Tambacounda is one of the richest and liveliest cultural cities of Senegal. Musically, it can be considered as one of the hubs of the country, harbouring a centuries-old tradition and having given birth to some remarkable djembe players. The city is also the place where Diabel Chissoko grew up and...
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Southbank Centre aptly kicked off the arrival of summer with a fiery and warm performance by Mexican-American multiple Grammy award winner Lila Downs. Although Downs is known primarily for her powerful vocals and invigorating live performances, she is also a key figure in the activism for Latin America’s indigenous peoples,...
Although the story behind how Aliou Touré, Garba Touré, Oumar Touré and Nathaneal Dembélé became Songhoy Blues is not all roses — they were forced to fled to the capital Bamako after northern Mali was occupied by jihadists — their music is everything but sorrowful. A sold-out Roundhouse could not...
14/05/2016 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm Amazon Beat 4 Fundraiser ▲▲▲ The Hive Dalston, London
To read the interview we did with Namvula that night click here
On April 6th, I ventured out to Rotherhithe in the South-Eastern corner of London to meet Namvula, a half-Zambian, half-Scottish musician whose 2014 debut album Shiwezwa received a wave of enthusiastic praise from the press. We meet as she waits to play an intimate set at a gig organised by...
February will début bringing some South American colours and rhythms to London. On the 2nd, Barbican will host two artists who display two distant but passionate ways to be a Latin American musician, composer and singer. Jorge Drexler (who we have enjoyed in London less than one year ago) and Dom La...
If you think that the title of this event has a political ring to it, you’re absolutely right. But, as hackneyed as it sounds, music has always been the “universal language”, so why not head down to Rich Mix in Shoreditch this Saturday to hear spoken word and music artists...
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...
- 12:00 am - 12:00 am La Linea: Mexacoustico Rich Mix, London
