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Avishai Cohen With Strings – Barbican Centre

Avishai Cohen With Strings – Barbican Centre

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As Herbie Hancock recently said in a radio interview in the states, “Jazz is very spiritual and humanistic” and Israeli bassist and composer Avishai Cohen’s music encompasess these principles. With this latest project Avishai Cohen with Strings it seems he wants to span the globe playing songs from his own…

Religion, high heels, and gothic Scandinavian glamour: Karin Park live, 25/11/12

Religion, high heels, and gothic Scandinavian glamour: Karin Park live, 25/11/12

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Karin Park brings some underground edge to Little Noise Sessions at the Church of St John at Hackney.I am in a church, and a priest is standing a few meters away. The girls behind me are discussing, without irony, whether they prefer Carly Rae Jepsen or Taylor Swift. The speakers…

Friendly Fires to headline suicide awareness concert in memory of Adam Connolly

Friendly Fires to headline suicide awareness concert in memory of Adam Connolly

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  London based Friendly Fires, will play at an event on December 12, at XOYO.  It’s been put together following the suicide of  Adam Connolly, who took his life last week. Twenty nine year old Adams body, was discovered on Hackney Marshes last Saturday, 17 November, following a two day…

Gary Barlow added to Mencap’s Little Noise line up under stained glass in Hackney – win a pair of tickets

Gary Barlow added to Mencap’s Little Noise line up under stained glass in Hackney – win a pair of tickets

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Organizers of  Mencap’s Little Noise have added Gary Barlow to their  annual winter festival line up, to take place at St John-in-Hackney Church in Clapton this month.  The X Factor judge who now sits in Simon Cowell’s former chair is currently on a 20 date solo tour of the UK…

BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review

BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review

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The star-crammed bill of music A-listers including Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West and Lana Del Rey was a gold-medal winner for east London…

Why east London’s Cafe Oto is Britain’s coolest venue

Why east London’s Cafe Oto is Britain’s coolest venue

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Italian Vogue has named this cafe – which serves up a steady diet of avant-garde music – Britain's coolest venue. Alex Needham finds out what the fuss is about…

Jay-Z confirmed to headline BBC 1′s Hackney Weekend 2012

Jay-Z confirmed to headline BBC 1′s Hackney Weekend 2012

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It’s true! Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z will be headlining Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend 2012 on Saturday 23rd June. Announced this morning on the Chris Moyles Show, he is set to perform alongside a stellar line-up of acts already announced including Tine Tempah, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, Professor…

Leona Lewis and Plan B sign up for Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend

Leona Lewis and Plan B sign up for Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend

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To coincide with the London 2012 Olympics, up to 80 acts will appear at the 'biggest show in Radio 1 history'…

Tonight at The Vortex: Twin Cities’ debut single launch party

Tonight at The Vortex: Twin Cities’ debut single launch party

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Regular listeners to Radio One’s Gilles Peterson Show will no doubt be familiar with tonight’s special feature at Dalston’s The Vortex. Hotly-tipped production duo Twin Cities will be hosting a launch party to mark the release of their debut double A-side  ’Raincloud/Anticipation’. Hailed as the ”Sunsoaked Daft Punk of R&B”, Twin Cities is a collaboration between critically-acclaimed beatmeisters Guynamite and Analog Jones,…

High Voltage Rockin’ At Victoria Park 24-25 July

High Voltage Rockin’ At Victoria Park 24-25 July

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Hard core rockers are in for a treat in July when the High Voltage Festival comes to Victoria Park, in South Hackney for two days. Head lining are old timers such as Emerson Lake & Palmer, ZZ Top, Wishbone Ash (fronted by Ted Turner), which sees him reuniting with former…

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