✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we send newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Support Us Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Shopping
  • CW SHOPS
  • Support Us
  • Get Started
  • Tickets
  • CW SHOPS
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Gigs

Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall

On 07 Nov 15, 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Weird, wonderful and that voice - Zola Jesus' Islington Assembly Hall gig will be night to remember.

By CW Contributor on 8/8/2015

Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall
Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall
Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall Andrew McLean
Nika Roza Danilova was born in deep Wisconsin, growing up with snowed-in winters, a hunter father and absolute isolation from any peers. She venerated opera, and with the help of a vocal trainer learnt operatic singing, but anxiety frequently robbed her of her voice, preventing her from performing. She tormented herself over this perceived failure, but managed to begin recording her own music, this time tinged with rock, taking the name Zola Jesus in a deliberate act of alienation of others.
Zola Jesus released her debut full album while studying at the University of Wisconsin, but it wasn’t until 2010, when she released the Stridulum EP that she was accessible enough to start garnering significant attention. From this point on her classically-trained, unconventionally-used voice made people sit up, reminding people of the gothic side of Kate Bush.
A combination of electronic, goth, rock and classical music, mixed experimentally together, Zola Jesus is fascinatingly dark, her voice sewing these different elements together.
Part of the Illuminations Festival, performing at the Islington Assembly Hall, Zola Jesus will be performing songs largely from her most recent album Taiga (released in October 2014), but we also expect to see moments from earlier works.


click for more live music
recommendations


What Zola Jesus, Islington Assembly Hall
Where Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD | MAP
Nearest tube Highbury & Islington (underground)
When On 07 Nov 15, 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Price £18.60
Website Click here to book via Songkick



Most popular

Things to do in London this weekend: 17–19 March
Things to do in London this weekend: 17–19 March
Irene Maiorino and Alba Rohrwacher in My Brilliant Friend season 4, HBO/Sky Atlantic (Photo: HBO)
My Brilliant Friend, season 4, Sky Atlantic: first-look photo, release date, plot, cast
Best art exhibitions in London. Photo: Thin Air at the Beams
Top exhibitions on now in London

A little more...

  • click for more live music
    recommendations

    What the critics say

    NME

    “Her lush operatic tones form the crux of 'Stridulum II', lending both bleakness to the melancholic 'Trust Me' and fragility to the softer, twinkling piano strains of closer ‘Lightsick'."

    Read more...

    PITCHFORK

    “Whether creaking or soaring, Danilova's voice transmits with a directness that easily cuts through the layers of lo-fi grime that usually surround it.”

    Ryan Dombal

Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).

We recommend nearby

  • Ottolenghi, Islington

    Supper fare at Ottolenghi includes the likes of pan-fried octopus and slow-roasted Cabrito goat, with a wide range of vegetarian options inspired by the flavours of the Mediterranean and Near East. They don't take bookings, though, so we recommend getting in early.

    Book Map

Pop

Goth

Live Music

Electronic

Islington Assembly Hall

North London

We Love

You might like

  • Laura Marling, Semper Femina, Tour 2017

    Laura Marling, Roundhouse

  • Jessica Pratt, Bush Hall

    Jessica Pratt, Bush Hall

  • Julia Holter, Photograph: Tonje Thilesen, Windish Agency

    Julia Holter, Shepherd's Bush Empire

  • Beirut London concert set for September

    Beirut, Brixton Academy



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • Support Us
  • Tickets
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×