Music
The Space Lady @ Cafe Oto, live music review: ‘street musician turned astral guardian of lo-fi’
The San Fransisco street musician turned winged helmet-wearing purveyor of woozy cover songs filled the boiling hot Dalston venue with joy
Read MoreBella Union 20th Anniversary @ OSLO Hackney feat. Will Stratton, Pavo Pavo, Mammút – live music review
The indie label Bella Union celebrates two decades with a series of ornate performances by an international swathe of their current roster
Read MoreAphex Twin or Run The Jewels? Field Day releases clashfinder along with site map ahead of 3 June extravaganza
Map shows magnitude of new arena area The Barn, as full list of set times for the 8 stages revealed
Read MoreVisions Festival nearly doubles its 2017 line-up as new acts announced
Amber Arcades, Night Flowers and Wolf Eyes among those joining headliners like Liars, Sophie and Jenny Hval at the multi-venue festival in August
Read MoreMarc Ribot, Cafe Oto, live review: ‘the gentle sentiments of a man who worships music’
This Elvis Costello collaborator and Americana expert, said to be ‘one of the greatest living guitar players’, hunkered down in Dalston for a two day residency
Read MoreFor whom the bell tolls: the world of Breathing Space
We talk to the sonic art collective, fresh from their latest time-bending, meditative sound installation at St. Augustine’s Tower
Read MoreKaty Taylor – inspiring lessons for aspiring flutists, pianists and recorder players
Hackney-based classically trained musician offers musical, technical and theoretical support on the flute, as well as piano and recorder lessons
Read MoreAlexandra Savior @ Oslo, Hackney Central, live music review: “vulnerability and strength”
The hotly tipped American steps out of the Shadow of Alex Turner’s side-project with a brief but mesmerising show
Read MoreGroove is in the harp: Hackney-based string plucker to play Well Street venue next month
Fraya Thomsen, harpist and composer of Gaelic music, will take the stage at the NuDawn event space on 4 May
Read MoreBarbican’s Sound Unbound weekender set to give classical music a festival feel
The event running 29-30 April will feature Anna Meredith, Chilly Gonzales, the London Symphony Orchestra and more
Read MoreKelly Lee Owens warms up for European tour with show at Rough Trade East
The hotly tipped Welsh singer-producer brought her ‘icy, Björkian DNA’ to Shoreditch this past 27 March
Read MoreCitadel Festival: Victoria Park shindig takes shape with Michael Kiwanuka, Bonobo, Laura Marling and more
Music and arts festival announces programme of acts and events to be staged alongside headliners Foals on Sunday 16 July
Read MoreSnap Crackle & Pop @ The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington, live review: Sapphire in the disco
Tokyo performer and producer Sapphire Slows caps off a night of ‘electronic eclecticism’ in Stoke Newington
Read MoreKaty Taylor – inspiring lessons for aspiring flutists, pianists and recorder players
Hackney-based classically trained musician offers musical, technical and theoretical support on the flute, as well as piano and recorder lessons
Read MoreLaura Cannell to play intimate show in Hackney’s Paper Dress Vintage in March
The Norfolk-based orchestral artist recorded last album Simultaneous Flight Movement, in one take, inside Southwold Lighthouse in Suffolk
Read MoreMoth Club hosts symposium on the power of ‘black rock’
The panel, featuring members of local bands Big Joanie and Shopping, was organised by the London Short Film Festival
Read MorePlaylist: Homerton’s Sound Savers take a look back at four years of recordings
We caught up with the local music studio’s founders to bring you five tracks that best encapsulate the output of this local DIY institution
Read MoreRun The Jewels to bring their Trump-baiting hip hop to Field Day
American rap supergroup will make tracks to the Victoria Park all-dayer on Saturday 3 June; 18 more artists also announced
Read MoreJulianna Barwick, Oslo Hackney, review: ‘vehement yet soporific’
A wondrous performance by the US ambient artist is powered by layer upon layer of vocals and keyboards, giving her intimate sound a sonic clout
Read MorePuckering up with London’s first all-female whistling choir
Women have historically had an uneasy relationship with whistling. But new choir She Can Just Whistle is out to change all that
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