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I first heard of TootArd (Arabic for ‘strawberries’) in my Casablanca apartment in the wake of the Arab Spring, with their first hit Ruh Bladi. Released in 2011, the group’s reggae-influenced first album Nuri Andaburi took the band to perform over the Golan Heights, and in Jerusalem, Palestine, and beyond....
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Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Red Baraat – Tunak Tunak Tun [Rhyme & Reason Records] 00:00 – 05:20 2. Mista Savona – El Cuarto de Tula (feat. Maikel Ante, El Medico and Turbulence) [Baco Records] 05:21 – 09:18 3. Bokanté – Nou Tout Sé Yonn [GroundUP Music] 09:19 – 13:54 4....
It’s not easy to refresh and renovate reggae and its credo. It’s even harder if you want to do it keeping intact its roots and long-established features, but there’s an Italian (with a Jamaican soul and passport) singer-songwriter and producer who’s succeeding in the challenge. We’re talking about Alborosie, the...
They couldn’t choose a better time to present their second EP. On the last day of the London Jazz Festival, while the British capital will be fully inebriated by syncopations, improvisations and musical oddities, Ezra Collective will finally launch their new work, titled Juan Pablo: The Philosopher at Islington Assembly Hall....
Savvy and oozing self-deprecating charm, Zara McFarlane is one of Gilles Peterson’s freshest jazz vocalists who has been signed with Brownswood Recordings since 2011. She has released two albums, won ‘Best Jazz Act’ at the MOBOs and is shortly due to publish her third release on 26th September. The latest...
Hear ye, hear ye, lovers of Italian and Jamaican sounds – the world-renowned pioneers of reggae/dancehall made in Salento are on their way to London! Sud Sound System is ready to inflame the stage at Brixton Jamm on the 9th of November, together with PAPA LEU + MR FASO and Fenomeno Show...
We couldn’t miss the opportunity to toast the 20th anniversary of Dub Pistols, one of the most thrilling bands born-and-bred in the UK in the last decades. To celebrate in style, we have the pleasure to premiere the remix of “Crazy Diamond”, their new album’s title track, which will be released on...
After having spread good vibes and eclectic notes in Battersea, Borderless Festival is back to jazz up Stratford. The autumn edition of the music festival organised by GOAT will go on stage at Theatre Royal in a few days’ time, with five shows happening between the end of September and...
The K-Music Festival returns to London this autumn for the fourth time, with a stunning programme showcasing the different shades of contemporary South Korean music. Produced by the Korean Cultural Centre UK as part of the Korea/UK 2017-18 season, in collaboration with SERIOUS, this year’s festival focuses on collaborations, letting...
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