Where is the London coffee scene at and where is it going?

I interviewed (by questionnaire) a number of the key figures on the London independent coffee scene. I have received a number of responses which make quite fascinating reading. If you want to be part of this, please email me here I purposely made the questions on the questionnaire very open. Also feel free to comment […]

Caravan Kings Cross

Wow! We’ve waited a long time for this. Caravan today exceeded all expectations and our expectations were high. Inhabiting part of the revamped Granary buildings North of Kings Cross, Caravan does most things right. The staff are friendly, the fit-out is good (all the contemporary staples of exposed brick and recycled furniture but done so […]

Jazz@Notes a photoset by Ped Leung

The music sessions at Notes Covent Garden are going well indeed. They seem to function to both help create an atmosphere for people to meet and chat in a convivial space with great wine, food and coffee and also as a gig for people who want to watch and listen . . . a happy […]

A Video Record – Delicatessen at The Green Note

Lots of good quality videos from our gig Friday at this intimate Camden venue. Sold out for the second gig in succession – this was a fun night for all concerned! Find out more about us at http://delicatessenmusic.com First a beautiful ballad from Turkey sung by Duygu   Then a driving Greek anthem with a […]

Delicatessen and Pakaw at St Ethelburgas January 14th!

Located on Bishopgate near to Liverpool St Station, St Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and piece has become known as a beautiful venue for world music in London. The original St Ethelburgas was destroyed by the IRA bomb in 1993 – it was rebuilt as a multi-faith centre. It’s really a great venue and this should […]

My Top Ten of 2011

Thundercat – The Golden Age of Apocalypse Mind blowing debut from Stephen Bruner alias Thundercat. Part of the incredible scene around guys like Flying Lotus and Miguel Atwood Ferguson in LA at the cutting edge of jazz, hip-hop, electronic music, dance music and the avant-garde, The Golden Age of the Apocalypse features layers of melodic […]

Delicatessen play “Divane Aşık Gibi” at Jamboree in Limehouse

This song is from the Pontian region on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The bass enters about half way through the song. The film was recorded during our soundcheck for our gig at Jamboree in July 2011. The band: Muzmee (violin) Jeremy Halliwell (guitar) Patricia de Mayo (oud, bass, percussion, vocals) Patrick Wendel (percussion) […]

Delicatessen CD – Meze!

The Mediterranean/Balkan/Rebetiko band I play with has released a 30 minute CD. You can download it or stream it from the link above if you’re interested. You can name your own price, we’ll use the money to finance copyright clearance and further recordings. The stream is lower quality audio than the download but will give […]