There are some performers that we have the pleasure of seeing on stage who bewitch, beguile and bewilder with their exuberance, their talent and their sheer ability to put on a show. Fatoumata Diawara is one such artist. Born in Ivory Coast to Malian parents and now living in France,...
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The Barbican has come to light with another amazing cultural offering, in the form of Imagining Ireland. On the 21st of February, the evening will be dedicated to the rise in women’s voices within Irish artistic culture. There will be a wide mixture of Irish literature, poetry, music and a...
We wanted to start our 2020 at Hootananny with a bang, or better, with a first-rate musician. So, for our first Global Sunday of the year, we thought there was no better way to do that than by inviting a brilliant singer/songwriter who moves between Arabic folk and acoustic rap...
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...
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Sahari is an exciting new step for Aziza Brahim featuring more electronic elements than her previous two Glitterbeat albums Soutak and Abbar El Hamada. The different soundscapes and instrument arrangements of each track give a coherent arc to the music and storytelling. Unlike her previous albums which were recorded as...
Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)
We first met Kefaya back in 2015, and we grew fonder and fonder of the London-based band thanks to their full-bodied sound blending Mediterranean and South Asian spicy flavours with elegant and jazzy arrangements. Still, when they released, together with Elaha Soroor, Songs of Our Mothers in September last year,...
Lisbon’s coolness has many seeds, one of them undoubtedly germinated out of the fertile music soil of the city. Lisbon sounds West African, European and Mediterranean at the same time, and there are musicians who are more artful in embodying the brew than others. Dino D’Santiago is not simply good...
Singer/songwriters like Jorge Drexler aren’t born every day. The Uruguayan artist is indeed a model for the category, being a classy and refined chiseller of words and notes. His shows are music wonder of wonders, in which the musician (next to actor and otolaryngologist) look back at his extensive and...
Brought to us by Malian superstar, Omou Sangare, Fatoumata Diawara has since surpassed her mentor to become the most important vocalist to come out of Africa since the likes of Stella Chiweshe and Brenda Fassie. I would never miss a chance to see this modern legend, with each show getting...
The “end-of-the-year list” season is in full-swing and we couldn’t help, but get caught by the round-up fever. We start our “best of 2019” features with a list compiled by our good friends at Radio Krimi. Throughout the year, the Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs collective and global beats...