tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:21:31 +0000barbicanson del tropicorodriguezteddy thompsonrichard thompsonfreegardensyaron herman triohypnotic brass ensembledalstonsummer jazzmedeski martin and woodcabaretcancellationsummerzakirute lempernina simonethe incredible string bandlizz wrightfairportfamilygangbe brass bandtropicowitchseasonmatthew herbertglobal musicmyspacedanceeast londonafrobeatcafe de los maestrosworld musicdo something differentbarbicanblazerobyn hitchcockcubamario troncokasaicuba50germanflickrfestivalhussainalasdair robertsgilles petersonlinda thompsonfujiya and miyagiandabotineke postmamilanestrelawnytangojazzkamila thompsonagostino ferrenteakin aworancha cha chasimoneguantanamofairport conventionyoruba andabobbc3rumbaclaudia quintetyolanda brownrhythmjoe boydvortex jazz clubmedeskidavid sanbornlondoniplayermartinvictoriafolksalsaTrembling Bellsradioyorubagillett squarecubandianne reevesweimaresquilinosonin tuneparadisemusicsimone kellybbcUK Jazz Danceweekendblazechanguilopez nussaantibalascargosam moorewoodbarbican jazzjazzreloadedorchestra di piazza vittoriomighty jeddochaser publicationshiromiangelique kidjostrangely strangeparkWelcome to the Blaze blog!http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)Blogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-7539666676980225717Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:29:00 +00002009-10-02T16:02:10.819+01:00yoruba andabobarbicancuba50son del tropicogillett squaredalstonblazeI know Blaze has been over for 2 good months now, and there isn't much of a point in writing this post - but maybe this is just about the time it takes to recover from the breathtaking performance David Byrn donated to us during this year's closing event on August 3rd!Truth is that we have been head down into the Autumn season, and now already starting to think about the next Blaze, even though http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/10/blaze-memoirs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-1626960854560468330Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:46:00 +00002009-07-28T11:52:17.106+01:00do something differentbarbicanglobal musichypnotic brass ensembleantibalasfamilysummerweekendkasaiblaze'I’ve been told by a few people who don’t live here that “London is no place to bring up children”, which has always struck me as an odd thing to say. The park? The zoo? The river? The lido? For a start, If I’d had those things as a child, and the weather to enjoy them, I’d probably not be the sort of person who wastes his time indoors pontificating on the internet about what people with childrenhttp://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/hypnotic-brass-ensemble-dhoad-gypsies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-5748695799220102525Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:41:00 +00002009-07-27T12:19:04.364+01:00Where were you last Saturday night? Dancing on seats and in the aisles in the Barbican Hall? Well, that has been a recurrent image throughout the whole of Blaze, and we are really happy about it! It just demonstrates that we deliver, since we have always said that Blaze was a music festival for the heart and for the feet.And if you weren't there, you can find some cool images of Antibalas http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-conduct-yourself-at-barbican.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-3898228202588063857Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:11:00 +00002009-07-23T14:13:45.571+01:00folkwitchseasonbarbicankamila thompsonmusicfairport conventionlinda thompsonteddy thompsonrichard thompsonblazeFor those of us not fortunate enough to be at the Fairport celebration at the Barbican, here's the video of the encore with Richard Thompson, a chilly looking Linda Thompson and Teddy and Kamila Thompson in tow as well. Thanks to The Word!..http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/fairport-convention-celebration-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-6337354691947766102Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:47:00 +00002009-07-22T17:58:16.180+01:00folkfairportwitchseasonthe incredible string bandbarbicanblazeHere's a really nice review of the Witchseason Weekender (Sat 18th and Sun 19th) by BazzFazz - Rants on politics, culture, whatever, from an American in London.Meet on the Ledge So a hippy-dippy weekend at the Barbican, organized by Joe Boyd, who produced a whole lot of important albbums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (Read his book White Bicyles for an entertaining history of this era.) So http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/witchseason-weekender-review-aka-bring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-6986385412589752108Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:19:00 +00002009-07-22T15:25:29.284+01:00world musicorchestra di piazza vittoriobarbicanblazeL'Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio did an amazing performance indeed, last Friday 17th July.And The Guardian awarded them with a brilliant 4-star review!If you missed it, here it is:By John L Walters It is the perfect way to introduce audiences to a new band: screen a heartwarming full-length movie about them first. When the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio troop on afterwards for their UK debut, the http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-4-review-from-guardian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-9120521059083549931Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:25:00 +00002009-07-22T11:54:40.180+01:00barbicanafrobeatgangbe brass bandantibalasbarbicanblazeHere's a beautiful video of Antibalas rehearsing for their tour as posted by our friend Put Me On It. Click here to read the rest of the article! And don't miss Antibalas with Gangbe Brass Band this Saturday 25th at the Barbican!http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/antibalas-on-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-8958871960684956716Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:35:00 +00002009-07-20T14:44:05.118+01:00angelique kidjomusicsimone kellylizz wrightdianne reevesnina simoneblazeTruth is a commodity in short supply these days, which might explain why a capacity crowd, and one with more black and female faces than usual, beat a rainy path to the Barbican last night.Clearly everybody misses Nina Simone, not least the vocal stars who assembled at the Barbican to pay homage to her.For what other project would Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Nina's daughter, http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-evening-standard-review-hitting-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-2701435109570232470Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:04:00 +00002009-07-20T13:29:29.292+01:00do something differentworld musicmario troncoglobal musicagostino ferrentedanceweekendorchestra di piazza vittorioblazeA joyful evening indeed. Smiles and strangers dancing with each others filled the Barbican Hall Friday night, for one of the most incredible music experiences I had the privilege to witness in years! And, yes, I was in the dancing as well - everyone was!Mozart with a touch of African drums? The steady sea breeze of a summer night in Tunis brings Cuban tunes, Brazilian laughters and clapping handshttp://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/spell-joy-in-all-languages-of-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-8275549501825081951Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-07-17T17:09:42.379+01:00Do Something Different is a weekly show produced by The Barbican, broadcasting every Tuesday between 6:30 and 7:30pm.In anticipation of the forthcoming Witchseason Weekender at the Barbican (July 18 – 19th) today’s edition of Do Something Different, hosted by writer and record producer Joe Boyd, provides an overview of the legendary Witchseason label.Curated by Boyd himself, the Witchseason http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/season-of-witch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-6438285159610144644Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +00002009-07-14T14:53:59.057+01:00ROME - The other night, when it seemed as if everybody was on the street sweating off the late summer heat, a young, smart-looking crowd filed through a fog of cigarette smoke into the Teatro dell’Opera to hear a small orchestra of fellow Romans play the overture from Mozart’s “Magic Flute.”That doesn’t sound remarkable, but then Sanjay Kansa Banik got the ball rolling on the tabla with a long, http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-changing-italy-band-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-4332875804252635767Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:01:00 +00002009-07-14T13:11:25.222+01:00yaron herman triotineke postmabarbican jazzbarbicanhiromibarbicanblazeHey, last Saturday we had another great show provided by a trio of up-and-coming jazz musicisans a their Barbican debut.I am talking about Hiromi + Yaron Herman Trio + Tineke Postma Quartet for the few of you that still don't know...Here is a very cool review from LondonJazz (and if they say so, you'd better believe it!)Hiromi is an explosive small package. She bounced onto the Barbican stage http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/live-hiromi-postmaallenherman-barbican.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-5194613667909029017Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:02:00 +00002009-07-13T16:11:07.195+01:00angelique kidjobarbicansimonelizz wrightdianne reevesnina simoneblazeAtlanta singer Lizz Wright's calm authority, technical elegance and cool sophistication as a jazz vocalist can make you forget how deep her roots in church music go. But in live performance, those qualities reverberate around a room like the boom of an organ. Church minister's daughter Wright is a natural choice to sing on the Barbican's tribute to Nina Simone, on a bill shared with the operatic http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/sing-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-7845229794635181432Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:57:00 +00002009-07-13T12:08:57.729+01:00folkfairportwitchseasonbarbicanjoe boydalasdair robertsTrembling Bellsrobyn hitchcockstrangely strangerichard thompsonblazeRock'n'roll was once a working-class occupation. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Billy Fury and Johnny Hallyday saw music as a way out and up, like sport, hell-fire preaching or trade union politics. That Fury and Hallyday didn't grow up picking cotton or shining shoes mattered very little. They weren't students of the music, but clung to it as unselfconsciously and with the same desperate energy http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-folk-was-hip-guardian-feature-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-3779583045750944370Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-07-07T17:41:32.218+01:00david sanbornbarbican jazzbarbicanakin aworanyolanda brownsummerblazeImages by Akin Aworan from the Thu 2 July gig here in the Barbican Hall.Check out also Akin's full hearted review of the concert.'The first time I heard of David Sanborn was his collaboration with Bob James on their 1986 Double Vision album. The track that blew me away was “Maputo”. I’m not much of a Sax fan, (Thank you very much, Kenny G!) but David S is one of the few musicians out there that Ihttp://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/images-of-david-sanborn-and-yolanda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-2790765056303512149Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:20:00 +00002009-07-07T16:34:43.885+01:00trelawnyradioin tunebarbicanbbc3ute lemperiplayerbbcblazeBBC Radio 3's In tune with Petroc Trelawny aired an interview and live performance of Ute Lemper on July 3rd.Listen to it again with the BBC iPlayer, here.http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/ute-lemper-interview-and-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-2471388100616473902Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:33:00 +00002009-07-07T16:19:21.614+01:00medeski martin and woodbarbican jazzcancellationbarbicanblaze<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:FuturaSB-Book; panose-1:2 11 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-2147483601 74 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/important-notice-for-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-3565278076419001482Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:18:00 +00002009-07-07T16:19:57.467+01:00barbicanmusicmyspaceWe are very excited to announce that the Barbican Contemporary Music has got a brand new Myspace Music profile!Visit the new page here, where you can pre-listen to the tracks from the artists that will perform at the Barbican, have a complete overview of the program and visit the bands and musicians' own Myspace page (following the links).And don't forget adding us as your friend, so you will be http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-myspace-profile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-154612785796450599Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-07-07T10:33:03.717+01:00cafe de los maestrosbarbicanbarbicanblazetangoIf you missed it, here's an extract from A World Of Music review of Cafe De Los Maestros, last 26th June at The Barbican! Thanks Con!Bajofondo Tango Club’s Gustavo Santaolalla did a sterling job of bringing together many of the survivors from the great tango era of the mid-20th century on a double CD and film last year, and the whole enterprise was brought to gripping and emotional life on the http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/cafe-de-los-maestros-barbican-london.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lottiland)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-468295647405056277Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:07:00 +00002009-07-06T14:12:32.297+01:00martinsummer jazzbarbican jazzbarbicanwoodclaudia quintetmedeskiblaze'The words "jam band" and "funk" spring to everybody's lips at the mention of the New York trio formed in 1991 by keyboardist John Medeski, with drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood, but those descriptions barely touch the surface.'Click here to read the full Guardian preview on Medeski, Martin & Wood + The Claudia Quintet, 8 July, Barbican Hall...http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/gurdian-guide-jazz-preview-medeski.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-6027475535908336768Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:04:00 +00002009-07-06T11:12:19.468+01:00david sanbornbarbicanjazzyolanda brownsummerblaze"Few jazz musicians could blow a bigger fanfare to launch the Barbican's 2009 summer jazz concerts than the American soul-saxist David Sanborn. Sanborn's Grammys and unjazzlike record sales testify to how far his impassioned playing has reached beyond the cognoscenti for nearly 40 years.""But the young British Mobo winner YolanDa Brown played the first set and left an unexpectedly vivid http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/david-sanbornyolanda-brown-guardian-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-488653416042154270Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:00 +00002009-07-03T12:54:35.947+01:00world musicesquilinobarbicanmario troncoagostino ferrenteorchestra di piazza vittorioblaze'If ‘world music’ could be encompassed by a single group, Rome’s Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (OPV) might just be it. They are a phenomenon which has sprung out of the city’s diversity; 15 players from 9 countries, spanning continents and cultures, religions and backgrounds, some with music diplomas, others whose education came from busking in the streets.' Read the full feature and see the http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/orchestra-di-piazza-vittorio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-4579510978273867177Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:45:00 +00002009-07-03T12:52:25.414+01:00cabaretbarbicanweimarute lempergermanblazeCombining Weimar era cabaret with Paris chanson, Ute Lemper's new show can be seen at the Barbican. Peter Culshaw has tea and cakes with the singer.'Recovering from a night of cabaret at the Tipi club in Berlin, I get a train across Germany, listening to Ute Lemper’s music. It is a perfect soundtrack to the landscape flashing by as I travel to meet Germany’s most internationally renowned singer http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/ute-lemper-interview-for-angels-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-7958165773498394002Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:42:00 +00002009-07-01T12:14:56.636+01:00UK Jazz Dancebarbicanbarbican jazzjazzreloadedgilles petersonsummercargoeast londonmusicjazzchaser publicationsmighty jeddoblazeWhile we are waiting for David Sanborn, Sam Moore and YolanDa Brown to open the Barbican Summer Jazz series this Thursday - followed by Medeski Martin & Wood + The Claudia Quintet on Wed 8 Jul and Hiromi + Yaron Herman Trio + Tineke Postma Quartet on Fri 10 Jul - CHASER PUBLICATIONS is back on sale with their first publishing venture since ceasing the hard copy of Straight No Chaser magazine http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/07/history-of-uk-jazz-dance-scene.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493705160199114939.post-5364153325957059699Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:51:00 +00002009-06-29T18:18:34.696+01:00festivalsummer jazzvortex jazz clubdavid sanbornbarbicanhiromieast londonmusicyolanda brownsam mooremedeskiblazeJazz lovers in London know that from back in the 1990's the Barbican has always been programming the finest jazz sourced worldwide, with a particularly trained eye for fresh talent. And this summer will not be an exception, because Blaze brings to London not only world music but also jazz legends and jazz stars of tomorrow.Harold Lopez Nussa and his band started building a bridge of sound last http://barbicanblaze.blogspot.com/2009/06/barbican-summer-jazz-ready-to-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matteooooo)4