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What's On?

You can never have enough live music. Keep a regular check on our listings page to find out what's worth checking out.

We're particularly keen to hear from promoters, agents, musicians putting events on across Yorkshire.

Please also register on the website and you can submit your own global roots and grooves listings. We look forward to hearing form you or seeing you at a gig or two.

29th January 2012:
Musica Mestiza - World Music Cafe with DJ Mayeva and guests

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musica_de_mestiza.jpgThe well connected DJ Mayeva invites you to come and join their Mustica de Mestiza world music cafe club - a perfect meeting point for all world music afficianados in Manchester! Guest for 29th January is Luciano Gerber with Brazilian MPB and Bossa Nova.

28th - 30th January 2012:
Orchestra Baobab Live in the UK three dates for January 2012

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orchestra_baobab.jpg Described as one of the world's great live acts by the Guardian. After three years away the mighty Orchestra Baobab are making a long awaited return to the UK to play a handful of live dates in January 2012. One of the defining acts in contemporary African music, Orchestra Baobab, first formed in 1970, fused Senegal’s formerly predominant Afro-Cuban sounds with Congolese rumba, Ghanaian high life, griot singing and other local styles. Read more »

31st Jan - 1st Feb 2012:
The Magic Tombolinos two dates up north | Manchester | Leeds

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The Magic Tombolinos (UK) 2010 winners of Channel 4’s Evo Music Rooms competition, The Magic Tombolinos are storming the music circuit to leave audiences breathless, elated and shouting for more. Led by Alejandro Toledo (PhD Balkan Gypsy Saxophone), this high energy band delivers the most exciting performances Balkanik ethnic music has to offer. Read more »

3rd February 2012:
Free event | Gochaq Askarov & Hari Vrndavn Sivanesan at the launch of World Routes cd

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worldroutescdcover.jpgTo celebrate the launch of the 'World Routes: on the road' compilation (out 16 January on Nascente), catch two extraordinary live performances and presenter Lucy Duran and producer James Parkin in conversation with Petroc Trelawny. They are joined by two of the artists who appear on the cd. Read more for the full press release. Read more »

6th February 2012 :
Fatoumata Diawara | London Date

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Fatoumata Diawara is set to headline the Jazz Café , London, on 6 February 2012. The show is part HMV’s Next Big Thing annual music festival.
Spread over 11 days (between 2 - 12 February) and held in 9 UK venues the third HMV Next Big Thing festival showcases the very best in new
and emerging talent drawn from all genres across the music spectrum tipped to make it big or break-through in 2012. Read more »

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