Music
By Tabish Khan

Review: West African Culture Arrives At The British Library

Find out how the banjo evolved.

 ★★★★☆
By Londonist

Deal Of The Day: A Refined Evening With Strauss, Mozart And The BBC Symphony Orchestra

Top-class classical music from a tenner.
By M@

London To Get A Night Mayor As Part Of Plan To Help Live Music

'Champion of night economy' to fight venue closures.
By Stuart Black

Smack My Puccini Up: La Boheme At Coliseum Reviewed

Sex, drugs and opera singing.

 ★★☆☆☆
By Partner

Ticket Offer: Live Music And Rooftop Dancing In Kensington

Nina Nesbitt performs at the Roof Gardens.
By Andy Thornley

Vinyl Frontier: New Events Bring Out London’s Cultural Influencers

Proper records once again on the rise.

Deal Of The Day: Traditional Korean Music And Dance

Enjoy a rare London evening of geomungo, daegeum and haegeum.

Deal Of The Day: Half Price African Drumming Workshop

Sense of fun: required. Sense of rhythm: optional.
History
By Kyra Hanson

How Black Pirate Radio Stations Revolutionised London's Music Scene

DTI raids, occasional sabotage and racial tensions couldn't stop them

Deal Of The Day: £45 Off American Idiot Musical

Green Day gets the mega musical treatment, you get the mega discount.
By Kyra Hanson

Catch These London Acts At Community Festival

Revamp your iPod with these acts tipped to be the sounds of 2016.
By Laura Reynolds

Experience Contemporary Opera In London's Only Lighthouse

Plus a boat ride.
By Kyra Hanson

Living For The Weekend? Why Not Try A Weekday Rave

A Wednesday pick-me-up.
By Zoe Craig

All Aboard! Live Bus-Based Art Performance Comes To The No 9

Singing and scribbling from Sculpture Shock.
By Will Noble

Watch A Band Make (Nice) Noise In A Library

Accompanied by a vintage light show.
By Londonist

Doc’n Roll Festival Goes Behind The Music

From Morphine to Mavis Staples.

Deal Of The Day: 40% Off Soundscapes Exhibition At The National Gallery

What sound does a painting make?

Why Was Red Smoke Coming Out Of Old Truman Brewery’s Chimney?

Desperados' City Hack gets city-dwellers thinking creatively.

Deal Of The Day: The Bedford Rocks Festival

Head-banging fun.

Pharrell, Florence + The Machine, Disclosure And One Direction Will Play Apple Music Festival

Free gigs!

Deal Of The Day: 25% Off Rooftop Festival Tickets

Classy Kensington, al fresco.
By Londonist

No Longer Invisible: The Emergence Of London's East Asian Arts Scene

And where to experience it.
By Zoe Craig

Video: Hoxton Hall Relaunches

The home of contemporary variety in London.
By Janan Jay

K-Pop And Kimchi At Korean Festival This Sunday

Plus load of people dressed like PSY.