A truly special evening at Jazz Café London will host a group of highlife music aficionados that is very likely to bring up the Ghanaian spirit of the ‘King of Highlife’. Highlife music airs meandering horn sounds melting with a travelling guitar’s voice, accompanied by up-tempo, enhanced clave rhythms. The...
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Relentlessly spinning; never still. Gilles Peterson always has one eye on the future: a taste-making muso of the highest form with an ear for the best new beats and sounds. Every year he hosts the annual Worldwide Awards which celebrates the best in underground music. He’ll be back at Koko in...
Start with an abajo, then a vacila followed by an enchufla and finally a dile que no…Refresh your Cuban dance moves, because this summer, Havana Musica and the Jazz Café have four nights in store that will bring the Habana Vieja atmosphere to Camden. From the 2nd of June with...
There are gigs you’d enjoy on a beach, dancing on the sand and soothing yourself against the background voice of the waves. Unfortunately, since we’re not living in such a picture postcard scene, we can only dream of such places. But all is not lost, because even in London you...
We had fun there, enjoyed inspiring shows and listened to fulfilling music. We have previewed, reviewed and covered many gigs in The Forge over the years (from Dub Colossus back in 2015 to CimbaliBand tonight) and we will miss The Forge, as much as London and its ever-shrinking music scene...
The Easy Star All-Stars are considered one of the top international reggae acts on the contemporary scene. They achieved popularity thanks to their best-selling tribute album releases, such as Dub Side of The Moon (2003) and Radiodread (2006), and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the latter they are now...