Reggae has increasingly become New Zealand’s most successful music export. Think about acts like Fat Freddys Drop, Katchafire and Salmonella Dub for example… or consider Wellington born-and-bred Black Seeds. Next to their upbeat and smooth sound and South Pacific origins, all these bands have other things in common; the most...
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If there’s a musician with the essence of soukous, that’s Kanda Bongo Man. Since the early ‘70s, the Congolese artist has helped to revolutionise the Central African style, bringing its popularity out of the African continent and letting people dance to it all over the world. So, it’s always exciting...
When good music goes hand in hand with a good cause, it’s a win-win for everyone. So, we can’t help but get thrilled about Freedom Sounds, the event organised by Humanity 4 Palestine, happening on 16th August at Electric Brixton. The benefit concert, which will raise money for several organisations...
Everyone loves kora. As soon as some experienced fingertips juggle through the 21 strings of the West African instrument, you can’t help but close your eyes and dream (or daydream). On 18th August, in Camden, get ready to spend a few hours doing just that, when two remarkable kora players...
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...
We are pretty passionate about bands that took their first steps busking. They usually display an out-and-out perspective with live performances and engagement with their audience. That’s why we can’t wait for Kikagaku Moyo’s show on 28th August at Studio 9294, supported by Vanishing Twin & Wax Machine. The “geometric...
Another summer is coming to an end, and another Camberwell Fair is ready to salute it in style. The free-entry, organic and historical event, organised in the last five years by Wormfood and Pexmax, will liven up Camberwell Green on the last day of August, offering you its exciting London-meets-the-world...
More than a festival, Sponz Fest is a cultural experience, or better, a traditional one. The week-long event happening in the tiny hamlet of Calitri in Southern Italy is indeed a back-to-basics adventure, rediscovering the blood and the soul of an almost forgotten territory. To unearth it, it took one...
On Friday, dance to the sounds of the world with us at The Post Bar in Tottenham! Together with In The City, we will bring you a bonanza of all-embracing grooves to let you dance the night away at a free-entry summer party. It might be a thousand miles away...
On Sunday 11th August 2019 at 7:30pm, Malian group Songhoy Blues will play their distinctive brand of desert groove rock in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre, as part of Nile Rodgers’ Meltdown Festrival. Although they can certainly be described as a desert blues...
