Shows like this don’t happen every day. Save plenty of energy, because you will have a really hard time trying to keep your feet on the ground and not be blown away by the Romanian Gypsy brass storm that will batter Electric Brixton in late November. Fanfare Ciocarlia and Taraf...
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At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
The Time of the Gypsies is coming! Romanian larger-than-life brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia is heading to London on the 3rd of March to turn the O2 Forum Kentish Town upside down. Last time we enjoyed one of their gigs, we went home with our feet itching from too much dancing...
Gypsy brass legends Fanfare Ciocărlia have been making music for over two decades, and to celebrate they have just released 20, a beautifully packaged retrospective LP bringing together some of their best work to capture the boundless energy that has gained them a well-earned following on the global world music...
It’s not common to enjoy a sunny weekend in London. It’s even rarer to enjoy a sunny weekend on a green. If we want to move into the realm of the extraordinary, how many times have you enjoyed a Saturday and a Sunday lying on the dry and soft grass...
Walthamstow Garden Party, now in its third year, is riding high on the back of two immensely successful festivals in 2014 and 2015 which each boasted over 30,000 visitors. Taking place in the beautiful Lloyd Park and produced by Barbican and Create in partnership with a number of local organisations,...
The Balkans has always been the most unstable European region. Its boundaries are still today volatile and migrations, wars and disputes have regularly scarred the peninsula. This also means that Balkan culture and music have constantly been influenced by foreign elements, adopting and blending them together with the proudly home-grown...