Bansangu, I hear you ask? As Paul Booth who runs Bansangu Orchestra has explained: “The band’s name comes from the compliment Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira would pay his band in English: ‘Ban San Goo’ meaning ‘Band Sounds Good!’” This was [...]
Venezuelan-born and London-based musician Luzmira Zerpa brought all the zeal and passion of Latin America to the intimate space of The Sanctuary in Walthamstow. Her performance was shaped around the Tamunangue, a traditional South American folk dance. The audience was [...]
Early on in Andrew McCormack’s set on the last Friday of the London Jazz Festival, electricity seemed to crackle in the air and the thought ‘this is going to be a good night’ flashed across the mind of this listener. [...]
