Rock and Pop: Latest news >April 15
Published: 15 April 2010
by ROISIN GADELRAB
SUNDAY Times columnist India Knight has a dilemma – she’s coming to the Camden Crawl but refuses to attend the “gittish” gigs her sons like. Tough call. Any suggestions? The Emerging Talent Awards-winners have now been announced. Best Song went to Shiv Lizzy – a bittersweet triumph, and fitting tribute to the talented musician who died recently. Winners’ details and the Crawl’s Hawley Crescent outdoor stage line-up at www.thecamdencrawl.com
• After mentioning Reverend and the Makers frontman Jon McClure’s bad luck on the slopes last week, it seems he’s run into more trouble. He issued an urgent appeal on Twitter after being robbed before an Amsterdam gig, calling for a last-minute offer of a keyboard.
•l Hip hop legend Nas and Damian Marley (youngest son of Bob) bring their Distant Relatives tour to the Electric Ballroom (April 21). Tickets are extremely limited. Promoters promise it’s “the most intimate performance anyone will get of these two iconic musicians”. For once the hype may be true.
• Hip hop duo Gianni and Viper’s new single, Boom Boom, is out next week, and album out next month. Catch them this weekend at the opening of West Hampstead’s milkshake bar Shaketastic.
• Folky cellist Laura Victoria launched her debut EP at the Green Note on Tuesday – by all accounts it was a summery success.
• Wolf People play a charity gig for Refuge at the 02 Academy Islington (April 22). Also playing are 50ft Woman, Velvetines and Patrick is Silvercub.