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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
