Music

19 February 2012

The Good Ship NW6 7JR[map]

20 April 2012

Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre WD17 2JP[map]

The former lead guitarist with Taxi has now gone solo. Exclusive acoustic tracks.

23 March 2012

St Giles-in-the-Fields Church WC2H 8LG[map]

A classical performance featuring Maureen Galea Beethoven on piano playing compositions of Smetana, Hummel, Vorisek and Suk.

6 March 2012

Royal Festival Hall SE1 8XX[map]

As the great Italian pianist celebrates his 70th birthday in 2012 his unique artistic stature seems more widely acknowledged than ever. Pollini returns to Royal Festival Hall in a concert that follows last season's celebrated series of five recitals.

29 April 2012

Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub E17 4SA[map]

A gig from folk rebels Mawkin, with a bold new sound that strengthens their instrumental roots and embraces a new, exuberant exploration into the traditional folk canon. Expect the Essex drawl of Dave Delarre's vocals and guitar, the club-influenced beats of long-time producer and percussionist Lee Richardson, and a host of wild and emotive melodies from the frenetic fiddling fingers of James Delarre and the virtuosic bellowing of Nick Cooke's melodeon.

5 April 2012

Wigmore Hall W1U 2BP[map]

8 April 2012

229 W1W 5PN[map]

22 March 2012

The Barfly NW1 8AN[map]

Live indie-rock from Max Raptor.

22 March 2012

St Martin-in-the-Fields Church WC2N 4JJ[map]

Britten: Fanfare for St Edmondsbury; Allegri: Miserere; Baird: Gethsemene (first performance); Haydn: Nelson Mass.

3 April 2012

Dartford Working Men's Club DA1 2AU[map]

A live performance from Megson, playing folk and acoustic.

18 February 2012

Le QuecumBar & Brasserie SW11 3HX[map]

Melissa James sings soulful jazz and swing with Andy Robinson on guitar.

18 March 2012

Lauderdale House N6 5HG[map]

Cabaret, with popular songs and instrumentals including jazz standards and French numbers.

1 April 2012

Hootananny Hostel SW2 1DF[map]

A night of live music from Melodica and Melody And Me.

5 March 2012

Bull & Gate NW5 2TJ[map]

Melodramas spent the last year recording with multi-platinum producer Sam Williams (Supergrass, Plan B, Noisettes) and touring distant shores (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, Kuwait). Closer to home, the band have been personally requested by Taylor Hawkins and David Johansson of The New York Dolls to join their bands on tour in the UK.

Recurring event

Inigo SW8 3JW[map]

Tuesday karaoke with a difference accompanied by a live band.

3 March 2012

The Garage N5 1RD[map]

A gig from The Members, one of the wittiest and most imaginative guitar bands to emerge in the aftermath of the 1977 punk explosion. Having got together in the sleepy suburbs of Bagshot and Camberley, they were too far removed from the new wave's fashionable London cliques to take their place alongside such pioneers as The Clash and the Sex Pistols. When they did break through, with 'Sound Of The Suburbs' in 1979, they did so not by singing about high-rise living, dole queues and anarchy, but with a song that wryly reflected their somewhat more mundane suburban roots.

23 February 2012

The Camp (City Arts and Music Project) EC1Y 2BJ[map]

29 May 2012

Institut Francais SW7 2DT[map]

The award-winning Mercury Quartet comprises four rising stars of the UK's contemporary music scene. They perform classic works of the 20th century as well as improvisations, live compositions, new commissions and unknown masterpieces.