Filming performances to be broadcast to viewers at home who can still feel somewhat part of the party is not novel. Boiler Room, the flagship online platform for underground acts to increase their exposure, tapped into a pre-existing appetite amongst the try-before-you-buy internet generation but that doesn’t negate the impact...
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‘Negative capability’ was a concept English Romantic poet John Keats used to describe a writer’s capacity to abandon certainty and – in pursuit of an artistic vision – venture off into the unknown. Taking a journey to Ixtlan rather than returning to Ithaka is what Mateo Kingman’s Astro is all...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
Mungo’s Hi-Fi have been very busy this decade. Formed in 2000 by a group of sound system enthusiasts from Glasgow, they released seven albums between 2010 and 2016, with a momentum that has yet to run out of steam. For their latest project (More Fyah, released on 17th July through...
We’ve been waiting excitedly for this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. With such a display of originality and inspiration every year, this celebration always goes deep. In the past, we’ve been treated to moody dark twists alongside rushes of bliss. The fiesta starts on 15th November and runs through to...
More than a style or musical region the October appointment with the Rhythm Passport’s Global Sundays at Hootananny is dedicated to an artist enriching and brightening the London music scene, Mohammed Yahya. Founder member of Native Sun, next to bilingual rapper, poet, educator and events organiser, Mohammed is a 360-degree...
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...
More than simply a gig, what will take place on stage at the Barbican Centre on Thursday 5th October will be a good and proper gala; a party in honour of a band (and its latest album) perfectly embodying the musical soul of London, bringing together styles, traditions and cultures,...
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...
Preview of the album: Tracklist: 1. The Garifuna Collective – Wiya Waist [from Aban; Stonetree Music] 00:00 – 03:12 2. Sangit feat. Kadi Coulibaly – Ma Mamuso [from Ma Mamuso; Cumbancha] 03:13 – 06:38 3. Nahawa Doumbia – Nianimanjougou [from La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1; Awesome Tapes from Africa]...