Nearly 20 years ago, musician Arthur Jeffes paid tribute to his late father Simon’s work as the leader of Penguin Cafe Orchestra with a 2007 concert of the group’s playful, genre agnostic music held ...
When we need a civilising boost at Quietus Towers, we always turn to the music of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. John Doran talks to Arthur Jeffes about carrying on his father's legacy with a new album.
You will have heard the music of the Penguin Café Orchestra, even if you aren’t one of their hard-core fans – like the two Japanese girls who flew in last month from Tokyo and turned-up to Glastonbury ...
Before they turn a former Italian cafe into a cafe-wine-bar hybrid later this year, Tom Van Beem and Emma Pegrum are testing the waters with eight nights of drinks, DJs and low-stakes good times.