2018 has still a few musical aces up its sleeves to play, and one of them, arguably the most rhythmic and tuneful one, will go on scene on Friday (7th December) at St Peter Church in Walworth. If you’ve never danced to (West)Afro-Cuban notes on a central nave and down...
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Although officially kicking off on 6th December, Jazz:Re:Found has already brought great music to Milan and Turin in the past weeks, with three preview events featuring Bonobo, Nickodemus and Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def. This year’s theme Black & Forth sums up the two core points of the festival’s essence: a celebration...
By now, you should all know about Dele Sosimi‘s Afrobeat Vibration parties as being the most dance-worthy and afrolicious in London. Due to celebrating the 10th anniversary of his momentous late night afrobeat groove-fests, the 30th of November at The Jazz Cafe is an occasion that should be permanently etched...
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A sentimental fist-bump to Afro-Funk, Vaudou Game’s album OTODI (released by Hot Casa Records) mixes traditional Togolese scales with a James Brown-style rhythm section intended for ritual dance. Lead songwriter Peter Solo attempts to conjure the spirits of voodoo, the very spirits he converses with daily. The third offering from lead...
View Groovalizacion Radio bio here Bounty Radio – Bass Without Frontiers “I grew up with the sounds of Jungle and Drum and Bass. I became interested in the origins of Ragga Jungle and dived deep into Reggae and Dub. From there my love for Caribbean music grew. Various genres of Afro-Diasporic...
On Thursday 25th October, Mokoomba came all the way from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to play to a rather diverse crowd at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow. The night began with myself and my friend exhausted from work, sat slumped on one of the church pews lined with bibles near the...
For four nights, the Pizza Express Live programme will put aside its usual jazzy and bluesy aplomb to wear funky and upbeat music clothes. Between the 24th and 27th October, the Holborn venue will go wild hosting Global Beats, a music series organised in association with Shades of Soul and presenting...
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The forthcoming Sunday (21st October) will see the opening of the doors to the newest London Jukebox music venue in Highbury. The official opening launch sets the penultimate date of the national tour UpClose! of the widely acclaimed ensemble Rafiki Jazz. Their last album Har Dam Sahara, released by Riverboat...
To be called “the Young Lioness of Africa” is a pretty demanding title, but Wiyaala entirely deserves it. As much as her feline counterpart, the Ghanaian artist is bold, tenacious and uncompromising. At little more than 30, she has already become a personality in Ghanaian culture as a singer/songwriter, actress,...