Pride Festival London city is set to be a sea of rainbows and smiles over the weekend. Filled with colour and passion celebrating its 46th year this Saturday 7th of July. Wide range of arts to be performing such as Theatrical performances from the cast of West End show Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Aladdin, The… Read More »
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Violence and Music or Music and Violence?
So, this weekend saw 4 men stabbed at the GarageNation festival after a fight in the VIP Section. 2 airlifted to hospital and people describing poor security and chaotic scenes as the music went on around them and the other 15,000 ravers. There have been stabbings at both Wireless and Parklife amongst others in the… Read More »
Is Streaming The New Buying?
The rise and rise and rise of streaming! We all live on YouTube, Spotify, Google Play …and we knew streaming was going to take over, but now it’s taking over the charts, well sort of. Since YouTube was first launched in 2005, it’s had 20 music videos reaching over the 2 billion views mark. A… Read More »
The Rise of Octavian
Octavian has been on the rise as a quality emerging artist for quite a few months now.. The London rapper really grabbed attention when Drake appeared on his Instagram dancing to his single “Party’s Here.” Last week at London’s Jazz Café he lit up the stage as a natural. Pacing the stage like he was… Read More »
Belly Squad – SGS August BEST!
Belly Squad is a trio made up of East Londoners Yung Max and Ty Jombla both 18-year -olds and 20-year old Ross Jombla from South. Belly squad has been one of the most exciting acts to watch this year. They’ve been very consistent with their soundtracks from 2016 till now. From an early stage, they… Read More »
Notting Hill Carnival Weekend!
Notting Hill Carnival has been running for 50 years. This Carnival celebrates Afro-Caribbean culture and community during the August bank holiday. The streets of Notting Hill are always filled with the aroma of Hearty jerk chicken, fruity punch, a variety of music floats and whatever weather London decides to give that day. Despite the joy… Read More »
Poetics Of Grime
Last night the office went to to the Institute of Contemporary Arts to watch the Poetics of Grime, a panel discussion and set of performances that considers the link between poetry and the music genre grime. We went there with pretty low expectations, thinking that it was going to be a boring panel talk with… Read More »
Final refugee to Resident Workshop
Yesterday I went to the final workshop for Refugee to Resident – a youth project exploring immigration In the form of Spoken Word. We were just finishing up our final pieces, going through them with Nick Makoha, and discussing our own experiences with immigration. Brian, the creator of the event also came along to see… Read More »