Thursday 23 February 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE WITH I-MITRI and COUNTERACTION BAND

FREE 9pm - 3am

Cecil Reuben presents a Roots Rock Reggae special with I-Mitri and Counteraction Band, dub reggae

Friday 24 February 2012

THE RESONATORS + ELECTRIC SWING CIRCUS + JOE DRICSOLL + BOBBY GANDOLF

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 11pm - 3am

Wormfood presents sweet sweet dub reggae from THE RESONATORS + bouncy electric carnival swing from ELECTRIC SWING CIRCUS + uplifting old school hiphop from one man beatbox New York legend JOE DRISCOLL + diverse floor-filling styles from Wormfood’s ethnobling king BOBBY GANDOLF

Saturday 25 February 2012

12 TONE BRASS BAND + THE FANTASTICS + THE BOOM OPERATORS + DJ SWITCH and RICHARD MARCH

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 11pm - 3am

Merciless Music presents 12 TONE BRASS BAND,infectious big brass funk grooves for the mind, body and dancefloor + THE FANTASTICS, floor stomping heavy funk & soul laced with a distinctly progressive edge,‘Somewhere…Finally’ was a Jazz FM ‘Single Of The Week’, The Fantastics are played across the radio air waves; fave of Mark Lamarr and Craig Charles + THE BOOM OPERATORS,double bass, wah guitar, moogs, breaks, turntablism + block rocking party beats from DJ SWITCH, 3X DMC DJ Champion and RICHARD MARCH [Bentley Rhythm Ace/Pop Will Eat Itself]

Sunday 26 February 2012

IJAHMAN LEVI

TICKETS £15adv Doors 8pm till late

Cecil Reuben presents Reggae superstar IJAHMAN LEVI, bringing his full band for the first time at the end of his European tour, one of the giants of Reggae at his best, with hits like Moulding, I am a Levi, Heavy Load and many more + residents Jahrevelationmuzik

Wednesday 29 February 2012

AFROSPOT ALL STARS + GUESTS

FREE 9pm - 12

Kushentertainment presents AFROSPOT, every last Wednesday of the month. West African musicians from neighboring countries, perform an original expansion of High Life 6/8 rhymns with legendary drummer Kofi Adu and the guru of London’s African music scene, Adesose-Wallace and guests

Thursday 01 March 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE: AMARH FINO & OZIMZIM BAND

FREE 9pm - 2am

Roots Rock Reggae special with AMARH FINO & OZIMZIM BAND,  with their new album Love In Africa, and Amarh Fino’s hits from when he shot to fame with the Marriot Int Band + residents Jahrevelationmuzik

Friday 02 March 2012

THE THIRST + LiA + WORLDLY SAVAGES + DJ NICO PEREZ

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Superhoot presents THE THIRST, Brixton based 5 piece, with a box-bashing funk rock spirit influenced by ska, hip-hop, indie, and all that goes in-between + LiA, rock, dubstep and electro sounds, danceable, beautiful voice, often carrying , socially conscious subtexts + THE WORLDLY SAVAGES, contagious folk punk energy with ehtno music spiciness  ‘They dont mess around from the very first note..they get into the blood stream you have no choice but to dance and shout along..’ Canada Arts Connect + DJ NICO PEREZ,  soul, hip hop, house, disco, dubstep and more from the Mixcloud co-founder

Saturday 03 March 2012

MANZANA TROPICAL + FEURZA VALLENTA + JAMMAN + DJ RUSS JONES

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Arriba La Cumbia presents  MANZANA TROPICAL a great family band originating from  Peru playing a  mix psychedelic  peruvian cumbia known as Chica with Electric guitars and keys with some cumbia classic,  with crazy traditional outfits and dance they know how to rock the party and for sure will be raising the temperature + FEURZA VALLENTA, original vallenata cumbia with down home style and accordian lead they are the real deal + JAMMAN, a crazy Colombian dubbed out producer/artist representing the new sounds of cumbia + Russ Jones aka Hackney Globe Trotter spinning the best in classic s and upfront afro-latino tropical music.

Sunday 04 March 2012

ROOTMASTER: MOSI CONDE

FREE 8pm, stageshow 9pm -midnight

West African griot music with a global sonic awareness to excite and delight! MOSI CONDE is a young griot from Guinea Conakry’s leading family: Sekouba Diamond fingers Diabate and Mory Kante are his uncles, Sona Diabate the founder of Les Amazones de Guinee is his aunt and his family are the inspiration for extended family and friends like Salif Keita and Alpha Blondy. We griots are born in music, every family plays together. Music is our life. Mosi Conde celebrates his griot heritage and this shines through.

Wednesday 07 March 2012

LIVE BAND KARAOKE

FREE 9pm - 1am

Hootananny’s popular live band karaoke first Wednesday of evey month. Hootananny invites you to the stage and sing your favourite rock or pop hit from our selection with Cornucopia full live band behind you. Richard Swan band leader supports you to belt out your classic whether you are an old pro or a first timer.

Thursday 08 March 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE: IYAH CALLING BAND FT AMAZIAH

FREE 9pm - 2am

Roots Rock Reggae with IYAH CALLING BAND FT AMAZIAH, loving the Bob Marley style but altered to their own styles + residents JAHREVELATINOMUZIK

Friday 09 March 2012

DUB MAFIA + SPEKTRUM + IMAN + DJ JAZZ T & MC HONEY BROWN

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Merciless Music presents DUB MAFIA, show stealing performances blending drum n bass, dubstep, bashment and world music with no backing tracks, fronted by beautiful Eva, touring internationally + SPEKTRUM,  using live electronic drums,  a very raw punk, sexy funk + IMAN, chill wave, UK funky, singer songwriter + plus keeping the club bouncing!! DJ JAZZ T & MC HONEY BROWN eclectic hip-hop funk breaks & dancehall

Saturday 10 March 2012

LA MORTE SUBITE + GERTIE & HER GAIETY + THE JOKER & THE THIEF + BILLIE RAE + DJS SACHA DIEU AND MS MANRAY

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Stranger Than Paradise present LA MORTE SUBITE  Gypsy Balkan klezmer hooligans from Reading + GERTIE AND HER GAIETY, an avante-garde take on swing in all its youthful glory + THE JOKER & THE THIEF atmospheric beginnings to bombastic sonic explosions, focusing on their authentic, rootsy sound combining powerful voices, bellowing saxophone, foot-stomping rhythms and gutsy guitars + Burlesque bombshell and fire queen BILLIE RAE + DJS SACHA DIEU AND MS MANRAY playing Balkan gypsy Jewish yiddish klezmer

Sunday 11 March 2012

ROOTMASTER: CUBAN COMBINATION QUARTET

FREE 8pm, stageshow 9pm -midnight

Salsa and Timba plus a touch of Jazz, Son and Reggae featuring vocals from Rene Alvarez (Sunlightsquare) and the UK’s finest Cuban musical talent

Wednesday 14 March 2012

WEIRD SLEEPING KITTENS + JARZ INO + ANGIE FRASER + GEORGIA WRIGHT

FREE 9pm - 1am

Songwriters and Wordsmiths: WEIRD SLEEPING KITTENS, soulful feline-folk pop + JARZ INO, acoustic treats from the melodious man + ANGIE FRASER, lyrical rap + GEORGIA WRIGHT, up and coming singer/songwriter + The world of Caroline’s Ipod

Thursday 15 March 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE: ISSACHAR NATURAL

FREE 9pm - 2am

Roots Rock Reggae with ISSACHAR NATURAL from Conscious Radio + residents JAHREVELATIONMUZIK

Friday 16 March 2012

THE BEATBOX ORCHESTRA + NATURAL SELECTION + THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF CINEMA ORGAN + KEEP UP! SOUNDSYSTEM DJ TOM CENTRAL

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Superhoot presents: THE BEATBOX ORCHESTRA All Star cast including Reeps One (2x UK Beatbox champ), Bellatrix (Female World Champ), Hootananny’s own brilliant beatboxing barman Marv-ill BigMouth Superlungs, Bass6, Yasson, and Experi-mental + NATURAL SELECTION, epic energetic UK hiphop jazz blues with MC Solomon and Ry Robson’s stunning bluesy vocal + THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF CINEMA ORGAN, a unique sonic and visual experience, bringing the nostalgic warmth of vintage jazz influences with string, vocal, horn and rhythm sections, haunting melodies and rich textures through to hypnotic, floor-shaking drum & bass and dubstep grooves “an intoxicating display of musicianship and imagination”+ KEEP UP! SOUNDSYSTEM no nonsense bass-lead party vibes plus visual show

Saturday 17 March 2012

DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS + MOHO MYNOKI + ADAM THE RAPPER + EWAN HOOZAMI

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Sunday 18 March 2012

ROOTMASTER: WUNTANARA

FREE 8pm, stageshow 9pm -midnight

Wuntanara – means ‘we are together’. The London-based West African drum and dance ensemble is led by master drummer Souleymane Compo. They perform a powerful blend of high-octane Guinean rhythms with soulful songs from the village.

Wednesday 21 March 2012

HOOTANANNY ALLSTAR JAMBOREE

FREE 8.30pm-12pm

HOOTANANNY ALLSTAR JAMBOREE: live jam session open to ALL musicians and vocalist, exploring innovative musical fusions & energies with house band KALEIDOSCOPE + DJ SNUFF. Hosted by the vocal pugilist & spoken word guru DAVID J. Sign up to jam on the night!

Thursday 22 March 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE: MR SPAUDLING + BORDERLINE BAND

FREE 9pm - 2am

A Root Rock Reggae special with MR SPAUDLING, angelic voice, with his new album Vision backed by the BORDERLINE BAND + residents JAHREVELATIONMUZIK

Friday 23 March 2012

MAROONTOWN + TREAD READY + ALL THE QUEENS RAVENS + GINGER BLUSH + BOOM MONK BEN

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Superhoot presents MAROONTOWN,  Brixton legends, high energy ska rap and dancehall 9 piece festival giants and world globetrotters  + TREAD READY,  the dirtiest dub-plate riddims of dancehall Jamaica, with the sweets and sugars of Motowns’ northern soul and reality fuelled hip hop fire +  ALL THE QUEENS RAVENS, flamboyant bi-lingual mix of nu folk and country,  blues gospel and sultry flamenco. Fronted by two ladies with a devilish vocal chemistry and style that marries with  driving strings  + burlesque with GINGER BLUSH + BOOM MONK BEN, hip hop, 80s funk, dancehall and dubstep to house, funky, garage and drum and bass,

Saturday 24 March 2012

MANO DE DIOS + THEY SAY JUMP + PHILIPSMAN, LOLO MC & NANACERE BAND + MISS BOLIVIA + DJ CAL JADER & ARIAS

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Moviementos presents: MANO DE DIOS,  anarchic rumba-gypsy-rock’n'roll-swing + THEY SAY JUMP rabble rousing blend of ska-soul and latin. EP launch + PHILIPSMAN, LOLO MC & NANACERE BAND, live Cuban hip hop blending dancehall and caribbean flavours + Special guest from  direct from Argentina! + MISS BOLIVIA, Latin hip hop with cumber and dancehall + DJ CAL JADER & ARIAS, global – Latin beats with hip hop, funk and tropical bass

Sunday 25 March 2012

ROOTMASTER: BASTION

FREE 8pm, stageshow 9pm -midnight

Tastes like mango, stings like nettles, smells like mary-jane, sounds like afro-tek… experimental indie/afro

Wednesday 28 March 2012

AFROSPOT ALL STARS + GUESTS

FREE 9pm - 12

Kushentertainment presents AFROSPOT, every last Wednesday of the month. West African musicians from neighboring countries, perform an original expansion of High Life 6/8 rhymns with legendary drummer Kofi Adu and the guru of London’s African music scene, Adesose-Wallace and guests.

Thursday 29 March 2012

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE: THE WORRIES ft PRINCIPAL

FREE 9pm - 2am

A Roots Rock Reggae Special with THE WORRIES  ft PRINCIPAL + JAHREVELATIONMUZIK

Friday 30 March 2012

THE BAGHDADDIES + SAM AND THE WOMP + I AM FYA + WORLD’S TALLEST DJ

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Wormfood presents THE BAGHDADDIES, touring the world for 14 years, world music with a strong Balkan tendencies alongside Caribbean grooves, Middle Eastern rhythms and even some Geordie [native Newcastle] touches, awash with ska, jazz, punk and metal influences delivered with theatre and exuberance + festival favourites SAM AND THE WOMP performing original high energy balkan, ska, dub and rave out material with a huge WOMP of gypsy dubstep for pudding + I AM FYA  Dark Basslines and sexed up vocals to make your knees go weak + circus king WORLD’S TALLEST DJ mashing up electro swing and mixed crispy toestep styles

Saturday 31 March 2012

THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND + THE DON BRADMANS + TINI HOUDINI + AURORA GALORE + FYAH SOUND

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Superhoot presents: THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND, heady mix, relentlessly energetic cabaret carnival, all over Glastonbury, Lovebox and Europe, roaring on to Hoots stage, a borderless bag of Balkan brass ska and klezmer + THE DON BRADMANS,  genre-spanning blend of music they call chap rock,legendary live performances, witty songwriting, high-energy and innovative “The Don Bradmans come across like a 21st-Century Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, with added festival kudos. Its upbeat music with humour, aided by some great playing and an easy-going stage manner” Latest7, Brighton +  TINI HOUDINI, South London quirky pop + burlesque with AURORA GALORE +  FYAH SOUND, hip hop, jungle, drum & bass, dubstep, funk, party vibes

Sunday 01 April 2012

ROOTMASTER: MELODICA, MELODY and ME

FREE 8pm, stageshow 9pm -midnight

Churango-driven British folk fusion with vocal harmonies and catchy melodies

Saturday 21 April 2012

JAZZIE B (Soul2Soul), UNITED VIBRATIONS, FUTUREGROOVE

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Wormfood presents UK legend JAZZIE B, OBE,   “the man who gave British black music a soul of its own”, producer of number one hit with Soul2Soul ‘Back to Life’, BBC radio 1 DJ, with 6.8 million record sales behind him, mashing up Hootananny with a special 2 hour set + UNITED VIBRATIONS Born from Inner Space, on a journey of cosmic proportions, forged from diversity, united in voice and rhythm. Cosmodelic Afro-Punk, Inspired by Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and other great musicians …. ‘the best group I’ve seen in this country since . . . ever. United Vibrations are genuinely the most important band to come out of the UK since the big rock bands of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.’- Daniel Crosby – Jazz Reloaded + FUTUREGROOVE psychedelic Funk, Soul Funk, Rare Jazz Grooves led by vocalist Helen Mc Donald (Yaaba Funk) and an Army of astounding musicians

Friday 27 April 2012

LAZY HABITS + SAMSARA + FJOKRA + DJ SKETCHY

FREE b4 11pm, £3 after 9pm - 3am

Wormfood presents LAZY HABITS (album launch!) ‘The best house party your parents never wanted you to have’ – The Sun; 

Uncompromising, infectious and original,
inspired by New Orleans jazz, soul, hip hop, Big Bands of the 50’s and soaked in British Culture their eclectic sound packs a lasting and unforgettable punch…Beats, Rhymes and Brass of the highest calibre
+ SAMSARA ‘a startlingly new angle on the Jamaican sound’, embracing elements of folk, latin, rock, gypsy jazz and psychedelia in a hedonistic fusion of styles which is both unique and instantly recognisable
+ FJOKRA Earnest singer songwritery balladeering? NO! Retro revivalists? NO! ‘Hip’, urban funkateers? NO!’Queen on crack’? Perhaps. Chuck in a liberal dose of Mike Patton/Mr Bungle, Todd Rundgren, Prince, Rachmaninoff interludes and metal riffs the size of skyscrapers and you’re halfway to describing the musical smorgasbord that makes up Fjokra’s music. Oh, and there’s some Latin grooves and some monstrous Dubstep chucked in as well.
+ DJ SKETCHY (mixcloud.com) Sketchy, aka Nikhil Shah, is behind London clubnight and record label, ManMakeMusic, founder of one of the world’s biggest DJ mix sites, Mixcloud, and programmer of stages at Glade Festival and Secret Garden Party. He describes his sound as bumping, off-centre electronic music – from hip-hop, soul and boogie to house, disco and bass music.