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Written in the stars

From rural Porto to Stratford: Sophya’s Fate is a four-track meditation on roots and belonging

Author: Ellie Waterhouse

'It's all the stuff I was too scared to say before' - Lailana

After five years away from her own music, Dalston singer-songwriter Lailana is writing again — about faith, family and her Lebanese, Palestinian and Filipino roots. At the heart of it is TaoSol, the jam night she founded at The Jago

Author: Ellie Waterhouse

'It's all the stuff I was too scared to say before' - Lailana

Cometh the Hour, cometh the folk: Ninebarrow to play Hackney concert

Folk twosome Ninebarrow will soon be back on the road, and met with East End Review ahead of their upcoming Hackney gig

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Cometh the Hour, cometh the folk: Ninebarrow to play Hackney concert

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

Whitlam released his first full-length album, ‘Strangers (Again)’, before a packed-out crowd at Rough Trade East last week

Author: Sam Foxell

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

LGBTQ+ club night Duckie is back after four years in new East London venue

The iconic events that once lit up the pubs of Vauxhall have an unlikely new home in Hackney

Author: Lizzie McAllister

LGBTQ+ club night Duckie is back after four years in new East London venue

'We don’t make money from music' — grassroots venues face existential threat from empty dance floors and soaring costs

The East End is home to some of London’s most legendary music venues, but for some, the future is uncertain

Author: Sam Foxell

'We don’t make money from music' — grassroots venues face existential threat from empty dance floors and soaring costs

'How I got my start' – Kojey Radical lights up MOTH Club as campaign to 'save venue' gains traction

The Shoreditch-raised rapper demanded the protection of London's small-scale venues from the stage of one which campaigners say is under threat

Author: Gabriel Stewart

'How I got my start' – Kojey Radical lights up MOTH Club as campaign to 'save venue' gains traction

Petition to 'save MOTH Club' reaches 30,000 signatures as supporters say it 'must be protected'

Campaigners say the venue's future is under threat, setting a 'catastrophic precedent' after two planning applications to build flats next door were submitted

Author: Gabriel Stewart

Petition to 'save MOTH Club' reaches 30,000 signatures as supporters say it 'must be protected'

London sea shanty choir reimagines classic songs for the modern age in debut album

This non-audition choir has one mission - revolutionise a tragically dying art for the modern age

Author: Gabriel Wilding

London sea shanty choir reimagines classic songs for the modern age in debut album

'I have very strong political opinions. I also like going to the pub' - rapper Pozzy on his latest EP and being 'as authentic as possible'

Pozzy might be the east London rap scene's rising star, but he doesn't let his growing fame get to his head

Author: Sam Foxell

'I have very strong political opinions. I also like going to the pub' - rapper Pozzy on his latest EP and being 'as authentic as possible'

‘It opens my life up’ - the Hackney café healing a community through song

The Stoke Newington social enterprise aims to alleviate the challenges created by the cost of living crisis, all while building community through food and music

Author: Gabriel Stewart

‘It opens my life up’ - the Hackney café healing a community through song

The Comet is Coming: Hackney’s dark horse for Mercury Prize glory

A heady mix of space exploration, spirituality and improvisation have landed a Hackney avant-jazz trio in the running for the prestigious music prize

Author: East End Review

The Comet is Coming. Photograph: Fabrice Bourgelle