Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes
Islington Assembly Hall, London.
16+
On sale on Thursday 04 June 2026 at 12:00
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DMP Presents
CHUCK PROPHET & HIS CUMBIA SHOES
+ Peter Bruntnell
Chuck Prophet's streak of more than a dozen critically acclaimed solo records stretches all the way back to 1990, when the California native first shifted focus from his tenure with pioneering neo-psych band Green on Red to working under his own name. Since then, his songs have appeared in a slew of films and television shows, and his work has been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Solomon Burke, Heart, and a host of others. Rolling Stone dubbed him a "streetwise city kid with an eye for the country," while Uncut proclaimed him a "renaissance-rocker," MOJO called him a cross between the Stones and Tom Petty and NPR declared that "no one can turn tales from the outer limits into catchy songs quite like Prophet does."
Wake The Dead, Chuck Prophet's extraordinary latest album recorded with ¿Qiensave?, dives headfirst into the world of Cumbia music. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, all but demanding you move your body while you listen. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back hundreds of years and thousands of miles. Chuck is currently working on a follow up to Wake The Dead which will be out in 2027.
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Peter Bruntnell has "a canon of classically constructed, melodically rich, lyrically ingenious and emotionally, intellectually affecting songs that bears comparison with the all-time greats." - The Guardian
Rolling Stone once declared Peter Bruntnell to be, "one of England's best kept musical secrets". England has successfully managed to keep Peter Bruntnell a secret for all this time, even from itself. "Maybe this will be the album to finally give him the worldwide superstar recognition he deserves!", enthused every other Peter Bruntnell album review from the last 20+ years, with an admirably unwavering optimism. "If we lived in a just world, Peter Bruntnell would by now be in the middle of his third or fourth global arena tour, his biggest worry working out how to courier his latest armful of Grammy awards back to the UK so his butler could have them installed in the west wing of mansion by the time he got home," said a feature in The Guardian in 2016, intent on letting the cat out of the bag, but failing miserably. Needless to say, we don't live in a just world and Peter Bruntnell is still having to get by without a butler.
