June in Stockwell.

Shamha's new season of Drumming for Community Wellbeing sessions continues throughout June with the wonderful and welcoming Stockwell Community Trust Centre, who are hosting our increasingly popular sessions in this friendly local Community Centre.






On the 10th and 11th of June, Brixton's favourite festival will be happening, The Lambeth Country Show with it's massive variety of performances; workshops; cultural activities; food and amazing atmosphere. Shamha will be appearing at the show on both days, see flyer.

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​New season of Drumming for Community Wellbeing.

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, Shamha's popular Community Wellbeing drumming sessions will be happening again, starting at Stockwell Community Trust in South London during May.
Free to attend, everybody welcome.

​2023 Update.

​Shamha Vibration CIC and The Guildhall School of Music 2023.

Shamha were invited to be involved in the ‘Music for Social Impact: future directions for practitioners in the field’ research project by Professor John Sloboda of the Guildhall School of Music in 2020. That research, which involved Community Music organisations from the UK; Finland; Belgium and Columbia, has now been completed and will soon be published by the Guildhall School. Shamha’s ‘Community Drumming for Wellbeing’ sessions were held up as an excellent example of what Community music can achieve when trained musicians work with groups of individuals in pursuit of outcomes which go beyond the purely musical and contribute to the health and wellbeing of those Community members and the Community as a whole. Shamha’s Djina and Pete attended a conference recently at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green, London, with the research team and other participants and enjoyed a day of discussion about the research and our experiences in Community music.
You can find more details of the research here.  

The panel led a discussion about our experiences- Minoti Parikh, Consultant Dance Practitioner with Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance; Jide Ashimi from Raw Material, Brixton; Victoria Hume from Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance and Richard Ings from Arts Council England.

Dr Jo Gibson, who is part of the Guildhall research team, had this to say after one of her visits to our Drumming for Wellbeing sessions in Angell Town, Brixton- Thank you Djina and Peter for welcoming me to your drumming for community wellbeing session. It was a wonderful evening of meeting new people - seeing and experiencing the joy of others as they played, danced and listened to the music. Highlights include Mary's dancing and seeing the ripples of the drumming extend beyond the group to passers by - for example, the motorcyclist who beeped their horn to the rhythm, the young family with a baby slow their pram to watch, the children dancing in the background and passers by smiling and clapping. The excellent tuning of the drums and food topped it off. It was wonderful to hear/see the contributions of others ... the girl that spontaneously sang, summed it up nicely with her lyrics:
 'That's why we sing, that's why we play,
 That's why we do it everyday' 

A piece of art made at the conference summing up some of the things we discussed.

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​Drumming for Community Wellbeing Summer 2022.

Shamha's National Lottery Community Fund award helped us provide
another successful year of Drumming for Community Wellbeing in the
​Brixton/Myatt's Fields/Loughborough/Angell Town areas of South London.

​July in the park with Shamha.

This month we're going green, with all our drumming for wellbeing sessions in the parks of Brixton.

Myatt's Fields Roundhouse is a perfect place to make good vibrations in the Summertime.

And Lambeth Country show is happening in Brockwell Park after being an online festival for the last two years. Let's get together for some drumming in the Show's Arts and Culture Zone.

Come along, everybody welcome.

​Thanks to Angell Town.

After some wonderful drumming sessions at Angell Delight Community Centre, we're saying thanks to Angell Town in Brixton. Here are some photos from various sessions with the Angell Town Community.

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​Angell Delight.

Shamha's popular weekly drumming sessions continue at Angell Delight Community Centre, Angell Town, Brixton, London. Come along and enjoy some good vibrations. Everybody welcome.

Djina Jones drumming in the sun.

Sarah, Roz, Djina and Mary getting into the groove.

Jacqui Dyer, Deputy Leader of Lambeth Council, joins Shamha for some good vibrations.

Enjoying some drumming for wellbeing at Angell Town.

​Regular weekly wellbeing sessions return for 2022.

After more than two years without regular Drumming for Wellbeing sessions, due to the global pandemic, Shamha are pleased to announce that our popular weekly free to attend sessions return, from 14th May, at Angell Town, Brixton.

Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Everybody welcome. Always.

​Let's get out and about again and get together to make good vibrations.
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Evening Concert in Brixton.

Shamha Vibration will be appearing at the exciting Festival Of Light on the 27th January 2022 at Myatt's Fields Park in Brixton, celebrating the lengthening days and the approach of Spring and Summer. Also appearing will be the Brixton Chamber Orchestra and opera with Siobhan and Richard.
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​Shamha's new season of 'Drumming for Wellbeing' funded by the National Lottery Community Fund will be starting soon in Brixton. Check Instagram here and Facebook here for updates.

​Drumming for Wellbeing 2021.

After more than a year, Shamha's 'Drumming for Wellbeing' sessions are happening again. All are welcome to come along to Myatt's Fields Park in Brixton on Saturday to get together for some good vibrations.

​Getting back to drumming.

Our 'Community Drumming for Wellbeing' sessions will be restarting very soon in Brixton, thanks to popular demand and thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. We very much hope to see you there, now that more people seem happy to get together. Details will follow.

Shamha are also now available to provide African Drumming workshops or performances at your venue or event.
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​Successful and popular online virtual event.

The virtual Lambeth Show took place on Saturday and Sunday 17th and 18th July and was a great success, with lots of people watching live and then later online. Shamha's contribution was greatly appreciated as were the many other local participants. Workshops, demonstrations, singalongs, dancalongs and an evening Main Stage section with some superb performances. Thanks to everyone involved. Check it out here. 

Djina and Pete with Yassin Bin Doub.

Shamha's Gnawa set at the Virtual LCS2021.

​Lambeth Country Show 2021.

With many social restrictions still in place because of the Covid pandemic, this year's Lambeth Country Show will once again be happening online, on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July. Shamha Vibration will be appearing at the Show.
​Details to be announced soon. 

​World Health Day 2021.

We're looking forward to World Health Day on April 7th, an opportunity to recognise the diffculties people around the World have faced during the last year due to the Covid pandemic, get together and enjoy some beneficial and healthy activity.

You can join Healthwatch Lambeth and Shamha Vibration CIC on Wednesday April 7th for an all day online event for World Health Day 2021. Join in or just enjoy watching from 7am throughout the day until 10pm as a wide variety of experts, practitioners and members of the local Community share their arts and skills.

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​Shamha Vibration Drumming for Wellbeing project.

We are now at the end of our National Lottery Community Fund project, which has been happening in Brixton since June 2019. We will soon be starting a new Community project which will be announced in the coming weeks. But here Djina and Pete would like to remember what brilliant sessions we had during the project and thank all the participants along with the various venues in Brixton that hosted us, including Azawala Gallery; Angell Delight Community Centre; Myatt's Fields Park Roundhouse and Longfield Hall. Many thanks and looking forward to many more drumming inspired activities. 

Situation update.

Many venues and events are reopening and Shamha will soon be starting new 'Drumming for Wellbeing' sessions in the South London area. Myatt's Fields Park in Brixton will be our first location and we look forward to seeing drumming friends there during September. Details to be announced in the coming weeks. We hope you are well and managing during these difficult times for all, especially musicians and performers around the World. 

Shamha online event with Gida Live.

Gida Live presents this exciting event on Sunday 21st June. Djina and Pete from Shamha Vibration will be playing drums for some of London's top poets, along with music and art from local artists. 

Lambeth Country Show 2020

The annual Country Show in Brixton's Brockwell Park will not be happening this year because of the virus outbreak. However, happily, the Lambeth Show will be doing some online content, including some made specially for the event, like this clip from a performance that took place in Azawala Gallery in Brixton on the 29th February, in which Djina Jones and Pete Phillips from Shamha are joined by Pete Goodall on guitar and Poet Lisa Lore. The event was the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Jamaican artist Jos Peart, at which some of London's finest poets performed work inspired by the paintings. Lisa is reciting her poem 'Chosen', inspired by Jos Peart's painting of the same name.
More information about the online Lambeth Country Show will be posted as soon as dates are confirmed. Watch this space. Best wishes to everyone at this difficult time. 

'Chosen' by Jos Peart.

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Because of concern

over the current Covid virus and advice from NHS England, Shamha Drumming sessions will not be taking place until further notice. The Shamha Concert at Habesha on the 28th March is also cancelled. We can all still drum at home.
Keep in touch via our Facebook page.

Next Community Wellbeing Sessions.

We're happy to be back at Azawala Gallery for this month's drumming sessions, every Saturday evening, free to attend.

Wish You Were There.

Here is a clip from the Nakupenda performance at Azawala on Saturday 29th Feb 2020, featuring Lisa Lore and her poem 'Chosen', backed by Shamha drummers Djina Jones and Pete Phillips with Pete Goodall on guitar.
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You can visit the Jos Peart exhibition of previously unseen paintings at Azawala Gallery until the end of March. These paintings deserve to be seen.

​Nakupenda Art exhibition by Jos Peart 1923-2008 is on at

Azawala Gallery,

55 Loughborough Road,

Brixton SW9 7TB,

Thurs - Sat 11am - 6pm.

Throughout March 2020.

Tel 07932 850 839.

​Jos Peart Exhibition in Brixton, London.

Shamha Vibration are involved in a new exhibition of paintings by Jamaican artist Jos Peart. Jos lived in Birmingham UK and made a large number of oil paintings inspired by Jamaican and African history. On February 29th 2020 there will be an exhibition of Jos Peart’s paintings at Azawala Gallery in Brixton London, along with performances by local poets including Sheda, Beadyman, Lisa Lore, Lantern Carrier and Spoken Word 2020 winner Uncle Errol, who have all written work inspired by Jos Peart’s paintings. Shamha will be performing with renowned guitarist Pete Goodall and accompanying the poets as they perform. 
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Shamha Community Drumming for Wellbeing
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Shamha are welcoming in 2020 with a new series of our weekly Drumming For Wellbeing sessions in South London. Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, our drumming sessions are open to everybody who wants to enjoy the benefits of gathering in a friendly local venue and sitting in a circle playing the drums. These benefits can include excercise; increased brain activity; reduced anxiety, tension and stress and a boost to your immune system. Our Saturday sessions are free to attend so come along and enjoy an uplifting couple of hours on a Saturday evening. 

Shamha in 2019.

Shamha's Djina and Pete with Jah Diafilola

Drumming session at Azawala Gallery

We love drumming together

We've had some wonderful and popular drumming sessions in the past few weeks, with lots of people of all ages coming along and feeling the benefits of drumming together.
We have also had some memorable and exciting performances at our Community Concerts, including spiritual Gnawa musician Yassin Bin Doub and mesmerising drumming and dancing from Cuba Allstars. This month, all our sessions and our Community Concert will be happening at the Roundhouse in Myatt's Fields Park in South London.
All are welcome. See you there for some good vibrations. 

​June/July sessions.

Djina and Pete at Angell Delight Community Centre

Enjoying drumming at Longfield Hall

Myatt's Fields Roundhouse.

Longfield Hall.

Djina at Azawala.

Drumming at Azawala.

Shamha at Lambeth Country Show July 2019.

Shamha Crew Amber, Pete, Djina on bench, Yassin, Martha and Aldo.

A new Shamha project in South London,
funded by the National Lottery Community Fund,
begins on 21st June 2019 at Angell Town Community Centre in Brixton.
This is the first of our new weekly free drumming sessions
and monthly events taking place in our Community
​over the next few months,
offering local people the chance to enjoy drumming together
in a circle at a local venue and feeling the benefits ​
that drumming can bring.

Djina Jones and Peter Phillips.