IRL’s double album, Terraforming In Analogue Space – IRL Remixes 2000 – 2015 celebrates 15 years (2000-2015) of the unique, Aztec, spiritual sound for which they are so well known. With a tunnel-like soundscape for the listener to pass through, all the while marvelling at the journey. The very best...
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A 40-year career, seven albums and a Grammy Award can dismiss any need for introductions; they speak for themselves. However, the importance for contemporary music of a band like Tinariwen can’t be stressed enough. The Malian band still fights, and fights hard with its sound, because Tuareg tradition is still...
09/03/2017 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Tinariwen | New Date Added Electric Brixton, London
There was a time, not long ago, when ‘independent’ was the new hype. During the late-1990s/early 2000s, everything needed to be independent or indie to be cool, almost hipster. Labels, bands and venues competed to be or look like as independent as possible. Unfortunately, very few of those (so-called) independent...
09/11/2016 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Tinariwen Islington Assembly Hall, London
06/11/2016 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Tinariwen
Few months ago we met and spent a really great time with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. They have just got on board an intriguing project coordinated and promoted by the British Red Cross which has been released today. The Long Road EP is a significant work that gathers six well-known...
Rain, rain everywhere and mud, mud too! But one of the great things about WOMAD is that you don’t always need the brightest and sunniest weather to enjoy the gigs on Charlton Park’s stages. With rain, musicians are even more willing to involve you in their show, to amaze and...
Lots of Interesting acts today, here is our not so short list: Sona Jobarteh 13.00-14.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/sona-jobarteh Mahotella Queens 13.00-14.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/mahotella-queens Toto La Momposina 15.00-16.00 – OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/tot%C3%B3-la-momposina Nazim Ziryab 16.00-17.00 – RADIO 3 CHARLIE GILLETT STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/nazim-ziryab Pascuala Ilabaca 17.00-18.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE...