We had fun there, enjoyed inspiring shows and listened to fulfilling music. We have previewed, reviewed and covered many gigs in The Forge over the years (from Dub Colossus back in 2015 to CimbaliBand tonight) and we will miss The Forge, as much as London and its ever-shrinking music scene...
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Who’d have imagined that the cimbalom could be so groovy? If you’re not used to the sound of the Hungarian dulcimer and the energetic way in which Balázs Unger, founder member of CimbaliBand, plays it. Be ready for something special, be ready to be amazed. In a few days’ time,...
Forget about Goran Bregovic and The Wedding & Funeral Band, Boban and Marko Markovic Orkestar, Kočani Orkestar and so on…there are some new Balkan brass stars in town! 2011’s winner of the “Grammy” for Balkan brass bands; the Serbian Guča Brass Festival, Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra is one of the freshest and hottest new...
As a matter of fact, Jenny Ball comes from London but lost any British characteristics years ago, when she embraced her own hearty Spanish hearty, energetic Latin approach to music and an all-inclusive perspective of life. On Saturday, she’s back in her hometown, on the Forge stage, to perform with...
As a warm-up show for the K-MUSIC FESTIVAL, happening September 2016, the Korean Cultural Centre in the UK (KCCUK) and the Korean Creative Contents Agency (KOCCA) have brought three South-Korean rock bands to The Forge, in Camden, on Wednesday 25th May. The most notorious South-Korean musical export might be K-Pop,...
London Tribes is bringing to London Tuareg guitarist Bombino, presenting to the public his new album Azel. A member of the Tuareg Ifoghas clan, Bombino (stage name of Omara Moctar) came to prominence in 2011, thanks to his album Agadez, that was acclaimed worldwide for it represented desert-rock at its...
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...
It is no surprise that Sorie Kondi chose to name himself after the instrument he plays: the African thumb piano, kondi. He is at one with it and when he plays, he owns the stage. It is also no surprise that after hearing ‘Without Money No Family’, Brasil-based DJ Chief...
The Kondi Band is the result of the coming together of Sierra Leonian blind kondi (thumb piano) player and singer Sorie Kondi and Rio-based electronic producer Chief Boima, himself part Sierra Leonian. When Chief Boima stumbled upon Sorie’s ‘Without Money No Family’ video, he made a remix of it, which...
Soothsayers are among the leading underground, reggae and dub bands this side of Jamaica. They also love a bit of afrobeat. Over the years they’ve worked with a number of veteran reggae artists including, Cornell Campbell, Johnny Clarke, Michael Prophet and Linval Thompson. To celebrate the 71st Anniversary of Bob...
