Topic: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

If you?ve never heard of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, don?t feel badly, I hadn?t either until I stumbled across one of their videos on Youtube one night. I had to learn more! I discovered that the eight brothers comprising ...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY HERE. On the dark country road that leads the way to the Electric Picnic festival, the lights of a giant Ferris wheel peek out...

Urban review: Various, Good Times: London

It must be that time of year - carnival time. The latest Good Times compilation from Norman Jay MBE (as he insists on styling himself) is yet another cracker. Ella Fitzgerald's cover of the Temptations' Get Ready' sits next to the vintage ...

Honest Jon's chop up leaves us wanting more

a choice array of artists from West Africa and beyond, linked by the eclectic London record label Honest Jon's. Drummer Tony Allen displayed the sort of headpatting, tummy-rubbing dexterity that co-created Afrobeat. Wraithlike folk chanteuse Simone White and eccentric country singer ...