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LIFEM 2011
London International Festival of Exploratory Music 29 Oct – 07 Nov 2011
21/09/2011

LIFEM FESTIVAL MUSIC

A little bath, an all-night party ...reasons to visit Paris in July
Petit Bain opens and Mondomix throws a party at Cabaret Sauvage.
24/06/2011

PARIS MUSIC PETIT BAIN MONDOMIX CABARET SAUVAGE

Refugee Week 20-26 June 2011
Celebrating the arts, culture and voices of refugees...
16/06/2011

REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATING SANCTUARY MUSIC POETRY ARTS FILM

Blaze Festival 19 June – 29 July
The Barbican programme extends into neighbouring venues and outdoor spaces for their summer series of eclectic music.
07/06/2011

BLAZE FESTIVAL MUSIC

Africa Oyé 18-19 June 2011
Liverpool’s free African music festival is always one of the best line-ups of the summer...
06/06/2011

AFRICA OYE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Orchestre National de Barbès – live in London 25 May 2011
The pioneering Maghrebi band Orchestre National de Barbès play a rare UK show
17/05/2011

ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BARBES ALGERIA MOROCCO PARIS MUSIC CONCERT

Owiny Sigoma Band – summer dates
The Luo-London soundclash gets on the road for their first run of live dates this summer
17/05/2011

OWINY SIGOMA BAND MUSIC TOUR

Paranoia and passion: Almodovar’s movie music
In Pedro Almodovar’s movies, music has always played a central role. A few days before the screening of his new film La Piel Que Habito (The Skin I’m In) in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, a double album of the best soundtrack songs from all...
11/05/2011

PEDRO ALMODOVAR CINEMA MUSIC CAETANO VELOSO

Western Sahara’s desert psych - Group Doueh on tour May 2011
There’s a heady pyschedelic kick to Group Doueh’s sound, whirling between desert party grooves and Jimi Hendrix...
03/05/2011

GROUP DOUEH WESTERN SAHARA MUSIC TOUR SUBLIME FREQUENCIES

Womex 2011 - call for proposals
Womex – the world music expo – welcomes your proposals for showcases, conference panels and film screenings. Deadline is 15 April 2011.
06/04/2011

WOMEX CONFERENCE MUSIC FILMS

Marques Toliver
Marques Toliver first got attention as a brilliant street performer. Now he's heading out to SXSW and releases his debut EP in April.
02/04/2011

MARQUES TOLIVER MUSIC SXSW

Kutiman's Favorite Color
His innovative video mash-up project ThruYOU generated over ten million views. Two years later Kutiman is back with a new song.
22/03/2011

KUTIMAN MUSIC VIDEO YOUTUBE

Benda Bilili – UK screenings nationwide from 18 March and band on tour May 2011
Following a standing ovation at the premiere at Cannes,  Benda Bilili! is due for general release in the UK this week.
14/03/2011

FILM MUSIC TOUR STAFF BENDA BILILI

Beyond Digital: Morocco
DJ /Rupture and Maga Bo launch a new project asking “What if the DJ were the NGO?”
09/02/2011

MUSIC FILM DIGITAL DJ /RUPTURE MAGA BO MOROCCO

Babel Med Music, 24-26 March
One of the key events in the world music calendar, Babel Med Music takes place every spring in Marseille.
08/02/2011

MUSIC BABEL MED FESTIVAL TRADE FAIR

Fair Play Campaign - Call For Video Entries
The global anti-corruption campaign Fair Play has launched a video competition. Young bands are invited to submit their music videos before the March 2011 deadline.
02/02/2011

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION ANTI-CORRUPTION SOCIETY

African Soul Rebels Special: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 on UK tour 13-21 April 2011
Seun Kuti has all the power and range to take on that epic Afrobeat legacy left by his father Fela.
02/02/2011

MUSIC TOUR SEUN KUTI

Fela! Theatre review
Karla Williams reviews the explosive National Theatre production about Afrobeat star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The show continues until 23 January 2011.
23/12/2010

FELA! THEATRE MUSIC REVIEW

Fela! on stage and on screen
Catch the award-winning show at the National Theatre and via a live broadcast to cinemas on 13 January 2011
01/12/2010

FELA KUTI AFROBEAT THEATRE MUSIC CINEMA

The Chaser Years: The Photographic Art Of Pete Williams
From the hot, sweaty dazzling heyday of the UK jazz dance scene to early shots of Courtney Pine and a lucky Miles Davis moment, this exhibition features photographs of musicians by Pete Williams taken over two decades.
10/11/2010

PHOTOGRAPHY MUSIC ARTS EXHIBITION

Puglia Sounds
It will be the window of Puglia Sounds in France and in all Europe. This blog will show all the i...

AFRO by SOUL
Africa is the future and the future is now…as the prophecy unfolds Eric Soul is as always ahead o...

The Center for Black Music
The Center for Black Music in Salvador, Bahia, and the International Exhibition of Black Music in...

Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett was one of the UK's leading World Music journalists. For years he presented a wee...

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