A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to attend one of the highlights of the London’s music calendar: Amadou & Mariam. The Malian couple delighted the Koko audience presenting their brand new work Bofou Safou and performing an exciting sold-out gig supported by London born-and-bred hip-hop narrator Afrikan Boy. Here’s what we saw and...
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Join M.I.A. at the iconic Southbank Centre from 8-19 June for this year’s Meltdown Festival, which she has carefully curated for your aural and visual pleasure! This year is the 24th edition of the Meltdown Festival, which features a different, respected musician at the helm each year, showcasing their influences...
Tomorrow, the 2017 edition of Southbank Meltdown festival curated by M.I.A. will get under way with Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers. While, on Saturday night, it will be the turn of a London born-and-bred music icon, Afrikan Boy. Choosing the Woolwich MC to enrich the festival line-up, was a no-brainer...
10/06/2017 - 11/06/2017 10:30 pm - 1:30 am Afrikan Boy @ Meltdown Festival In London, United Kingdom Southbank Centre, London
If you want to pay tribute to one of the most renowned and influential musicians, you need to do it good and proper, and that’s what Dele Sosimi and music partners staged at the Electric Ballroom for Felabration 2016. The London-based Nigerian keyboard player, accompanied by his orchestra and a...
15/10/2016 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Spoek Mathambo Presents: Batuk + Afrikan Boy The Jazz Cafe, London
It goes without saying that the best way to remember and pay tribute to a musician, his music and legacy, is playing his tunes. That’s why every year, every 7th of October, in Lagos, like in Osaka and Reykjavik, it’s Felabration: a day, or better, a night in honour of...
07/10/2016 - 08/10/2016 7:00 pm - 3:00 am Felabration 2016 Electric Ballroom, London
24/06/2016 - 25/06/2016 8:00 pm - 12:30 am Refugees Welcome! Featuring Logic, Afrikan Boy and OpSa! Balkan Band with Azza Rich Mix, London