It’s been said that many a blues legend has sold their soul to the devil. So, bring a black cat bone and your guitar to the crossroads at Euston Hall for May’s Red Rooster Festival. There will be blues, Americana, gypsy, and rock ‘n’ roll mixed with hints of calypso...
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Preview: Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Friday 17th May 2019)
Benjamin Zephaniah is a man of fierce words, who flexes his musical poeticism by rapping about street politics. With his band, The Revolutionary Minds, he creates dub-reggae protest songs influenced by the music and poetry from Jamaica. Zephaniah is dedicated to bringing a voice to those who are disenfranchised, and...
Butcher Brown’s music drips in sweet sentimentality. They are a jazz, funk and soul band from Virginia that nod to the progressive jazz of the sixties and seventies. Starting to make a name for themselves in the States, they have been steadily releasing underground records, and are also starting to...
Manana//Cuba and Jazz Re:freshed are pairing up with Cuban musicians to explore what happens when you mix live jazz, electronic and Cuban folklore in a contemporary live setting. This experimental group will mix traditional instruments with a live synthetic soundscape to attempt to transcend the confines of any single genre....
Removing the edges and scouting for more freedom, Between The Lines is a new series of live music nights, exploring the musical space between genre boundaries. The first two shows will take place on 16th and 17th May at Corsica Studios and will feature influences from artists that play a...
Music with a conscience and a positive message; Folk of The World is a cause dedicated to celebrating the diversity of music by London refugees and raising awareness of the challenges faced by asylum seekers in the UK. On 3rd May, the Round Chapel in Clapton will be hosting this...
Steam Down are the arts collective that is putting Deptford on the world map. This is a group of London-based artists that come together at their weekly jam to play improvised music based on jazz, Afrobeat, grime and hip hop. Their philosophy, that the audience is an equal part of...
Sarah Tandy usually shies away from the limelight. However, the West London keyboard player has now put together her own feverish line-up and is releasing her first EP, Infection in the Sentence, with Jazz Re:freshed. She will be showcasing the new album at Kings Place on 27th April. With a...
Boiler Room and Total Refreshment Centre are uniting at the Barbican Centre on Saturday to tell the story of London’s current jazz scene as it still evolves. Together with thirty local musicians, they will be narrating the untold tale of the rise of the cross-cultural sound of blended Caribbean, reggae,...
Midori Takada and Lafawndah blur the lines between live music performance and devotional ritualistic theatre. The two experimental artists from Japan and London have come together to showcase Ceremonial Blue, a stage production which is built around their 2018 EP Le Renard Bleu. As Takada plays out with handbells, antique...