Songhoy Blues are a music mystery: the more they become popular and people listen to their music, the more they defy any definition. There are those who say that the four musicians from Gao are the last true desert blues interpreters, then there are critics affirming that they sound psychedelic,...
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They’re little more than twenty years old, released just one album and their career debuted only two years ago… But they’ve already turned the music world upside-down! Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz, better known as Ibeyi, will soon turn Koko, London and the U.K.upside-down too with their forthcoming tour, which will see...
If today we can talk about a Kinshasa sound and the Congolese capital is a driving force of the world music scene, a huge amount of merit goes to Coco (Ngambali) and Theo (Nsituvuidi). The two musicians, whom started playing together more than fifteen years ago in Staff Benda Bilili, are still...
Globally known sound system Channel One are cruising into London as part of a tour with none other than Dub maestro himself, Mad Professor. Together they’ll be making the Village Underground crowd bounce with vibrations that stretch back to 1955; the birth of the UK’s homegrown sound system culture. The tour...
You just need few honeyed notes of one of her songs or listen to her featherweight voice to buy a one-way ticket to your imagination and let it fly to Porto Alegre and Rio Grande region. Even if Dominique Pinto or Dom ‘La Nena’ (as everyone calls her since her...
Are you ready to experience some of London’s hottest international musicians at the London Tribes launch later this month? Playing at The Forge, Camden’s eco-conscious venue, will be a hand-picked selection of musicians – exploring melodies from all over the world – from Bengali to Cuban to Australian, and everywhere...
Calling all Londoners! October the 18th marks a rare opportunity to catch London fusionists Transglobal Underground and Albania’s Fanfara Tirana dazzle with a mesmerising mash-up of Balkan brass, big beats, Indian tabla and Caribbean bass. Expect some of the most dynamic and captivating music around during this show as two...
For ten years Chavo have been playing Balkan acoustic music. They defined themselves as a one of a kind “Danube delta string band” and became quite popular in the Eastern European inspired London music scene. But then, 2015 has turned their musical world upside-down. Chavo’s sound evolved and went electric,...
The new Cuban dawn is also lighting up and enlivening the country’s outstanding music scene. An example of this trend is a new festival which will inspirit Santiago de Cuba’s days (and nights) throughout the first weekend of May. From next spring, Manana Festival will indeed bring together two of...
After twenty years, twenty-two to be precise, Asian Dub Foundation are still impacting and hitting the global music scene with no mercy. The remarkable thing is that they do it with simplicity: just listen to their latest albums and you’ll find the same mix of bhangra beats, punk temperament, electro-dub...
