Event Review: WOMAD Festival @ Charlton Park (Malmesbury, Wiltshire; Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2022)

After a 3 year wait, and returning on its 40th anniversary, to say there was anticipation around Womad ’22 would be a vast understatement. The line-up played it safe in some respects, with old favourites looming large; but there were bright spots of new musical energy, hungrily met by pent-up…

Artists: Al-Qasar , Alostmen , Bab L’Bluz , Bcuc , Comorian , Electric Jalaba , Fantastic Negrito , Folknery , Fulu Miziki Kolektiv , Gwenifer Raymond , K.o.g. , Osibisa , Peter Gabriel , Simo Lagnawi , Son Rompe Pera , The Mauskovic Dance Band , Yazz Ahmed

Event Preview: WOMAD Festival @ Charlton Park (Malmesbury, Wiltshire; Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2022)

A world of music, arts and dance awaits at the world’s festival this year. Charlton Park will once again be visited by artists and performers from round the globe, for an extra special celebration in honour of the festival’s 40th birthday. Six stages will host over 150 acts across the…

Artists: Abel Selaocoe , Angelique Kidjo , Bab L’Bluz , Barmer Boys , Electric Jalaba , Fantastic Negrito , Fatoumata Diawara , Fulu Miziki , Gilberto Gil , Greentea Peng , Joji Hirota , Kae Tempest , Nihiloxica , Nitin Sawhney , Pauline Black , Son Rompe Pera , Taxi Kebab , The Flaming Lips , The Mauskovic Dance Band

Event Review: Boomtown Fair @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Friday 9th – Sunday 11th August 2018)

Boomtown Fair is a lot of fun. It is an immersive and well-detailed festival that puts a great deal of effort into making Boomtown feel like a real town. This year, Boomtown placed participants at the final chapter of a political framework, questioning where the wealth and power between Boomtown…

Artists: Baba Zula , Die Antwoord , Fantastic Negrito , Ghetts , Goldie , Kuenta I Tambu , Molotov Jukebox , Rob B , Slamboree , Tantz , The Mouse Outfit

Album Review: Fantastic Negrito – The Last Days Of Oakland [Blackball Universe, 2nd June 2016]

According to Fantastic Negrito, “Oakland is changing,” from ‘diverse and often unsafe’ to ‘white and safe.’  To him, “now Oakland is ground zero for the national discussion on gentrification.”With The Last Days Of Oakland, he’s set out to bring some of Oakland’s blues past into its future, through music. We…

Artists: Fantastic Negrito