Uganda, in east Africa, is also known as ‘The Pearl of Africa’. The three day Nyege Nyege festival, this year on September 2nd-4th, is establishing itself as the new African home of global bass and contemporary world music. Set in the lush, tropical environs of Jinja town, near the source...
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A sold out Oslo was treated to a reincarnated Yeasayer, complete with their unmistakable lush harmonies, jangly guitars and New York swagger. It was their second album, the 2010 Secretly Canadian and Mute Records release, Odd Blood, that bought Yeasayer to the world’s attention, when they enjoyed much hype including...
This ingenious collaboration between London’s Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) and Pakistan’s Laal was possibly one of the biggest concerts of Southbank Centre’s Alchemy Festival this year, and certainly exceeded expectations. The festival, now in its seventh year, celebrates the historical and cultural ties between South Asia and Britain, and this...
Since 2007 Field Day is a synonym of Summer. The weather could still be dreadful, rain pouring down and you could even freeze to the bones, but no matter what the temperature is, Field Day weekend brings the first spell of summer to London. The two-day event is one of the...
Please don’t call him the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the accordion’ and don’t try to associate his name with the one of Bjork or even Vin Diesel… because, after thirty years of illustrious music career, Kimmo Pohjonen can be deservedly and simply defined as a unique accordionist. His musicianship has brought...
Eat Your Own Ears is bringing Brooklyn band Yeasayer to London on June 10th at Oslo, the bar, club and gig venue two steps away from Hackney Central station. The trio plays something in the middle between experimental rock and psychedelic pop, and often describes its pieces in interesting ways....
Soundway Records, which was named by The Guardian as ‘One of the 10 British Labels Defining the Sound of 2014’, will host its first large-scale London party in four years on May 20th. It promises an extensive and diverse line-up with genres ranging from jazz-rock to ‘space funk’, from psychedelic...
Ariwo are a little-known, and newly-established, world fusion act. Led by sound designer, Pouya Ehsaei, they are a quartet of celebrated instrumentalists exploring Afro-Cuban, Iranian and electronic atmospheres. Their ever-growing list of accolades and projects is immense, including trumpeter Yelfris Valdes’ participation in the Buena Vista Social Club, and Latin...
There aren’t many musicians or bands able to amaze and confound their fans on such a regular basis, and Fat Freddy’s Drop are arguably one of the most distinctive examples of this. Full of free-spirited, eclectic artistry, their recent London shows in front of an jubilant crowd at the O2 Brixton Academy were...
In less than one month’s time MANANA will show 500 lucky ticket holders a whole new way of organising and enjoying music festivals. Just about everything promises to be different from the live events that have come before it, because, during the first weekend of May in Santiago de Cuba, the local...