This Friday a band that draws its influences from afro-beats to funk, hip-hop, drum and bass as well as jazz arrives at the Southbank Centre. United Vibrations is a local group, formed in South London. Yussef Dayes is on the drums, his brother Kareem in on bass and sings, their other brother Ahmad sings and [...]
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Funky Winter Beats
Posted in Afro-Beats, D&B, Funk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Live Band, Live Music, Music, tagged Afro-Beats, Ahmad Dayes, drum & bass, funk, hip-hop, jazz, Kareem Dayes, Live Music, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, United Vibrations, Waterloo, Wayne Francis, Yussef Dayes on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Do you brunch?
Posted in Dating, Food, Jazz, Live Music, Music, Romance, tagged bellini, bloody mary, eggs florentine, eggs royale, Fortnum & Mason, French toast, live jazz, scotch woodcock, Sunday brunch, The Fountain restaurant, welsh rarebit on January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Not as early as breakfast and not as late as lunch, brunch is the most stylish meal of the day. Perfect after a night out and early enough to fit shopping around it, there’s nothing like a bloody mary to toast in the last day of the week- Sunday. And if you fancy a posh [...]
Beer and Jazz at Hampton Court
Posted in Beer, Dating, Drinks, Jazz, Live Music, Music, Romance, tagged Beer, Chicago Blues Brothers, Courtney Pine, Gentleman Jim McIntosh & The Jazzaholics, hampton court, James Evan's New Orleans Wizards, Jandira Silva, Jarmean, jazz, Jezebel Sextet, Jonny Boston, Kubla Khan, Lido 66, Manteca, RB Funkestra, Samara, Snake Davis, the James Taylor Quartet on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For a laid back summer festival where the music is mellow and the beer flows freely head to Hampton Court. Its summer festival starts on Wednesday (27th) and continues until Monday 31st August. Take your place on the manicured lawns of the tudor palace to listen to James Evan’s New Orleans Wizards, Kubla Khan, Snake [...]
Salsa in the Park
Posted in Food, Jazz, Live Music, Romance, Salsa, tagged Baker Street, Bandstand, bolero, cha cha cha, charanga, Clarence Gate, Cuba, D&B, jazz, Latin American, mambo, Regent's Park, salsa, Sugar Kings on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a night of D&B dancing, what better way to relax on a Sunday than chilling out in the park? Sunday’s set to be a scorcher, so why not grab those picnic blankets, get some tasty nibbles and prepare to pop the champagne in Regent’s Park. Inspired by 1950s Cuban salsa, the Boston-based Sugar Kings [...]
