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Congotronics vs Rockers + The Skeletons - Barbican Hall, Tuesday 12 July 2011

Featuring Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Konono No.1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Matt Mehlan (Skeletons), Vincent Kenis and special guests Hoquets


 

Dennis Coffey + Alice Russell, Mayer Hawthorne -- XOYO, Monday 27 June 2011

Cult funk guitar hero Dennis Coffey appears in a very rare solo show in support of his fine new album on Strut Records


 

Oumou Sangare - Barbican, London, 30 June '11

One of Africa’s finest female vocalists returns to the Barbican with songs from her Grammy-nominated album Seya. With support from Anibal Velasquez y Los Locos del Swing.


 

Music Documentaries at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 - 8-12 June, 2011

This year’s programme is packed with docs about musicians and subjects ranging from Hole drummer Patty Schemel, to A Tribe Called Quest, to Genesis P-Orridge, to a record shop in Newcastle Upon Tyne, to Roma gypsies and Slovakians, to 2 men who shout a lot at each other (not so much music as a cult phenomenon), to Queen, to Justin Bieber, to Miriam Makeba, to Michael Nyman, to Siddheswari Devi to more


 

Celebrating Sanctuary London 2011 - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 2 - 7pm

On Sunday, 19 June, Celebrating Sanctuary London, the annual free festival which launches Refugee Week (20-26 June 2011), returns to the South Bank with a profusion of new talent, including the dazzling Krar Collective from Ethiopia, one-man folk orchestra Rory McLeod, young virtuoso vena player Hari Sivenesan, the glittering harp collaboration “Home is Where The Harp Is” and nu-skool Roma singer Kerieva


 

Group Doueh / Hayvanlar Alemi - Barbican, 13 May 2011

Seattle-based collective Sublime Frequencies bring two of their musical discoveries to the Barbican for a night of extraordinary sounds - Group Doueh from the Western Sahara and Turkish band Hayvanlar Alemi. They will also present Staring Into The Sun, a 60-minute film by Olivia Wyatt, which explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia


 

UK Live Music Listings - Jazz, Folk, Beats and Global Gigs
Gig listings covering the whole of the UK. Featuring the best of global music culture, jazz, folk and beats
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African Soul Rebels 2011 - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 / Donso

It might have been the last night of the tour but as the Afrobeat message beats loud again, this was one not to be missed, as Gilles Peterson said earlier this year, “If you ever get the chance to see Seun Kuti live, you’ve got to go!”

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Golden Sun Movement present ON - 20.04.11 to 20.05.11

Whether its the legendary UFO club nights of the 60s or the 80s Balearic scene or even the house music explosion of the 90s - otherworldly sounds have always influenced visual art and design. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in the work of artists Luke Insect, Leo Zero and David Little, who are coming together for their inaugural exhibition

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Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 27 April - 2 May '11

This week might be all about St. Patrick’s Day and horses jumping over the sticks but for followers of Cheltenham, it’s the Jazz Festival that’s the big one and tickets are on sale now.

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London International Ska Festival - 21-24.04.11

If you were annoyed at missing the first London International Ska Festival, don’t worry as it’s back bigger and better than ever.

 

Lyrical Alliance Featuring Talib Kweli- Roundhouse, 16 October '10

Lyrical Alliance is a collaboration between leading hip hop artists from the Arab world alongside the cream of European hip hop with featured artists from the UK and US headline act Talib Kweli

 

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