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Herbie Hancock Starts European Tour in Barcelona

Herbie Hancock is heading to Europe to begin his Fall Tour tomorrow night in Barcelona…

Legendary Soul Superstar: Diana Ross to Play Glastonbury 2020

Diana Ross will return to the UK for a once-in-a-lifetime performance in the legendary Sunday…

Opera Star Jessye Norman Has Died

Jessye Norman, a Grammy Award-winning opera singer whose voice wowed international crowds, died on Monday…

DAVE wins 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize for Album of the Year

On Thursday, 19 September 2019, Dave was as the overall winner of the 2019 Hyundai…

Review | Hitsville: The Making of Motown Documentary – Feel Good Thrill for Music Lovers

This is the story of Motown, an uplifting story of 89-year-old, Berry Gordy and his…

#Stormzy Scholarship #Cambridge for Black UK Students apply until 1st Sept

Following the launch of the Stormzy Scholarship in 2018, Cambridge have announced that Stormzy is…

Rodgers’ Meltdown a radical world party ends PLUS 2020 dates announced

Southbank Centre’s 26th Meltdown came to a close Sunday night after its most critically-acclaimed installment…

FILM: HITSVILLE: THE MAKING OF MOTOWN

The remarkable film charting the creation and incredible success of the legendary Motown Records against…

Ghana: Catch Ade Solanke at Chale Wote Street Art Festival

Ade Solanke is the among the participating artists at CHALE WOTE 2019,  she will be…

African Odysseys presents Carnival in the Time of the Sound System

14:00-17:30 The UK Jamaica Sound System took its place in the Notting Hill Carnival of…

Nile Rodgers’ Meltdown opens with Disco Wonderland on the river

Nile Rodgers & CHIC, the World Premiere of Eurythmics Songbook, Johnny Marr, Jungle, Anitta, Thundercat,…

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ICA: Black Quantum Futurism take over ICA for two weeks

August sees the ICA present Temporal Deprogramming, a two-week programme from Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artists Black…

Review: BBC Proms Angelique Kidjo – First Lady of African Music gives Salsa infused Show

Kidjo’s Tuesday’s night BBC Proms late-night performance was billed as a tribute the late salsa…

RADA STUDIOS: Memories In Mind: Women of the Windrush Tell Their Stories

Catch Soprano Nadine Benjamin and Composer Shirley Thompson this weekend at RADA Studios. (Image courtesy…

Royal Albert Hall – PROM 16: ANGELIQUE KIDJO

Dubbed ‘the undisputed queen of African music’, three-time Grammy Award-winner Angélique Kidjo makes her Proms…

Womad Festival: Line up includes Salif Keita, Ziggy Marley, Afro-Cuban All Stars, and Macy Gray

Celebrating its thirty-seventh year, WOMAD is a melting pot of music, dance, food, art, spoken-word,…