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FRIDAY MAY 11
Classical guitarist-singer: Adam Brown, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2, 020 7306 0055, 6.30pm, free
Puccini’s La Boheme set in South African township:...
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Published: 10 May, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
If Stravinsky’s your thing, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in his music over the next few days at three all-Stravinsky concerts performed...
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Published: 10 May, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
The second London English Song Festival ends on Sunday with a celebration at the Forge in Camden Town – and there’s quite a plethora of songs...
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Published: 10 May, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
The late film-maker Anthony Minghella was a sucker for off-beat love stories. So it’s little surprise the award-winning director of such well-loved...
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FRIDAY, May 11
RETRO Stefson + White Arrows. Koko (Mornington Crescent tube), 9.30pm, £5
THE Lucky Strikes + Spook School. The Wheelbarrow (Mornington Crescent tube), 9pm, free
SATURDAY, May...
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Published: 10 May, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
We’re still recovering from the Camden Crawl – the most exercise I’ve done all year. Quick mention to Clement Marfo & the Frontline...
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Jim Shady performing Eminem during Hip Hop Karaoke on Saturday at a packed Monarch
Published: 10 May, 2012
Who were the hits and misses of this year's Crawl? (click here)
Crawl pictures special...
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Pictured above: Julie in the Studio, photographed by Agata Cardoso
Published: 3 May, 2012
by ANDREW JOHNSON
Television and magazines have much to answer for with their airbrushed examples of...
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FRIDAY MAY 4
Clarinet recital: Sarah Williamson, Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, W1, 020 7935 2141, 7.30pm, from £8
Robert Mitchell’s Panacea, The Forge, Delancey St, NW1, 020 7387 5959,...
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Published: 3 May, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
There’s a great opportunity to hear one of the world’s top violinists in action at the Barbican on Wednesday evening when Joshua Bell gives a...
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Pictured Above: Thomas Gould
Published: 3 May, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
A fundraiser is being held on Sunday for the affordable classical music series of concerts held at Conway Hall, Red Lion...
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Pictured Above: James Cresswell as the Dutchman and Aoife Checkland as the young Senta
Published: 3 May, 2012
by SARAH DAWES
In English National Opera’s new production of The Flying Dutchman,...
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FRIDAY, May 4
MARCUS Bonfanti. Jazz Cafe (Camden Town tube), 7pm, £8-£12 adv
CAMDEN Crawl Launch Party: Death In Vegas + Icona Pop + Engine Earz Experiment + Echo Lake + Funeral Suits....
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Diva Candi Staton plays Islington Assembly Hall on May 4
Published: 3 May, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
WE'VE had a brilliant response to our Camden Crawl competition. Congratulations to the...
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Published: 3 May, 2012
by MICHAEL CURRAN
For those taking refuge from the rain in Koko, the atmosphere is a pleasant one – Of Montreal are in town.
The Georgian psyche-poppers have embarked...
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‘Kot’ in 1911, the year he arrived in London
Published: 3 May, 2012
by GERALD ISAAMAN
THEY met unexpectedly on a walking tour in the Lake District on the eve of the First World War...
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FRIDAY APRIL 27
Kings Place:
Hall one 7.30pm: Brodksy Quartet/ Shoshtakovich quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3
Hall two 8pm: folk night/Irish troubadour Adrian Cowley
Each online £9.50
Tempest...
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Published: 26 April, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
Jazz trumpeter Jack Davies is launching his new record label V&V Music at The Forge, Camden Town, tomorrow (Friday) – the label’s name...
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Pictured Above: Andrew Shore
Published: 26 April, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
Wolfgang Rihm’s remarkable opera Jakob Lenz received its first English performance at Hampstead Theatre in a...
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Pictured Above: Cosí director Daisy Evans
Published: 26 April, 2012
by SEBASTIAN TAYLOR
Hampstead Garden Opera’s new production of Mozart’s Cosí Fan Tutte is opening at...
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FRIDAY, April 27
LOSERS + Mr Fogg. Koko (Mornington Crescent tube), 10pm, £5
JUBILEE ft Banjoey Ramone + Princip + Noizee. Barfly (Chalk Farm tube), 7.30pm, £5
AMARAL + Sala and The...
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Published: 26 April, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
It’s only days away and the Camden Crawl is still surprising us – this time with news of the first ever Crawlternative Media Expo....
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Published: 26 April, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Sometimes you just have to let the guitars speak for themselves.
And on Whiskey and the Wilsons’ single Cutting Edge, the guitars have grabbed...
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Published: 26 April, 2012
by ROISIN GADELRAB
Here are two very different festivals right on your doorstep.
First, chicken chain Nando’s is putting on a series of GigNics, featuring top acts...
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Pictured Above: Cillian Murphy as Thomas Magill in Misterman
Published: 26 April, 2012
by SIMON WROE
SPARE a thought for Cillian Murphy, surely the hardest-working man in showbusiness right now....