Pre-Carnival Sound System Celebration
UK Reggae pioneers Aswad celebrate 40 Years of their seminal 1983 LP, Live and Direct, on Saturday 26 August as part of Woodbridge festival's London launch and Windrush Day 75 Grant celebrations.
HE ROSS READING LIVE AT THE RIVERSIDE
H.E Ross' poem for Noise of Art's Black Montmartre project documents the life of King, an enslaved boy of Benjamin Franklin's, who ran away while they were visiting the UK and found freedom with a Lady in Suffolk and
NoA Closes #IVW21 with Leee John
Independent Venues Week 2021 (25 – 29th Jan 2021) presents in association with Woodbridge Festival and The Riverside the incomparable LEEE JOHN OF IMAGINATION with “ACOUSTICLEEE” + Q & A with Ben Osborne/Nosie Of Art, Date: Friday 29th January,
NoA at Woodbridge Lockdown Festival Part Three
Woodbridge Festival 2020 Lockdown Part Three Continuing our programme of online and socially distanced Lockdown 2020 events, Noise of Art has been programming and filming live performances across the Suffolk market town of Woodbridge for the Woodbridge Festival of Art
Noise of Art announces Black Montmartre in lockdown
BLACK MONTMARTRE: American Jazz and European Street Music 1920’s-2020’s. Noise of Art's Black Montmartre project is inspired by the arrival of Black American music and clubs in Europe after WW1 and celebrates the way Europe has embraced black American music
POEM: Benjamin Franklin, the Lady and a Runaway Enslaved Boy named King by h.e Ross
As Part of Noise of Art's Black Montmartre project, exploring the long relationship between black American and European street music, we commissioned US poet H.E Ross to write about the true story of King, an enslaved boy owned by
H E Ross Live Audio
HE ROSS READING LIVE AT TURK'S HEAD SOCIAL - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THE LADY AND ENSLAVED BOY NAMED KING. San Franciscan born American poet reads his Noise of Art commissioned poem, which was timed to coincide with the anniversary of Dr
Red Snapper – Brother
Exclusive new music from Red Snapper for Noise of Art's new project, Black Montmartre. Inspired by the long cultural dialogue between Europe and Black American music, we had planned to launch it this year, until the pandemic changed that. 'Brother'
Small Axe Gets Imagination
Sunday's Small Axe to feature Leee John of Imagination
Leee John of Imagination Live in Lockdown
Pioneering Brit soul and funk singer Leee John performs an intimate live set and talks to Ben Osborne about the story of British black music as he lived it. The streamed show is raising money for Save Our venues.
leee john of imagination live in lockdown
Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music’s Lockdown 2020 presents LEEE John of Imagination. The pioneering black music legend
NoA at Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music 2020 Lockdown part 1. Broadcasts Sunday 2 August
On Sunday 2 August 2020 Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music presents 2020 Lockdown, an online broadcast of specially recorded new live shows featuring Leee John of Imagination, Red Snapper (new track recorded in lockdown), DJ Ben Osborne, J.S
Noise of Art – Covid-19 Update
Following government advice Noise of Art is currently suspending all activity while we observe social distancing to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. While halting activity, we look forward to collaborating again with the many partners we have worked with over