Konkombe – The Nigerian Pop Music Scene (1979) is a film by groundbreaking British documentarian, Jeremy Marre (1949 – 2021) which is having 3 showings at @riocinema in mid October. The film was part of Beats of the Heart, a 14-part award-winning music documentary series initially shown on British television and later on public television in the United States. The film won awards at Cannes and came to influence David Byrne and Paul Simon, and many other artists of the time, interested in non-Western music. Paul Simon first learned of Ladysmith Black Mambazo through Rhythm of Resistance, another film in the series, and which eventually led to Graceland. In Konkombe – The Nigerian Pop Music Scene, Marre makes a deepdive into the incredible music being made in Nigeria in the late 70s, fueled by the hugely influential Festac 77 festival, two years prior. It stars Fela, King Sunny Ade, and most notably, The Lijadu Sisters, with their young children in tow and often surrounded by all-male musicians and producers, as they try to get their ideas across. @thelijadusisters ongoing reissue campaign under way on @thenumerogroup 'Horizon Unlimited' out now - details of further reissues to be announced shortly.

Tune into @rossallenmusic ever excellent @nts_radio show 'Soup To Nuts' this morning at 11am for an in depth chat to one of the founders of the amazing @thenumerogroup Rob Sevier In town for the Numero Pop up store on Scrutton Street, Shoreditch that's open until Sunday, Rob & Ross chat through the histroty of the label and play some gems from the catalogue.

🎛️🎙️ @thenumerogroup POP UP opening its doors today in Shoreditch…a warm welcome and goodies galore from their mind-blowing catalogue await. Also, tune into @morningglorysoho for a week of mixes from various Numero staff 🎙️🎛️

Melbourne’s @delivery_lyf have announced their second album ‘Force Majeure’- new track ‘Operating At Loss’ out on the airwaves NOW…album out 17th January via the superlative @heavenlyrecordings 12 tracks of lean, no-fuss-stuff, quick to the point, magic ✨

Great read this morning on @thequietus - Yeye Taiwo of @thelijadusisters interviewed for their forthcoming reissue campaign with the ever excellent @thenumerogroup ‘Horizon Unlimited’, their 1979 album out this week.

Fantastic read on @faroutmagazine - @katyjpearsonband talking about her forthcoming new album, 'Someday, Now' out on @heavenlyrecordings next Friday

Eyes down for the return of @franz_ferdinand with their cracking new studio album, 'The Human Fear'. Out 10th January on @dominorecordco first track 'Audacious' out in the wild NOW. U.K. tour dates in March 25...

@songhoyblues new album Héritage is out on @transgressivehq Friday 17th January 2025. The 11-track album features some of Mali’s most renowned musicians & vocalists, including Afel Bocoum, Rokia Koné, Neba Solo, Madou Diabaté and more and sees them reaching into the past to bring forward something more traditional, contemplative, soulful and unquestionably the band's most transcendent release to date.

Meat raffle at 7, @officialthe_the at 8 - fantastic warm up show ahead of the Ensoulment world tour at the tremendous Birdwell Venue just outside Barnsley…

👀👀keep 'em peeled - new one from @pipe.eye 'Pipe-defy' out 18th October on @pdoomrecords First track, 'Lords Of Lithium' out in the wild NOW 👀👀

NO GUIGSY, NO GIG #justice4paul #4stringsolidarity #fairpayforafairdayswork #stonedbutstillsolid @oasis

Happy international dog day

🔥🇮🇪👊 @kneecap32 go to @officialrandl 👊 🇮🇪 🔥

READ ALL ABOUT IT - the tale of @officialthe_the first album in 24 years, ‘Ensoulment’ as told to today’s @guardian and the mighty @mojo4music (subscribers issues out today - in the shops start of next week)…Ensoulment in the shops 6th Sept..

👑🦎 🧙 Some @kinggizzard love this morning for Flight b741 their latest album out today, and first for their own @pdoomrecords Album of the Week slots in both The Guardian and The Times 🙏 @will.hodgkinson and @shaad 👑🦎🧙

🇮🇪 📖 👀 @kneecap32 grace the cover of the August / September issue of the @nmemagazine print edition... 📖 👀 🇮🇪

HELLLLLLLLLO BROOKLYN….35 today

Great read on @thequietus -@officialspzd Jason Pierce's Bakers Dozen. 'Songs In A&E' reissue out now and J Spaceman & John Coxon's 'Music For William Eggleston’s Stranded In Canton' out 18th October, both on the mighty @fatpossum

@kinggizzard ' Oink Flight b741: The Making Of...' 15 min mini-doc out there now.. Director: @guytyzack Cinematographer: @maclayheriot and @___just.tom___ Staring: @davidmacraeactor New track, 'Hog Calling Contest' from forthcoming long-player, 'Flight b741' out in the wild now too...album out 9th August on @pdoomrecords