Music Monday: Always on your side – Bonobo with Joy Crookes

Bonobo's new album 'Distance in Static' is due out at the end of this week. Loving the track featuring Joy Crookes - 'Always on your side'. The video has lots of Peckham snapshots, including the 'Welcome to Peckham' sign at the Prince of Peckham pub and some Rye Lane shots (I think including Peckham Soul ...

Music Monday: South of the Thames – Skalah ft. Novelist

 Skalah and Novelist at the ElephantGreat new track from up and coming Skalah with grime veteran Novelist. 'I'm from the town, I'm from the zone, I'm from the South of the Thames...I'm a navy boy in a navy world, I represent Brockley and Ladywell...I'm a navy boy in a navy fit, I represent Lewisham fam that's ...

Music Monday: South of the Thames – Skalah ft. Novelist

 Skalah and Novelist at the ElephantGreat new track from up and coming Skalah with grime veteran Novelist. 'I'm from the town, I'm from the zone, I'm from the South of the Thames...I'm a navy boy in a navy world, I represent Brockley and Ladywell...I'm a navy boy in a navy fit, I represent Lewisham fam that's ...

Music Monday: ‘Welcome to the Party’ – Professor Green in Brockley

Professor Green is often to be seen at coffee shops and similar in the Brockley area, so perhaps no surprize to see him filming his latest video in Coulgate Street, home of Parlez, Brown's and Brocca. 'Welcome to the Party' gently self-mocks his journey from working class boy does good to 'one foot in the ...

Music Monday: Martin Carthy celebration (and rehearsals in New Cross Road)

A lovely night at EartH in Dalston on Saturday to celebrate the life and songs of folk legend Martin Carthy.The event was organised by Jon Wilks and Campbell Baum (Broadside Hacks), with the stage set up as a mythical pub, The North Country Maid, where musicians sat at tables and refreshed their glasses at the ...

Music Monday: Martin Carthy celebration (and rehearsals in New Cross Road)

A lovely night at EartH in Dalston on Saturday to celebrate the life and songs of folk legend Martin Carthy.The event was organised by Jon Wilks and Campbell Baum (Broadside Hacks), with the stage set up as a mythical pub, The North Country Maid, where musicians sat at tables and refreshed their glasses at the ...

Music Monday: Kae Tempest ‘Sunshine on Catford

Loving the new Kae Tempest album, Self-Titled, from a transpontine perspective the track 'Sunshine on Catford' in particular, which features Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.

Music Monday: Haim in Deptford

Haim are the quintessential Los Angeles band, so I wasn't expecting to be able to write them into the South London Hall of Fame any time soon. But they are over in Europe on tour and seemingly found time for a trip down to Deptford to film their latest video 'All over me'. If you're ...

Music Monday: Haim in Deptford

Haim are the quintessential Los Angeles band, so I wasn't expecting to be able to write them into the South London Hall of Fame any time soon. But they are over in Europe on tour and seemingly found time for a trip down to Deptford to film their latest video 'All over me'. If you're ...

Music Monday: Loose Talk TV (1983) – when Tom Waits, Grace Jones and Sade touched down in Deptford

Loose Talk was a short lived Channel 4 music/arts and chat show that ran for two series in 1983. It was recorded in front of a live audience at the Albany theatre in Deptford. Generally critically panned at the time it did bring a range of interesting people to touch down in SE8 with guests ...