An exciting new regular evening is debuting on the global music scene this November in the reasonably new and quirky music venue, The Post Bar – a two-minute walk from Seven Sisters. The philanthropic event aims to highlight the ongoing issues surrounding migrants and refugees, and raises money for charities...
Tag Archives: Eastern Africa
Sudan Archives is perhaps one of the most powerful female figures in the contemporary African music scene. Not just singing, but playing violin, composing and producing her own tracks, Sudan Archives really carves her own musical path; one that fuses irresistibly groovy R&B riffs and beats, played out on her...
To bring the Tropics to Cornwall is as complicated as it sounds, but it’s also extremely gratifying. That’s why Tropical Pressure Festival has become a music lover’s dream (whether they are project workers, volunteers, musicians or festival-goers), and that’s how, every July since 2014, the idyllic Mount Pleasant Eco Park...
The Ugandan music scene has literally been thriving in the last few years, and the merit also goes to artists like Kampire and Otim Alpha, who have been able to reinvigorate its sound and appeal to a global audience. The two will be in London on 3rd August for a...
Malawian music might not be the most renowned on these particular shores of the Atlantic, but still it’s one of the most enjoyable and danceable sounds in Africa, if not all over the world, and in a few days’ time, Madalitso Band will be at St Mary’s Music Hall in...
With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...
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The beginning of this year witnessed the much-awaited re-launch of Ethio-jazz father Hailu Mergia in the contemporary world jazz scenario. With the Awesome Tapes from Africa release Lala Belu, master keyboardist and accordionist Mergia conquered the stages of the most attended jazz festivals in Europe and USA during last summer...
London welcomes the legendary Dur-Dur Band to one of its more intimate East London venues in mid-September; a show that could have taken place at The Jazz Café, Rich Mix or any of the bigger venues that dominate London’s global music scene, will be taking place at Redon, a small...
With a nomadic upbringing and a yearning to speak her own truth, Meklit is an empowered songstress making big noise in the modern world of Ethio-jazz. Combining East Coast African jazz with her own brand of danceable soul, the end result is a dynamic mix of energy and courage in...
