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Doors: 8pm-12am
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GRUPO LOKITO

Grupo Lokito fuses contemporary Congolese and Latin music creating a modern day cocktail of two of the great world musics.

Formed in 2006 by British Latin pianist Sara McGuinness and Congolese singer Jose Hendrix Ndelo, Grupo Lokito’s musicians are a mix of Congolese, Latin and British artists who have chosen to make London their home.

Lokito’s energetic front-line of singers are true performers, and when the groove steps up a notch in the blistering salsa and seben sections, their outlandish dancing has to be seen to be believed – witness it first-hand on their video clips!

In May 2011 Grupo Lokito completed a UK tour as part of the Making Tracks concert series, this followed a successful Arts Council funded 2010 tour. The live show features stunning visuals by “Your Mum” Visual artists.
In September 2011 they rocked the house at Stratford Circus as part of the London African Music festival.

In 2010 the band released their first CD “Esengo Ya Ko Bina” (The Joy of Dancing) capturing the vibrancy and spirit of their stage show. Grupo Lokito have been included in several compilation CDs including: Latin Beat on Putumayo (2011), Urban Africa on Cavendish Music (2010), and “The Rough guide to African Street Party “ on the World Music Network (2008)..

Don’t miss this great band who are making waves both here and in Kinshasa.

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FLORENCE JOELLE

Bred on jazz at home, and on the music of the Paris streets,the Gypsy art of Django Reinhardt, bal musette, and North African rai, singer, songwriter, blues harmonica player Florence Joelle started collecting rock’n’roll, doo-wop, Latin jazz, and early blues as a girl. Her music draws from all these influences, carving out a unique sound that, although deeply rooted in the past, vibrates in the present.

A twee retro singer she is not, though. Ever socially conscious, her songs depict what happens around her.
The gritty ’29 Bus Blues’ tells of an assault witnessed on a London night bus, while ‘The God Of Things’,written during the riots of August 2011, warns of the materialistic world we live in. ‘How Many Chickens Are You Missing Today?’, a protest song composed on behalf of the thousands of Roma brutally and illegally expelled from France in 2010, was recently included on an compilation by Amnesty International.

Released in 2011, her first album, Kiss Of Fire, was described by the Arts Desk as ‘Smokin’, while Michael Dregni (author of the Django Reinhardt biographies) said in Vintage Guitar Magazine that she sings “rock ’n’ roll like Billie Holiday might, croons a torch ballad as Wanda Jackson may, and spices it all with a bit of Patti Smith attitude.”

While paying homage to the past, Florence Joelle
has carved out a unique sound that vibrates in the present.

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THE TRAVIS PERKINS DUO

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DJ LIL KOKO (MARDI GRAS MAMBO)