Every September, Joyful Noise reacquaints us with an excellent musical celebration, featuring all-encompassing line-ups, and, of course we were looking forward to the 2017 edition of their London African Music Festival. Even so, we weren’t prepared for such a planned spectacle; 14 events scattered across 13 days and six London venues dedicated to the celebration African music.
It’ll boast the liveliest afrobeat performed by Kokoroko and Afro-Caribbean jazzy connection represented by Omar Puente. Then, you will enjoy the Nubian retro-pop of Alsarah & the Nubatones and the purest Ghanaian highlife played by Pat Thomas. While, Busi Mhlanga will sing the Southern Africa Zulu tradition and Mimi Suleiman will bring the sound of the Indian Ocean to London.
London African Music Festival will be all that and much more, with a calendar that has some other exciting surprises in store…
Two weeks of the most diverse sounds coming from every corner of the African Continent with only one common denominator: the absolute quality of their interpreters.
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Womad, the world’s festival, once again sparkled the Wiltshire countryside with an array of international musicians. In what was one of the driest Womads in recent years, highlights came from the headliners to the warm-up acts, creating an inclusive and illuminating festival. The first thing of note was the changes…
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…
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…
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