Grammy Award winning, yes, but more than that; Tinariwen represent a music so powerful and so passionate, that it’s managed to reach all corners of the globe, from a previously unvisited (by the West) musical landscape that is the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Blues, funk and rock, ongoing trans-like...
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Londoners don’t usually have the pleasure of being blown away by some intense and stormy Saharan rock, but when they do, it’s often thanks to Kel Assouf, one of the most active names spreading the Tuareg music all over the world. The trio, led by Nigerian Aboubacar “Anana” Harouna, has...
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On Sunday 11th August 2019 at 7:30pm, Malian group Songhoy Blues will play their distinctive brand of desert groove rock in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre, as part of Nile Rodgers’ Meltdown Festrival. Although they can certainly be described as a desert blues...
Spread across different venues in London Fields throughout Saturday the 3rd of August, Visions Festival is the perfect day out with an eclectic lineup. This is what caught my attention about the festival, with acts coming from all different genres, from Algerian desert rockers Imarhan to visionary jazz orchestra Steam Down,...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
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...
We’ve partnered with Groovalizacion Radio to bring you a monthly 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:
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Kel Assouf are a rocking inter-global trio, whose roots fuse from West African Sahara to European Belgium and beyond. They sit comfortably in the Tuareg musical character, moulded by trailblazers Tinariwen, but with this new release, they burst through and breakdown musical barriers, roaring rock’n’roll, as well as spiritually meditative...
Since 2016, when we first met them at WOMAD UK, we have constantly felt under the rocky spell of Kel Assouf. The roughness of their sound, which goes side-by-side with their heartfelt and profound lyrics, has brought new life into the so-called Tuareg rock style. Despite being based in Brussels...