Kano

Reviews 2

Articles 2

Get Rich But Don’t Switch: Kano Interviewed

John Doran talks to the East London born and bred MC about the joy of brass, trying to heal old feuds and his growing social consciousness

A Quietus Interview

Refusing To Play The Short Game: Kano Interviewed

Kano tells Ben Hewitt about broken promises, the pitfalls of chart rap and whether he really is a "foul mouthed rapper"

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 2

Baker's Dozen

Top Brass: Theon Cross’ Baker’s Dozen

Ahead of a special performance at Kings Place’s Luminate festival later this month, London jazz outlier Theon Cross takes Stewart Smith through his 13 favourite records, from Stevie Wonder to Kano via Miles Davis and Lauryn Hill

Baker's Dozen

Marking A Time: Ghetts’ Favourite Albums

As Ghetts releases his new album Ghetto Gospel - The New Testament, the London-based rapper guides Tara Joshi through 13 favourite records, from Michael Jackson to Jay-Z, Tupac, Notorious BIG and those closer to home including Kano and Klashnekoff

News 5

Things Learned At: Simple Things 2016

At the sixth edition of CRACK magazine's Simple Things – amidst performances from Karen Gwyer, Kano, and Death Grips — Karl Smith and Danny Riley find a festival both reflective of and feeding on the conditions 2016 has provided, and rallying against them. (Photographs by Perry Gibson, Ro Murphy and Rebecca Cleal)

WATCH: New Kano Video

Kano shares video for Wiley and Giggs-featuring single taken from new album; watch it below. Homepage photo courtesy of Linda Brownlee

The Quietus Hour: Death By Biscuits, Radio Show Two

The best new music presented by bewildered men on cups of tea

WATCH: New Kano Single Hail

Grime godfather Kano returns with a new track Hail, released for Record Store Day on Saturday April 13

Africa Express To Tour Britain By Train

Host of African and Western musicians will take to the tracks for week-long musical train journey

Previously Read

A Quietus Interview

Realising Fantasies: Cooly G Interviewed

Of her second album, Wait 'Til Night, Cooly G says, "I feel like I'm starting to find myself again". Ahead of its release next week, the Hyperdub producer talks to Christian Eede about the record and abandoning musical tribalism

A Quietus Interview

Caught In Your Undertow: The Romance Of Ane Brun

Wyndham Wallace goes Dutch with Ane Brun, the Norwegian singer songwriter who has matured into Scandinavia's own Kate Bush: winningly inventive, determined and unique. Live Photograph by Wyndham Wallace

A Quietus Interview

Travels In Non-Space: An Interview With Time Attendant

Ed Gillett meets up with the South London-based electronic musician and painter to discuss uniting sounds from across time, this year's Treacherous Orb EP, and a desire to "cover everything in a layer of soil"

A Quietus Interview

Fear Music: Tzusing Interviewed

Following the release of his second album, '绿帽 Green Hat', through PAN earlier this year, and ahead of an appearance at this month's Dekmantel festival in Amsterdam, Tzusing talks to Christian Eede about anxiety, shifting his focus as a DJ and why he named his latest record to "piss off" his dad

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Kano

Reviews 2

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Articles 2

Get Rich But Don’t Switch: Kano Interviewed

Refusing To Play The Short Game: Kano Interviewed