You might think a 9-piece band is overwhelming by definition. So try to imagine a 9-piece band playing Ghanaian highlife, Nigerian afrobeat, West African rhythms and mixing them all with a UK multicultural urban approach. It goes without saying that Friday’s K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade show at Jazz Café will...
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If you’ve never listened to ethio-jazz, a genre very popular in the bars and hotels of Addis Ababa during the 1960s and ’70s, Arat Kilo’s new album Nouvelle Fleur could be the perfect introduction. The Parisian band, whose name comes from a famous monument in the Ethiopian capital, brought into...
On Friday 3rd February, the four musical collectors behind Mogadisco return to The Yard in Hackney Wick for their first party of the year – and the first in a series of events that will take place around London in the upcoming months. Since 2012, the collective has brought its...
A night filled with thought-provoking and unique African sounds. In a nutshell, that’s what you can expect from this evening’s show at CLF Arts Café. Don’t get us wrong, you will dance too and you will do it for hours, and you’ll do it to a soundtrack that is unique,...
If you want to pay tribute to one of the most renowned and influential musicians, you need to do it good and proper, and that’s what Dele Sosimi and music partners staged at the Electric Ballroom for Felabration 2016. The London-based Nigerian keyboard player, accompanied by his orchestra and a...
It’s always good to go back to the Family. You can constantly feel at home with them and experience that comfortable atmosphere which smoothly makes you at ease. I don’t know if that’s because of the music they play, attitude they have, or good vibes they give out, but every...
An album launch is always a party. So, try to imagine what it could happen when the album in question is released by a party band par excellence: Voodoo Love Orchestra! On the 13th of October, Rich Mix will need to do its best to contain the sparkling, colourful and...
It goes without saying that the best way to remember and pay tribute to a musician, his music and legacy, is playing his tunes. That’s why every year, every 7th of October, in Lagos, like in Osaka and Reykjavik, it’s Felabration: a day, or better, a night in honour of...
If you’ve have had fun and spent a night partying in London during the last month, you’ve probably joined the London Funk & Soul Club. Soundcrash’s club events are becoming a much anticipated recurring monthly date offering a great time and quality music for everyone based in the British capital....
Paying tribute to one of the all time kings of music is no easy feat, however there are few as up the job as afro jazz pioneer Bukky Leo & Black Egypt, and few venues as apt as The Jazz Cafe. Approaching Fela’s eclectic back catalogue with their unique acid...