Soweto Kinch Concert

11 July 2025 - 19:30

Soweto Kinch – saxophonist, rapper and Hertford Honorary Fellow– melds jazz and beat-based hip-hop in this world premiere of the album that completes a trilogy with Black Peril and White JuJu. All three works are political, with Kinch as storyteller, narrating chronicles of historic and ongoing Black erasure and exploitation, of government ineptitude during the pandemic, and related themes. Come to a performance of his new album at Festival Hall, Magdalen College School on the 11th of July!

Soundtrack to the Apocalypse continues this ambitious trajectory, with Kinch on multiple horns and electronics, fusing together jazz, hip hop, and other linked traditions from the African diaspora into an acute political statement. In dealing with these universal issues, the music must necessarily
be universal too. Across The Black Peril, White Juju, and now The Soundtrack of the Apocalypse, Kinch brings together various countervailing ideas, styles, and sounds, challenging the listener to actually listen, and think.

Award-winning alto saxophonist and MC, and BBC Presenter Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians in both the British jazz and hip-hop scenes.
He has amassed an impressive list of accolades including two MOBOs and Mercury Award.

This event is part of Oxford Festival of Arts, book here!