The grand finale of this year’s K-Music Festival couldn’t go more ‘grand finale’ than this. On Thursday the 24th of November, in the scenic setting of the Stone Nest (a stunning 19th century Grade II Listed deconsecrated chapel in Soho), Park Jiha will finally introduce the London audience to her latest...
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It always feels like a privilege exploring London’s EFG London Jazz Festival hosted by Serious Music. And this year they celebrate their 30th birthday, planning to unravel us with a sizzle and a bang. Held across over 60 venues, you can expect to be submerged in almost ten days of...
It’s that time of year again when London can catch a glimpse of some of the most interesting trends and enjoy the performances of some of the most up-and-coming acts coming from the South Korean music scene. From Wednesday the 5th of October till Thursday 24th November 2022, it’s K-Music...
Soweto Kinch’s White Juju dropped us on a political see-saw of time. Unsettling. Disturbing. But with an overtone of hope. It was a brutally honest and intellectual investigation into the “powerful suspicion that the current receptivity to the black experience… may only be momentary”. All conveyed through an uncommon mix of...
After winning three Grammys, it’s clear Cécile McLorin Salvant has been faced with artistic compromise. I felt she had sadly succumbed to sticking with her status quo. The performance felt bedded in her safe place. However she is a real master of reinventing songs and it’s her embodiment of every...
The 2021 edition of London K-Music Festival is in full swing and, until Wednesday the 17th of November, is offering the London gig-goers another remarkable programme of traditional, contemporary and avant-garde sounds from the Korean peninsula. We have already introduced the acts enriching this year’s edition, so on this occasion,...
You might already be in full Korean mood thanks to the hype lingering around Squid Game, however London will be treated to something completely different in the upcoming weeks… After its virtual version went online in 2020, K-Music Festival, the event organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK and Serious dedicated to...
Let’s touch every species of wood, but it looks and sounds like we are almost out of these mad times. “Out” in every sense, because we are also starting to enjoy live music physically standing in front of or under a stage once again. Still, some online events are doing...
The EFG London Jazz Festival goes fully online for its 2020 edition and among many high highlights produced by the good people at Serious is the all star band of the London jazz scene SEED Ensemble fronted by award winning alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi. Live streamed from The Barbican, Kinoshi’s...
We all know that we won’t be able to travel to South-East Asia for a while, however, thanks to the Korean Cultural Centre and Serious, we are going to be blessed with a two-week-long cultural travel corridor between South Korea and the UK. Starting from Friday 30th of October, the...
