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SUMMARY:The Positive Power of Football Chants: New Fan Song with Lady Leshurr
DESCRIPTION:Lady Leshurr — the multi-talented rapper\, songwriter and co-host of ITV2’s ‘Don’t Hate the Playaz’ —  launches a specially commissioned football song and music video celebrating the diversity of football at Refugee Week 2020. \nThe song was commissioned by PopChange — an initiative led by Counterpoints Arts — and produced together with football fans to celebrate the contributions that migration has made to this popular sport. \nThe launch will be followed by a discussion bringing together former players\, fans and artists. Topics will include: \n\nWhat are the positive impacts of migration on football in Britain?\nHow have supporters’ groups\, players and clubs challenged the negative portrayal of migrants in the media and wider society in general?\nWhy is football often negatively represented in cultural spaces?\nHow can musicians\, artists\, filmmakers\, poets and influencers address these stereotypes?\n\nSPEAKERS \nChaired by Michael Eboda – CEO of Powerful Media/sports journalist \n\nLady Leshurr – Rapper / Songwriter\nMathew Barrett – CEO\, Goal Click\nMark Doidge – Senior Research Fellow\, University of Brighton\nNilesh J. Chauhan – Aston Villa FC “Villains Together” initiative\nSalma Mahamoud – Brentford WFC footballer / Kick It Out “Game Changer”\nHannah McCabe – Musician / Fellow of Creative and Professional Practice\nTim Samuels – Podcaster / Co-host\, Non-Stop Content\nTasneem Tamil – Women’s Football Officer / Amnesty International UK\nPhil Vasili –  Author / Rearcher / Activist / Walter Tull Project\n\nFollow the conversation on Twitter #popXchange \nFor more information about PopChange and this special commission visit our website: popchange.co.uk \n\nHOW TO PARTICIPATE \n1. To be part of the live audience on Zoom\, you must register via Eventbrite.  All the info to join the Zoom discussion will be emailed to you the evening before.  \n2. You can also watch the live streams on Facebook without registering. To receive a reminder just before the event starts\, you can register and select “Receive a reminder” or RSVP on the Facebook event page. \nPopChange (Pop Culture & Social Change) is a pioneering initiative led by Counterpoints Arts exploring how the power of pop culture can be harnessed for social change in order to shift the way we talk\, think and feel about migration and displacement in the UK. www.popchange.co.uk \nFacebook Live link
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/new-fan-song-lady-leshurr/
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:MC Tardast: Mirrors
DESCRIPTION:Image credit: Mirrors\, MC Tardast \n20:00\, 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and Southbank Centre Facebook Live. \nWe have been developing a connection with the Iranian grime artist MC Tardast and are proud to announce  a unique performance for this Refugee Week. \nOur first meeting with this talented and ambitious young MC was as part of our M.I.A.’s Meltdown collaboration with Southbank Centre in 2017. Tardast and his collaborator Farhood delivered a brilliant grime set on the Riverside Terrace stage. \nThe two friends and collaborators had founded Manteq\, a UK based record label which promotes creativity\, collaborations and music by young artists and MCswith experiences of displacement. \nTardast left Iran as a teenager and arrived in the UK in 2014 to seek asylum. Since he has been based in Liverpool. He lives in his studio\, a house shared by some other artists in the now Manteq collective. \nThe performance Tardast is working on for Refugee Week will feature previous and popular tracks as well as a few new collaborations. Details of the digital platforms hosting the performance will be published shortly. \nLook out for Pål Hansen’s portrait of MC Tardast\, produced as part of Refugee Week’s commissioned ‘Imagine’  portraits series. \n\nFacebook Live
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mc-tardast/
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SUMMARY:Nyaruach - singing resilience
DESCRIPTION:19:00 on 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and also Southbank Centre Facebook Live. \nWe have been following the career of this talented singer for a long time and are delighted to be announcing this special event for Refugee Week 2020. \nNyaruach is the sister of the internationally acclaimed hip hop artist\, Emmanuel Jal\, who will be joining her for a conversation and to share their music. We will get a taste of Nyaruach’s music\, including her collaborations with her superstar brother. She makes music influenced by the traditional sounds of her home\, her own life and lives of women around her. \nNyaruach recently arrived here\, she is currently seeking asylum in this country. Don’t miss this\, her first Refugee Week event\, by the artist who is here to stay. \nWe thank the Musicians’ Union for their support in producing the recording of the event. \n  \nGatluak by Nyaruach\, from the 2nd release off the joint album NAATH with Emmanuel Jal. \n\n  \nMore about Nyaruach’s background: \nNyaruach was born around 1983 in Southern Sudan\, at the time of the civil war. She lost her mother and was separated from the rest of her immediate family\, including Jal\, at the age of 4. As years went on\, the war intensified\, and the orphaned girl was forced to run around with her relatives. She witnessed her family members killed\, houses burned and was raped by government officials. Her brother meanwhile was recruited as a child soldier. \nThere was little hope in her life until she reunited with Jal in 2004 in Nairobi. The two recorded a song together called Gua\, which stands for “peace” in their native Nuer tongue. The track was broadcast by BBC across Africa and became a No. 1 hit in Kenya in 2005. It was also Jal’s breakthrough to the international market\, earning him a spot on Bob Geldof’s “Live 8″ concert in the UK. \nNyaruach kept her past to herself for a long time\, but in 2008 she stepped over her personal pain and revealed her shocking story in War Child\, an award winning documentary on Emmanuel Jal’s life. \nThrough her story Nyaruach wanted to emphasize the importance of educating girls in particular and children overall. She believes that the future of her native Sudan and Africa as a whole can be enhanced by education. She believes education is the only way to a free Africa. She joined the campaign to help her brother build a school in Southern Sudan. She made a commitment to stop eating breakfast until the money for the school was raised. This took 2 years\, and 2 schools now have been refurbished in South Sudan. \nNyaruach said being in the studio and recording music became the happiest time in her life. \nIn 2013\, Nyaruach travelled to Aswan\, Egypt to take part in The Nile Project; a 2 week workshop and residency to represent South Sudan among some of the best musicians from across the Nile region. The residency accumulated in a large concert held in Cairo on January 31st. \nUnfortunately due to renewed violence in South Sudan and threats upon her life\, Nyaruach has been forced to live in Kakuma Refugee Camp\, Kenya where she has an uncertain future. \nDespite immense obstacles\, Emmanuel and Nyaruach have finalised their first album together with the release of their single Ti-Chuong on World Refugee Day 2018. “NAATH” is a stunning joint collaboration with Emmanuel. The album is a vivacious\, Afrobeat infused album with Emmanuel and Nyaruach drawing strongly on the unique sounds of their country; interweaving traditional folklore and love songs – alongside infectious dance tunes. NAATH is the ancient word for the land and language surrounding the glorious Kingdom of Kush. Carefully choosing this theme – Jal and Nyaruach’s music is often at odds with the image of war and poverty that has blighted South Sudan. Instead\, both artists choose to reflect upon the resilience and rich culture of their identity through their vibrant tones and messaging. \n“South Sudan is still suffering from years of war and oppression\, we feel it is our cultural responsibility to bring out the music and voices from our country. As siblings we were forced apart in our childhood through extreme circumstances\, so we are excited to be united on this project to bring the sounds of our village to the mainstream.” \nNyaruach has been recently touring the UK and Europe with her brother Emmanuel Jal – appearing at Womad\, Boomtown\, Pohoda and many others. \nFacebook Live
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/nyaruach-singing-resilience/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Thristian: Global Roots Radio for Refugee Week 2020
DESCRIPTION:14:00\, 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and Global Roots and WorldWideFM platforms. \nWe’re excited to invite you to this special Global Roots Radio session with their renowned host DJ Thristian. During the two hours of amazing music\, a selection inspired by the Refugee Week theme of Imagine\, Thristian will chat with another artist from the Refugee Week programme. \nTwo brilliantly talented dancers from our network are joining in with commissioned\, pre-recorded dance segments – Sung Im Her and Shane Ishimwa Muhimanyi. \nWherever you’ll be listening to this\, have a bit of space around you. Thristian will get you dancing. \nWe’d love to hear from you during the session\, so don’t be shy with your comments. \nAbout Thristian \nGlobal Roots is the brainchild of Thristian\, an unrivalled selector with a deeply rooted presence in the global music scene. This visionary tastemaker has spent the past decade carving out an international reputation amongst fans\, producers and DJs as a champion of eclecticism. He ventures across borders both musical and geographical with selections that shine a light on the underground\, the unknown and the unexplored. \nWidely known for co-founding Boiler Room\, a pioneering online broadcasting platform that was years ahead of its time\, Thristian has a wide-ranging creative résumé. It spans NTS\, Channel 4\, Sounds of the Universe and most recently\, creating Worldwide FM with mentor and now collaborator Gilles Peterson. As part of his work with Worldwide\, Thristian has developed his latest creation: Global Roots. \nMore about Global Roots \nStarting out as a club night at London’s legendary Plastic People\, Global Roots has evolved into a multi-platform brand. It encompasses radio shows\, pop-up exhibitions\, film screenings\, festival partnerships with the likes of Dimensions\, Bahidora and Worldwide Festival – as well as events and parties that have travelled as far as Ethiopia\, Mexico\, Havana and Seoul. \nExploring music and sound from all corners of the globe while championing independent and underground arts and culture\, Global Roots takes advantage of close relationships with local artists and collectives worldwide\, while working with respected institutions such as London’s Tate Modern and The British Council in South Africa. \nEach  event is unique. It responds to its environment\, drawing on local talent and culture while showcasing multi-media installations\, film screenings\, contemporary art and live performances\, alongside unmissable DJ sets from Thristian and a cast of eminent friends and collaborators. Offering cross-promotion via Thris’s internationally popular Worldwide FM show and expertly curated line-ups that draw from his wide-reaching creative circle\, Global Roots is more than just a party. It’s a universal celebration of global music\, arts and culture.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/thristian-global-roots-radio-for-refugee-week-2020/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Don Letts DJ Set - Special Late opening at the V&A museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nFree event \nWe are very honoured to have the legendary Don Letts headline this special evening for Refugee Week at the V&A. \nDon Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body of work from the late 70’s through the 80’s\, 90’s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in The Kitchen N.Y.C\, The Institute of Contemporary Art\, The N.F.T in London and was honored at Brooklyn’s BAM festival and The Milan Film festival.  In March 2003 he won a Grammy for his documentary ‘Westway To The World’. \nHe came to notoriety in the late 70’s as the DJ that single handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae. It was whilst as a DJ at the first punk club ‘The Roxy’ in 1977\, that made his first film ‘The Punk Rock Movie’ w/ Sex Pistols-The Clash and many others. This led to a period directing over 300 music videos for an diverse mix of artists ranging from Public Image to Bob Marley. \nHe then moved into documentary work making films on the likes of Gil Scot-Heron\, The Jam\, Sun Ra\, The Clash and George Clinton. His most recent documentary was for Sir Paul McCartney’s ‘New’ project. Feature films include the legendary Jamaican movie  1997’s ‘Danchall Queen’. \nAlong with his autobiography ‘Culture Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers’ released in 2007 Don was also the subject of the documentary film ‘Superstonic Sound: The Rebel Dread’ in 2010.  \nHe currently presents a weekly radio show on BBC 6 Music called ‘Culture Clash Radio’ and still DJ’s nationally and internationally. \nSupported by\na boutique talent agency representing some of the finest highest profile artists alongside the hottest\, up and coming acts. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/don-letts-dj-set-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Dance for Refuge - Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nFree event  \nWe are over the moon to be working with the brilliant Dance for Refuge again this Refugee Week. \nThis is a project which started in 2015\, reacting to the desperate situation in Calais. They’ve been putting on parties ever since\, and raised over £25\,000 for charities which support refugees. \nDance for Refuge have had the support from some amazing musicians and DJs including Mall Grab\, Mafalda\, Eclair Fifi\, Peach\, Auntie Flo\, Andrew Ashong\, Dark Sky\, Shy One\, Mor Elian and many more. Apart from The Victoria & Albert Museum\, they’ve been putting on events at Corsica Studios\, Bussey Building/CLF Art Cafe and Five Miles. \nTheir line up of DJs to be announced soon. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/dance-for-refuge-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Awate - Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A museum  \nFree event \nWe are a little bit in love with AWATE\, and so happy to welcome him to what promises to be a very special evening. \nAWATE is a visionary rapper from Eritrea weaving together psychedelic melodies and sharp\, witty lyrics. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Camden where he was a Resident Artist at The Roundhouse\, AWATE gained the respect of artists such as Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)\, Lowkey and Pharoahe Monch.   \nWith Turkish Dcypha’s infectious\, funk-based production\, AWATE’s critically acclaimed Shine Ancient EP and Happiness LP have been praised and featured on BBC Radio 1\, 1Xtra and 6Music as well as Noisey\, Spotify and The Guardian and garnered a nomination for Best Urban Act at the 2018 Unsigned Music Awards.   \nHaving a reputation for energetic and emotive performances\, supporting Black Star\, Ghetts and Shabazz Palaces – 2018 saw this London griot’s first headline tour with shows in the UK\, Spain\, Brazil\, Germany and the USA. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project. \nImage by Jake Lewis.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/awate-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Madz - Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nFree event \nBeatboxing in the Gamble Room! \nMadz is a 22 year old professional Beatboxer who has been performing and pushing the art on both the streets and public platforms from a very young age and advanced his musical abilities through the years to be booked for hour plus long sets\, due to his ability and stamina whilst perform high energy beats for long periods of time. \nHis sets cover all modern day electronic music and dance music genres\, his high rhythm and timing abilities opened up lots of opportunity’s for him to play as live beatbox drummer in bands and orchestras as well as getting him involved in several work shops and beatboxing tutorials across the country working with schools and companies mainly with Music Action International. He’s performed in venues including Bridge Water Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. \nHe also preformed solo at many venues and music festivals around the UK and became the founder of ‘Takeover’\, his band\, in late 2018. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/madz-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Chineke! Junior String Quartet - Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nFree event \nIt is with huge pleasure that we welcome Chineke! Junior String Quartet to Refugee Week. \nThe Chineke! Foundation was founded in 2015 to provide career opportunities for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians in the UK and Europe. Chineke!’s mission is: ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’.  \nThe Foundation’s flagship ensemble\, the Chineke! Orchestra\, comprises exceptional musicians from across the continent\, brought together several times per year. As Europe’s first majority-BME orchestra\, the Chineke! Orchestra performs a mixture of standard orchestral repertoire along with the works of BME composers both past and present. \nThe Chineke! Orchestra works closely with its sister ensemble\, the Chineke! Junior Orchestra\, a youth orchestra of BME players aged 11-22\, with senior players acting as mentors\, teachers and role models to the young musicians. Several of the Chineke! Juniors have gained scholarships to the Junior and Senior conservatoires in the UK and some have “graduated” to play in the professional Chineke! Orchestra.  \nThe members of the Chineke! Junior String Quartet are all regular players in the Chineke! Junior Orchestra. The Quartet has performed at Festivals in Brighton and at venues in London\, including Kensington Palace. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/chineke-junior-string-quartet-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Acacusine
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Danto Aya to our Refugee Week launch event at the V&A. Danto is a Tuareg musician from Ghat in the south of Libya. He is based in London and works as a solo artist\, playing acoustic guitar\, steel-stringed acoustic guitar and all- lectric guitars.  \nType of music Danto’s music is primarily guitar-driven\, in the style known among the Tuareg people as assouf. This kind of music is powerful and almost every Tuareg sings it. Assouf in Tamazight (Tuareg) means nostalgia and loneliness. When he was young he used to listen to the Tuareg band legend\, ‘Tinariwen’. He first met and played with them for the first time in Libya during 1994s.  He also played with a number of Tuareg musical bands\, such Kel Assouf and Terakaft. He has played at various music festivals including Music Port Festival\, Band on the Wall and many others.   \nHis songs always reflect the sufferings of his people the Tuareg\, and their political and environmental conditions\, including marginalization\, discrimination and statelessness; also droughts due to climatic changes that swept the Sahara Desert at the beginning of the 1980s. Prolonged droughts led to the loss of vast numbers of livestock\, as well as deaths of many nomadic Tuaregs. In other words\, he always sings about the suffering that has faced the Tuareg\, particularly in Libya\, reflecting the daily life and hoping that this might inspire people to stand up for their rights. This of course was never allowed under the Gaddafi regime. Danto was put in prison on many occasions as a consequence. He encountered racism wherever he went\, just by being a Tuareg. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-va-museum-acacusine/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Haymanot Tesfa
DESCRIPTION:Haymanot Tesfa will be launching her debut album ‘Loosening of Strings’ with this performance in V&A’s Devonshire Hunting Tapestries room. Haymanot’s music is inspired by the ancient landscapes and meditative social & religious music of her Ethiopian roots. The sound of Haymanot’s voice is fearless and intensely experimental\, and we can’t wait to experience it in this beautiful but haunting gallery. \n“ Ethiopian singer Haymanot Tesfa’s range is extraordinary – at times deep and powerful\, underpinning the rest of the music\, and at times dancing across the top of it. People close their eyes\, the better to listen and pick out the different strands of the music.” Catriona Troth \n“Loosening the Strings” is out beginning of June 2019. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-launch-at-the-va-museum-haymanot-tesfa/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Songs of Sanctuary with Raghad Hadad and Sam Slatcher
DESCRIPTION:The music programme at The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries Gallery\, V&A Museum\, starts with Songs of Sanctuary\, a fusion of classical Syrian music and contemporary folk songs performed by Raghad Haddad from the National Syrian Orchestra  and folk songwriter Sam Slatcher\, the musicians from the Stories of Sanctuary project.  \nSongs of Sanctuary is a stripped back and intimatearrangement of the Stories of Sanctuary songwriting project that brings together people from different backgrounds – including Syrian refugees and residents of County Durham – through writing originals songs.  \nRaghad Haddad is a highly accomplished viola player from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus. She was a member of the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra and has performed in the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. After seeking refuge from the Syrian civil war in the UK in 2016\, Raghad now performs with the Orchestra of All Saints MAS in Brighton and the London Syrian Ensemble.    \nSam Slatcher is a folk singer-songwriter living in Durham\, North East England. His honest and reflection songwriting\, delivered with a calming and delicate voice captures the warmth of humanity and a longing for peace and justice. To date\, Sam has released a debut EP ‘In Unlikely Places (April 2018) and curated the album Stories of Sanctuary (Nov 2018). Sam frequently performs across Northern England and sings and plays guitar\, piano and bouzouki.  \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-va-museum-songs-of-sanctuary-with-raghad-hadad-and-sam-slatcher/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Global Significance
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Tate Modern (Level 5) for a day of hip-hop\, poetry\, and spoken Word at Tate Exchange with Tania Bruguera\, Tate Neighbours and Counterpoints Arts \nGlobal Significance is an invitation to write collectively – and intergenerationally – in response to Tania Bruguera’s Turbine Hall Commission and the ‘terms and conditions’ written by the Tate Neighbours. \nA single large table will run across Tate Exchange and be covered with paper. Anyone can write anything. The space will be filled with poetry and prose picking up on the themes chosen by Tate Neighbours: migration\, creativity\, homelessness\, the planet and vulnerable communities. \nFacilitated by Abdul Karim Abdullah and several Tate Neighbours\, plus a range of spoken word performers and activists\, an open learning session will explore the traditions of Hip-Hop\, poetry and spoken word to articulate personal feelings\, empathy\, understanding and calls to action in relation to art\, migration and activism. \nThere will also be an invitation to use different languages and to consider how languages and political passions evolve and intersect. \nA microphone will be available at all times for invited performers as well as anyone who wants to step forward. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/global-significance/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180723T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180723T000000
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SUMMARY:Eid Festival 2018
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts is delighted to be partnering with the London Mayor and London Assembly to bring a special Refugee Week programme to the Eid Festival 2018 in Trafalgar Square. \nJoin us for performances and artists including:\nMaya Youssef & Urnina Women’s ensemble \nCalled after Urnina\, goddess of music in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria\, our ensemble is leading a revival in the tradition of female music-making by women in the Arab world. In the courts of Baghdad\, Cordoba\, and Medina women were highly trained in musical composition and performance\, as well as in poetry composition and recitation\, dance\, calligraphy and shadow-puppetry. Despite being slaves\, these sophisticated women – known as qiyān – had courtly privileges\, and were vital curators of the arts from the 8th to the 13th centuries.  \nIn revitalising this women’s tradition we will recover neglected Arab repertoires\, jewels of the classical heritage that have been forgotten. We offer hope to counter the turbulence of the contemporary Arab world\, manifesting the collaborative strength of women’s creativity\, and recuperating an artistic heritage that deserves celebration. \n  \n \n  \nAwate \nAwate is a rapper and producer from Maiden Lane Estate in Camden. He learned from mentors such as Poisonous Poets rappers\, Stylah and Lowkey\, BBC 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex and one of his heroes\, Yasiin Bey. As a refugee from Eritrea via Saudi Arabia\, Awate’s lyrics are a complex train of thought on subjects like self-esteem\, racism\, pride and class.\nPoetry from:\nZia Ahmed – a London Laureate and was shortlisted to be the Young Poet Laureate for London 2015/16 + a former Roundhouse Slam winner. \n‘Bards Without Borders’ are a refugee and migrant poetry collective formed in 2015 to respond to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare. Featuring: Fatima Diriye – a Somali London-based poet\, who explores the realms of vulnerability\, identity and personal reflections; Hamdi Khalif – a writer from London who was born in Mogadishu and is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing while also working on two publications; Laila Sumpton – a member of the Keats House Poets since 2010 and an Associate Writer at Spread the Word\nSuhaama Elmi – a passionate writer who expresses herself through poetry inspired by her Somali heritage.\nHanna Ali – a writer\, poet\, project lead\, teaching fellow and PhD candidate at SOAS\, University of London where she specialises in Afro-Arab identity.\nWhite City Youth Theatre \nChildren aged 9-10 years old have been creating a piece of theatre called ‘Abu Kassem’s Slippers’ inspired by their Arab World Project where they have been learning about Arab culture and stories. They have worked with storyteller Alia Alzougbi from the Shubbak Festival and this diverse theatre group from White City are excited to share their new performance with you in Trafalgar Square.\nFarhad Berahman – Afghan Camera \nIranian photographer and artist Farhad Berahman is based in the UK. The Afghan Camera\, or ‘kamra-e-faoree’\, is still used as a traditional method of capturing memories by veteran street photographers in Afghanistan and Iran. The hand-made wooden camera acts as both the camera and darkroom\, thus working as a ‘2 in 1’ machine. This enables capturing and instant printing of photographs\, an individual copy handed to visitors upon processing of the image.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/eid-festival-2018/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180622T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180622T220000
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Friday late opening at the V&A
DESCRIPTION:Our week of celebrating Refugee Week‘s 20th birthday is punctuated by a special Friday evening celebration event. \nExpect an evening of music and dance\, film and arts installations. \nThe iconic entrance to V&A will become a dance space and the Garden Café an intimate concert venue. Artists from our networks take over other gallery spaces with participatory installations\, so audience participation required. \nWe will also be showing a film programme. \nFull programme coming soon. \nImage by Refugee Week 2017\, Dance for Refuge\, by Jake Davis
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-friday-late-at-the-victoria-and-albert-museum/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171122T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171122T210000
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SUMMARY:Seeking Shelter Late at the Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Hosted at the Jewish Museum\, we are delighted to be collaborating with the Museum on this Late event. Presented as part of the Migration Festival programme for the Museum’s Sukkot: Seeking Shelter installation\, in partnership with Camden Council. \nExplore the Sukkot: Seeking Shelter installation after hours and enjoy art installations\, crafts and talks inspired by themes of journeys\, migration and shelter. \nThe programme will start with Lord Dubs speaking about his experience of coming to the UK as a child on the Kindertransport and fighting for the rights of refugees. Artist Bern O’Donoghue will be taking inspiration from the Museum’s collection to create a moving installation of paper boats and Gil Mualem Doron will be inviting participation in his New Union Flag installation. Artist Orly Orbach will be serving up a new piece titled ‘Eat Your Own Identity’\, workshops in which visitors will be able to make their own ID cards using gingerbread dough. \nAs part of love music and spoken word programme Ethiopian singer Haymanot Tesfa will be performing songs of home and poets Edin Suljic and Alev Adil will be sharing their work and refugee experience. \nAlso\, there will be an opportunity to learn more about Camden based EMMA magazine\, the publication giving homeless people a voice and to look at the Museum’s objects that have travelled from around the world and to learn the stories of the refugees and migrants that brought them to the UK in a talk with a Curator.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/seeking-shelter-late-at-the-jewish-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170625T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170625T163000
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SUMMARY:Different Pasts\, Shared Future: a Refugee Week special event
DESCRIPTION:As part of Refugee Week 2017\, we are collaborating with the British Museum to bring a special event and celebrate this year’s theme – Shared Future. \nJoin us for a rich range of happenings and activities taking place across The British Museum’s Great Court – from music performances\, to visual installations\, youth workshops and much more. Prompted by this year’s Refugee Week\, ‘Our Shared Future’\, the programme is curated to encourage full participation. Catering for all ages\, it’s a heady mix of theatre\, song\, making\, engaging or simply watching and listening. \nINSTALLATIONS AND GALLERY TOURS \nDead Reckoning by artist Bern O’Donoghue: \nDead Reckoning is an ongoing project bearing witness to the thousands of migrants and refugees who have died\, and continue to die\, attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of sanctuary and a better life. Each tiny\, hand-marbled paper boat is marked with a relationship to another person\, a fragile reminder of the individuals caught up in the biggest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. \nShed Your Fears by artist Richard Dedomenici: \nA non-denominational\, non-hierarchical booth\, into which two people get to confess their fears to each other\, privately\, anonymously and safely. Designed as a response to recent sociopolitical upheavals\, the piece invites participating audiences to share their innermost fears\, and by sharing them\, hopefully transcending them to the point where they can also share hopes and dreams. \nRefugee-led Gallery Talks: No Single Story\, 13.30- 14.15pm (Room 34) \nJoin tour guides Ameen and Ahmad on a journey through the British Museum’s Islamic World gallery. ‘No single story’ started as a pilot tour-guiding programme\, in which volunteers from refugee backgrounds were trained to give gallery talks at the Museum. Through selected objects\, Ameen and Ahmad will share their personal responses to these beautiful collections. \nMUSIC STAGE \nAar Manta\, 15:00pm: \nDescribed as ‘the voice of our generation’ by many young Somalis\, Aar Manta is a multi instrumentalist who mixes many musical styles with traditional Somali music. He is working with the UNHCR\, traveling to refugee camps in Ethiopia and working with young Somali refugees. \nSimo Lagnawi\, 14.10pm: \nSimo Lagnawi is a Moroccan Gnawa master who mixes his Berber origins with deep gnawa grooves. Simo studied with Gnawa masters in Morocco for over twenty years before moving to London in 2008. He is a serial collaborator and is considered UK’s leading guembri musician (camel-skinned bass instrument). Gnawa music consists of a series of spiritual chants\, and Simo’s music transports his audiences with his high-energy acrobatic dancing combined with his strident vocals\, krakebs (metal percussion instruments) and guembri playing. \nVoice of the Movement\, YouPress\, 1.30pm: \nWhat if you had to leave your home\, and the life you once knew? Could you take a personal journey\, not only leaving your home but leaving yourself to become someone new? Ten true life stories come together in this vibrant piece of the theatre which challenges the stigma associated with displacement. \nMOVING WORLDS FILM PROGRAMME (STEVENSON LECTURE THEATRE) \nSink into your seat and watch a series of short and feature-length films\, which capture refugee and migration-related stories about ‘rescue at sea’\, imagining and re-designing precious neighbourhoods\, the resilient power of arts and culture\, stepping into the shoes of those who have had to flee\, plus the building of new\, precarious lives by young refugees. Moving Worlds includes panel discussions with filmmakers\, artists\, advocates and activists working to create change and build social solidarity across communities and sectors. \nSession One: 11.15- 13.30pm \nSolidarity: Art Across Borders \nScreening Where do Art and Migration Meet and They Will Have to Kill Us First. \nPanel speakers: Johanna Schwartz (Director\, They Will Have To Kill Us First); Ahmed Tobasi (Actor); Hassan Abdulrazzak (Writer). This panel will be chaired by Yasmin Fedda\, filmmaker and creative producer at Highlights Arts. \nSession Two: 13.45- 16.15pm \nCrossings: At Home in the World   \nScreening At Home in the World\, Ellis\, Home\, MOAS Rescue at Sea\, My Refugee Story\, The Architect and Twinning Towns. \nPanel speakers: Matthew Saltmarsh (Senior Communications Officer\, UNHCR); Laura Padoan (External Relations Officer\, UNHCR); Jennifer Laws (Fundraising and Communications Officer\, MOAS); Juan delGado (Artist and Filmmaker). This panel will be chaired by Counterpoints Arts Co-Director\, Áine O’Brien. \n  \nSCREEN IN THE GREAT COURT \nShowing a collection of short films by artists and partners\, including: \nShed Your Fears\, Richard deDomenici\, Who Are We? Project\, by Marcia Chandra \nDead Reckoning\, Bern O’Donoghue\, Who Are We? Project\, by Marcia Chandra \nVoices of the Movement\, by YouPress \nI am a Refugee! by David Newman \nBelong\, Coram Young Citizens and Coram Life Education – ‘In association with Nicely Wrapped Films (early cut – work in progress)’ \nI Am Just Like You\, Kazzum\, film by Benjamin Bate \n  \nThe event is free and suitable for all ages.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/different-pasts-shared-future-a-refugee-week-special-event/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week at Southbank Centre
DESCRIPTION:This year’s collaboration with the Southbank Centre is a programme of theatre\, comedy\, choir performances\, a live art performance\, Balkan music and more. We celebrate across the Southbank spaces: \nYou\, Me and Those Who Came Before \n1pm – 6.45pm \nQueen Elizabeth Hall Foyer; Free \nInvestigate your ancestry and help create a wall of portraits at this drop-in drawing workshop. Suitable for all ages. \n  \nFull Circle \n1pm – 1.45pm \nThe Clore Ballroom\, Level 2\, Royal Festival Hall; Free \nFull Circle is an award-winning community opera project inspired by the story of a Newham resident who arrived as a young refugee. It features music and spoken word created by pupils from 15 local schools working with John Barber\, Hazel Gould\, Mohammed Yahya and Laila Sumpton. \nA collaboration between Newham Music\, Music For Youth\, Lister Community School and Counterpoints Arts. \n  \n As Far as Isolation Goes \n1pm – 3pm & 4pm – 6pm \nQueen Elizabeth Hall Foyer; Free \nWhat does it feel [1] like to be a refugee? Drop in to our interactive performance installation by artists Tania El Khoury and Basel Zaraa to get an insight into the hardships faced by people in detention centres\, through painting\, touch and sound. \n  \nWhat’s Far Is Near by Staging Sisterhood \n2.30pm – 3.30pm \nPurcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall; £5* \nThis theatre piece features two simultaneous performances: one here and the other in Beirut\, with a live video link between them. It is the culmination of a three-month devised theatre project for participants from refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds\, taking place between London and Lebanon using technology to create a shared space. \nPresented by Seenaryo\, in partnership with Women Now for Development\, Counterpoints Arts and Southbank Centre. \n  \nSinging Our Lives \n2.30pm – 5.30pm \nThe Clore Ballroom\, Level 2\, Royal Festival Hall; Free \nSinging Our Lives brings together musicians from refugee\, migrant and local UK backgrounds to compose and perform together. Produced by Together Productions in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration and Refugee Week. \n  \n2.30pm Singing Our Lives Massed Ensemble \nHundreds of voices unite for this ensemble performance\, featuring five choirs and members of the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians. \nMusical director Jeremy Haneman \n  \n3pm The Sing for Freedom Choir \nThis choir builds community between local residents and refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of torture. Together\, they sing songs of hope and peace. Musical director Gemma Storr \n  \n3.20pm Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus \nThe 120-strong chorus performs It Takes A Village\, which uses famous opera choruses to explore what happens when we open our hearts to outsiders. \nMusical director Jeremy Haneman\, accompanist Ashley Beauchamp \n  \n3.50pm The Mind and Soul Choir \nThis community choir promotes wellbeing through singing as well as aiming to reduce the stigma around mental illness. They rehearse weekly at the Maudsley Hospital and are open to new members. \nMusical director Nicola Wydenbach \n  \n4.10pm The Islington Refugee Choir \nThe Islington Refugee Choir meets regularly to share music from different cultures and write songs together. Today they perform traditional and well-known pieces alongside their original work. \nMusical director Romain Malan \n  \n4.30pm The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians \nMembers of the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians take you on a trip to the Middle East with their uplifting Arabic melodies. \nLed by Basel Saleh and Hamsa Mounif \n  \n4.50pm The Mixed Up Chorus \nThis chorus sings together to build understanding and empathy. Today they perform songs \ninspired by this year’s Refugee Week theme: \n‘Generations – You\, me and those who came before’. Musical director Jeremy Haneman \n  \nA Day \n4.15pm – 5pm \nQueen Elizabeth Hall Foyer; Free \nIn this poetic performance of words and song\, the Women for Refugee Women Drama Group tell us their experiences of life in the UK by exploring what a typical day might bring. It is followed by a post-show discussion. \nA collaboration with Rainbow Sisters\, a group of lesbian and bisexual asylum-seeking women. \n  \nBalkan and Roma Sounds \n5.30pm – 7pm  \nQueen Elizabeth Hall Foyer; Free \nGet footloose at a free early evening party of Balkan and Roma sounds\, featuring musicians from Counterpoints Arts network\, jazz and classical guitarist Stefan Melovski and the London based Gypsy Roma jazz band – Faith and Branko. \n  \nNo Direction Home  \n7pm – 9pm \nPurcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall; £12* \nNo Direction Home is a stand-up comedy course for people from refugee and migrant backgrounds\, taught by comedian Tom Parry. See the results at this performance\, hosted by Parry and with Suzi Ruffell and Romesh Ranganathan as guest headliners. \nPresented by Counterpoints Arts and Camden People’s Theatre. \n  \n*Transaction fees apply: £3 online; £3.50 over the phone. No transaction fees for in-person bookings\, book via Southbank Centre website and box office. \n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-southbank-centre-2/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Our Shared Future - Refugee Week
DESCRIPTION:For the third year running Refugee Week 2017 is launched in London in partnership with Southbank Centre. The music programme is part of Southbank Centre’s Meltdown Festival. \n‘Our Shared Future’\, is an afternoon of global beats curated by M.I.A as part of the Meltdown Festival\, featuring Liverpool-based Iranian rapper Farhood\, ‘first lady of Arabic hip hop’\, Palestinian-British rapper Shadia Mansour and DAM Palestinian hip hop group. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-shared-future-refugee-week/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161007
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SUMMARY:Arts of Social Change - Spoken Word and Music
DESCRIPTION:Internationally acclaimed\, Devon-based poetry star Alice Oswald joins Kayo Chingonyi\, a passionate new voice in UK poetry scene\, in a performance where they explore themes from their respective works\, including the politics of land\, of place\, contemporary migration and displacement. \nThe second performance is an ongoing musical collaboration and conversation between Syrian ney musician\, Louai Alhenawi\, and Stephen Ellis from indie band Revere and Gabby Young & Other Animals. Joined by Syrian musician Sanaa Wahbah on kanun and members of Revere\, the collaborators offer a unique blend of acoustic instruments\, percussion and classical Arabic music. \nTo end the evening\, virtuoso Syrian kanun player and composer\, Maya Youssef\, performs some of her soon to be released debut album with Carthage Music Publishing. Awarded ‘exceptional talent’ by the Arts Council England in 2012\, Youssef has performed at the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals\, including the most recent BBC Proms and the Royal Albert Hall. \nPlease join the free pre-performance installation ‘Refugees Welcome’ on the lawn in front of the Great Hall. These performances are part of a programme of events showcasing the work of refugee and migrant Arts Hub Counterpoints Arts during their ‘Arts of Social Change’ retreat at Dartington.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/arts-of-social-change-spoken-word-and-music/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160712
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SUMMARY:Platforma SE showcase & exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Turner Contemporary\, Margate \nA new exhibition developed by Platforma South East network will launch with a Showcase Event on 2 July based on the Refugee Week 2016 theme ‘Welcome’. The show will bring together work created by\, with and about refugees and migrants from marginalised communities. \nThe exhibition will feature the following visual artists from across the region working in a variety of media: Hong Dam\, Jay Gearing & Amanda Rigby\, Gil Mualem Doron\, Edi Mandala\, and Josepa Munoz. \nProgramme for 2 July (subject to change): \n10-1pm\, 2.30-3.30pm & 4.30pm-5pm: Interactive photography installation with Gil Mualem Doron\, Sunley Gallery \n2pm-2.15pm: Artist showcase and introduction from Platforma\, Sunley Gallery \n2.30-3.15pm: Puppet Theatre with Ellen Muriel\, Foyle Studio \n3.30-4.30pm: Music performance and film screening with Kotchin\, Azza and young people \nSupported by Platforma\, Arts Council England\, Counterpoints Arts\, Music for Change\, Refugee Week \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-se-showcase-exhibition/
CATEGORIES:Music,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160625T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160625T233000
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SUMMARY:European Connections with Transylvania
DESCRIPTION:Refugees Welcome! Part 2: European Connections with Transylvania plus Guests as part of Refugee Week \nProduced as part of our music project Celebrating Sanctuary London. \nVenue: Rich Mix London \nEastern European band Transylvania headlines an evening of music celebrating Refugee Week 2016. \nThe second of two artist and activist nights at Rich Mix\, the evening also features a key match in the European Championships. \nTransylvania are a party band spanning the folk beats and music of the Ukraine and Romania\, combined with electronic dance music. Pushing the Balkan boom sound to the limits and with DJs and a VJ adding fuel to the fire of their show\, expect the evening to be true to form of their motto: ‘DAMN FUN!’ Transylvania will be presenting the mother of all parties to conclude Refugee Week\, the European cup final\, and the vote on whether we stay in or out of Europe! \nThe evening will kickstart with a showing of the match followed by a programme featuring artists and activists calling for support of those seeking safety across Europe\, and challenging the racism towards refugees that many in politics and the media have exploited in the run up to the Referendum Vote. \nMusicians\, spoken word artists and activists come together for a programme in support of Refugees rights concluding Refugee Week 2016. Balkan party sounds and music from Refugee artists including a host for the evening. \nExpect to question and be provoked\, expect to be inspired to show unity for refugees. \nTransylvania centres around the talents of Konstantin Zgomot and Vlad Damien. Their repertoire\, with an array of awesome acoustic musicians\, draws on their roots\, rhythms and melodies from the Bukovina region\, but with red hot beats and samples provided by ultra producer Konstantin. Live the band kicks up a storm\, with original visuals and video mixes. Latest CD MR VLAD is out now. \ntwitter: @Transylvania_cc
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/european-connections-with-transylvania-2/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160624T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160624T200000
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SUMMARY:Refugees Welcome! Featuring Logic\, Afrikan Boy and OpSa! Balkan Band with Azza
DESCRIPTION:A hip hop gig engaging with this year’s Refugee Week theme of Welcome. \nProduced as part of our music project Celebrating Sanctuary London. \nVenue: Rich Mix London \nLogic\, one of the UK’s leading voices in political hip hop\, will be heading up the first of two special Refugee Week evenings featuring artists and activists calling for action and awareness for refugees in the UK\, Europe\, the Middle East and beyond. \nLogic is an artist and activist\, and states this position through empowering songs entitled Question Everything\, For my People and his latest track I’m not an Alien. His socio-political activism and commentary is entwined throughout lyrics with current themes about imperialism\, war\, government cuts & corporations\, equality and social consciousness. \nLogic has emerged from strong roots in the South London underground hip hop scene and is also co-founder of The People’s Army\, which he established with like-minded artists such as Lowkey to effect ‘positive change’. Featuring luminaries of the UK hip hop and grime scene like Akala\, George the Poet\, and Mic Righteous\, the People’s Army is a community and platform for ideas to raise awareness – and encourages participation by anyone who wants to contribute. His energy can be felt by music fans of all genres. Songs like Spectator tear your heart out with hard-hitting lyrics whilst more up-tempo anthems such as The Future make Logic one of the most talented live performers in UK hip hop. \nWe are delighted to host Grime artist and MOBO nominee Afrikan Boy two years after his South Bank debut with us. African Boy is a second generation Nigerian living in London who has built a strong reputation for cultural exchange\, youth activism and engaging with other rappers internationally in countries like Sudan and Algeria. He has toured and guested on songs by MIA\, collaborated with DJ Shadow\, and toured with the Africa Express 8 tour that featured legends like Baba Maal\, Femi Kuti\, Fatoumata Diawara and Damon Albarn. \n\nAfrican Boy is cheeky and vibrant in his performance\, with an extra sharp wardrobe cut from Nigerian threads – but at the heart of his songs are the hardships of the migrant and refugee experience\, visa issues\, and identity fused with urban sounds from the UK and Nigeria. His music is rooted in influences like Fela Kuti\, King Sunny Ade and Dizzy Rascal. In 2015 he performed at the “Jungle” camp in Calais where he met with and performed to refugees there – this resulted in a film produced in partnership with Secret Cinema called ‘Border Business’. The humanity with which Afrikan Boy highlights refugee predicaments and his energized celebration of migrant roots will be just the ticket for this very special Refugee Week show. \nThe Op Sa! Balkan Band are a brass-centred Balkan party band performing songs spanning Serbia\, Macedonia\, Bosnia and Roma cultures with a contemporary twist. They are returning once more to Refugee Week with Czech Roma MC Azza from Margate\, with a special set to open the Rich Mix nights on the festival theme of ‘Welcome’. \nExpect to question and be provoked\, expect to be inspired to show unity for refugees. \n\nfacebook: Logicarmy\, Afrikanboy\, OpSaBalkanBand \ntwitter: @cslondonfext\, @LogicArmy\, @AfrikanBoy
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugees-welcome-logic-for-refugee-week-uk/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160123T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160123T183000
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
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SUMMARY:Mbira Kuwirirana at Arcola Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Arcola Theatre\, 24 Ashwin Street\, London E8 3DL \nPlatforma presents a free performance by the brilliant Mbira Kuwirirana in support of Nine Lives at Arcola Theatre. \nMbira Kuwirirana is a trio of mbira players based in the UK. The name of the group can be loosely translated to “mbira is friendship”. The trio is composed of Fungai Gahadzikwa\, Doug Langley and Takudzwa Mukiwa who met because of mbira and have maintained a close friendship since. \nThe trio has been playing together for over 5 years and have played at events including the British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference in 2010\, Mwalimu Express\, Music For Liberia concerts and many more including at venues such as the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. \nNine Lives is a gripping new play from Zodwa Nyoni (Channel 4 Writer in Residence 2014) threading together humour and humanity to tell the real personal story behind asylum headlines. Former West Yorkshire Playhouse Associate Director Alex Chisholm directs Lladel Bryant\, UK Young Citizen of the Year in 2006 and the co-founder of Chicken Shop Shakespeare. \nFull details about Nine Lives\, and free booking for Mbira Kuwirirana: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/nine-lives
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mbira-kuwirirana-at-arcola-theatre/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160116T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160116T183000
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
CREATED:20160108T123746Z
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SUMMARY:Platforma Jam at the Arcola
DESCRIPTION:Arcola Theatre\, 24 Ashwin Street\, London E8 3DL \nPlatforma presents a free performance in support of Nine Lives at Arcola Theatre. \nFive friends from four continents bring you songs\, sounds and spoken word from Ethiopia\, Palestine and beyond. Featuring Haymanot Tesfa\, Leila Seguin\, Duncan Mortimer\, EbsilBaz\, Emily Zaraa. \nNine Lives is a gripping new play from Zodwa Nyoni (Channel 4 Writer in Residence 2014) threading together humour and humanity to tell the real personal story behind asylum headlines. Former West Yorkshire Playhouse Associate Director Alex Chisholm directs Lladel Bryant\, UK Young Citizen of the Year in 2006 and the co-founder of Chicken Shop Shakespeare. \nFull details about Nine Lives\, and free booking for Platforma Jam: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/nine-lives
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-jam-at-the-arcola/
CATEGORIES:Music,Platforma
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20151203T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20151203T220000
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
CREATED:20151127T162202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145507Z
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SUMMARY:Bards Without Borders at Hackney Showroom
DESCRIPTION:Bards Without Borders present a poetry & music scratch night\, bringing together London poets from refugee and migrant backgrounds and contributions from live music & spoken word experts Tongue Fu.* \nFollowing three workshops led by poet/facilitator Laila Sumpton (Spread the Word\, Keats House\, Exiled Writers Ink) and theatre director Arne Pohlmeier (Two Gents Productions) focusing on The Comedy Of Errors\, this will be the Bards Without Borders’ premiere performance. \nPresented in association with Platforma arts & refugees network. \nSupported by Arts Council England and Spread The Word. \nBWB poets: Freddy Macha\, Tolu Agbelusi\, Shamim Azad\, Alia’ Kuwalit\, Belinda Zhawi\, Edin Suljic\, Lloyd Benjamin\, Haroon O Mahdi\, Barbara Lopez\, Fatima Diriye & Hamed Khalif. \n* Tongue Fu is “Poetry\, but not as you know it…amazing” (The Guardian). Created and hosted by poet Chris Redmond (Scroobius Pip’s Beatdown XFM; Pick Of The Week – BBC R4)\, it is one of the UK’s liveliest and largest spoken word shows: a riotous experiment in live literature\, music and improvisation featuring the genre hopping Tongue Fu Band (Nostalgia 77\, Jamie Cullum\, Beardyman)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bards-without-borders-at-hackney-showroom/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150620T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150620T000000
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
CREATED:20150601T083724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145534Z
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SUMMARY:Josephine Oniyama & The Heritage Survival Band at Southbank Centre
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT at Royal Festival Hall \nIn partnership with Counterpoints Arts\, Southbank Centre will host a special performance bringing together singer-songwriter Josephine Oniyama and members of the UK-based Heritage Survival Band from Harare\, Zimbabwe. \nSince her early days of circuiting Manchester’s live music venues with her guitar in hand\, Josephine has carved a strong reputation with her critically acclaimed album ‘Portrait’ in 2012. She has toured internationally and shared a stage with artists like Paloma Faith and Paulo Nutini. Described by the Times as having “a Grace Jones-like hint of Jamaican to her voice and a hypnotic way with precisely phrased poetry”\, Josephine’s candid soulful vocals draw upon a truly global palette including her Liberian and Jamaican heritage\, citing artists like Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, King Sunny Ade\, Fela Kuti and Joni Mitchell as influences. \nJosephine will be joined onstage by Zee Guveya and Norman ‘Jekanyika’ Muza from The Heritage Survival Band – one of the most prolific Zimbabwean acts in the UK\, whose members have performed with great Zimbabwean music legends such as Dr Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mutukudzi. Formed and based in Greater Manchester they combine infectious rhythms made to make you dance\, with Afro Jazz and traditional Mbira influences. Within their lyrics they explore social justice themes such as war and poverty as well as ‘life and love’. The multi-instrumentalists will be bringing guitar\, vocals\, mbira\, and bass to the mix. \n“Everybody’s talking about a singer called Josephine. In fact I think I might love her most of all” – Lauren Laverne (Grazia) \nJosephine: “The music is wonderful” – Paul Lester (The Guardian) \nHeritage Survival Band: “exceptionally talented traditional rhythm exponents hailing from Harare” – Nehanda Radio
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/josephine-oniyama-the-heritage-survival-band-at-southbank-centre/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150618T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150618T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
CREATED:20150604T080818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145534Z
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SUMMARY:Stella Chiweshe
DESCRIPTION: St Mary Le Strand\, London WC2 \nStella Rambisai Chiweshe is known The Queen of Mbira Music from Zimbabwe. In this rare London gig at Just Festival Westminster\, as part of a short UK tour celebrating Refugee Week (produced in association with Platforma and Konimusic) Stella will play and sing a range of her best loved songs. \nStella’s long solo career has established her as one of the most original artists on the contemporary African scene\, using popular music to show the depth and power of her traditional spiritual music at home and abroad. \n“Stella’s repertoire stretches from straight classical pieces to bubbly uptempo jigs. The mbira ripples and chimes like a xylophone ” — Roots \nFull tour details: http://www.platforma.org.uk/pf_events/362/
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stella-chiweshe/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120622T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130701T162800
DTSTAMP:20260605T015325
CREATED:20160321T122225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145535Z
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SUMMARY:Casablanca Event
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts hosted the Casablanca event at the Victoria and Albert Museum inspired by the screen classic Casablanca and the film’s themes of flight\, refuge\, identity\, Morocco\, North Africa\, and piano music. \nThe event featured an acoustic music fantasia\, with three reincarnations of Sam in Rick’s cafe on three pianos placed around the museum – featuring Jewish Algerian pianist Maurice El Medioni together with Syrian-born\, London-based Iraqi musician Khyam Allami (piano and oud)\, Palestinian singer Reem Kelani and Sierra Leone born Alex Wilson (Latin Jazz piano) – plus dancers\, sounds of souk\, performance artists and interventions\, workshops and conversations. All of this brought to life the film and some of the related emotion of moral and human struggle in the extraordinary and beautiful settings of the V&A. \nThis event was part of Counterpoints Art’s Celebrating Sanctuary and Refugee Weeks\, as well as the V&A’s Late Friday Programme
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/casablanca-event-2/
LOCATION:V&A\, Cromwell Rd\, London\, SW7 2RL
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music
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