The UK's Leading Female A cappella Quintet. Consistently honed over the last two decades, their music transcends age, race, gender or religious persuasion. Black Voices has an extensive repertoire of traditional songs from Africa, jazz, gospel, pop, Motown, Caribbean and English folk. Black Voices' describe their repertoire as 'a carefully woven tapestry covering a broad spectrum of musical styles' and they continually add new threads of colour to their rich fabric of oral music.
Baka Beyond The original Afro-Celtic dance band inspired by the music of the rain forest After 20 years of mixing African and Celtic music in equal measures Baka Beyond has become one of the finest danceable bands around, creating the sound of the global village. Conceived in 1992, Baka Beyond have a unique relationship with their inspiration – the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon – sending royalties to help their development projects, and even touring with Baka musicians. In order to make sure that the Baka get their fair return for their...
(NewsPoint) –Tributes from around the world have been made for Pandit Ravi Shankar, the composer and sitar player who famously guided the Beatles, after his family announced he had died in southern California. Shankar, 92, was the bridge between Indian music and the West.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said “An era has passed away with Pandit Ravi Shankar. The nation joins me to pay tributes to his unsurpassable genius, his art and his humility. He was national treasure and global ambassador of India's cultural heritage.”
Bollywood star Priynaka Chopra tweeted "The end of an...
Sat 20 Oct - Doors 8:00pm, £12 (£10), with meal £18 (£16)
Lose yourself in Bollywood for the night with the great tunes and compulsively danceable rhythms of the most popular music in the world. The experience is completed with projections of sensational dance sequences featuring India’s greatest actors and actresses, in sync with the live music. Four funky drummers and six hot horns play massive hits from Indian films, all driven by the huge beat of the dhol drum. They’ve been a big hit on the festival circuit,...
