View Groovalizacion Radio bio here This is the third time Tony Heynen of Belgian-based Global Riddims delivers a stunning mixtape for Rhythm Passport. The Whole Lotta Acid mixtape takes you on a musical journey to the four corners of the world. From a California native with Yaqui and Mescalero Apache...
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A big revelry for exciting Brighton-based independent label Tru Thoughts, as they celebrated their coming-of-age with a punching all-day party! Full of friends and fans, there were queues to see their newest acts that not even a wink or a press pass could sneak you through. A sign that they...
The last decade has seen a shift in the role of record labels in the music industry. More artists are choosing to sign with independent labels to maintain creative collaborative control. Tru-Thoughts are a UK indie label based in Brighton, created in 1999. Praised by Gilles Peterson, they have a...
The concept of an outdoor jazz festival hardly conjures images of glitter-filled Glastonbury excitement, a young hip crowd and dance-fuelled elation. However, previously exclusive jazz appears to be undergoing a fashion revolution and the grounds of Glynde Place hinted at this. Love Supreme, the UK’s only three-day greenfield jazz festival...
Dive into 2017’s festival season with one of the year’s funkiest events! On the second weekend of May (12th to 14th), Soundcrash will bring back its Funk & Soul Weekender at Camber Sands Holiday Camp in East Sussex with 40 great acts playing soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop but also electronica, tropical beats and afro-dance....
View Mundo FM Collective bio here Madera Verde ‘It’s another Saturday night in the Loft at Bedroom Bar for DJ Madera Verde. Gently tickling the debauched denizens of Shoreditch with World 2.0 tinged Disco & House, sneaking in some Soukous amongst well known bangers, its subversive dance floor crowd pleasing...
The last Bank Holiday of the year will be in glory of smooth vibes and upbeat rhythms. On Clapham Common, the influential British ska and 2 tone ensemble Madness will curate the 2016 edition of House of Common Festival and it will inevitably be a day in the band’s own...
This is our complete gallery of WOMAD 2016. Click HERE to read the full review of the festival
Two weeks have passed since the 34th edition of WOMAD UK, which was also the tenth anniversary of the festival’s residency at Charlton Park. We have finally unpacked our bags, ordered our thoughts, edited tons of pictures and are ready to sum it all up… As WOMAD 2016 was unique and...
It’s less than a month until the most exciting world music event of the British Summer: Womad UK 2016. To help you to make the most of the four days, but also tempt you to join us on the green of Charlton Park, we have gone through the thrilling line up...