Have fun with us at A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream. On the Rhythm Passport and Movimientos pages, we will be ringing up the curtain on talented female singer-songwriters and zigzagging across the Brazilian-Venezuelan musical border with traditional, contemporary and far-ranging tunes. Throughout the event, we will have the pleasure to…

The most tropical weekend of the year is upon us! So, if you haven’t already, pack your tent, sunscreen and fun appetite, and head for Mount Pleasant Ecological Park. From Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July, Tropical Pressure festival will drop its cargo of Latin, Caribbean, West, East and Central African…

Que chido, güey! We knew that with Wahaca and their Day of the Dead festival, we were going to live an epic night, but we weren’t prepared for such an extraordinary experience… Next, to the high-powered performances of two of our favourites acts (Family Atlantica and Voodoo Love Orchestra), the…

Less than a month ago, we had the pleasure to co-promote an exciting event at The Jazz Café. Family Atlantica and Vula Viel shared the Camden venue’s stage to give life to an electrifying show bringing together West African, Caribbean and Latin American vibes. Since, at times, we prefer to let the images…

Before learning to walk and talk, Luzmira Zerpa was already singing… well, maybe that’s not literally what happened, but since an early age, the woman who would become the voice, cuatro player and relentless energetic drive of Family Atlantica grew up in an environment where listening to, singing and playing…

It’s always good to go back to the Family. You can constantly feel at home with them and experience that comfortable atmosphere which smoothly makes you at ease. I don’t know if that’s because of the music they play, attitude they have, or good vibes they give out, but every…

View Pete On The Corner’s bio here Global sounds from geographically disparate undergrounds all looking to the future through a kinship of artists connected across borders by a digital reality. There’s a few soul, electro and works in progress joints thrown in straight from the inbox. Track list: Kerem –…

View Pete On The Corner’s bio here ‘Capricorn to Cancer’ Track list: De Paula-Urso-Vieira -Maracana [Horo] Renegades of Jazz – Harambee feat. Jungle Horns [Agogo] Penya – Acelere DJ Khalab Rmx [On the Corner] Bosq – Tumbal, xE1 feat Tempo Alomar [Wonderwheel] Obadice & Vivian Paul-Foh feat Keziah Jones -LasGidi…

View Pete On The Corner’s bio here Track List: Berlin – Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet Kora – Anthony Joseph Disappearance LIVE – COLLOCUTOR Canción del moderno templario – Meridian Brothers Kampala Boda Boda Ride – Auntie Flo Tarhanine Tegla – Afous d’Afous Obar No Ni – Y-Bayani Dance Together (Dub) [feat. Prince…

Family Atlantica is ‘London’s musical melting pot at it’s very best’ according to reviews from The Guardian. The band, which consists of London-born multi-instrumentalist Jack Yglesias, Venezuelan vocalist Luzmira Zerpa, and half-Nigerian, half-Ghanian percussionist Kwame Crentsil, started out in an abandoned vicarage in Hackney, East London, before winning fans over with…