Music
Viv Albertine: ‘If I’m not passionate I won’t do it’
Viv Albertine of The Slits talks about being an original punk, band life and living for the moment
Read MoreChick Corea jazz review: 'panoptic interpretations yielding plenty of complexity'
American jazz fusion pianist and composer Chick Corea took to the stage at the Barbican last month
Read MoreLore Lixenberg: a breath of fresh aria
The Stoke Newington opera singer who blurs the boundary between composition and performance
Read MoreField Day London – review
Victoria Park was abuzz with music and festival goers at this year’s Field Day
Read MoreBrazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
Read MoreSofar so different – the gig movement coming to a living room near you
Holding intimate gigs in unusual spaces is the concept behind Sofar Sounds
Read MoreYo Zushi to return with single launch and album
The Hackney based songwriter once described as the “spirit of Bob Dylan for the twenty-first century” is on the cusp of releasing his first album in five years which he describes as a “story album about love in stolen moments”
Read MoreMusic journalism bootcamp: June – July 2014
This six-week evening course with The Journalism School covers feature and reviews writing, pitching and blagging, interview techniques, subbing, contacts building, and law for music journalism. Starts Monday 9 June 2014
Read MoreThe African Market Bank Holiday Festival at Old Spitalfields Market
11am – 5pm, Monday 5 May 2014
Read MoreSpitalfields Music Summer Festival 2014
6-21 June 2014, various East London venues
Read MoreGuitar music night Iridescent to launch at Oslo
Hackney venue to start regular night of garage, punk, psych and pop classics with audio-visuals
Read MoreHackney duo to stage experimental opera Room of Worlds
William Morris and a work of early feminist fiction are the inspirations for contemporary chamber opera featuring electronics and video
Read MoreMom Tudie: the East London producer with a sound beyond his years
Electronic music producer Mom Tudie is only 18 but already has a distinctive musical style
Read MoreFernando Messulam: the restaurant owner with a 'steak' in opera
Restaurant manager and tenor Fernando Messulam indulges his passion for music by holding monthly opera night
Read MoreYoko Ono? Oh yes!
Sixties icon Yoko Ono played to a full house at Dalston’s Cafe Oto last month
Read MoreRecord Store Day vinyl countdown in Shoreditch
Secret 7″, the charity initiative in which original Vinyl artwork is sold off for charity, is set to be one of this year’s highlights
Read MoreSax appealing jazz: review of BB&C at the Vortex
Unorthodox jazz outfit play gig at Dalston venue
Read MoreDalston sound artist Atom Eye makes album out of field recordings
Who needs instruments when you’ve got the streets and green spaces of Hackney?
Read MoreBB&C at the Vortex Jazz Bar – review
Jazz trio play Dalston jazz venue
Read MoreKrista Papista – the sound of 'sordid pop'
Dark lyrics and searing beats are just two features of Dalston-based artist Krista Papista’s ecclectic sound
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