Sumo y Los Hermanos del Alma are a “Swiss & Cuban musical alchemy” blending the the Caribbean island vibes with rock, funk and electronic music. The project, which resides between Geneva and La Havana, is formed by brothers Alex and Fred Sumi, and Wichy de Vedado. Together, they recently gave...
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EDKUB is the new music project by Swiss composer, producer and bass player Fred Sumi. Launched in 2018, it blends electronica with Cuban sounds. After many years spent travelling to and visiting the Caribbean island, Fred recorded different sessions with local musicians expressing his love for traditional Afro-Cuban styles like timba and...
Beware of the front row for this night. With a twelve-piece horn and eight-piece rhythm section, some serious vibrations will be coming your way! New Regency Orchestra is a new collaborative project curated by Lex Blondin and co-led by musical director and African diasporic multi-percussionist Crispin ‘Spry’ Robinson. Presenting an...
On Friday, they are going to be one of the very first acts to walk on the Woolwich Works stage and launch the Black History Month event calendar of the South-East London brand spanking new venue. But that’s nothing less than what they deserve because Cubafrobeat, the album-grown-into project conceived,...
On Sunday 15th of August, from 5PM to 7PM, Grupo Lokito and their flavourful vibes will brighten up the Garrison Church in Woolwich for our next Sounds of the World event. Their high-spirited and dynamic Afro-Latin and Afro-Cuban sound is made for dancing and to leave behind all the hustle-and-bustle...
Nightshop show for April ’21 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3 hours of new global sounds. 3 songs of the day; semba by Joãozinho Morgado (Turma da Bênção), Persian hip-hop jazz by Roforofo Jazz and Colombian tropical artists Abelardo Carbono & Meridian Brothers. Our albums of the...
It might not be the same as enjoying their set under a stage, dancing to and experiencing first-hand their visionary Afro-Latin percussion-led sound, but you can still make the most of and revel in Penya‘s dreamy and inspiring vibes in our current locked down times. How? For example, attending, wherever...
Check out the new collaborative single released by Havana Meets Kingston… ‘The Fire From Africa’ is part of the second chapter of the project, coming out in late 2021. The song “blends roots Jamaican reggae with Afro-Cuban chants, bringing together traditional and spiritual elements of both islands and...
In times like this, we are all in desperate need for something able to inspire us and let our minds wander. Afro-Cuban experimental project Ariwo artists were already very capable of doing that before the Covid madness, but now they’ve topped up their offer with a brand-new show blending together...
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Mother Africa’s children do her proud once more in spreading her spirit across what is a rather large diaspora, considering she spent rather a long time beside humanity’s cradle. And just at the moment where it needs some cajoling to get up and stop feeling sorry for itself, in steps...
