th November 2021)

Event Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant @ Cadogan Hall (London; Tuesday, 16th November 2021)

Event Preview: New Regency Orchestra @ EartH (London; Tuesday 14th December 2021 + more dates in 2022)

Event Review: Judi Jackson @ Jazz Cafe – EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Thursday 18th November 2021)

Interview: Gianluca Tramontana – Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo (November 2021)

Event Review: Archie Shepp & Jason Moran @ Barbican Hall – EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 12th November 2021)

Album Review: Renu – You Are Fearless (Tumi Obhoi / তুমি অভয়) [November 2021]

Interview: El Búho – Musical Postcards from a Parisian Lockdown (November 2021)

Event Review: Liraz @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 3rd November 2021)

Interview: Q&A with Camilla George & Soojin Suh – Jazz as a Universal Language (November 2021)

Event Review + Gallery: Bromyard Folk Festival (Bromyard, Herefordshire; Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th September 2021)

Preview: Hafla! @ The Post Bar (London; Friday 12th November 2021)

Album Review: El Buho – Natura Sonora [Shika Shika; November 2021]

Interview: Q&A with Amami – Let’s Dance to the World (October 2021)

Preview: Bukky Leo and Black Egypt + Simo Lagnawi @ Woolwich Works (London; Saturday 23rd October 2021)

Album Review: Manzanita y su Conjunto – Trujillo, Perú 1971 – 1974 [Analog Africa; July 2021]

Preview: Balimaya Project @ Woolwich Works (London; Saturday 16th October 2021)

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