Field Day London – review
Victoria Park was abuzz with music and festival goers at this year’s Field Day
Music
Brazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
Sofar so different – the gig movement coming to a living room near you
Holding intimate gigs in unusual spaces is the concept behind Sofar Sounds
Yo Zushi to return with single launch and album
The Hackney based songwriter once described as the “spirit of Bob Dylan for the twenty-first century” is on the cusp of releasing his first album in five years which he describes as a “story album about love in stolen moments”
Music journalism bootcamp: June – July 2014
This six-week evening course with The Journalism School covers feature and reviews writing, pitching and blagging, interview techniques, subbing, contacts building, and law for music journalism. Starts Monday 9 June 2014
The African Market Bank Holiday Festival at Old Spitalfields Market
11am – 5pm, Monday 5 May 2014
Guitar music night Iridescent to launch at Oslo
Hackney venue to start regular night of garage, punk, psych and pop classics with audio-visuals
Hackney duo to stage experimental opera Room of Worlds
William Morris and a work of early feminist fiction are the inspirations for contemporary chamber opera featuring electronics and video
Mom Tudie: the East London producer with a sound beyond his years
Electronic music producer Mom Tudie is only 18 but already has a distinctive musical style
Fernando Messulam: the restaurant owner with a 'steak' in opera
Restaurant manager and tenor Fernando Messulam indulges his passion for music by holding monthly opera night
Yoko Ono? Oh yes!
Sixties icon Yoko Ono played to a full house at Dalston’s Cafe Oto last month
Record Store Day vinyl countdown in Shoreditch
Secret 7″, the charity initiative in which original Vinyl artwork is sold off for charity, is set to be one of this year’s highlights
Sax appealing jazz: review of BB&C at the Vortex
Unorthodox jazz outfit play gig at Dalston venue
Dalston sound artist Atom Eye makes album out of field recordings
Who needs instruments when you’ve got the streets and green spaces of Hackney?