Starting off at Rich Mix on Thursday the 5th of March, with the new expression of the Arab Sound, AWAN Festival will enlighten the London’s March nights with a calendar of outstanding gigs, performances, shows and workshops fully focussed on Arabic women artists and their work.
If you are a music lover, the festival will treat you to four immersive events. After the aforementioned debut with New Arab Sound Made in London, which will be shining a light on emerging musicians like Palestinian Bint Mbareh, on the 7th of March (again at Rich Mix) Tarabband will display their musical eclecticism in all its glory. From tarab to flamenco and jazz to Latin music, the Swedish band led by Iraqi-Egyptian singer Nadin al Khalidi is an ode to multiculturalism.
On the 25th of March, on this occasion at Queen of Hoxton, it will feature artists from the Middle East and North Africa diaspora. Sahrana will be a night of emerging and talented DJs, spoken word artists and poets strengthening their cultural roots and exploring the sounds of their new home.
Finally, on Sunday the 29th of March, the festival grand finale. Back at Rich Mix in Shoreditch, Moroccan singer and composer OUM will present her new album Daba, displaying her elegant songwriting which has been influenced by Casablanca as well as Paris, and blends together distant music styles like gnawa and gospel, honouring everyday Moroccan life.
Every month, we bring you a 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:
Artists: Caoilfhionn Rose , Combo Chimbita , Criolo , Don Zilla , Juana Molina , Lagartijeando , Lakou Mizik , Las Cafeteras , Martin Bruhn , Matteo , Oum , Priya Darshini , Rael , Rawayana , Rodrigo Leao , Yemi Alade
‘Berlin, the city where everything works’, said no Berliner ever. Having witnessed the world-famous German technology out of action and run through the crowded Gneisenaustrasse U-Bahn exit (the one not closed due to construction), we scraped through the front doors of Passionskirche and found empty seats. Ironically enough, around here…
Artists: Oum
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…
Artists: 3ma , Afrikan Boy , Ballake Sissoko , Driss El Maloumi , Gaia Mobilij , Hot 8 Brass Band , Irreversible Entanglements , Kallemi , Kampire , Let Drum Beat , Melt Yourself Down , Oum , Princess Nokia , Princess Prada , Rajery , Riobamba , Saronde , Shabaka Hutchings , Simo Lagnawi , Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London , Sudan Archives , Tarabband , Wara
For the thirteenth year in a row, London becomes the northernmost African city. Twenty-six acts spread over ten days of “glorious music” and ten London vibrant venues will bring to life the 2015 edition of the London African Music Festival. The event, organized by Joyful Noise since 2003, has always…
Artists: Aar Maanta , Daby Touré , Ebo Taylor , Gordon Masiala , Joe Driscoll And Sekou Kouyate , Mose Fan Fan , Oum , Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 , Suzanna Lubrano , Yinka Davies
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