Articles tagged ‘music’
Gamelan comes to London’s South Bank
By Chris | September 7th, 2007 |
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Gamelan is the music of the islands of Indonesia including Java, Bali and Lombok. Its an ensemble form of music featuring instruments such as metallophones, drums and gongs. This weekend the Southbank Centre in London is getting into all things gamelan with three days of activities staring today with a Gamelan Symposium in the Purcell [...]
London Mela
By Chris | August 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The fifth annual London Mela takes place in Gunnersbury Park west London this Sunday 12 August. Mela comes from the sanskrit words ‘to meet’ and this Mela is a meeting of the best in traditional and classical South Asian music and dance, as well as contemporary British Asian urban music, dance, comedy, cabaret, Asian influenced [...]
Trafalgar Square Festival
By Chris | July 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The annual Trafalgar Square Festival begins this week. Its on from 2-19 August and features music and dance performances starting at 6pm on Thursday evenings, 8pm on Fridays and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. This year’s festival ties in with the 60th anniversary of Indian independence and celebrates the creative connections between London and [...]
Ealing Jazz Festival
By Chris | July 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The 23rd annual Ealing Jazz Festival begins tomorrow and runs for five days with a host of different performances on two stages in Ealing’s Walpole Park.
Entrance to the Jazz Festival costs £1 for adults, children under 12 are free.
Tin Pan Alley Festival 2007
By Chris | July 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Denmark Street, just off the Tottenham Court Road end of Charing Cross Road, has for decades been associated with music and musicians and is known as Britain’s Tin Pan Alley, with music publishers and specialist shops selling instruments still dominating the street today. Down the years acts like The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Sex [...]
Camden Crawl 2007
By Chris | April 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you’re in London tomorrow night get up to Camden for the second night of the 2007 Camden Crawl where over 80 bands and solo artists perform at 15 venues and a single day all access pass costs £26.50. Should be a busy evening, below is the promo for last year’s Crawl.
Somerset House gigs
By Chris | April 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Somerset House, the imposing 18th century building with the huge central courtyard on the banks of the Thames next to Waterloo Bridge, has announced the lineup for their annual Summer Series of open air concerts this July.
The concerts will take place on 10 consecutive nights this summer and although the support acts haven’t been confirmed [...]
Arsenal’s multi-talented Brazilians
By Chris | March 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
While young English footballers like to spend their off time losing a months salary in poker games or compiling roasting videos with teammates, the Brazilian players at Arsenal have a more musical way of relaxing. Here’s a clip of Gilberto Silva, Julio Baptista and Denilson in an impromtu jam session at home in St Albans, [...]
Guide to England’s music history
By Chris | February 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There’s a new website started that helps music fans track down locations of historical interest in the story of rock and pop over the last forty or so years in England. Called England Rocks the site has a menu and interactice map that lets you find the sites of famous venues, homes, recording studios, album [...]
