On Saturday July 19th 500 people crammed into a secret gig at a local Scottish pub in Brixton to see Manu Chao and his band Radio Bemba play in support of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Hosted by Movimientos, the night featured live music and documentary films and raised funds for the Native Spirit Foundation.

This was, certainly for Londoners, a truly unique opportunity to see Manu Chao in an intimate setting, a far cry from huge festival headline slots and stadium tours. The band sweated and poured every ounce of energy into their performance finally finishing at 3am, after a truly exhilarating hour and a half show.

Three fantastic bands had already set the tempo for the night to an excited crowd. Kogui (Colombia), Kausary (Peru), and Ambaibo (Bolivia) featuring musicians from all over Latin American, played a vibrant mix of rhythms rooted in indigenous music.

Proceeds from the event will go to Native Spirit Foundation to help fund autonomous educational projects for children in indigenous communities and to support communities in their struggle to maintain their culture and land.

Movimientos is currently programming stages and acts for Global Local

Global Local is an Arts Council funded project that hunts down and provides a platform for the most cutting edge, up and coming acts from a whole host of genres. Whether Roma or a Rumba, these artists are remixing their culture with the myriad of 21st Century styles that exist in the UK today. The fresh new sound of contemporary UK/World music will be appearing at 22 Global Local stages at UK festivals in this, the project’s third year.

These acts appear at many various world-class Festivals, including WOMAD, Glastonbury and Bestival here in the UK and are also much in demand globally with a busy touring schedule

Working as the main partner on the Latin section - Movimientos is bringing together some of the most exciting up and coming and established music acts from traditional roots, global fusions, urban Latin sounds, future Latin remix and dance acts and performers. This year Movimientos has already programmed more than 10 acts at different stages at local council festivals and is always on the look out for exciting new acts.

For more information on Global Local check the website:- http://www.globallocal.co.uk/

London to Havana – The Real Voices of Cuba
In March 2007 two of Cuba’s most influential rap groups since Orishas, Obsesión and Los Paisanos, toured the UK in association with Movimientos, taking part in public discussions as well as live performances in order to give audiences insight into urban culture and society in Cuba today.
By night the tour went to six UK City's with explosive live concerts, DJs and Mcs. Plus films, visuals, stalls, Latin American cocktails y mucho mas!
March 2007 Tour Dates
Dates/Venues:
Wednesday 7th – Cambridge
Saturday 10th – Bristol
Monday 12th - Norwich
Wednesday 14th – Brighton
Saturday 17th – Nottingham TBC