Well, not so much a review as a collection of thoughts… I’m on a 148 bus (hooray for smartphones! But on what planet do people say “hooray” when they really wanted to say “bootstraps”?), going home after a brilliant gig I went to mostly out of curiosity. Ruben Blades has just come off the stage [...]
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Live review: Ruben Blades
Posted by George Luke on July 28, 2011
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/live-review-ruben-blades/
In Conversation: To’Mezclao
I’ve already talked about my time at this year’s Africa Oye festival in my last blog post. I’ve been beavering away with the audio I recorded there… and now, for your listening pleasure, here’s the interview I did with Lyng Chang, DJ with the Cuban band To’Mezclao.
Posted by George Luke on June 30, 2010
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/in-conversation-tomezclao/
Live Review: The Creole Choir of Cuba
The Creole Choir of Cuba Monday 17 May Wilton’s Music Hall, London E1 While introducing the choir, our MC John Simpson remarked that the venue we were in had a ‘Cuban’ feel to it. He wasn’t wrong; Wilton’s Music Hall in London’s East End is the oldest surviving Music Hall in the world, and it [...]
Posted by George Luke on May 21, 2010
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/live-review-the-creole-choir-of-cuba/
From the Y Crate: Bill Wolfer
From the Y Crate, #16: “Wolf” by BILL WOLFER (Solar/Constellation) Yet another lost ‘blue-eyed soul’ offering. Wolf is one of my favourite 80s soul albums – which is ironic, because I only discovered it in the 90s. I came to Bill Wolfer via the singer Jon Gibson (yep – more blue-eyed soul) and I can [...]
Posted by George Luke on April 11, 2010
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/from-the-y-crate-bill-wolfer/
2009: My Year in Music
And what a year it’s been! My gigs of the year: Delirious’ last ever gig (HMV Apollo, Hammersmith, November) Staff Benda Bilili (Barbican, October) Chic (HMV Forum, September) Daby Touré at Africa Oyé (Sefton Park, Liverpool, June) Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra (Greenbelt Festival Mainstage, August) Monica Giraldo (Magic Mirrors, Cannes, January) Speed Caravan (Jongleurs, [...]
Posted by George Luke on December 30, 2009
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/2009-my-year-in-music/
Greenbelt ’09: My DJ Playlist
These are the tunes I played during my DJ slot in the Blue Nun wine bar on Monday night: Emagbo – Afroganic Lobhalaza – Siphamandia ‘Spha’ Bembe A Historia… – Max de Castro Adouma – Angelique Kidjo A Minha Fantasia (It Ain’t Over) – So Pra Contrariar Isto e Kuduro – Frederic Galliano Kuduro Sound [...]
Posted by George Luke on September 2, 2009
http://georgeluke.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/greenbelt-09-my-dj-playlist/
Novel-writing madness:
