You'll find a whole host of events in London from mainstream to underground. Sourced for the monthly round up by DJ Debbie of Outerglobe and Vision Radio. You'll need to click on the read more to see the day by day listings for November.
Sat 1 Nov:
RAISON D’ETRE – HOOTENANAY 95 effra road
Natty + Healer Selector and other global beat djs
DOROTHY MASUKA : CHARLIE WRIGHTS, 45 Pitfield St, N1 8-late £8/£10
The veteran singer is as tip top as she’s ever been – in fabulous husky voice reclaiming Pata Pata that she gave to Miriam Makeba,
rendering classics like ‘Cry me a River in best form and loads more with the impeccable Skaville Club Band
led by Ray Carless – peerless African Jazz!
Eliza Carthy, Bloomsbury Theatre needs no introduction – in superb form, new album, new baby on the way
Gerardo Nuñez, Kings Place www.kingsplace.co.uk – the venue is as exciting as the artists
Marva Whitney & Osaka Monaurail, Jazz Cafe www.jazzcafe.co.uk
Inner Birds & Other Birds Watermans Arts Theatre www.watermans.org.uk
a magical blend of poetry, flamenco dance, film, Indian classical vocal and feathers!
Sat 1 - Sun 2 Nov: Mariza, Barbican www.barbican.org.uk The fado virtuoso whose striking style has made her a star
Sun 2 Nov:
Mariza special family concert at 2.30pm, Barbican
Components: Brixton Jamm, Brixton Road 5pm – 1am Famous open Mic hosted by the Vibeologists
Djs on rotation: Africathy, Mo Laudi, Red Clay, Chief Commander alongside Eric Soul
Muntu Valdo –the one man tornado live Free before £6 then £5 The friendliest and coolest club there is
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Mon 3 Nov
African Music Festival CARGO , Rivington Street www.cargo-london.com
African Music festival brings together the Old and new of Nigerian music scene mixing Hip-hop with Afro beat and Afro-pop in this spectacular line-up
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Sonido Callejearo feat MC Magico @ Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave, W1
reggaeton, hip-hop Latino, Cuba, barrio Latino, , salsa,
Tue 4 Nov:
Zoe & Idris Rahman, Purcell Room , South Bank London SE1 www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Pianist and Saxophonist – two of the new generation world jazz’s true sars – bring their new album to life
Chiwoniso – Zimbabwean Rebel Woman – Momo’s, Heddon St, Off Regent St, W1 www.enchantedtunes.com
Chiwoniso’s album is one of the best releases of 2008 – crystal clear voice with challenging lyrics carrying the chimurenga flame
Berrogüetto + Uxía, Bush Hall
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Lila Downs, Union Chapel , Highbury Corner
Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for LILA DOWNS - on stage, on record and even in the movies
(she acted, and her music was featured heavily, in Frida, the Selma Hayek film about the great painter Frida Kahlo). On her brand new album Shake Away,
Downs takes listeners on a journey that's both intensely personal and vividly universal.
Silvia Powell , Ginglik, Shepherds Bush Green One of London’s best kept secrets – a lovely voice, great material
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Wanlov the Kubolor , Cargo – the rascal Ghanaian hiplifester previews his forthright and humourous album Green Card alongside Mensa – jazz hiphop and others –
NOT TO BE MISSED
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Thu 6 Nov:
‘Black Brits Art 7 Sound Exhibition @ SOAS – Brunei Gallery, Thornhaugh St, WC1
Adelaide Damoagh’s stunning artwork exhibition up for about 2 weeks
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Sound of the World DJ Relay Darbucka – St John St Between Angel and Farringdon Tube
hosted by Jamie Renton plus launch for debut EP by Radiokidaja, the brand new Afro-Peruvian flavoured project from Christoph Mueller of the Gotan Project –
+ a host of guest DJs take their 15 mins fame including Walle McDonell, DJ Debbie, Eric Soul and Garth Cartwright
: Rodrigo Leão + The Durutti Column, Barbican
Seth Lakeman, Shepherds Bush Empire
QUECUMBAR – Battersea High St – lovely underexposed venue
The Trio Shahnaz plays Classical Arabic compositions and improvisations and features Khyam Allami ('Ud), Elizabeth Nott (Riq) and Shirley Smart (Cello).
+ Trio Nostos who perform songs from the island of Crete.
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Fri 7 Nov:
Sa Dingding, ICA – the Mall, W1 www.ica.org.uk
BBC Radio 3 world Music award winner – who has been called the Chinese Bjork (why are women always categorized!)
Totally original – you like or loathe her!
Yoga yard, Camden Market Trance Dance has existed for thousands of years as a method of healing and personal transformation.
Sacred Ecstasy brings this ancient wisdom into the 21st Century, creating a safe, sacred space in which we journey into trance using music, intention and sound healing.
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Sat 8 Nov:
Bredrins in Inity presents The Message Ina Strikly Roots Reggae N Dub Muzik 10pm til late (ie next morning)
Live @ 269 The Arch, 269 coldharbour lane, sw9 8se
FairShareUnity Sound System Selector Unruly Julian @The Controls Hya Meditation Sound System
Roots Vibration Sound System Selectors From Genesis Radio Powercat and From Solar Dub Records David Judah & Crew
07872 344 223 www.myspace.com/fairshareunity
Sun 9 Nov:
Rabih Abou Khalil ‘Em Portugues’ – stunning Arabic side fo Portugeuse music – a thrill to the bone and not to be missed in a fabulous venue –
St John’s Smith Square – check www.kazzum.co.uk for full details
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Mon 10 Nov:
Vinicius Cantuária + Mafalda Arnauth, Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Centre)
Tue 11 Nov:
Waldemar Bastos + Neco Novellas, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Uday Bhawalkar - North Indian Dhrupad at its best at SOAS 7pm www.soas.ac.uk/concerts
Thu 13 – Fri 14 Nov:
Leonard Cohen, The O2 He still sends shivers down the spine –
revisits his brilliant back catalogue and thrills with his newer stuff like the amazing Hallellujah
Thu 13 Nov:
Matthew Barley & the Chinese Silk String Quartet, Purcell Room
Cheng Yu invented the 6 sring Pipa and realized it with the help of a Women in Music Commision a few years ago
which included commissioning female composers to create new music . Since thenthe repertoire has increased impressively
– the 4 women have verve and sensuality and are all virtuosos
Fri 14 Nov:
Dhafer Youssef and Joanna MacGregor with Britten Sinfonia, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Femi Kuti, Royal Festival Hall – Fela’s most inventive offspring premieres his awesome new album
Sat 15 Nov:
Mo Laudi’s Birthday party – @ No 10 5pm-3am
with just about every London underground global grooves dj (tho no women!) 10, Golborne Rd, W10
The Cross - The Flying Carpet with LOUNGE CLASH – Neil Sparkes’ intriguing new band – ambient/elektro & Flying Chillies DJs
http://www.thecrosskings.co.uk/map.html
Grand African Ball to celebrate 2008 Kizomba UK style – Zouk, Kizomba, Cape Verdean – dan c edance dance
229 Great Portland Street, W1 W5PN (Tube Great Portland St/ Oxford Circus) KambaSemba live performance: Acoustic Afro-latin music
- Dance performance - Surprise guest - Party with DJ Marito and DJ Babacar from Portugal ; Angolan Independence celebration playing the best Zouk, Kizomba, Coupe- Decale, Semba Funana, Kuduro, Soukous, N’donbolo and more afro-caribbean flows!
Mari Boine + Karl Seglem, Kings Place
Ancestors Promotions presents Saturday Psalms Playing Roots Reggae N Dub Muzik
2 Sound System ina 1 Circle Fairshareunity selctors Julian FairShare N the Fairshareunity ites
In unity with Roots Vibrations Selectors Powercat from Genesis Radio and David Judah SolarDub Records.
@ Teo's Carribean Cuisine 275 Neasden Lane,NW10
£5 On the door 10pm-Late 07872 344 223 www.myspace.com/fairshareunity www.myspace.com/rootsvibrationsounds
Sun 16 Nov:
Richard Bona + Danilo Perez; Muntu Valdo on Freestage, Barbican
Cameroonian multi instrumentalists on main and free stage – both excellent songwriters – going on UK wide tour
Richard Galliano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba + Alex Balanescu & Evelina Petrova, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Accordions agogo – very subtley and beautifully
Megson, Green Note , Camden Parkway. www.greennote.co.uk folk/rock
Mon 17 - Tue 18 Nov:
Leonard Cohen, Royal Albert Hall
Tue 18 Nov:
African Flashback: Aldo Romano, Louis Sclavis & Henri Texier, LSO St Luke’s
French bassist Henri Texier, Italian drummer Aldo Romano and formidable clarinettist and saxophonist Louis Sclavis respond to images of African life
by photojournalist Guy le Querrec, whose evocative work accompanies the performance on screens.
Thu 20 Nov:
Buika, Queen Elizabeth Hall “I did not dare expect it to be so good. I can't think of an album where a singer has so consistently
found the perfect balance of intensity and relaxation, push and pull, challenge and charm” Charlie Gillett,
Buika’s originally from Equatorial Guinee, but is immersed in Spanish music from where she grew up
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Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio, Royal Festival Hall
Dengue Fever, ICA The Cambodian pop meets psychedelic rock www.ica.org.uk
Erik Truffaz & Malcolm Braff Indian Project, Jazz Café
Fri 21 Nov:
Del Plata (Argentina). Six classically trained musicians who share a passion for tango music of legendary bandoneon virtuoso Astor Piazzolla
St Ethelburgas http://www.stethelburgas.org/music20089.htm
Alex Wilson & his Salsa con Soul Orchestra, Jazz Café
Sibongile Khumalo & Jack DeJohnette, QEH An inspired pairing – such voices!
Grand Union feat Baluji Shrivastav & Yousuf Ali Khan, Vortex www.vortexjazz.co.uk Expect big band with global sensibilities
Zimbabwe
Sat 22 Nov:
Taksim Trio & Omer Klein, Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Sun 23 Nov:
OLIVER MUTUKUDZI/ALICK MACHESO UK TOUR 2008. STRATFORD REX Tuku at his finest yet – the real star of Zimabaw
Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge Present Another Sunday Afternoon at Dingwalls
Tue 25 Nov:
Taiseer Elias - Middle Eastern Oud Master at SOAS 7pm www.soas.ac.uk/concerts
Wed 26 Nov:
The Stars of Africa concert featuring Hugh Masekela, Angelique Kidjo and Bassekou Kouyate plus more artists to be confirmed, Royal Albert Hall
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Thu 27 Nov:
Berta Rojas: Paraguay According to Agustin Barrios, Purcell Room
DuOud, Ginglik part of Enchanted tunes mini festival in Shepherd’s Bush – Smadj’s innovative oud fest
Fri 28 Nov:
Hindi Zahra, Bush Hall see above. Hindi Zahra is described as “ancestral blues tribute to tribal...*hip-hop...khouribgha....spring flowers and love. music...Touareg.crazy spirit free always “
On her myspace – catch an exciting new artist!
Caratinga (Brazil) St Ethelburga’s http://www.stethelburgas.org/music20089.htm
Anglo-Brazilian sextet who relish the infectious rhythms and gorgeous songs of over a century of traditional Brazilian choro and samba music
World on 3, Charlie Gillett with Chiwoniso in session and in conversation, BBC Radio 3 11.15pm-1am
Sat 29 Nov
Kouture Afrika celebrates African designs - The Barbican 1-6pm
There will be a spectacular fashion show with music, from renowned Afro Hip Hop artist KOMOBLASTIC and the amazing African drumming sensation KAAGO,
comedy and live performances as well as an exhibition with a market place and the audience will have a chance to enter a prestigious raffle prize.
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Bhangra Legends: Alaap & Heera, Barbican – the godfathers of bhangra
