Music
The secret history of Kentish Town’s piano factories
Did you know that between 1870 and 1914 Camden was the centre of the world’s manufacture of pianos?
BBC6Music Festival in Camden: Amy Lamé speaks
As the high-profile radio station bash touches down in Camden Town this weekend, Ben Osborne speaks to their presenter – and London Night Czar – on why the area remains vital to our culture
The Sandersons: Live gigs in an NW5 living room
Throwing gigs for 50 people in your own living room might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s proved a hit for one local
World’s largest philosophy and music festival at Kenwood
HowTheLightGetsIn brings leading thinkers, politicians, musicians and comedians to a weekend-long bash like no other, set deep in the urban woods on Hampstead Heath
The story of a podcast: Mixtape Assembly
Kentish Town musician Hartley Lloyd Pack on his new north London-focused podcast series
Music & Soul: a special Kentish Town performance
A one-off double bill of musical theatre from arts company NW Live explores the challenges experienced by homecoming soldiers
Rocket Girl at 20: meet Kentish Town’s vinyl queen
We salute Vinita Joshi, the woman behind a remarkable independent record label
Golden Ears: a podcast inspired by Bull & Gate
Music industry don Andy Macleod set up Club Fandango in 2001, putting on pivotal gigs for Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and Keane
KOKO to close for a year for £40million reboot
The Camden venue to reopen with six performance areas, three new restaurants and retail outlets
Let it Roll Records: now with in-store coffee and garden
We meet the owner of the Kentish Town Road vinyl haven’s new caffeine-fuelled hangout
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