Siti & The Band is a Zanzibar-based sextet formed in 2016 by cousins Siti Amina Omar and Rahma Ameir, and Gora Mohammed. The ensemble’s mission is to bring forward the local taarab and kidumbaki traditions blending them with jazz influences from all over Africa. ‘Subira’ is the first single...
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Check out Ugandan singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seby Ntege and his band performing a live rendition of ‘Akawala’ for African Night Fever. The song is a first snippet into the band’s upcoming album Nyonyi Nyange. You can find more info following this link: https://sebyntege.co.uk/
South Sudanese likembe duo Acholi Machon are back and ready to publish their new EP via Good Deeds Music. Sons of South Sudan, which was produced by Grammy Award winner music producer Ian Brennan, will be released on July 9 “to coincide with the 10th anniversary of South Sudan’s...
‘Nefas New Zemedie’ is extracted from a “newly unearthed” album by Hailu Mergia out in early June on Awesome Tapes From Africa. “Tezeta is the first full length album by The Walias Band recorded and released in 1975 by the band’s own label […] Sourced by Awesome Tapes From Africa...
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When Venom’s legendary album Black Metal came out in 1982, ‘black’ meant two things: a vague reference to Old Nick himself and a fashion statement. Not one metalhead could have foreseen that it would be in – of all places – Nairobi where the mosh pits would be heaving with headbangers...
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Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)
We first met Kefaya back in 2015, and we grew fonder and fonder of the London-based band thanks to their full-bodied sound blending Mediterranean and South Asian spicy flavours with elegant and jazzy arrangements. Still, when they released, together with Elaha Soroor, Songs of Our Mothers in September last year,...
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...
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...