When an entire nation starts referring to an artist simply using his or her’s first name, it goes without saying that the artist in question has become an integral part of that country’s heritage. Selda Bağcan or Selda, who will visit London on the 18th of February to play at KOKO,...
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Songhoy Blues return to London to play a much-anticipated gig at Kentish Town’s O2 Forum on Friday the 25th of January. The Malian blues group is now well-known due to their unique yet accessible sound and in part due to their tumultuous formation – the band members left their home...
Tropicália Fest began at an impromptu bus stop for yours truly, as it did for most other attendees. I parked and then boarded a free shuttle bus to one’s desire. The shuttle bus was a classic yellow school bus in my case. Sitting behind a starry-eyed couple, with whom I...
Gogol Bordello’s “mad scientist psychedelic laboratory” is open for business as usual: Testing, experimenting and playing around with Gypsy punk, Eastern European sounds and notes since 1999. Almost twenty years after their debut, the band from New York City is ready to release its tenth album titled Seekers and Finders...
There are musicians who follow the traditional styles of their country and those who create brand new ones, assembling together and evolving what their country has to offer. One of the best examples of the latter (not too densely populated) category is Jupiter Bokondji, founder and band leader of Jupiter...
They came, they played, we danced all night to their wild cumbia vibes! That’s, in a few words, the recap of the short, but intense, London visit of Chico Trujillo. Between one gig and another of their Euro tour, the Chilean band found the time and energy to turn Rich...
View Koichi Sakai bio here Get into the Tanabata mood with an exclusive mix compiled for us by Koichi Sakai From old school J-pop to new age techno and jazz strictly vinyl only mix by Koichi Sakai. Including Akiko Wada, The Spiders, Haruomi Hosono, Y.M.O., Tatsuro Yamashita and his own production...
Like the smell of a freshly printed book with the anticipated suspense of a can’t-put-it-down storyline, the debug gig for The Trilateral Agreement brought feelings of anticipation and excitement to a bustling crowd at Portobello Road based Mau Mau Bar. The group partnered with London promoters and record label Jazz...
Back in 2013, the story of Songhoy Blues made the headlines. After being forced to move to Bamako by a jihadist group that banned music in northern Mali, Garba Touré founded the band “to recreate that lost ambience of the north and make all the refugees relive those northern songs”....
Looking for something interesting to do on Monday evening? Catch a free gig from Argentine band El Plan De La Mariposa – it’s their first ever London show, and a chance to see them play a rare acoustic set at the Magic Garden Pub, Battersea. The band is definitely a...
