Afro-Latin music in every form and shape on the 4th of June in Woolwich. Woolwich Works will indeed be the stage for an evening to the event exploring Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and their cultural bond. Reasserting the Atlantic connection and showcasing exhilarating styles like rumba, salsa and mambo, Grupo Lokito will guide you through a sonic journey...
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Justin Adams, guitarist and producer, is notorious for his love of the North/West African blues grooves. In previous years he had already appeared in projects with Mauro Durante and his seven-piece band, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. Known for his violin and percussive abilities, Mauro performs music from Southern Italy, the pizzica...
The pandemics might have “robbed” Londoners, among too many other things, of FLAWA‘s (The Festival of Latin American Women in the Arts) 2020 and 2021 editions, so for 2022 the festival organisers are making up for the lost time going the whole hog and doing things in style…in a very...
The Grand Union Orchestra is a celebration of the possibilities of creativity and collaboration in today’s multi-racial society. The vibrant musical group, formed 40 years ago at a time of radical artistic activism, is made up of extraordinary players born or brought up in different music traditions. Many of the original...
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Oumou Sangaré is back on the World Circuit and we are here for it. After a hiatus from the British label during which she recorded Mogoya and Acoustic on the French label Nø Førmat! Mali’s Oumou Sangaré returns with Timbuktu, a luminous collection of eleven songs recorded between Bamako and...
Khruangbin die-hard fans, to whom the mellow soft indie vocals of ‘White Gloves’, and the cyclical surfer guitar grooves of ‘People Everywhere’ are so familiar – we could all be forgiven for forgetting Khurangbin’s debut album came out seven years ago, and whilst Mordechai, their latest full album, came out...
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The roses go to Rokia… New on Real World Records and fresh from a coveted Songlines cover, Mali’s Rokia Koné, nicknamed “The Rose of Bamako”, blesses us with BAMANAN, which has been out since February 18th, and is a collaboration realised remotely with Irish super producer Jacknife Lee. Already a...
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Alabaster DePlume’s warmth shines through on the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2020 album To Cy and Lee but listeners beware: it’s not for the faint-hearted. GOLD is an exploration of being human at a time when love, war, justice, self-care, selfishness and over-sharing compete and collide, showering us with...
Nights don’t come more soulful than this! On Saturday, 7th May, head for Woolwich Works and take a dive into Awale’s funky sound, shaped on afrobeat, highlife, sabar rhythms, Afro-soul, jazz and even Latin influences. The London-based 9-piece band, captained by Senegalese (of Wolof origins) singer/songwriter Biram Seck and French...
The last few years have seen the North East London borough of Walthamstow become a breeding ground for exciting ideas, cultural projects and artistic adventures. One of the most intrepid acts jazzing up the local scene is undoubtedly Addictive TV, an ingenious audio-visual combo of “remixers and electronic artists” who,...
