Calypso Rose and Mayra Andrade step in as Gurrumul cancels tour

Songlines — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:36:33 +0000

Australian Aboriginal sensation Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has been forced to cancel his upcoming European tour due to illness. The tour included a date at London’s Barbican on July 24, the final concert in a run of seven that included WOMAD Festival, and dates in Germany, Switzerland and France.

Stepping in on the Barbican date is a double bill bringing together the rising Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade and the Tobagonian calypso legend Calypso Rose.

We wish Gurrumul a speedy recovery.

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Feel the summer heat at Blaze festival in and around the Barbican in London

Songlines — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:36:52 +0000

CREATE 09 brings together arts, music and culture in the five host boroughs of the London 2012 Olympics. It is an umbrella for a host of festivals, live music events and community street parties happening across Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest boroughs.

Part of the festivities, that will run each summer towards the Olympics, is a new summer music and dance series by the Barbican called Blaze. Kicking off on June 19, Blaze takes place both at the Barbican and out in the leafy surroundings of Paradise Gardens in Victoria Park and the cool atmosphere of Cargo in London’s east end.

Top world music names on this summer’s bill include tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussein, Cuban legends Orquesta Aragón and Los Van Van, veteran Argentine tangueros Café de los Maestros, flamenco songstress Carmen Linares and Balkan brass titans Boban Markovic and Goran Bregovic.

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Calypso Rose and Mayra Andrade step in as Gurrumul cancels tour

Feel the summer heat at Blaze festival in and around the Barbican in London