FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN - 21st Century Folk Music
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FOLK BRITANNIA provides an idiosyncratic snapshot of British folk music in the 21st century.
A year ago, the festival Jazz Britannia was such a success that the Barbican along with BBC Four are bringing to us this year, a 3 day festival which celebrates the evolution of British folk music from the end of the Second [...]
GET SHORTY - Seven-Piece Hip Hop/Funk Collective
Shakila Rajendra chats to the London collective who are determined to make a mark with their cross-genre brand of hip hop/funk music.
Let’s get one thing straight, Shorty aren’t an all singing all dancing group of (let’s be politically correct here) ‘vertically-challenged people’. Neither are they a girl band who named themselves so, out of devotion [...]
PUBLIC ENEMY - What Happened to the Music Protests & Rage?
Having recently released “Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy’s Greatest Hits”, to document their immense and far-reaching legacy to the development of hip hop music, how did Public Enemy catalyse the transition of rap music from minority interest to establishment juggernaut?
Public Enemy have released a ‘Best of’ compilation of their music [...]
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN - Johnny’s Language of Music
John McLaughlin, quite simply, is an eloquent. A guitarist whose musical vocabulary is both fluent and succinct; a musician who has proved he can work on equal terms with players from around the world and in any context. The language of music has rarely been expressed better.
He is also the guitar hero’s guitar hero; admired [...]
YAZID FENTAZI - North African Music Fusion
Born in Algiers, Algeria, Yazid Fentazi composes in his own words “a blend of traditional with modern music.” It is a uniquely clever and contemporary style of North African fusion, coming from a long tradition of absorbing influences, be they Algerian, Kurdish, Berber, Arabic, Egyptian, Spanish, Indian and many more.
The Guardian has described Fentazis’ compositions [...]
OPTRONICA - A Hybrid Festival
A hybrid of film festival and music festival, Optronica is a brand new five-day event focusing on the convergence of visuals and music.
The exquisite alchemy which takes place when music and visuals fuse has long been an underground phenomenon, inspired by early experimental film and developed through the nightclub and alternative art worlds.From acts who [...]
RAHMANIAN RHAPSODY - Letting his Work do the Talking
A. R. Rahman, having scored for over 75 movies and sold over 150 million albums, is almost worshipped as a god in some parts of India. However, despite his huge success he is ever the reluctant celebrity, preferring to let his work do the talking. Rahman will bring his Live, 3D Concert to Wembley Arena [...]
Artist, Bollywood, Classical, Concert, Director, Film, History, Lover, Magic, Movie, Music, MusicianNICOLA BENEDETTI - Young Musician 2004
17 year old Nicola Benedetti, who became the first Scot to win the BBC Young Musician of 2004, released her debut album recently on one of the most prestigious classical labels in the music industry, Deutsche Grammophon (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group).
The album is regarded as one of the most anticipated recordings of recent [...]
MUSICIANS OF THE NILE - Journeying Across Europe
Originating from the furthest reaches of Upper Egypt, the Musicians of the Nile have been journeying across Europe for the past 30 years. Performing on an array of traditional instruments including the rababeh (an instrument with strings of horsehair and a soundbox made of coconut shells and fish skin), mizmar (an oboe-like cornet), arghul (an [...]
Music, Musician, TraditionalWIRED WOMEN OF SPITALFIELDS - Old Spitalfields Market Festival
Festival in Old Spitalfields Market and the Spitz. 16th July 2005
The Wired Women of Spitalfields festival will start with a day of free entertainment and activities in Old Spitalfields Market. Featuring live music on a free stage, an art installation in a disused shop unit, a jumble sale, knitting circles, puppets, a tombola, a treasure [...]
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