Our recent recommendations for Strange Brew
Sell out warning! You might've heard Rokia with 10 piece supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique, or with the backing of globetrotting super-producer Jacknife Lee. Now she’s putting her gritty griot-infused vocals to Malian guitar and a West African percussive pulse - it’s the sound of an emerging legend replenishing her roots. Totally unmissable FFO: Rokia Traoré, Tinariwen, Fatoumata Diawara.
Rokia Koné + special guests at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! You can’t talk about the last decade of rap without saying ‘Billy Woods’ or ‘Backwoodz’. And if you’re not shouting those names by the end of it, Lord help you. By our counts this’ll be the second time he’s ever taken the stage in Bristol (hands up the Armand Hammer 2019 crowd). Do whatever you need to do to be there. Untouchable FFO: Quelle Chris, Def Jux, Ka, Mike, JPEGMAFIA, Pink Siifu.
Billy Woods + DJ Haram at Strange Brew.
Sell out warning! ‘Folktronica’ is a dirty word, so Stick In the Wheel prefer ‘Medieval Kraftwerk’ (and we can’t put it better). Auto-tuned Cockney poetry and glitched out field recordings via 17th century MIDI files. Unclassifiably gorgeous.
Stick In The Wheel at Strange Brew.