Just when you think things are starting to slowly get better, the world (or part of it) is there to point out that it might not be the case. On these occasions, we roll up our sleeves even higher and try to do our best in our own small way....
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Event Preview: London Remixed Festival @ Rich Mix (London; Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March 2022)
One of the most eclectic music festivals returns to London’s prime venue Rich Mix, which once again proudly hosts the multi-room celebration of diversity and collaboration across the musical worlds. Organised and curated by a who’s who of the best and boldest curators, promoters and agencies in the London Music...
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In this thoughtful and heartfelt offering, Portuguese duo Bandua rework local folklore for a modern audience. Deep grooves and downtempo electronica interweave with traditional instruments, songs and stories on timeless themes of revelation, transformation and human expression. It’s a self-proclaimed love letter to their home, and it’s easy to fall...
It’s only March, but we are already looking forward to October for another Womex! The 2022 edition, which is going to happen in Lisbon between the 19th and 23rd of October, has recently announced its legendary 7 Samurai who will form the Official Jury and start to define another amazing programme of showcases, DJ-sets, film screenings, conferences, mentoring...
All Hand Hoy lads and get ready for a night like no other! On Saturday the 5th of March, from their East Midlands mooring, the nine old salts serving as the Seas of Mirth crew will unfurl the sails of their “magic galleon” and set forth to town for their...
Hafla! is back and with it another night of North African, Middle Eastern and Balkan mad sounds and party vibes. The second appointment with the series organised by University of Tropical Sounds at the Post Bar in Tottenham is little more than a week away. On Saturday the 12th of...
You don’t expect that one of the most sought-after and original rock bands would eventually come from an oasis city in the depths of the Algerian Sahara Desert. Still, since their inception occurred in 2006, Imarhan has grown into an unadulterated and impassionate embodiment of what the soul of rock...
There’s so much need right now to shift the focus of the news coming from Ukraine and (re)discover and support what the country has to offer culturally. That’s why DakhaBrakha’s gig at the Barbican Centre on Thursday evening couldn’t happen at a more fitting time. After three years of absence from...
It’s a true blessing when we meet musicians able to spur us to leave our comfort zone behind. Kuunatic, a leftfield and far-out all-female Tokyo-based trio is the latest act who has led us far away from our ‘safe place’. To make your way into the Kuunatic world, you have...
There’s a small but wonderful miracle going on air throughout the depths of the Peruvian Amazonas. Aptly named La Voz de La Selva, the radio station based in Iquitos (in North Eastern Peru) is the only media of communication reaching and giving voice to the communities living in the vast,...