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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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...
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...
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...
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...
Rhythm Passport holders welcome on board for another round-the-world journey in music. We set off from London riding the RTM.FM waves and for the next two hours we are going to play some of the freshest tunes from the four corners of the world So, sit back, relax and enjoy...
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...
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....
And we reached the very last stage of our Musical Road to Womex, our section discovering and introducing you to some of the acts who will be performing in Lisbon as part of The Official Showcase Selection of Womex 2022. We set things in motion in Brazil with Bia Ferreira,...
It’s EXIB time! On Thursday, EXIB Music will launch its 8th edition in Setúbal for three days of cultural sharing, meetings, conversations, workshops and showcases to re-think the Ibero-American music ecosystem. To shine a light on the happening event and anticipate some of the sounds that will travel far and...
