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Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #6 w/ Olcay Bayir & Noga Ritter @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 3rd March 2023)

What we always look forward to doing with Arsenal of Sounds, our monthly event series exploring and presenting music and London-based musicians from all over the world, is to inspire and hearten its audience through wide-ranging notes, lyrics and rhythms. …and we couldn’t possibly look for a more fitting line-up...

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Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #5 w/ Matondology Riot & Seby Ntege Band @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 3rd February 2023)

Throughout the last four months of 2022, from its Woolwich Works residency, Arsenal of Sounds has travelled around Europe and crossed the Mediterranean to reach its African shores. Now, it’s finally time to explore the African music Continent by presenting an evening of warm and enthusiastic Pan-African sounds. On Friday...

1 Feb
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Interview: Rasha Nahas – ‘As a Woman No-One is Going to Say, Have Your Space’ (February 2023)

Rasha Nahas has felt the complexities and challenges of meeting the stereotype of Arab women in Europe. And her newly released album Amrat meaning ‘Sometimes’ reflects on this. As a Palestinian composer living in Berlin, she became heartfelt about singing in Arabic for this LP. This adds a nostalgic sentiment. Diving...

31 Jan
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Preview: Aswad @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Sunday, 22nd January 2023)

Aswad, one of the most iconic reggae groups to ever emerge from the UK, is set to take the stage at the Jazz Cafe in Camden on Sunday. With 21 studio albums across five decades, Aswad has become an iconic presence in the UK reggae and earned a reputation for...

19 Jan
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Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #4 w/ Raka & Balamuc @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 2nd December 2022)

All aboard the Balkan Express! Hop on board a rhythmical and fun-filled musical journey through Eastern European and Near East traditions accompanied by Raka and Balamuc. The departure time is scheduled for 8PM on Friday the 2nd of December from the Beanfeast at Woolwich Works, and for the following three...

1 Dec
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Preview: Park Jiha @ Stone Nest (London; Thursday 24th November 2022)

The grand finale of this year’s K-Music Festival couldn’t go more ‘grand finale’ than this. On Thursday the 24th of November, in the scenic setting of the Stone Nest (a stunning 19th century Grade II Listed deconsecrated chapel in Soho), Park Jiha will finally introduce the London audience to her latest...

18 Nov
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Preview: Marimbea in London @ Soas & Hootananny (London; Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th November 2022)

We know, we know, it’s the London Jazz Festival week…still we are also sure that your ears and legs are ready to listen and dance to something completely different, but equally enriching and exciting…something as heartening and invigorating as the sound of marimba. In fact, on Saturday and Sunday, you...

18 Nov
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Preview & Playlist: EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 11th to Sunday 20th November 2022) 

It always feels like a privilege exploring London’s EFG London Jazz Festival hosted by Serious Music. And this year they celebrate their 30th birthday, planning to unravel us with a sizzle and a bang. Held across over 60 venues, you can expect to be submerged in almost ten days of...

9 Nov
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Interview

Interview: Q&A with Planetman – Watering London’s Musical Grassroots

If you’d like to know more about, understand and deep dive into the last two decades of the London grassroots scene, you can’t help but reach out to Adir Tov. The Hackney-based singer/songwriter, guitarist, band-leader, producer and event organiser, better known as Planetman, is one of the most representative characters...

7 Nov
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Event Review & Gallery: Shrewsbury Folk Festival @ West Midlands Showground (Shrewsbury; Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022)

Live music, mass gatherings and the unadulterated palate of the natural world combined have become the perfect antidote for many more people due to the effects of cabin fever since the Covid-19 global pandemic. Without a doubt, this year’s footfall far exceeded pre-lockdown levels, perhaps due to its late summer...

7 Nov
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Preview: Asmaa Hamzaoui & Berber Diffusion @ The Post Bar (London; Saturday 5th November 2022)

The Post Bar, Rhythm Passport & Simo Lagnawi present a night of North African rhythms and Gnawan folklore. We’re delighted to welcome the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music Asmaa Hamzaoui to headline the night, performing for the first time with her sister in the UK with a mesmerising brand...

4 Nov
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Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #3 w/ Amaraterra + Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday 4th November 2022)

Friday 4th of November at Woolwich Works will be all about the Mediterranean rhythmic connection! From the thrum of the tamburello to the clacking of the qraqab, there’s a hidden rhythmical fil-rouge that links the apparently worlds’ apart of pizzica and gnawa. We are going to pull it out, unfold...

3 Nov
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Event Preview: NIYAZ with Azam Ali & نياز أعظم علي @ Grand Junction (London; Monday 7th November 2022)

These are momentous and delicate days for the Iranian population. Days of change, self-determination and empowerment. Days that to be thoroughly understood by non-Iranian eyes and ears have to be described, explained and possibly sung and represented by someone born there and who’s deeply involved with the country’s recent history....

2 Nov
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Event Preview & Playlist: Ko Shin Moon UK Tour (Friday 4th to Monday 7th November 2022)

One of the most genre-defying and erratic (for all the good reasons) acts on the global beats scene is finally doing its UK debut with a three-leg mini-tour which will see them on stage on Saturday in Liverpool (Future Yard), Sunday in Bristol (The Lanes) and finally on Monday in...

2 Nov
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Event Review: Mai Mai Mai + [something’s happening] @ Cafe OTO (London; Wednesday 12th October 2022)

It is the first time for me at Cafe Oto after a long time. I get a beer and I sit down, waiting for the concert to start. After a little while, [SOMETHING’S HAPPENING] takes the stage. The music of this sound and text duo – composed by poet and...

31 Oct
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Event Review & Gallery: Boomtown Chapter One – The Gathering @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th August 2022)

One of the world’s most eclectic parties returns post covid with a re-launched ethos, providing a party more popular than ever. We are all familiar with the conceptual storyline that follows each year of Boomtown, this time focusing on the idea of coming together and ‘gathering’ after a great time apart,...

30 Oct
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Interview: Alostmen – Lost and Found (October 2022)

Alostmen, a percussive four-piece from Ghana, made their UK debut at Womad this year following a 2021 Songlines Newcomer of the Year award win. Stevo Atambire, charismatic band leader with a knot of hair coiled across his forehead, belts out the vocals and attacks his kologo. The skin-covered gourd with...

26 Oct
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Event Review & Gallery: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022)

‘Dance yourself free’ became the anthem of this years’ festival. Words sung from the main stage, through a swarm of silk outfits, bright colours and distorted horns. Abbots Ripton became home to both seasoned and newer artists showcasing their latest creativity. This year We Out Here festival drew a big audience. Where...

26 Oct
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Event Review & Gallery: Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2022 (West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury; Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022)

26 Oct
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Event Preview & Playlist: Omar Souleyman @ Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday, 2nd November 2022)

Omar Souleyman will grace the Jazz Cafe on the 2nd of November with his electrifying performance of songs mixing dance and Kurdish, Ashuri, Arabic and Turkish folk music. He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in north-eastern Syria and has become a cult favourite of fans of international beats....

24 Oct
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Preview & Playlist: EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 11th to Sunday 20th November 2022)

Interview: Q&A with Planetman – Watering London’s Musical Grassroots

Event Review & Gallery: Shrewsbury Folk Festival @ West Midlands Showground (Shrewsbury; Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022)

Preview: Asmaa Hamzaoui & Berber Diffusion @ The Post Bar (London; Saturday 5th November 2022)

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Event Review & Gallery: Boomtown Chapter One – The Gathering @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th August 2022)

Interview: Alostmen – Lost and Found (October 2022)

Event Review & Gallery: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022)

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Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #6 w/ Olcay Bayir & Noga Ritter @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 3rd March 2023)

Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #5 w/ Matondology Riot & Seby Ntege Band @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 3rd February 2023)

Interview: Rasha Nahas – ‘As a Woman No-One is Going to Say, Have Your Space’ (February 2023)

Preview: Aswad @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Sunday, 22nd January 2023)

Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #4 w/ Raka & Balamuc @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday, 2nd December 2022)

Preview: Park Jiha @ Stone Nest (London; Thursday 24th November 2022)

Preview: Marimbea in London @ Soas & Hootananny (London; Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th November 2022)

Preview & Playlist: EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 11th to Sunday 20th November 2022)

Interview: Q&A with Planetman – Watering London’s Musical Grassroots

Event Review & Gallery: Shrewsbury Folk Festival @ West Midlands Showground (Shrewsbury; Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022)

Preview: Asmaa Hamzaoui & Berber Diffusion @ The Post Bar (London; Saturday 5th November 2022)

Event Preview: Arsenal of Sounds #3 w/ Amaraterra + Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London @ Woolwich Works (London; Friday 4th November 2022)

Event Preview: NIYAZ with Azam Ali & نياز أعظم علي @ Grand Junction (London; Monday 7th November 2022)

Event Preview & Playlist: Ko Shin Moon UK Tour (Friday 4th to Monday 7th November 2022)

Event Review: Mai Mai Mai + [something’s happening] @ Cafe OTO (London; Wednesday 12th October 2022)

Event Review & Gallery: Boomtown Chapter One – The Gathering @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th August 2022)

Interview: Alostmen – Lost and Found (October 2022)

Event Review & Gallery: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022)

Event Review & Gallery: Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2022 (West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury; Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2022)

Event Preview & Playlist: Omar Souleyman @ Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday, 2nd November 2022)

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Preview & Playlist: EFG London Jazz Festival (London; Friday 11th to Sunday 20th November 2022) 