FEBRUARY-MARCH 2015
Gig Guide
Songlines picks... Ibibio Sound Machine (Norwich, February 13) The London-based eight piece fronted by Eno Williams (pictured) have been taking dance floors by storm with their retro highlife sounds. Treacherous Orchestra (Edinburgh, February 27) The Scottish big band release their latest album, Grind (reviewed on p71). Habib Koité (Dublin, March 3) The Malian singer and guitarist performs with his group of virtuoso musicians. Emel Mathlouthi (London, February 14) The ‘Joan Baez of Tunisia’, brings her socially conscious songs to London’s Rich Mix. The Touré-Raichel Collective (London, February 24) The multicultural project from Vieux Farka Touré and Idan Raichel. See p16 for tour highlights
LONDON 8 FEB Cheng Yu + Zhao Xiao + Xu Muzi Kings Place 020 7520 1490; 8-15 FEB Festival Maslenitsa: Russian Week in London maslenitsa.co.uk; 12 & 26 FEB, 12 & 26 MAR Uxbridge Folk Club Hillingdon tinyurl.com/uxfolk; 14 FEB Emel Mathlouthi Rich Mix 020 7613 7498; Emily Portman + Paul Sartin + James Fagan Cecil Sharp House 020 7485 2206; 15 FEB London Fiddle Convention Cecil Sharp House londonfiddleconvention.org.uk; 16 FEB
Taraf de Haidouks Union Chapel musicglue.com; 16 FEB-1 MAR Flamenco Festival London Sadler’s Wells sadlerswells.com; 17 FEB Mohsen Namjoo Union Chapel musicglue.com; 18 FEB Mehdi & Adib Rostami Asia House 020 7307 5454; 20 FEB Alekos Vretos Project + Valkania Rich Mix 020 7613 7498; 22 FEB Chinese New Year Chinatown and Trafalgar Square FREE lccauk.com; Pandit Dinesh The Forge 020 7383 7808; 24 FEB The Touré-Raichel Collective Jazz Café 020 7688 8899; 25 FEB Treacherous Orchestra The Borderline 08448 472
465; Pablo Milanés Barbican 020 7638 8891; 26 FEB Shashwati Mandal Paul Purcell Room 0844 875 0073; 27 FEB Biram Seck The Forge 020 7383 7808; Alasdair Roberts + Lisa Knapp + Kris Drever + Naomi Bedford Cecil Sharp House 020 7485 2206; 28 FEB Chinese New Year Celebrations Rich Mix FREE richmix.org.uk; Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat feat Khyam Allami Artsdepot 020 8369 5454; Samyo QEH 0844 875 0073; 1 MAR [monthly workshops] London Rainforest Choir Cecil Sharp House 020 7485 2206; 3 MAR The Gloaming Barbican 020 7638 8891;
5 MAR Chico Chica The Bull’s Head 020 8876 5241; 7 MAR JazzEast feat Gilad Atzmon Kings Place 020 7520 1490; 8 MAR Sanjay Subrahmanyan The Bhavan 020 7386 0924; 12 MAR Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Cecil Sharp House 020 7485 2206; 12-13 MAR Joyce Ronnie Scott’s 020 7439 0747; 13 MAR Katiba 5 + 47 Soul Royal Court Theatre Bar FREE 07903 606026; 15 MAR Thanasis Papakonstantinou KOKO 0844 847 2258; 16 MAR Mariza Barbican 020 7638 8891; 17 MAR Çiğdem Aslan with Pavlos Carvalho & Pavlos Melas
www.songlines.co.uk/gigs All information correct at time of going to press. Email listings for print and online consideration to listings@songlines.co.uk ISSUE 106
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