We know that, when it comes to music, the people at Focus Organization love to do things good and proper, but this time they went the whole hog. They wanted to pay homage to African and African diaspora musical traditions, all (or most) of them. Since that wouldn’t be possible...
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IOSONOUNCANE is the solo project of Italian musician Jacopo Incani. His album DIE, released over two years ago, has been widely acclaimed by Italian critics and music fans alike, and after a successful tour in his home country, it will finally be performed in venues around the rest of Europe,...
Looking for something interesting to do on Monday evening? Catch a free gig from Argentine band El Plan De La Mariposa – it’s their first ever London show, and a chance to see them play a rare acoustic set at the Magic Garden Pub, Battersea. The band is definitely a...
This is enriching music, of sheer quality and what’s more, given the scale of the event in which it will be played, will preserve all its cosiness and genuine intimacy. If you’re looking for an evening to titillate your cultural curiosity and give aromatic flavour to your week, mark down...
It will be on a Wednesday instead of dimanche (Sunday) and will happen in London (at Koko) instead of Bamako, but you can be safe and sound that djembes, n’doulous, baras and n’tamas will resonate all around Koko regardless. Amadou & Mariam are well and truly back, and ready to perform...
In April 2016, we had a chat and wished good luck to Jenner Del Vecchio for his upcoming new Cuban adventure called MANANA festival. So, it’s a great feeling, little more than a year later, to write once again about one of the most intriguing events of 2016, even if...
No place in the world more than London is deserving of a place of honour in paying tribute to the artistic heritage of the late, great David Bowie. After his death In January 2016, thousands flocked to Brixton to leave flowers next to the mural portraying his adored alien persona...
For over 40 years, Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou have been producing their own indomitable brand of voodoo-infused Afro-beat, heavily tinged with highlife and soukous accents. Having disbanded sometime in the mid-eighties, like many other long lost doyens of tribal African dance music, they were rediscovered in the early part...
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Field Day Festival returns for its 11th year this coming June. Held in Victoria Park, East London as has become its tradition, this time however it will take place on the Saturday only, rather than lasting for two days as it has in the past. Fear not though, as despite...
Combine Penya’s Afro-Latin zingy electro grooves with the Brazilian full-flavoured rhythms of Let Drum Beat, add handfuls of DJ Pete‘s refined taste (from On the Corner Records) and season with a generous pinch of SOAS Radio DJs eclectic selection, heat it up, celebrating an EP launch and quaff with pints of...