JUWON OGUNGBE LIFE FORCE MUSIC UPSTAIRS AT THE RITZY THIS SATURDAY - BRIXTON, London SW2 1GL £5 8-midnight with DJ Freestyle of Colourful Radio UP!!!
MOSI CONDE has his portrait (by Gareth McConnell) in the outstanding and celebratory THE WORLD IN LONDON exhibition curated by The Photographer's Gallery with photos of 204 Londoners from every Olympic nation each by a different well known or emerging photographer. Lifesize unique human imagery is in Victoria Park (til 12 August) and on the windows of PARK HOUSE, Oxford Street (just up from Marble Arch) til 30th August.
A great swathe of everybody!
31 July
4.30pm GREEENWICH SUMMER FESTIVAL,
Greenwich Band Stand FREE
7.30pm GLOBAL BEATS FESTIVAL, Wilton's Music Hall, Graces Alley , London E1
All round Greenwich and Woolwich on dates in early August - look out for him!
TERRYAZOOME announce their GRAND CD LAUNCH - XANA - on SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER at THE FORGE , CAMDEN
- watch this space!
photo Pam Isherwood
Mosi Conde joined 14 other London luminaries for an incandescent re-envisioning of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme in Kings College Chapel a few week's ago,
Recently Terry Hunt of Terryazoome was Cultural Co-operation's guest on Resonance FM on World City Live (as was Mosi and indeed as was I - links soon).
Yaaba Funk are in the studio preparing their eagerly awaited new album - after blisteringly brilliant appearances at Africa Oye and Soho's Floridita .. can't wait! They play the first event in the London Festival of African Music on 14th Sept! Watch this space - subscribe even!
Juwon Ogungbe's Vocal Ensemble of Africa performed live on the very first flagship News Day on the BBC World Service and 300+ gospel singers will sing his latest commission as they welcome the Youth Parade from Coventry with Lady Godiva leading proceedings (well a sculpture!) Photos up of course!