Two Mozart concerti at the Cadogan Hall: Yeol Eum Son and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Cadogan Hall | 5 Sloane Terrace | London SW1X 9DQ Friday 20 April 2018, 7.30pm Tickets from £10 | Cadogan Hall Box Office: +44 (0)20 7730 4500 Book online Described as “marvellous, intense and boundlessly virtuosic”, … [Read More]
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Zandari Festa showcase at Liverpool Sound City
Zandari Festa are showcasing six Korean bands at Liverpool Sound City this year. Keep checking the official Sound City website for the detailed schedule, but at time of writing it looks like the showcase will be sometime on Saturday 5 May in Constellations Garden. Zandari Festa Showcase Constellations Garden | 35 – 39 Greenland Street … [Read More]
Lee Geonyong receives Thomas Cranmer Award
Congratulations to Dr Lee Geonyong, director of music at Seoul’s Anglican Cathedral, granted the Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 6 April 2018. The Cranmer Award for Worship was first awarded by Archbishop Justin Welby in March 2016. It is named after Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to … [Read More]
South Club with Nam Taehyun play The Underworld
A new indie band comes to town: Nam Taehyun (South Club): 1st Fanmeeting in London Fri, 20 Apr, 2018, 5:00 PM Entry Requirements: 14+. Under 16s MUST be accompanied by an adult The Underworld Camden | 174 Camden High Street | London NW1 0NE | www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk Tickets from £30.00 | Buy tickets South Club – … [Read More]
K-music showcase at Rich Mix
A nice lineup of bands including a long-standing LKL favourite, 3rd Line Butterfly. Don’t miss it. 3rd Line Butterfly (3호선 버터플라이) | Gonne Choi (최고은) | Billy Carter (빌리카터) Thursday May 10th at 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) Rich Mix – 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA Tickets £9 to £10 are on sale now from: … [Read More]
KCC April House Concert: Yong-Jun Lee (Cello) + Alim Beisembayev (piano)
April’s recital at the KCC includes some Isang Yun: April House Concert: Yong-Jun Lee (Cello) + Alim Beisembayev (piano) Tuesday 24th April, 7pm Korean Cultural Centre | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5BW (Entrance in Northumberland Avenue) Register via [email protected] Yong-Jun Lee cello Alim Beisembayev piano Programme JS Bach Gamba Sonata in … [Read More]
Say Sue Me “Busan Calling” tour in UK
Say Sue Me return to the UK for a week-long tour in April, and will be back again for the Great Escape in May. Say Sue Me “Busan Calling” Tour dates in Glasgow (17th) Leeds (18th) London (19th) Coventry (20th) Chester (21st) Cardiff (22nd) Leicester (23rd) and Colchester (24th) Full details on the Say Sue … [Read More]
VAV (Very Awesome Voice) perform in London
VAV will be making their London premiere, though without their member Jacob, who had visa problems. VAV 2018 Spotlight Tour in London 25 March 2018 229 Great Portland Street | London W1W 5PN – Around 2 hours of Meet & Greet with VAV: 17:30 – 19:30 – Around 2 hours of VAV Live Stage: 20:30 … [Read More]
Rockbottom European tour comes to The Underworld, Camden
Rockbottom return to the Underworld two years on, as part of their 2018 European tour: Rockbottom 2018 Live in Europe – London The Underworld | 174 Camden High Street | London NW1 0NE | www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk Monday 16 April 2018, doors 4:00 PM £24.00 – £56 | Buy tickets Entry Requirements: 14+. Under 16s MUST be … [Read More]
Peggy Gou in Mixmag Live at the Village Underground
Peggy Gou rounds of a busy few weeks in London with a set at the Village Underground: Mixmag Live with Peggy Gou Friday 6 April 2018, 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM Village Underground | 54 Holywell Lane | Shoreditch | London EC2A 3PQ £8.00 – £15.00 | Ages 18+ | Buy tickets here Mixmag Live … [Read More]
Peggy Gou’s busy couple of weeks in London
Berlin-based Korean DJ Peggy Gou seems to be everywhere right now: on the March cover of British music magazine Mixmag… …where she provides this month’s cover mix; …on BBC Radio 1, where she made her Essential Mix debut in the small hours of yesterday morning, with the BBC’s Pete Tong introducing her as ‘arguably the … [Read More]
KCC March House Concert: Sooyeon Lee (Cello) + Milo Harper (Harp)
I do like it when a musician explores some of the lesser-known British repertoire. Granville Bantock (1868-1946) composed several rarely-played works for cello and orchestra, one of which will be performed this evening in a version for cello and harp. Even less well-known is the music of Benjamin Frankel (British, 1906-1973) and the Polish harpist-composer … [Read More]
DEAN, 2xxx!, Juseon, Rad Museum, & Reone play the Islington Assembly Hall
DEAN and 2xxx! return to London bringing Juseon, Rad Museum and Reone: Capsule Live in London: DEAN, 2xxx!, Juseon, Rad Museum, & Reone Islington Assembly Hall | Upper Street | Islington | London N1 2UD Sunday 18 March 2018, 20:00–23:30 Tickets available here SPECIAL GUEST OPENER: PREP DEAN is a superstar. He’ll make history when … [Read More]
Grizzly plays at The Water Rats
Korean singer-songwriter Grizzly would like to invite you to his first London show: I’m not a Grizzly Friday 23 March 2018, 8pm – 9:30pm The Water Rats | 328 Gray’s Inn Road | King’s Cross | London WC1X 8BZ Tickets: £13 – £19 | Buy tickets Visit the event’s Facebook page for updates. In March 2018, a … [Read More]
HALO’s “Here I Am” tour comes to London
HALO, a six-member boy band whose name is short for “Hexagon of Absolute Light and Organization”, will be performing in London as part of their European tour: HALO: “Here I Am” in UK 229 The Venue | 229 Great Portland Street | London W1W 5PN Sunday 11 March 2018, 19:00–22:30 Tickets: www.kanzenmusic.com Check the event’s … [Read More]
Neverland: Holland’s ground-breaking K-pop debut in context
Dr Colette Balmain discusses the controversial debut MV from Korea’s “first openly gay” KPOP idol. “Never lose self-esteem and be confident” (Holland, 2018) On 22st January 2018, at exactly midnight KST, Holland released his debut single and MV “Neverland”. Since its release, “Neverland” has racked up over 6 million views on YouTube and Holland has … [Read More]