Make Some Noise! Images of Purim & Percussion

This year I was invited to a Purim party held in London’s Stables Market, organised by the Chabad Rabbi for Kentish Town and Camden, seen below and appropriately for Camden Town sporting a fuchsia-coloured punk mohawk wig. The Jewish Festival of Purim is a celebratory story of survival over annihilation. The Megillah records the story … Read more

Behind the Scenes with the London Lucumi Choir: Updated Portfolio

I’ve updated my project entitled Behind the Scenes with The London Lucumi Choir. The London Lucumi Choir, directed by Daniela Rosselson, is now in its 13th year.  The choir and was originally conceived  and co-created by Daniela  together with percussionist Dave Pattman and singer Martha Galarraga of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba in late 2006. … Read more

The London Lucumi Choir recording session: a behind the scenes gallery

Over the weekend The London Lucumi Choir travelled to Nottingham to record tracks for our upcoming 4th album. We’ve recorded at the Paper Stone Studios before and had a positive experience. The acoustics suit our music which are sequences of Afro Cuban spiritual song and percussion and the engineer is calm and understands the production … Read more

Fatoumata Diawara

Last Wednesday evening I was privileged to see Fatoumata Diawara.  It was the launch of the Paris-based Malian singer songwriter’s new album Fenfo (Montuno/Wagram label) at Rough Trade East In London’s Brick Lane. She was performing solo, just voice and guitar and some backing tracks to occasionally multiply the chorus. She finished the set with an emotional … Read more