by Ngaio Anyia | Nov 4, 2015 | Culture, Music Reviews
Akua Naru was at The Lantern last month – a spoken word artist that has been on my radar for only a year or so after a friend compared one of my songs to hers (massive compliment) but who I thought I’d never actually get to see live. Originally from...
by Ngaio Anyia | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture, Festivals, Music Reviews
I cannot believe how long it’s taken me to write about Love Saves The Day. In my defence, I was up in Birmingham getting job training for the month and only managed to shoot back for the long weekend before going back again – the fun never...
by Ngaio Anyia | May 22, 2015 | Culture, Music Reviews
Lonnie Liston Smith. In the At-Bristol Planetarium. Literally four rows in front of me. Being interviewed by Gilles Peterson about his life in music and casually talking about working with Ray Charles and John Coltrane and so many others… What? Is this my life?...
by Ngaio Anyia | May 11, 2015 | Culture, Music Reviews
You could be forgiven for thinking that Denai Moore is simply a beautiful voice. If you know her from soundcloud (as I did) it is possible you listened to her electronic based music and assumed that she is another producer based artist – you would be wrong. I...
by Ngaio Anyia | May 5, 2015 | Culture, Reviews, Theatre
Do we still need religion? That’s the question that was asked when I went to Mass. Now this wasn’t any normal kind of Mass…. I assume normal Mass doesn’t have a pyre of Otis Reading and Aretha Franklin and kick off with free cider. If it did I...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture, Reviews, Theatre
Here’s a question. When does a habit turn into an addiction? If you have a couple of glasses of wine in the evening does that make you an alcoholic? Followed by a couple of painkillers in the morning before work, are you an addict? Abulations is a play based on...
