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Revoice Festival: 10 days of Jazz in London

September 22, 2013 by Ronise Nepomuceno 0 Comments

Singer and curator Georgia Mancio is bringing the Revoice Festival to London for its 4th year. The 10 days of Jazz, running from the 10th to the 19th of October, will be featuring 40 Jazz Musicians in the Pizza Express Jazz Club. Kevin Mahogany, one of the ‘Four Brothers’, who performed alongside Bobby McFerrin, Jon […]

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Artists, Events, Georgia Mancio, Hybrid Styles, Jazz

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Courtney Pine, photographed by Elrond Garcia, at the Lost at Sea Festival, Isle of Wight

Courtney Pine and the Isle of Wight Youth Orchestra

September 5, 2013 by Ronise Nepomuceno 4 Comments

Writing about the Isle of Wight Youth Orchestra has been in the back burner for months, just waiting for a good moment when they could have a well deserved exposure. This good moment came with the delightful surprise of finding out that they would be sharing the same bill as Courtney Pine. Yet, when I […]

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Courtney Pine, Hybrid Styles, Isle of Wight Youth Orchestra, Jazz

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Mokoomba: The Zimbabwean Wave taking over Europe

August 2, 2013 by Ronise Nepomuceno 1 Comment

I first saw Mokoomba giving a taste of their work at the backstage of this year’s WOMAD. They were singing a capella track called Kambowa in Tonga language. But even with such a modest performance, they were already showing something special and unique. The six guys from the Zimbabwean band were relaxed and natural, while […]

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Africa, Zimbabwe

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