Returning to leafy Lloyd Park for its sixth year, Walthamstow Garden Party served up an eclectic mix of big names and young performers, bringing together an international line-up for an international crowd. A festival ‘made locally’ and produced by Barbican Centre, Create London and the people of Waltham Forest (declared...
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If you are looking for a 360° musician, look up the name Steve Pretty. The trumpet player, orchestra director, composer, arranger, producer and much, much more is a true all-round artist. However, for the chat we had with him a few days ago, we decided to focus our attention on...
Tony Haynes is co-founder and composer for Grand Union Orchestra (GUO), a group of exceptional artists in London making original cross-cultural music. They are a band that celebrate diversity as an emphatic theatrical art form and use music to join prejudicial gaps. After watching an incredibly moving live show from...
To set July in motion with some funky notes, check out the new episode of our Rhythm Passport On Air podcast, recorded at Soas Radio. For the occasion, we have reached Justin Stanton, trumpeter, composer and producer of the outstanding big band Snarky Puppy and proud owner of a solo career...
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
There’s no doubt that Reginald Omas Mamode lV is a man with a story to tell; actually, more than just one. Stories that he not only loves to narrate, but also sets to music. The Peckham artist has indeed fine-tuned imaginative and soulful songwriting, with which he recalls his Malagasy...
Guts began his 45’ collection in Paris as a schoolboy. Soon he became a DJ, and from there, he started to hear innovative remixes. In 2007, he went solo with an album on Wax On Records. Guts has produced a number of internationally-known tracks, marking him out as having some...
It’s been said that many a blues legend has sold their soul to the devil. So, bring a black cat bone and your guitar to the crossroads at Euston Hall for May’s Red Rooster Festival. There will be blues, Americana, gypsy, and rock ‘n’ roll mixed with hints of calypso...
The Kippers are hitting the Jazz Cafe stage once again, but this time it’s going to be their night. On 24th May, they are bringing new, forged music madness, coming together as Don Kipper after months of no performances. Fear not; their individual involvement with London’s extensive music odyssey and...
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...
