Erykah Badu is a force who subtly commands the stage with her jazzy voice, enlightened song-writing and empathetic connection. This...
We don’t often go back home sweating and physically tired after a gig, but when we do, it’s because we’ve...
A voice with a conscience, songs with a message. Soweto Kinch is part of a new breed of young musicians...
Like the smell of a freshly printed book with the anticipated suspense of a can’t-put-it-down storyline, the debug gig for...
Originally formed in 1966 in the coastal town of Cotonou, Orchestre Poly Rythmo became one of Benin’s finest exports and,...
The death of David Bowie last January was met with grief throughout the musical community worldwide. From a marketing perspective...
Event Review: Manana//Cuba – A Night of Afro-Cuban Collaborations @ Barbican (London, 26th May 2017)
That euphoric swelling an artist feels when they connect with their audience is what rumba musicians describe as ‘Manana’. The...
You can strip them of their cables, pedals and stage costumes, but you can’t extinguish their innate psychedelic flame. As...
Snarky Puppy is a sonically charged revolution of intelligent, jazz-inspired funk-infused with a dizzying mix of rip-roaring bombastic rock, easing into...
The concept behind the AfroCubism collaboration is to celebrate and unite some of Mali and Cuba’s hottest musicians and to...
As part of the International Orchestra Series 2016/17, the leading Japanese NHK Symphony Orchestra performed at London’s Southbank Centre on...
With his fourth studio album, Hellvisback, released a little over a year ago, he reached the top of the Italian...