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The Legendary Gypsy Queens and Kings tour hits the UK
Posted on September 25th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
This is a tale of queens and kings – Gypsy queens and kings. For the fourth successive year, The Legendary Gypsy Queens and Kings tour heads off around the UK from October 11-21 for another distinctly Balkan blast.
The world’s finest Gypsy talent congregate once more to tour the UK. Presided over by the queen of Gypsy music herself – Esma Redzepova – the concert also features Romanian brass powerhouses Fanfare Ciocarlia and Mahala Rai Banda, Bulgarian Gypsy rocker Jony Iliev and French rumba Gitano group Kaloome.
Also appearing is a young Romanian singer named Florentina Sandu – granddaughter of Taraf de Haidouks late fiddle player Nicolae Neacsu. The Gypsy party visits Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester, Bristol, Basingstoke, Coventry, Northampton, London and Gateshead – and quite a party it will be.
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Songlines is shortlisted in The Maggies magazine cover awards
Posted on September 17th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
The cool, golden January/February 2009 cover of Songlines graced by Malian blues duo Amadou & Mariam has been shortlisted in the Specialist & Hobbies category of the Maggies awards 2009.
The Maggies are a national poll to celebrate and award the UK’s best magazine covers of the past year. Voting closes at midnight on October 12 across all six categories – Celebrity & Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports & Men’s, Business & General Interest and Specialist & Hobbies.
The likes of Q, Esquire, GQ, Harpers Bazaar, She, Geographical and Time magazines are in the running, and Songlines is up against BBC History magazine, children’s magazines Bob the Builder and Creative Steps, and film magazine Empire.
For Songlines’ January/February 2009 cover, art director Ben Serbutt used an iconic shot by Youri Lenquette of Amadou & Mariam. Using the crisp, golden colours in the shot, a simple palette helped create a clean, legible and bold cover. Also, for the first time, the masthead was blended to white, distinguishing it from other titles.
Vote now!
Hoxton Squared brings free music to trendy East End London in September
Posted on September 17th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
On September 30, free music comes to Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, London as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation hosts Hoxton Squared – an evening of musical events in local bars and cafes to celebrate the Foundation’s relocation from the West End to this uber-trendy area of London’s old warehouse district.
Starting from 7.30pm, you will be able to catch Cameroonian singer-songwriter Munto Valdo, Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale, Portuguese singer Lula Pena and guitarist Norberto Lobo, Latin-jazz-soul fusion choir CK Gospel Choir, Portico Quartet’s Nick Mulvey and singer-guitarist Jamie Woon.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was established in Portugal in 1956 and has spent more than 50 years supporting cultural, social and educational affairs in the UK. Andrew Barnett, director of the Foundation in the UK, said of Hoxton Square: ‘it lies at the heart of a good deal of the capital’s social, cultural and educational activity. The evening’s entertainment reflects our interests in exploring issues of cultural understanding and is a mark of our desire to participate fully in our neighbourhood.’
WOMAD returns to London for the first time in a decade
Posted on September 14th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
WOMAD ventures into the UK’s capital this September for a weekend of top world music at WOMAD Presents World Music at the Tower – the concluding weekend of the Tower Festival 2009 on September 19-20.
In its first London event for 10 years, WOMAD joins the Tower Festival (in association with Songlines) to bring world music to the historic grounds of the Tower of London.
On Saturday September 19, the Algerian king of rai Khaled headlines a day including the combined English folk talents of The Imagined Village, flautist and beatboxer Nathan Flutebox Lee, the Balkan flavours of Paprika Balkanicus and South Korean drummers Dulsori.
On Sunday September 20, the beat behind Afro-beat, drummer Tony Allen plays alongside the experimental collaboration between The Bays and the Heritage Orchestra, Justin Adams and ritti maestro Juldeh Camara, oud master Abdullah Chhadeh & Syriana and Zimbabwe’s Siyaya.
The shows start at 4.45pm each evening and run until 10.15pm and there will be music workshops running through the day.
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