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Music Monday: Joel Culpepper

Aug

7

2017

SE London soul singer Joel Culpepper has been getting lots of attention recently on the back of his new Tortoise EP. He was on Gilles Peterson's BBC 6Music show a few week ago and gave a shout out to Lewisham.His collaborators on the EP include legendary Chicago house producer Roy Davis Jr. (responsible for garage ...

Horns of Taurus over New Cross Gate

Aug

1

2017

My current favourite phone app is SkyView (I have only used the free version so far). Essentially an astronomy aid if you point it at the night sky it will tell you the names of the stars, planets and constellations that you can see. But of course the stars are still there during the day, ...

What are you taking pictures of? – Lewisham ’77 photo exhibitin

Jul

31

2017

As mentioned here before, there's a whole series of events led by Goldsmiths coming up in next couple of weeks to mark the 40th anniversary of the 'Battle of Lewisham' when, on 13 August 1977, the far-right National Front (NF) attempted to march from New Cross to Lewisham town centre, leading to violent clashes with counter demonstrators and ...

They Will Have to Kill us First – Mali music movie in Catford

Jul

27

2017

Coming up at Catford Constituional Club on Sunday 31 July 2017 (7:30 PM - 10 PM), Catford Film are showing 'They Will Have To Kill Us First', Johanna Schwarz's feature length documentary about Mali's musicians and their struggle to survice and perform under Islamist rule which banned their music. The event, which is being screened in ...

Elle Fanning in Brockey?

Jul

22

2017

Walking past Brockley Social Club yesterday I noticed that there was a film shoot in progress. Quick bit of investigation - OK I looked at the sign on one of the vehilces - and it transpires that 'Teen Spirit' is the movie in question. Directed by Max Minghella, the film stars US actor Elle FanningAccording to ...

Music Monday: Peter Perrett ‘How the West was Won’

Jul

17

2017

'How the West was Won' is the new solo album from Peter Perrett (Domino, 2017).Perrett is best known as the former lead singer of The Only Ones, responsible for one of the greatest songs of the punk era 'Another Girl, Another Planet'. He was born at Kings in Camberwell in 1952, and after being kicked out of ...

I Want Your Love

Jul

16

2017

'I want your love' - tape on metal box, Peckham Rye/Nunhead Lane junction.But are they referencing Chic or Transvision Vamp?

Music Monday – Tom Misch – South of the River

Jul

10

2017

Tom Misch has a new single and it is a proper transpontine neo-soul anthem entitled South of the River. It has a bit of a disco feel to it including a nice violin line from Tobie Tripp as a one man Philly string section and a fusiony keyboard solo from Rob Araujo.The East Dulwich multi-instrumentalist ...

Green Onions and Red Lion – healthfoods, vinyl and coffee in Clifton Rise SE14

Jul

6

2017

Tucked off the New Cross Road in Clifton Rise SE14, Green Onions has been going for about 18 months offering a great combination of healthfoods and vinyl. Out front there's vegan goodies, gifts and all the tea bags...Head to the back though and there's racks of vinyl from Spotty Vinyl Records... some great finds to be ...

Music Monday: Mirage – 1980s Brockley Brit Funk

Jun

26

2017

There was food, music, books and sunshine to be had in Crofton Park earlier this month (3rd June 2017) with stalls along the main road as part of Croftest in the Brockley Max festival. Some fine soul and house music was being played by the sound system outside First Glance hair, with the DJ announcing that one ...

Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Music Monday: Joel Culpepper

Horns of Taurus over New Cross Gate

What are you taking pictures of? – Lewisham ’77 photo exhibitin

They Will Have to Kill us First – Mali music movie in Catford

Music Monday: Peter Perrett ‘How the West was Won’

I Want Your Love

Music Monday – Tom Misch – South of the River

Green Onions and Red Lion – healthfoods, vinyl and coffee in Clifton Rise SE14

Music Monday: Mirage – 1980s Brockley Brit Funk