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Back2Black – review

4519 days ago
Guardian MusicOld Billingsgate, LondonIn Rio, this annual celebration of the links between Brazil's black culture and Africa is held in a grand disused railway station. In London, the Back2Black festival took over Old Billingsgate, the enormous one-time fish mark... more info

This week's new live music

4528 days ago
Guardian MusicHackney Weekend, LondonThose who scored free tickets for this Radio 1 event will be witnessing the business class end of hip-hop and R&B (Jay-Z, Rihanna), successful locals such as Plan B and Professor Green, and a few indie randoms like Kasabian. Mo... more info

Womad 2012: Femi Kuti joins Robert Plant and Jimmy Cliff at festival

4557 days ago
Guardian MusicHugh Masekela and King of Rai among artists scheduled to perform at 30th anniversary of world music festivalThe Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, whose funk interpretation of his father Fela's afrobeat has brought him to a new generation of fans, will be ... more info

Blog jam: ElectricJive

4592 days ago
Guardian MusicReclaiming South Africa's musical past, album by albumWho are you and what's your blog called? Matt Temple. I run ElectricJive with three others: Chris Albertyn, Siemon Allen and Nick Lotay.Where are you based?I'm in the UK with Nick while Chris is i... more info

Paul Simon brings Graceland back to London, 25 years after apartheid boycott row

4627 days ago
Guardian MusicSinger to play in Hyde Park as part of anniversary celebrations likely to revive row over 1985 visit to South AfricaIt was one of the most divisive shows in British pop history. On 7 April 1987, Paul Simon brought his best-selling Graceland project t... more info

TEDxObserver: Day of inspiration shows power of youth

4632 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Observer's festival of ideas showed how music, technology, food and science can change everyone's lives for the better"I started to write an album that would try to reach out to these kids and, in some ways, to be a father to these kids, because ... more info

Music Review: Hugh Masekela - Jabulani

4705 days ago
TopixRenowned South African trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela provides a burst of joy and celebration with his new release, Jabulani . Jabulani, a collection of traditional South African wedding songs, is part of the excellent Razor and Tie "Listen to ... more info

Paul Simon Plans Graceland Tour, Box Set

4783 days ago
StereogumPaul Simon plans to release a box set commemorating the 25th anniversary of his seminal Graceland sometime next spring, and that release will be accompanied by a tour. The box set will include a documentary by director Joe Berlinger, who documented a... more info

Bono and Youssou N'Dour lead call for urgent action on east African famine

4803 days ago
Guardian MusicMusicians and campaigners warn New York UN summit about predicament of starving Africans and aid budget shortfallBono and Youssou N'Dour are among leading activists who on Thursday will call on world leaders to avert "a great 21st-century tragedy" un... more info

Hugh Masekela: Celebrate Mama Afrika – review

4874 days ago
Guardian MusicHackney Empire, LondonThis wasn't the first London concert to celebrate the music of Africa's first and greatest superstar Miriam Makeba, but it was the most emotional and pertinent, for the man in charge was her first husband, Hugh Masekela. He did ... more info

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