Thursday 9 August 2012

Update August - Outerglobe artists in action +++



So ;;;; Mosi Conde  (pic Julia Rivington @ Sandblast Celebration) is to be found all over Greenwich and Woolwich as part of the Games Animation - you will just come across him by chance ... or if you are in Victoria Park you will find his brilliant image by Gareth McConnell
                                                                                        as part of The World in London til 12th August, or in Oxford Steet on the windows of Park House near the Marble Arch end til 30th August as part of such an uplifting display with people from (nearly) all 204 Olympic nations larger than life!   Kaira Kora Afrika is available online or

 So Terryazoome are putting their all into promoting the Grand Launch of XANA - "Eight  highly enjoyable,  laid  back - exuberant tracks ..The  ensemble  playing  is  nothing  short  of  excellent; while  the  soloing ...is  outstanding ... subtle, exciting and colourful as anything you are likely to hear ...  " Rich Rainlore

                                                        on SATURDAY 13th OCTOBER at The Forge, Camden in aid of  
                                                                                                                                     WOMA

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  SO YAABA FUNK

                                                                                                           stormed Africa Oye and have been the talk of the town ever since with an invite back to Liverpool later in the year. They play the  
LAUNCH EVENT for LONDON AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012 on FRIDAY 14th September at THE AFRICA CENTRE . Til then they are "In the Studio" brewing up great sounds for their highly anticipated new album "No Sleep Til Accra"

So Juwon Ogungbe's commission for 350+ voices and instruments welcomed Godiva awakes to Waltamstow after its procession from Coventry marking a great season with African Utopia at Purcell Room and World Service Breakfast show - NewsDay launch notched up as well as a stupendous launch season for LIFE FORCE MUSIC including BBC R3, VoxAfrica, Colourful, Resonance FM, Bubbles, Playvybz and more airplay ... He is off to the USA to develop a fabulous new music theatre piece for the Autumn (er Fall...!)  Stateside bookings and contacts welcome.  It's a Beautiful Thing 
So New Year UK tour booking now - come on board! .

THE 10th LONDON AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL runs from 14th - 29th Sept with 0ver 20 events in 9 venues capturing the cutting edge, the beauty, the classicism of African Music making in London. There's some favourites alongside new collaborations and club land stands happily with the concert world in a truly diverse programme of must attend gigs ...  

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AFRICAN ESSENCE - classic & crucial - African music at its best - with interviews with movers and shakers right across the Arts - Sundays 5-6pm UK time on Resonance 104.4fm Londonwide and resonancefm.com worldwide. 

DJ Debbie (c'est moi) and Anne Wanjie. All playlists and more including a competition at african-essence.com
Tuesdays 9pm UK time on africaninternetradio.com  

Your new African oriented music and arts news welcome. New artists especially welcome - send news and music to Outerglobe
Women creators of music please please get in touch especially!


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