Art Terry & The Black Bohemians + Cosmo Pyke (Live) & GW Jazz

CLF 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WEEKENDER!!! Fri Dec 01 to Sun Dec 03 (£5-15 Per event or Free Entry) - To celebrate 20 years of Chronic Love Foundation (CLF) we’re throwing a mighty celebratory weekender in collaboration with Red Bull and Havana Club, featuring 24 acts performing at 9 events, over 3 days, at 2 stunning venues - deep in the heart of Peckham at The CLF Art Lounge & Roof Gardens + next door at the recently restored Old Waiting Room (OWR), Peckham Rye Station.

And for this momentous weekender we’ve opened the black book, pulled out all the stops and are set to deliver an eclectic 3 day heavyweight line up to truly dance, get down or chill for. Pure fire all weekend long!

Featuring Art Terry & The Black Bohemians to Cosmo Pyke (Live), The South London Soul Train with Jazzheadchronic & Brass Rascals (Live), Marque Gilmore x Beka Reid (Live), Roberto Pla Big Band + John Armstrong, Orquesta Estelar Cuban Big Band x Orquesta Mambarito, Steve Williamson (Live), Lazy H (Live), Lionhaire (Live), Nasha DJs, GW Jazz + more served up for your absolute get down and souled out + red hot and cool listening pleasure.

Our Launch Night featuring:

Fri Dec 01 (7pm-1am / £10-15 Entry) - Amazing Arthouse Funk Band ART TERRY & THE BLACK BOHEMIANS (LIVE), Singer Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Artist COSMO PYKE (Live) + GW JAZZ at THE OLD WAITING ROOM. All artists coming together to deliver a way out there session of 21st century soul. Release yoh mind and yoh ass will follow! Get deep!

Bands on stage from around 8pm

ART TERRY & THE BLACK BOHEMIANS

Art Terry and the Black Bohemians play their own unique and delirious brand of arthouse funk. Art’s songs explore Black politics, sexuality and religion, through a lyrical fusion [gumbo] of African American folklore and hauntological funk. A singer and pianist, Art underpins deeply personal lyrics with dense melodic textures to create conceptual Black music. A prolific songwriter, he created a song a day during 52 days of lockdown, a project which evolved into the Self Isolation Songbook.

Brought up in the gospel tradition, Art evokes the sacred figure of the robed and commanding preacher alongside the profane swagger and bravado of the street-hustling savant in his live performances. Whether playing solo or with the Black Bohemians, his ten-piece ensemble of talented musicians, Art’s live performances are theatrical and compelling.

‘True art. If you ever have the chance to see Art Terry live, definitely go for it – you won’t regret it.’ Discovery Music

COSMO PYKE

Cosmo Pyke is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artist from London. He gained widespread acclaim for his 2017 EP Just Cosmo which was co-produced with Fraser T. Smith, in association with 70Hz Recordings. Cosmo’s later releases are via his own label, Pykrete Records.

Cosmo was born in Peckham, Southeast London. He attended The Brit School for Performing Arts, following famous singer-songwriter alumni Adele, Amy Winehouse, Jamie Woon, Loyle Carner, and more.

His 2017 debut EP Just Cosmo was released in collaboration with renowned producer Fraser T. Smith’s (Easy Life, Kano, Stormzy) 70Hz Recordings, and saw Cosmo tipped by numerous tastemakers. Tracks on the EP are ‘Wish You Were Gone’, ‘Chronic Sunshine’, ‘After School Club’, ‘Social Sites’ and ‘Great Dane’.In 2017, The Guardian described his sound as, ‘a fusion of jazz, 2-tone, Tyler, the Creator and the Kooks.’ Dazed said: ‘Pyke’s songs combine “classical songwriting with a dash of reggae, hip hop, and indie.

GW JAZZ

Gordon Wedderburn is one half of the couple behind GW Jazz, a grassroots organization supporting Jazz, particularly emerging talent in London. Through his live event residencies, radio show, selector/dj activities and clothing brand, they’ve collaborated with and supported some of the biggest names on the London Jazz scene including, Sons of Kemet, Camilla George, Zara McFarlane, Ben Hayes, Nubiya Garcia, Moses Boyd, Lokkhi Terra, Dele Sosimi, Robert Mitchell, Collocutor, Tomorrow’s warriors and Ezra Collective.

NOTE: Tix this event also gives entry to The CLF Art Lounge til 2am.

Supported By: Red Bull & Havana Club

The CLF is 20!

Come celebrate hard with we

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