Dear Visitor,
A series of FREE tours, open to all, have been planned for Thursday lunchtime, and highlight Africa and the Black Diaspora within the V&A museum. These tours present rare opportunities to explore objects, sometimes more than once, that go unnoticed, often because they are not relevant to our personal history or heritage or we are simply not interested. Occasionally, however if the hidden is introduced to us, their stories have such an impact regardless of background, culture or status, that we remember and embrace them and make them our own. Join us for the first of three tours that we hope will leave you with much to think about:
Searching the Hidden CaribbeanDATE: Thursday 19 September
TIME: 13.00 - 14.15 (75 min)
WHERE: Meeting Point, Grand Entrance, V&A Museum
ADDRESS: The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 2RL
Enjoy a tour of some of the V&A's Caribbean objects hidden amongst, arguably, the most outstanding art and design collection in the world. Meet a scholar and a collector of fine art who both made their income on the back of slave trading. Look out for a house servant, a hair grooming kit and a warrior. Discover Nat Gaynes and the suit worn by London's first Black headteacher, and try to decipher the slogans ‘The Mighty Tamaroo’ and ‘King Peace the Great'. Led by Avril Horsford, Cultural and Academic Consultant.
The tour is FREE but places are limited to a maximum of 25 visitors on a first come first served basis
Click to view on-line information
Other tours in the series are:
Dates may be subject to change - please check the V&A website before planning your journey
Africans in Medieval & Renaissance Art -
led by Michael Ohajuru on Thursday 24 October
Underground & Overground: minding the gap in the V&A collections of various images of Black representation -
led by Rovianne Matovu on Thursday 20 February 2014
Kind Regards,
Janet Browne
Programme Manager
Black Heritage & Culture
Learning & Interpretation Division
Victoria & Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
Direct Line: 020 7942 2184
Email: j.browne@vam.ac.uk
Learning & Interpretation Division
Victoria & Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
Direct Line: 020 7942 2184
Email: j.browne@vam.ac.uk
Dear All
ADAD will be a part of the Dance UK Programme Launch Party (http://www.danceuk.org/events/event/9909/) next Monday, in London . Please come and say hi to us if you’re going to be there.
There are no places left at this event, but fear not the event is going to be streamed live so you can hear all about the great programmes run by Dance UK and how these currently and will benefit dancers, teachers, dance companies and choreographers in the future. Tune into all the action from 7.15pm at this link: http://www.artstreamingtv.com/
Best wishes
Paula
Paula Allen
Programmer
ADAD
Finsbury Town Hall
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4QT
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7841 7358
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7833 2363
Email: paula@adad.org.uk
Registered charity number: 1141072
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Hello Mario,
Autumn has begun to creep up on us but we’re not letting it dampen the mood in the Songlines office! With the London African Music Festival kicking off tonight, there is still plenty of great live music to look forward to over the coming month to hang on to that summer spirit.
We’ve already got stuck into creating the November/December 2013 (#96) edition, and you can expect something rather different. It’s been seven years since we last changed the look of Songlines, so watch this space for further updates.
Make sure you listen to the current podcast, which features music by Jupiter & Okwess International and Mulatu Astatke, Russ Slater on Family Atlantica, Chris Moss on Paco Peña and a track by Pink Martini featuring Rufus Wainwright. Download the podcast here.
And finally, on November 12 at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Rooms, we are proud to present guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione who will be playing pieces from his latest album Sketches of Africa. Songlines Music Awards 2013 nominee Katy Carr will also be performing. Click here for tickets.
The Songlines Team
PS Receive a £50 discount per booking on our Songlines Music Travel trip to Senegal if booked by September 20. Scroll down to find out more!
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Discount: £50 Off Songlines Music Travel trip to Senegal (November 22-December 1 2013)
 Dakar is one of the hottest music capitals in Africa – renowned for its high-energy mbalax music, the rhythmic dance style pioneered by Youssou N’Dour; and its hip-hop scene, one of the most vibrant in Africa. But as well as being an exciting and lively city, it’s also part of the developing world and hard to negotiate as an outsider.
Music programmes often change without warning but with Songlines’ help, you can find the best local sounds, from mbalax to folk via reggae, roots and hip-hop, and get an understanding of the music at its roots.
For a full itinerary visit www.songlinesmusictravel.com.
Receive a £50 discount per booking on this trip if booked by September 20.
Terms & conditions apply. To book your tickets, please call +44 (0)1992 579 697 quoting ‘SLMT95’.
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Competition: Win a pair of tickets to see Tamikrest at London’s XOYO, October 20
 Formed in 2006, Saharan blues group Tamikrest are often referred to as Tinariwen’s youthful incarnation. Fronted by the soft-spoken Ousmane Ag Mossa, the band have already etched their name in Touareg music folklore with their first two albums. Tamikrest’s third record Chatma (‘Sisters’), released on September 16, will no doubt only reaffirm their ever-growing popularity.
We will be featuring Tamikrest in the next issue (Nov/Dec #96) along with our review of Chatma.
To enter the competition simply click here. The winner will be contacted after October 4.
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English Folk Dance and Song Society’s autumn season of folk music and events at Cecil Sharp House
 Check out the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s (EFDSS) autumn season of folk music and events taking place at Cecil Sharp House, London.
Highlights include American old time duo Rhiannon Giddens & Leyla McCalla, an Anglo-Canadian collaboration by Sam Carter & Catherine MacLellan, Irish accordionist Sharon Shannon and Texan jazz/swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown to name but a few.
Visit www.cecilsharphouse.org for a full list of events.
Click here to download the autumn Cecil Sharp House brochure
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