Welcomed by a packed and doting Electric Brixton, The Hot 8 Brass Band met expectations: larger than life, feel-good and undoubtedly, infectiously groovy. Before the brassy boy entered, the muso Brixton crowd were well warmed with the reggae delights of the Ragga Twins. From their straight-up Jamaican vibes, to their...
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Indulgent, complex, studied and immediate. Sons of Kemet’s criminally conceptual rhythms belie the overriding catchiness of a sound that dishes out hooks a plenty. Ominous lighting introduced the band who kicked things of with Tom Skinner and, newly cropped, Seb Rochford battering syncopated West African rhythms. This was tribal jazz...
Blending hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with the iconic sounds of New Orleans brass, bring your big brash boogie boots to Rich Mix next week, the Hot 8 Brass Band are in town. Formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook in 1995, The Hot 8 not only merged two earlier bands – the Looney Tunes...
Sons of Kemet are bringing jazz to another level broadening its horizons even further. The London-based quartet, which started to play together in 2011, represents a step-forward for the genre. They indeed decided not simply to add some New Orleans dixie-fragrance, the “post” prefix and unpredictability to their double-drums, sax and tuba...
Next weekend, The Forge will go full Argentinian! In fact, on the 21st and 22nd of May, the Camden venue will host some fine South American musicians and some of the most popular aspects of their music tradition. Guillermo Rozenthuler, Franco Luciani, Cecilia Suarez-Paz, Duettango and Minino Garay will display...
Festival season is upon us…well at least the London one. November is indeed one of the liveliest months for the music enthusiasts living in the U.K. capital. In fact throughout the month, the city hosts dozens of events and welcomes hundreds of musicians from all over the world. As it’s...
