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.

“Simon stopped us sounding naff,” was cellist Helen Liebmann’s blunt conclusion. As a performing entity, the idiosyncratic Penguin formation – with its uncategorisable blend of ethnic folk, minimalist ...

Three rows deep, huddled in groups of percussionists, string players and a trio of ukulele and cello players, fitting the 12 members of the Penguin Cafe group on the tiny stage at intimate underground ...

When Arthur Jeffes announced in 2007 he was set to start performing the work of his late father Simon Jeffes’ Penguin Café Orchestra, there was a collective sigh of relief and pleasure from fans of ...

I was 17 when Simon Jeffes passed away and sadly I never got the chance to meet him whilst he was still walking this earth with his infamous Penguin Cafe Orchestra. There are some parallels between ...

Simon Jeffes, founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, died from a brain tumour in 1997. Robin Denselow meets the remaining members of the ensemble.

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Penguin Cafe’s music has infiltrated daily life from films like Napoleon Dynamite to countless theme tunes, and they’ve played festivals and venues ranging from Bestival and The Big Chill to a sold ...

Penguin Cafe Orchestra remained stubbornly difficult to categorize to the very end, which sadly came with the death of co-founding member Simon Jeffes in 1997. A brain tumour brought about the sudden ...

Manchester's Hallé Orchestra is considering dropping the traditional "penguin" suit for its concerts. In common with most major orchestras, male musicians normally take the stage in evening dress with ...