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OPINION - Gilles Peterson: Don't write off London's dance scene just yet

This weekend as I made my way down to Broadcasting House for my 6 Music show I encountered a tense and uncomfortable energy in the air as crowds gathered under dark storm clouds.

Evening Standard

We Out Here 2025 review: Gilles Peterson throws a damn good party

4/5 This four-day festival is a sonic feast of music and food, and it hits all the right notes

Evening Standard

Urban Village Fete celebrate 10 years with Gilles Peterson headlining

The fete on Greenwich Peninsula is celebrating a decade in style

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‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture

He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson remember a pivotal figure

The Guardian - UK

How can we save British nightlife from collapse? Look to Germany – and its football

Small venues are the heart of our musical culture. Here’s a two-pronged plan to keep that heart beating, writes broadcaster and DJ Gilles Peterson

The Guardian - UK

Disco, jazz and frogs doing techno: Cosmic Slop, the Leeds club night resisting gentrification

Four Tet and Floating Points are among the star DJs obsessed with this west Yorkshire party which raises funds for local kids – and has kept the developers at bay

The Guardian - UK

Doncaster musician Skinny Pelembe: ‘Not everything needs to be such a woe-is-me thing’

Iggy Pop and Grace Jones are fans of his. Annabel Nugent speaks to multi-instrumentalist Doya Beardmore about his genre-hopping sound, leaving Gilles Peterson’s record label, and what real success looks like

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‘What a voice!’ – Cat Stevens pays tribute after death of Linda Lewis at 72

Tributes also came from Tracey Thorn from Everything But The Girl and radio DJ Gilles Peterson.

The Independent UK

‘A big chunk of my motivation is vengeance’: Skinny Pelembe, the musical don of Doncaster

After leaving Gilles Peterson’s label, the artist felt adrift. But by drawing on a heritage that stretches from Birmingham to Mozambique, his new music is his most confident yet

The Guardian - UK

Noel McKoy dies - devastated friends and fans pay tribute to legendary soul singer

Legendary British soul singer Noel McKoy has died aged 62 and devastated friends and fans have paid emotional tributes to the well-known musician on social media

Daily Mirror

‘It feels harder than ever’: independent radio stations under threat from rising bills

Gilles Peterson and other station bosses explain how the passion projects that sustained music scenes and consoled listeners over lockdown now find themselves in jeopardy from rocketing costs – with little sign of government help

The Guardian - UK

We Out Here festival review – celebratory weekend of raucous dance and cosmic jazz

Showcasing rising UK talents like Two Shell and the Comet Is Coming alongside Detroit legends Underground Resistance, Gilles Peterson’s festival is a delight

The Guardian - UK

Prada and Ralph Lauren products up for grab on eBay this week

Celebrities including Dame Helen Mirren and Gemma Atkinson have donated products

Liverpool Echo

‘It was a Lazarus story’: how BBC 6 Music rose from the dead to become the home of new music

As the indie station celebrates its 20th anniversary, key players explain its humble roots, how it survived the threat of cancellation, and how they see its future

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