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‘History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes’. At the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, the ownership of the cultivable land was transferred from five million Africans to one million Europeans. When the native population was banished from the towns and stuck in limbo, the obvious question...
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A bit of jazz, tastes of psychedelia, crumbs of folk, spoken word snippets, traces of dub, and drops of blues, all enhanced by the charming sound of the sitar, electronic arrangements and her smooth voice: Shama Rahman’s music is an eclectic and well-tuned harmony of styles and influences, moving from...
On Sunday, come to Hootananny in Brixton to party the leap day away together with the wildest pan-Balkan band in town, Gipsydelica! On the last day of February, we will host the exuberant trio and their intoxicating sound connecting the dots between south-Eastern European traditions and setting them on...
There are some performers that we have the pleasure of seeing on stage who bewitch, beguile and bewilder with their exuberance, their talent and their sheer ability to put on a show. Fatoumata Diawara is one such artist. Born in Ivory Coast to Malian parents and now living in France,...
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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A quartet that has since swollen into a decet from their beginnings in 2012, Brazilian band Nomade Orquestra musicians pride themselves on stretching far and beyond their jazz roots to create a sound that’s hard to pinpoint, but inclusive of various cultures across the world. Last year they released two...
After the winter break, our Festival Files are once again fully operational and will guide you to discover some the best music festivals happening throughout the year. The first episode of 2020 is dedicated to a festival that, since 1994, is lightning up the long January nights in Glasgow, Celtic Connections....
It’s not every day that you can indulge yourself in the performance of a music giant. Luckily, at ¡Como No!, they care about our musical pleasure and on the 26th of February, they have the honour to bring to London no less than Eliades Ochoa. The Cuban “institution” and former member...
If you’re looking for an unpredictable night-out in music, look no further. When “Afrobeat Ambassador” Dele Sosimi meets electronic DJ and house producer Medlar, you can be sure that you’ll be dancing and listening to quality music. But you never know where the night will lead you… On Friday the 21st...
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...