Music
Hackney School of Folk launches Hackney’s first ever folk class
Tuition is proving popular among those with an interest in the Celtic music world
Read MoreStop. Rewind. Is scene set for cassette tapes revival?
Interest in anachronistic format is undergoing renaissance in the East End
Read MoreHackney Singers celebrate forty years
Group performed at opening ceremony of 2012 Paralympics
Read MoreTim Burgess and Aidan Moffat contribute to The Quietus music anthology
Collection by long-time resident of Stamford Hill’s Holmleigh Road Estate now available as e-book
Read MoreLife cycle: bike team pedal to Croatia to raise cash for The Steve Reid Foundation
DJ Gilles Peterson’s musicians’ charity benefits from mammoth ride across Alps
Read MoreGhostpoet to perform at the Hackney Empire
Hackney musician will play homecoming gig in October
Read MoreHackney’s Mikill Pane prepares for release of new album Blame Miss Barclay
‘It’s my masterpiece, man’: Stoke Newington-born hip-hop artist on his new record
Read MoreGert expectations: post-punk all female band rev up for album launch
Group put finishing touches to record at Curved Studios on Mare Street
Read MoreHackney Colliery Band’s new album Common Decency set for September release
Bold as brass: public-spirited ensemble tell of origins of their eclectic sound
Read MoreVISIONS festival – review
Jeffrey Lewis, !!!, Iceage and Cloud Nothings were among the offerings at music event
Read MorePlay it again: vinyl library perfect antidote to ‘soulless’ digital world
Not-for-profit initiative could be the start of a nationwide record revival. Spotify it ain’t.
Read MoreJeffrey Lewis among headliners at VISIONS festival
Alternative music fans should head to three day event in Hackney Downs
Read More‘Amazonian Beyonce’ to join list of Brazilian artists for one night only
Shoreditch venue Village Underground to host Mais Um Discos’ Novos sons do Brasil
Read MoreBring out the Cristal, Lil’ Kim is here for Lovebox
Festival this weekend promises an enviable lineup featuring AlunaGeorge, Azaelia Banks and ‘R&B Jesus’ D’Angelo
Read MoreFull of Eastern promise – rev up for ‘bigger and louder’ EE2013
Electronic music festival takes place in Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire in August
Read MoreDrome strike: Younghusband serve up relentless Krautrock
Hackney band gear up for next show on 14 July
Read MoreEastern Electrics Festival 2013 – preview
Rev up for ‘bigger and louder’ EE2013 electronic music festival in August
Read MoreRebirth of house, techno and garage in Hackney at FOUND Fest 2013
Maya Jane Coles, Lee Foss and Huxley among headline acts in Haggerston Park
Read MoreGold star: Can Phreeda Sharp conquer the female rapper throne?
Hackney-based French-Ghanaian ‘fem-cee’ wants to ‘give women the balls to say what they want’
Read MoreFOUND Festival – preview
House, techno and garage from around the world comes to Haggerston Park
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