Transglobal Underground

TGU appearing at Beyond the Border-Wales International Storytelling festival on Sunday July 1st. http://www.beyondtheborder.com/festival/line-up/transglobal-underground/

After the success of the Portobello show with Ingrid Webster, we’re moving east and playing her London Zulu mashup set along with our multi-talented multi-Perisan Gulf project In Transit playing a warm-up set for the River of London show. This is, of course, a secret gig, only we thought we’d Read more…

We’ve been involved with putting together a very special show for the pre-Olympic River of Music festivities at Battersea Park on Sunday July 22nd. ‘In Transit’ is a rare London meeting of a number of very disparate artists originating from the Gulf region. The whole show is only going to Read more…

Thanks to everyone who braved the Royal Rain to make it down to party at the Old Print Works in Birmingham last night. Great music from Village Well and the drummers from Cameroun. The sun’s back out and we’re headed to the fabled metropolis of Dorchester.

SUNDAY JUNE 3rd:   Celebrating Sanctuary, The Old Print Works, Ballsall Heath, Birmingham http://www.celebrating-sanctuary.org.uk/ MONDAY JUNE 4th: Dorchester Festival, Dorchester Arts Centre http://dorchesterfestival.co.uk

New show added!……TGU play as part of the Celebrating Sanctuary festival, the Old Print Works, Mosley Rd, Birmingham. Tickets are £8.00 in advance from www.theticketsellers.co.uk Celebrating Sanctuary brochure

Transglobal Underground Presents London Zulu featuring Ingrid Webster performing the songs of her late mother Doreen Thobekile & more On the Decks: Jamie Renton (Chilli Fried/Shout Collective) Alex Stewart (Flying Carpet) at Mau Mau Bar, 265 Portobello Road  London W11 1LR 020 7229 8528 on Friday 11th May 2012, 8PM-12AM Read more…

New single out now on iTunes and Amazon…..’Gasbah Ya Moul Taxi’ is the debut single from Algerian born artist Sofiane Saidi, from the forthcoming album ‘El Mordjane’ It’s co-produced by Tim from TGU; Sofiane’s worked with Natacha Atlas, uCef, Naab, and a number of leading rai and French acts. The Read more…

Dubai ‘In Transit.’ An amazing line-up from Qatar to the Edgeware Road, the mountains of the Arabian peninsula and the streets of Paris…..no one can describe this music because, until yesterday, no one had ever made music like it. First show on Friday, a few photos to come too.