The Barbican has come to light with another amazing cultural offering, in the form of Imagining Ireland. On the 21st of February, the evening will be dedicated to the rise in women’s voices within Irish artistic culture. There will be a wide mixture of Irish literature, poetry, music and a...
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Before Mulatu Astate came to the scene in the late 60s, Ethio-jazz hadn’t yet surfaced. Combining the pentatonic system of Ethiopian church music and the twelve notes of Jazz, he fuses a perfect marriage between the two genres. On the 17th and 18th of December he will be gracing the...
It has been twenty years since MONO began exploring the sonic world. An ethereal sound that is genre-less, it can only be described by the emotions a listener feels when hit by their gradual wall of sound. On 14th December, MONO will grace the stage of the Barbican, in order...
For the first time in three years, legendary producer Amon Tobin is set to shake the Earth in a rare show at Troxy on 23rd November. Tobin is far from a mono-genre musician and has explored an expansive list of musical themes in his seven critically-acclaimed albums, all of which...
On 19th November, the world-famous classical conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, will blend his talent with a name that will resonate in the minds of all jazz lovers – Herbie Hancock. It is rare for two giants from two different musical fields to come together and collaborate on a stage such as...
Based in Brooklyn, jazz-funk collective Snarky Puppy will be making their debut at the Royal Albert Hall on 14th November, to highlight the release of their brand-new album, Immigrance. For the past decade, there have been few bands with such a varied amalgam of styles – the main ingredient that...
Globally renowned artists, Emir Kusturica with The No Smoking Orchestra, and Goran Bregovic with The Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, will be offering fans a unique performance that sees them sharing a stage during the Balkans Music Festival on 5th November 2019 at Eventim Apollo, London. As if this wasn’t enough...
On 8th October, Union Chapel will be hosting the multi-talented duo, Richard Bona and Alfredo Rodriguez. In their debut UK performance, Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona will carry on his inspired Cuban exploration (note his band, Mandekan Cubano) by fusing styles with the one-of-a-kind Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez. The two musicians are...
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,...
Bringing a band together from inter-planetary origins, Union Chapel will host The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen on 24th May. For all those who are unfamiliar, even the term ‘world music’ would fail to describe the cosmic narrative that flows through their performance. The theatrical style they are so...