The first thing you notice about Gordon Mac is the hair, and then the laugh. A bunch of stubby, silver dreads bound with a black hairband. Against his sharp suit, they suggest an interesting past. The laugh is boyish and infectious, a snicker. You can’t help but think of a…
A new drop-in workshop, where budding musicians and producers can get critical feedback and practical advice on how to launch a career from industry giants, will start in Shoreditch this week. The Starling Sessions, starting Tuesday, are the brainchild of Leanne Page, a professional singer and a lecturer in Events…
Stik, whose real name remains a secret, is a well-respected figure in the street art community and counts Bono and Sir Elton John as fans. Almost two years ago he was homeless and struggling to make ends meet, but gained a fast following with his recognisable stick figures around east London and can now [...]
As the last tune plays out, the fluttering of dozens of girls’ hearts almost drown out the applause and cheers erupting from the crowd. The room on the top floor at Ritzys in Brixton is hot and crowded and it’s obvious that most of the audience is secretly disappointed…
Hackney Marshes will host several major entertainment events every summer for the next five years if a planning application by the council is accepted. BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend, which included performances from global stars such as Rihanna and Jay-Z, attracted over 100,000 people last year. However, as the Hackney…
A mixed group of students, professional musicians and children as young as five years old performed Claudio Monteverdi’s opera, L’Orfeo Favola in Musica at Goldsmiths last month, which you can now listen to here. The Amadé Players and The Outreach Team at Goldsmiths collaborated with London schools and volunteers to…
A new independent record label has been introduced as a joint venture between leading electronic producer Matthew Herbert and the renowned music department at Goldsmiths. NXRecords promises to “showcase the finest new music’’ coming out of the New Cross and Deptford area. Herbert, also know as Doctor Rockit, Radio Boy, Mr. Vertigo, Transformer,…
If Lee Rourke had a place, like Joyce had Dublin, or Hemingway had Paris, his would be Hackney. The borough and its surrounds have shaped and influenced both him and his work like that of few other writers in recent years. “Hackney has played a major ‘role’ in my life,”…
Brockley Max festival, pillar of the local arts scene for more than a decade, will not take place this year, “exhausted” organisers have announced this week. The announcement came despite an offer for funding assistance from Lewisham council. Max Media Arts, a nonprofit organisation, said that after ten years of…
On the first of each month until the end of the summer, six Goldsmiths MA students will open the doors to their flat in Ewen Henderson Court halls for art. Flat 34, the number of their flat and the name of the project, is “a way for the space to…
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