This news story was originally written for Londonist.com. The full line-up for the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad, was announced this morning. From 21 June to 9 September, London will be the focus of an unparalleled programme of music, theatre, film comedy, exhibitions, art and outdoor events. In short, this is… [Read more…]
September 2, 2011 by Culture Capital
Political protest descended on the Royal Albert Hall last night. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s Proms concert was interrupted by pro-Palestinian hecklers to the extent that BBC Radio 3’s live broadcast was taken off air. Trouble had been anticipated. The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign encouraged a boycott of the concert, citing the orchestra’s relationship with the Israeli… [Read more…]
August 28, 2011 by Culture Capital
Friday 26 August 2011 Arcola Theatre, Dalston, E8 3DL Five years in and the Grimeborn summer opera and music theatre festival in Dalston is gradually becoming part of the fabric of London’s cultural calendar. With its informal but trendy interior (lots of wood and bare brick walls), the Arcola is the perfect venue for this… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011 by Catherine Marks
This year the Barbican’s Blaze runs from June 19 to July 29 and is billed as ‘a celebration of the boldest music from across the globe forEast London’. Pushing musical boundaries as Blaze has done for the past three years, this summer sees the pairing of British dance group Basement Jaxx withHolland’s Metropole Orkest. Merging the genres of… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011 by Culture Capital
This image originally appeared on Londonist. It would be reasonable to expect the City of London Festival to have a quiet one in 2011 considering that next year is its fiftieth birthday. But the Square Mile’s arts festival, an annual reminder that there is life in the City beyond the drudgery of finance, has expanded… [Read more…]
April 15, 2011 by Culture Capital
Expectation is always high for the announcement of the BBC Proms programme, and with the gloom of the arts cuts, the world’s biggest music festival rides back into spotlight at just the right time. After all, 2010 was a record-breaking high for the world-renowned classical music series. Ticket prices are as reasonable as ever (£5… [Read more…]
December 11, 2010 by Culture Capital
It seems ironic that while there is a huge amount of culture on in the weeks before Christmas, most people are desperately trying to get their ducks in a row for the big day of consumption and don’t have the time to enjoy themselves. Also, like a high street shop store front, there is a… [Read more…]
November 14, 2010 by Culture Capital
The saviour of jazz? Too early to tell. A 21st century superstar for her adopted music? No doubt. Esperanza Spalding carries the weight of expectation of America’s jazz community on her shoulders. The 26-year-old singer and bassist was famously appointed a professor at Berklee College of Music at just 20 and is fast consolidating a… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010 by Culture Capital
Brixton is that rare thing in South London, a city-village with a unique counter culture. It has the resources to step up to any pretentious North London suburb: distinctive buildings and town planning (Lambeth Town Hall, the Tate Library, Windrush Square), a vibrant commercial community based around the passageways of the market, and well known… [Read more…]
November 18, 2009 by Culture Capital
If ever there was proof that jazz is now an international music, it was at Ronnie Scotts last night in the form of violinist Regina Carter. Detroit-born and a natural blues-woman, Carter is from jazz heartlands, but her band combines an accordion and kora (plus talking drum) with bass and drums, to create a rare… [Read more…]
April 26, 2012 by Culture Capital
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