Boomtown: A living theatre that ignites imagination and inspires a better world through connection, creativity and celebration. This preview is a little delayed, however as this particular chapter of Boomtown Festival is unique in so many ways, it seemed worthwhile to wait a little longer, at least until everything had...
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Gilles Peterson, renowned explorer of lesser publicised but ground-breaking and tasty music, is back with his festival We Out Here. Curated by Peterson himself, it will be hosted at the end of August in beautiful Cambridgeshire fields around a wild lake. It’s a place to discover new music and celebrate...
You can’t go more Argentinian than this! On Saturday the 6th of August, the North London Argentinian venue por excelencia, the Post Bar in Tottenham, will stage another of its (in)famous Choriparty, going the whole hog and welcoming on stage no less than La Fanfarria del Capitán. Directly from Buenos...
Being in the presence of a music institution doesn’t happen every day… But that’s what will occur on the 4th of August if you head for the Jazz Cafe in Camden. The Garifuna Collective, a larger-than-life, rhythmic reference of Belizean, Central American and Afro-Caribbean culture at-large, are indeed going to...
Back after a hiatus, Gilberto Gil brings his familial Nos Á Gente project to The Barbican on Saturday 30th July. A celebratory affair for which Gil will be joined by family and friends, this rare London show offers something of a ‘greatest hits’ care of the newly octogenarian Gil, for...
About time! We have grown so fond of Son Rompe Pera and their marimba-driven incendiary mixture of cumbia and punk that we were almost planning a trip to Mexico City to enjoy one of their live shows. But, luckily, the music lovers at Womad and Movimientos might have read our...
A born-and-bred Cuban musician is sensational by definition. Try to imagine how nifty a Cuban musician can be who’s labelled as “the new sensation” also in his very own country. On Thursday 28th of July, thanks to ¡Como No!, London and Village Underground are finally going to be blown away...
Artists as original as Penny Penny who plays Camden’s Jazz Cafe Saturday 6th August aren’t (incoming pun) two a penny… Earning his nickname on his merits as a breakdancer, Penny Penny has been dubbed the “Shangaan disco king” for proudly representing his South African Tsonga culture and his is a...
Oh yes, we missed them so much! Three years without their overwhelming energy, magnetising stage presence and of course, gripping sound, and we were already feeling a bit lost. But that’s what BCUC is about, and to attend one of their performances, just standing or going wild under the stage...
On Saturday the 23rd of July, West African notes, musical scents and rhythmic aromas will permeate Greenwich Park. On the park’s bandstand stage Muntu Valdo and Modou Touré will be showcasing their jazzy songwriting for an afternoon of African blues and heartwarming sounds. Progenitor of the amazing Sawablues, Muntu Valdo’s music...
