I only found out about Angelique Kidjo's concert last week quite late. Probably too late to get a ticket, so I didn't try. Having seen her play a couple of times already (plus once as a guest with Santana) it didn;t seem too vital. Now I have read Robin Denselow's review of the evening I […]
Entries Tagged as 'World music'
A name to look out for
October 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on A name to look out for · Music
Tags: Concerts·Reviews·World music
Nuru Kane
July 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Nuru Kane · Music
I just realised that Nuru Kane, who I enjoyed enormously yesterday, played in Crawley recently and I missed it. At the time I had not heard his stuff and didn’t know how good he was, and it was bank holiday weekend when we had Ami staying just before having the grandchild so it would have […]
Tags: Concerts·Doh!·Hawth·World music
Back to life, back to reality
July 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Back to life, back to reality · Music
Yesterday there was a Labour Party national day of action, with lots of members from outside town coming in to join in campaigning activity in Crawley, so of course I was up in Croydon having a picnic. Well, it was the weekend of the Croydon World Party, and that is one of the highlights of […]
Tags: Concerts·World music
Missed out
June 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on Missed out · Music
At about this time each year I have a fit of conflicting emotions about Glastonbury. On the one hand I see some of the TV coverage and really wish I was there to soak up the vibes and see some great performances, but then I see pictures of the huge queues just to get water […]
Tags: Concerts·Doh!·World music
Rainin’ in Paradize
June 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Music
Good news on the Manu Chao front! New album coming out in September, currently on tour in North America until July (so a chance he will be in Europe to promote the album) and a new track available for free download on the Manu Chao website. Speaking of which, that is still the most chaotic […]
Tags: Links·World music
New music
May 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on New music · Music
Later with Jools Holland returned to the TV last night. As usual it was a bit of a curate's egg, but always worth watching. I specifically put it on to see Tinariwen, who played a couple of tracks from their new-ish album Aman Iman. A great album which I got from eMusic.com as soon as […]
Tags: Internet·Reviews·TV·World music
Free music!
September 13th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Music
There has been a bit of a stir caused by a new music site called eMusic which is supposed to compete with Apple's iTunes site. Having seen sites like Napster, Wippit, Coke music and all the rest come along and fail to make a dent I am usually resistant to the hype, but I thought […]
Biko
August 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on Biko · Music
I was on the final run to the tip today, with the car CD player set to random play on a disc stuffed full of loads of WMAs from my computer, and Manu Dibango's version of Peter Gabriel's classic anti-apartheid song Biko came on. Despite having heard it many times I was really struck by […]
Tags: World music
Fame and fortune
July 31st, 2006 · Comments Off on Fame and fortune · Music
Well there is not much fame involved and no fortune at all but Wired magazine – a Croydon listings mag with a circulation of about 25,000 – has asked if it can use some of my photos of the Croydon World Party. I shan't let it go to my head though. Well not much anyway. […]
Tags: Concerts·Photos·World music
World Party
July 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on World Party · Music
On Saturday we went up to Croydon for the World Party, which is a one-day free festival. Jayne and I took Charlie with us – the first time he has been to any sort of concert – and met up with fellow Labour blogger Danivon and his girlfriend, and an old work colleague and his […]
Tags: Concerts·Food·Local Government·London·Photos·World music
