Brixton Chamber Orchestra tours housing estates
The Brixton Chamber Orchestra kicks off a free open-air socially distanced tour of seven Lambeth housing estates...
Young, Gifted and Black – 50 years on and still inspiring
It’s 50 years since Young, Gifted and Black peaked in the UK pop charts. Now Trojan Records is seeking content for...
BLM inspires another Youthsayers tune
https://youtu.be/yahcz2rpj6A
Following the release of their excellent version of Sam Cooke’s civil-rights movement classic A Change Is Gonna...
Windmill Brixton hosts thrash live-stream
Chicago band Oozing Wound are live-streaming a full show from the The Windmill, Brixton, on Saturday 18...
Our music must be back as soon as it is safe
Music editor Dave Randall on lockdown's effect on local music
This weekend we...
Brixton opera company launches BAME mentoring scheme
The Brixton-based Pegasus Opera Company has launched a mentoring programme as a launchpad for the next generation...
Album of the week: Bread & Butterflies by Slovo
Each week our music editor Dave Randall picks an album (with a local connection) you need to hear …
Top choir donates song to community fund
The London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) has donated a song to help raise funds to organise memorial...
Brixton venues join national call to save grassroots music
Three local venues – Windmill Brixton, The Hootananny and Off The Cuff – are among more than 550 demanding that the government acts to...
Album of the week: Rapture by Koffee
Each week our music editor Dave Randall picks an album (with a local connection) you need to hear …
A Windrush Top Ten
Brixton’s Champion Agency, which created the theme for today’s Windrush Day celebration, has also put together a Windrush Top 10.
Plaque to mark 40 years since Bob Marley’s last London appearance
Forty years ago this month, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed their largest UK concert in South London as part of the 1980 “Uprising”...
Album of the week: Funky Kingston by Toots and...
Each week our music editor Dave Randall picks an album (with a local connection) you need to hear …
Funky...
Raves in a time of Coronavirus
The future of the UK’s underground music scene is a vital issue for Brixton. Medya Gungor considers what lies ahead, speaking with event organisers...
Album of the week: Old Wow by Sam Lee
Each week our music editor Dave Randall picks an album (with a local connection) you need to hear …
Brixton teenagers create anthem for freedom on mobiles
Brixton teenagers Youthsayers have used their phones during lockdown to record a version of Sam Cooke's civil rights era anthem A Change Is Gonna...
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Brixton music hall history – can you help?
The wonderful Loughborough Road Histories website is involved in a project, already generating enthusiasm, to research Brixton’s...