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Terrakota, Jazz Café - review

12.09.11
Terrakota brought their upbeat world fusion and hip hippy stylings to the ninth London African Music Festival... more

All the hits (and a miss) from the 20 years of the Premier League

12.08.11
The League has been blessed with a vast number of stars, enthralling games and great goals and here is a humble attempt to nominate some of the highlights... more

Cameroon fine Alex Song for Eto'o spat

27.06.11
Arsenal midfielder has been fined by Cameroon's football federation for showing an "attitude of contempt" towards international captain... more

Baaba Maal's Tales from the Sahel

24.03.11
Flanked by Jim Palmer on percussion and Mamadou Sarr on djembe, Baaba Maal let his remarkable voice unfurl slowly before sending it heavenwards with gale-force passion... more

CDs of the week: The Strokes and Nicole Scherzinger

18.03.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases... ... more

Artistic integrity is numbered in the world of jazz

14.02.11
Ryan Francesconi is a geuine original, playing bluegrass country, Turkish and Bulgarian folk... more

CDs of the week: PJ Harvey and Bright Eyes

11.02.11
PJ Harvey wants us all to know that the world is not a very kind place. Her - mostly - lovely songs make it better... more

Javier Bardem at his all-time best in Biutiful

28.01.11
Biutiful is the first film that Mexican director Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu has made without Guillermo Arriaga, his regular writer... more

West Ham confirm deal for Demba Ba

28.01.11
West Ham complete the signing of striker from Hoffenheim on a three-and-a-half year deal... more

Demba Ba deal in doubt but Gary O'Neil signs up for West Ham

25.01.11
Hammers could be forced to abandon their bid to sign Hoffenheim striker although they secure midfielder for £1million... more

Multitasking return of Cheikh Lo

14.01.11
Senegalese troubadour Cheikh Lo occupies the hipper end of the world music spectrum: the end that appeals to students and style pundits... more

Single review: Michael Jackson with Akon

15.11.10
After last week’s breathless dance track, Breaking News, a second new Michael Jackson song has been unveiled at michaeljackson.com today... more

Tony Allen is kicking into the groove

07.10.10
With a trademark double-kick on the bass drum, Tony Allen celebrated his 70th birthday — and 50 years of Nigerian independence — with a star-studded line-up ... more

Africa: 50 Years of Music tells the cultural story of a continent

24.09.10
A remarkable 18-CD box set celebrates half a century of African musicianship... more

CDs of the Week: Manic Street Preachers losing their edge

17.09.10
Manic Street Preachers fail to rediscover lost bite. Better though are the new offering by OMD and debuts from Neon Indian and Edwyn Collins... more

CDs of the week: Katy Perry, Richard Thompson and Everything Everything

27.08.10
Katy Perry's second album turns everything up to 11 while Richard Thompson's 13 new songs have been recorded in front of a live audience... more

Jay-Z highest-earning man in hip-hop as he rakes in $63m

18.08.10
Jay-Z has topped Forbes list of hip-hop Cash Kings for the third year out of four... more

Per Mertesacker out of reach for Arsenal

04.08.10
Werder Bremen issued a hands-off warning to Arsenal over their pursuit of £10million-rated Germany defender... more

Youssou N'Dour has the crowd on their feet

19.07.10
Say what you like about his latest record, Dakar-Kingston — a patchy tribute to reggae icon Bob Marley — but there’s no faulting Youssou N’Dour’s live show... more

CDs of the week: Scissor Sisters are back with disco to make you dance

25.06.10
After four years of re-jigging, agonising and a clubbing sabbatical for Jake Shears in Berlin, Scissor Sisters have returned with a third album.... more

CDs of the week: Crystal Castles, Pendulum & Katie Melua

21.05.10
Crystal Castles' album is hard work but there’s gold here if you’re willing to dig.... more

End of season reports for London’s Premier teams

19.05.10
Seeing what went right and wrong for the capital’s clubs and how they can improve next term...... more

Hackney Empire strikes back with East End festival

27.04.10
The Hackney Empire will re-open this summer to host concerts as part of a pan-East End festival of international music organised by the Barbican... more

Shamed cycling star dies aged 34

13.10.09
Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke, who was considered one of the greatest prospects in cycling before his career was halted by a doping scandal, has died at the age of 34... more

Hull bring in Ibrahima Sonko

01.09.09
Hull have confirmed the signing of defender Ibrahima Sonko on a season-long loan from Stoke... more

Manchester United sign Senegalese starlet

17.07.09
Manchester United have signed promising striker Mame Biram Diouf from Molde... more

Fish have had their chips in The End of the Line

12.06.09
When documentary The End of the Line inspires a respectable film star to appear naked with nothing but a fish in her arms you have to credit its makers.... more

African Soul Rebels find something to sing about

10.03.09
Musically the African Soul Rebels set never took off. They have a fine drummer, but it needed some Kenyan spirit on the guitars. ... more

Radical rap from Senegal

19.02.08
Now in its fourth year, the African Soul Rebels tour has become a brand name in world music circles, a sort of Motherland Revue with a sting.... more


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