Music – Hackney Citizen

‘Counting down the days’: Local organisation bringing classical music to the masses announces summer concerts in Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 12:03

Through the Noise’s series will see top musicians from all over the world play at The Speakeasy

Erland Cooper: Folded Landscapes, Barbican, music review: ‘Lots of heart but not much head’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 22 May 2023 at 12:05

The multi-instrumentalist’s features a melting ice sculpture, but the show itself is a ‘slowly warming mess’

Tiña, Moth Club, live music review: ‘The spirit of indie rock squeezed into hot pink spandex’

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 27 September 2021 at 13:26

The five-piece turn the iconic Hackney venue into an ‘indie rock fever dream’

Thousands flock to Victoria Park for weekend music festival

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 1 September 2021 at 12:42

Local rapper Kojey Radical among performers at All Points East, which has community events running until tomorrow

Shirley Collins, Live from the Barbican, music review: ‘Long live the queen of folk!’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 15:41

The singer, accompanied by the Lodestar Band, doesn’t disappoint in her long-awaited return to the stage

Local jazz musician raises enough money to continue scholarship at prestigious American college

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 27 May 2021 at 10:30

Roella Oloro is off to Boston for her second year after spending the pandemic in Hackney crowdfunding and rehearsing

Paul Weller, Jules Buckley & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, live music review: ‘I’m now a full-blown Weller wannabe’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 24 May 2021 at 10:56

The Modfather and a few special guests bring ‘new facets to his already multifaceted oeuvre’

LSO/Rattle: Das Lied von der Erde, Barbican, live music review: ‘Poignant journey from misery to hope’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 17 May 2021 at 15:52

A ‘glittering’ performance of ‘earth-shatteringly beautiful’ works by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler

Music’s not dead – how the Premises kept Hackney Road upbeat through the pandemic

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 19:30

Aerosol ‘bombs’ and live streams – the fabled recording studio had to get creative to stay open

Young composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 18 February 2021 at 13:19

Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble

Shabaka Hutchings and the Britten Sinfonia, Barbican, music review: ‘Jazz’s untamed spirit resonates in 2020’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 22 December 2020 at 09:58

Hutchings’ ‘dazzling’ clarinet, backed by the talents of a chamber orchestra, is ‘transcendent’

BBCSO/Oramo, Barbican, live music review: ‘A concert for the modern world’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 12:26

The first completely live-streamed performance from the venue’s new series of shows is ‘brave and divine’

The Divine Comedy, Barbican, live music review: ‘An evening drenched in nostalgia’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 15:17

Neil Hannon and the band offer up a sharp experience of ‘memory and music’ as part of the Barbican’s programme of live shows

Erland Cooper: Live at the Barbican, music review: ‘A rare and wild talent’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 14 October 2020 at 07:59

The multi-talented maestro brings the sounds of the Orkney Islands to life as part of the Barbican’s new programme of live shows

All My Heroes Are Dead, R.A. The Rugged Man, album review: ‘Hip-hop’s best kept secret’

By Gregory Denholm | Wednesday 22 April 2020 at 20:47

The New York rapper’s new record has been seven years in the making – and it’s worth the wait

It Is What It Is, Thundercat, album review: ‘Highly nostalgic yet totally fresh’

By Gregory Denholm | Tuesday 7 April 2020 at 20:20

The American funk musician’s latest solo project is a ‘big step up in quality’

Un Deux Trois, Juniore, album review: ‘Catchy avant-pop perfection’

By Casey Cooper-Fiske | Monday 30 March 2020 at 22:53

With Hackney under lockdown, what better time to update your playlist? Here’s one to consider, as France’s finest return with their signature 60s-inspired sound…

Alfa Mist, EartH, live music review: ‘Beacon of London’s jazz resurgence’

By Clara Hernanz | Monday 16 March 2020 at 13:59

The composer and pianist from Newham impressed with a set that was ‘at once playful and melancholic’

Jpegmafia, EartH, live music review: ‘A sound that reveals new layers with each listen’

By Clara Hernanz | Thursday 12 March 2020 at 12:35

The energetic Baltimore rapper and beatmaker gave the crowd his all, including some of his hair

Fat White Family, EartH, live music review: ‘Electrifying night of high intensity’

By E. R. Ambler | Monday 13 January 2020 at 10:15

The rock band brought the house down with a frenzied set to promote their critically acclaimed new album