Jazzy teens with a Jewish cause. A young generation of North Londoners are bringing together music of Jewish origin and mixing it with contemporary jazz. The JMI Youth Big Band swing to the influence of funk, soul, jazz and afro-beat led by Sam Eastmond whilst redrawing the context of their...
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Manu Delago attempts to capture the intense beauty of an Alpine soundscape on new project Parasol Peak. The master of hang drum travelled the mountain tops with six musicians and a video crew recording eight tracks at different altitudes. Using ice-axe tapping, the voice of wind and water and boots...
Come December, we are all in that greetings mood. So, join us on the 15th of December to say “Happy Birthday” to one of our favourite and liveliest new music spots in London. It was May 2017 when Balabam first opened its doors, but it was late in the year...
2018 has still a few musical aces up its sleeves to play, and one of them, arguably the most rhythmic and tuneful one, will go on scene on Friday (7th December) at St Peter Church in Walworth. If you’ve never danced to (West)Afro-Cuban notes on a central nave and down...
An evening hosted by Flying Lotus and his consequent record label: Brainfeeder. The event is said to be a brand new 3D experience alongside Flying Lotus’s live electronic composition and producing. That wasn’t big enough for Lotus, so they added the best variety from the label’s own: experimental funk jazz...
Kamaal Williams will be taking Electric Brixton by storm on 6th December – due to being from South London himself, this promises to be an unforgettable event for any lover of the type of jazz that gets your body grooving and mind working. Kamaal Williams is the latest project led...
Although officially kicking off on 6th December, Jazz:Re:Found has already brought great music to Milan and Turin in the past weeks, with three preview events featuring Bonobo, Nickodemus and Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def. This year’s theme Black & Forth sums up the two core points of the festival’s essence: a celebration...
The Keen brothers (Henry and Oliver) have a special affinity for music. It’s well known that family members have tight vocal harmonies, but it’s not so common to find siblings who are “well-tuned” DJs and producers and share the decks. Soundspecies are one of these rare examples. The musical journey...
Every now and then, but not so often as to make you blasé, you can find yourself at a gig that will truly leave you speechless and absolutely quivering with the sheer joy of the experience, such is the level of the musical dynamics on show. This was one such...
By now, you should all know about Dele Sosimi‘s Afrobeat Vibration parties as being the most dance-worthy and afrolicious in London. Due to celebrating the 10th anniversary of his momentous late night afrobeat groove-fests, the 30th of November at The Jazz Cafe is an occasion that should be permanently etched...