​Sinds 2012 al zet het Antwerpse duo de podia op stelten met zijn vlijmscherpe garage-punk. Tonnen energie, die ze al kwijtkonden op de mooiste festivalplanken van het land, waaronder Rock Werchter, Dour en afgelopen weekend nog op Pukkelpop.
 
Humo’s Rock Rally en de Nieuwe Lichting van Studio Brussel katapulteerden Equal Idiots in 2016 naar het sterrendom, en sindsdien palmen ze het grote publiek in met hits als “Salmon Pink”, “Put My Head in the Grond” (vijf weken aan kop van de Afrekening!) en “Toothpaste Jacky”. Thibault Christiaensen (gitaar, zang) en Pieter Bruurs (drums, zang) brengen een genadeloze en no-nonsense punkrocksound, die hen onweerstaanbaar authentiek maakt. Sinds de release van hun debuut ‘Eagle Castle BBQ’ (2017), een slimme mix van catchy hits en rock met weerhaken, hebben de heren niet stilgezeten, en houden ze er een goedgevulde concertagenda op na. Vandaag werken Thibault en Pieter met producer Thomas Valkiers aan een opvolger. Eerste single “Run” doet met het betere gitaarwerk, drums en rock ’n roll alvast het beste vermoeden. Op 20 februari stellen ze ons de nieuwe plaat live voor in de AB. Niet te missen!
 
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SLONGS KONDIGT 2 EXCLUSIEVE ZAALSHOWS AAN

2019 is het jaar waarin Slongs scoort met haar tweede album #GOEGAAN. Ze omringde zich met enkele topmuzikanten en ging samenwerkingen aan met o.a. Raymond van het Groenewoud, Will Tura en Jack Parow. Na een geslaagde release show in de Arenbergschouwburg en een drukke festivalzomer met opvallende passages op Suikerrock & Sfinks kondigt Slongs twee exclusieve zaalshows aan. Samen met haar live band, danseressen en special guests brengt ze in De Roma & Kursaal Oostende haar bekende hits en nieuwe songs van #GOEGAAN in een funky & opzwepende show met hip hop, reggae & dancehall vibes!

12 maart 2020 De Roma, Antwerpen
13 maart 2020 Kursaal, Oostende

Info & tickets via www.slongs.be/shows

​SLONGS EERT HELDEN IN BOEK 'LACHT NOR MIJ'

Lacht nor mij en ik lach terug nor A. Is het echt allemaal zo simpel, Slongs? Hoe komt het dat jij altijd zo positief bent? Neem jij misschien happy pills?
Wel, het vraagt gewoon een beetje toewijding en zelfreflectie. En af en toe los met je smoel tegen de muur lopen. When the going get’s tough, the tough get going. Die eerste tough wil zeggen moeilijk, de tweede zachtmoedige vastberadenheid, een eigenschap die ook mijn grote helden typeert.
Mijn heroes en sheroes blinken uit in vreedzaam verzet. Het is de tweede tough die hen drijft. Hoe komt het dat Nelson Mandela na zevenentwintig jaar gevangenis niet verbitterd raakte? Hoe kan het dat Jezus stervend aan het kruis vergiffenis vroeg voor zijn vervolgers? Waar haalt de Dalai Lama zijn lichtvoetigheid vandaan terwijl hij al decennia in ballingschap leeft?
Wat al mijn helden en heldinnen gemeen hebben, is dat ze hun eigen geest leerden kennen. Om daarna heilzame eigenschappen als vriendelijkheid en mededogen te versterken, en negatieve zoals haat en hebzucht te stoppen. Om te zoeken naar wat ons verbindt en niet naar wat ons onderscheidt.
Elk op hun manier hebben die helden mij gevormd, van onzekere puber tot vreedzame krijger. Dit boek is mijn eerbetoon aan hen.
Lacht nor mij verschijnt op 25 september via Houtekiet. In najaar 2020 volgt er een theatertournee. Tot op de Boekenbeurs!

​ANTWERPEN – Ook Ronan Keating en 10cc maken dit jaar hun opwachting op de 35e editie van Night of the Proms in het Sportpaleis. Zij voegen zich op 22 en 23 november bij de eerder aangekondigde artiesten Maxi Jazz (Faithless), Natalie Choquette, John Miles en zanger-presentator Bart Peeters.

Ronan Keating maakte, na zijn debuut als lid van de succesgroep Boyzone, vanaf 1999 solo furore met hits als ‘When You Say Nothing At All’, ‘Life Is A Rollercoaster’ en ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’. De 42-jarige Ier met zijn onmiskenbare stem zit ondertussen 26 jaar in het vak en kan terugblikken op heel wat successen en hoogtepunten. Zo trad hij oa. op met Elton John in Madison Square Garden, was hij gastheer van het Eurovisie Songfestival en de MTV Awards en stond hij in de opnamestudio met Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) voor het duet ‘Father And Son’ en met Burt Bacharach voor het album ‘When Ronan met Burt’. 
Keating is momenteel terug aan het toeren met Boyzone naar aanleiding van hun 25e verjaardag. Die wordt gevierd met het nieuwe en laatste album ‘Thank You & Goodnight’ en een uitgebreide afscheidstournee. Na een Duitse tournee met Night of the Proms in 2016 en een Poolse in 2017 komt Ronan Keating nu ook met zijn grootste hits naar Antwerpen. 

​Het Britse 10cc is één van de meest inventieve en invloedrijke bands uit de popgeschiedenis en één van de weinige acts die gedurende vijf decennia in gelijke mate commercieel en creatief succes heeft geboekt. Megahits als ‘Donna’, ‘The Wallstreet Shuffle’, ‘I’m Not In Love’ en ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ groeiden uit tot evergreens, mee door hun tongue-in-cheek teksten en catchy refreinen. Ze leverden frontman Graham Gouldman de status van één van ’s werelds beste songwriters op, wat hij in 2014 bekroond zag met zijn introductie in de Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in Amerika. Meer dan verdiend, als je weet dat o.a. ook ‘No Milk Today’ van Herman’s Hermits en ‘Bus Stop’ van The Hollies van zijn hand zijn.
 
10cc verkocht in bijna een halve eeuw meer dan dertig miljoen platen. Hun laatste album, ‘Mirror Mirror’, dateert alweer van 1995, maar op de podia zijn ze nog altijd ‘alive and kicking’. Dat zullen Graham Gouldman en zijn bandleden ook op deze feesteditie van Night of the Proms demonstreren, wanneer zij samen met het Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra alle registers opentrekken.

​35 jaar Night of the Proms
In het Antwerps Sportpaleis wordt in november 35 jaar Night of the Proms gevierd. Night of the Proms is een muziekfestival dat sinds 1985 jaarlijks georganiseerd wordt in België. Klassieke muziek wordt hierbij gecombineerd met hedendaagse muziek, onder begeleiding van het Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra en koor Fine Fleur.
 
Praktisch
Datum: vrijdag 22 & zaterdag 23 november 2019
Plaats: Sportpaleis Antwerpen
Met Ronan Keating, 10cc, Maxi Jazz (van Faithless), John Miles, Natalie Choquette, Bart Peeters, het Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra o.l.v. Alexandra Arrieche en koor Fine Fleur.
Tickets: € 29, € 34, € 48 en € 61 via www.notp.com /belgie en www.sportpaleis.be .
Interessante kortingen voor groepen vanaf 20 personen via groepen@sportpaleisgroup.be
VIP-arrangementen via vip@sportpaleisgroup.be.

​Catherine Ringer, de uitbundige zangeres en performer van Les Rita Mitsouko, blaast de energieke en knettergekke hits van haar band nieuw leven in om hun veertigjarig jubileum te vieren. De Franse artieste trekt voor de gelegenheid op tournee doorheen Frankrijk, maar op het programma staat ook een halte in ons land! Op donderdag 5 december staat ze op het podium in de AB in Brussel om de Belgische fans te trakteren op het tijdloze repertoire van Les Rita Mitsouko.
 
Het iconische Franse duo Les Rita Mitsouko staat bij een hele generatie permanent in het geheugen gegrift. Catherine Ringer en Fred Chichin richtten de band op in 1979, braken al snel met alledaagse normen en verlegden de grenzen van het Franse chanson met behulp van veel humor, talent, waanzin en spot. De twee wisten doorheen de jaren hun unieke stijl te blijven vernieuwen, en spraken meerdere generaties aan. “Marcia Baïla”, “Andy”, “C’est Comme ça”, “Les Histoire d’A”, “Le Petit Train”… hun succesnummers zijn niet te tellen, en zijn ook vandaag nog even aanstekelijk. (Her)ontdek al hun grootste hits en veel meer, en vier mee het veertigjarig jubileum van een mythische groep. Afspraak met Catherine Ringer en haar band – 7 muzikanten waaronder haar zoon Raoul Chichin op gitaar – op 5 december in de AB. Een niet te missen feest!
 

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HOUSTON, TX – Texas guitarist Sparky Parker announces a September 13 date for the self-release of his new CD, In the Dark, featuring 10 blistering blues-rock tracks that ably demonstrate why he is becoming one of the most talked-about performers in his Houston hometown. Watch the video trailer for the new album here: https://show.co/KiZajD7
 
Sparky Parker will celebrate the new disc with a special CD release party show on Friday, September 13, at Houston’s Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club, starting at 9:30pm.
 
Produced by Sparky Parker and recorded, mixed and mastered by Rock Romano at The Redshack Recording Studio in Houston, In the Dark showcases the Sparky Parker Band: Sparky Parker - guitars, vocals; Phillip Lock - bass, backing vocals; and Kevin Berry – drums, with additional keyboards/organ by William Gorman. The CD consists of seven original tunes, plus scintillating covers of songs by The Rolling Stones (“Dead Flowers”), Slim Harpo (“Shake Your Hips’) and Bobby “Blue” Bland, (“I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me).”
 
The album’s original songs are packed with exciting flourishes and surprises. The wah-wah guitar rhythm on the title track, “In the Dark,” paired with hi-hat 16th notes, is a flashback to checkerboard dance floors and spinning disco balls. “This Old Thing” pumps a hard-driving back-beat on the verse that contrasts nicely to the smooth vocal harmonies on the chorus. In the Dark offers a variety of styles, keeping the listener on their toes,  whether it be the up-beat, southern twang and charm of “8 Days in the Doghouse,” or the slow ballad “Games,” reminiscent of the things that Guitar Slim used to do, or a wave of 60's surf guitar on the up-tempo instrumental, “Escape to Quintana.”
 
Eric “Sparky” Parker wears his Texas blues-rock guitarslinger credentials on his sleeve, possessing the grit, drive and talent needed to stand tall in the eternally-competitive Texas music scene. His guitar influences range from Stevie Ray Vaughan to seminal classic blues players such as Magic Sam and Albert King. Long-time Houston fans knew him as a young blues guitar prodigy, but Parker has grown far beyond that kind of simple label. He is now a triple threat who writes quality songs, sings with a feeling and plays with ferocity. With the release of In the Dark, those close to Parker feel that this album will break him to a larger, national audience.
 
Parker began playing professionally straight out of high school, cutting his teeth as a frontman with the rock band Bayou Monster and playing guitar in the blues band Mojofromopolis. He also joined the Houston rock band Funky Mustard, who he still plays with to this day. Parker went on to log road miles with Blues Music Award-winning artists Diunna Greenleaf and Vanessa Collier, playing important shows around the USA and Europe, including The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise, The Blues Music Awards show and The Chicago Blues Festival, among dozens of other major music festivals.
 
He launched the Sparky Parker Band in 2012, a high-energy outfit whose debut album, Live in Houston, was captured live in the band’s hometown at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar. The trio format lets Parker dig deeply into his influences, which include Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers Band, Texas and Chicago Blues, Classic Soul, R&B, and Classic Rock. The band is amped up to take the seven originals and three covers from the new record to the people and knows what it has to offer is tested and true.
 
Reviewers have compared Parker to Gary Clark Jr, Doyle Bramhall II, and Jonny Lang, but he creates intensely original music that never falls into the shadows of imitation. A shy and reserved person offstage, music has always been the best way for him to forge connections with other people. It’s how he tells his story and speaks his mind. That story will get a vital new chapter added onto it with the release of In the Dark, and the crowds on his live tour dates will finish the tale. Anyone interested in where the blues is heading in the modern era should discover Sparky Parker today.
For more info, visit www.sparkyparker.com.
 
Additional Sparky Parker Band Tour Dates
 
10/12                     Katie’s Bar – 9:00pm                                                                       Bacliff, TX
10/19                     Green Oaks Tavern – 9pm                                                           Humble, TX
10/26                     Lone Star Blues & Heritage Festival                                          Grapeland, TX
11/1                       Home Sweet Farm – 8:30pm                                                       Brenham, TX
11/23                     The Heights Theater (opening for Coco Montoya)            Houston, TX
 
Additional dates forthcoming ….

NICASIO, CA – Singer/keyboardist/songwriter Mike Duke has flourished as an in-demand musician and performer for over 45 years, yet October 11 will the see the release of his debut CD, the aptly titled …took a while, on the Little Village Foundation label. Recorded over a 40-year period, ...took a while includes four newly-recorded band tracks, plus a recent live solo piano piece.

The story of this album of all-original material, is deeply intertwined between Mike Duke’s life as a professional musician and former Huey Lewis & the News manager, Bob Brown, the driving force behind this album’s release. It was Brown who recognized Duke’s talents as a singer and songwriter in the early 1980s and set Mike on a path that led up to this album.

The four newly-recorded tracks on …took a while showcase Mike Duke’s southern soul vocals and piano work backed by a host of all-star guest musicians, including Elvin Bishop, Kid Andersen, Jim Pugh and Angela Strehli. For “Let Me Be Your Fool Tonight,” Northern California faves, The Zydeco Flames, bring the appropriate Louisiana sound and backing feel to the music. “Nicasio,” the solo piano piece that closes the album, was recently recorded at Rancho Nicasio, the San Francisco Bay Area roadhouse restaurant and nightclub owned by Bob Brown, where Duke has been the house band leader for almost two decades.

“Mike Duke entered my life in 1981 by way of a cassette recording sent to my office in Mill Valley, California, by a music publisher in Los Angeles,” relates Bob Brown in the liner notes. “There were four songs by different writers, one being ‘Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do,” written and sung by Mike. That original ‘demo tape’ featured here, has a vocal performance that blew me away. I called Huey Lewis, as we were looking for material for his second album, asked him to come by, ‘now’ to hear this song and ....... it was in the Top Forty on the Billboard chart in June of 1982.

“I got Mike’s phone number and asked him to send some more tunes. After returning from a road trip, there was another cassette on my desk that included ‘Let Her Go and Start Over,’ also eventually recorded by Huey Lewis & the News. This is the ultimate break-up song and my marriage happened to be in the midst of ending; I had to meet this guy! Another tune, ‘Doin’ It All for My Baby,’ was written a bit later and became a big hit in 1987 (*6 in Billboard) for the band. Those three original songs as I heard them are here to share with you.”

On the vintage tracks, none of which have been released before, Mike Duke employed a collection of superb players over the years, many of whom were in the Southern rock milieu that Duke was an integral part of during his time in the South. Most of the tracks presented here are in their original demo form, including the three covers by Huey Lewis & the News.

On the original version of “Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do,” heard here for the first time, Duke is joined by his fellow members of the group, Wet Willie as it was in 1980: Jimmy Hall – sax, backing vocals; Larry Berwald – guitar; and Jack Hall – bass. The drummer on this track, who also appears throughout many of the other songs on the album, was Bill Stewart, who interestingly enough was the original drummer in Wet Willie before becoming a Capricorn Records mainstay in groups such as Cowboy and the Gregg Allman band.

“That’s What So Good About the South,” Mike’s tribute to all-things-Southern, was originally pitched by Duke to the great Dr. John; and one listen to the tune confirms it would have been a perfect song for him. That track was co-produced by former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Jack Pearson, who also plays guitar on it.  
           
Mike also explains that, ”Coming Round Again,” Duke’s heartfelt paean to the end of a relationship, was originally pitched to Gregg Allman after his break-up with Cher. The earliest recorded track on this project, it was produced in 1977 by noted Southern rock producer Paul Hornsby (The Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels Band) at his Muscadine Studios in Macon, Georgia.

Gary Michael Duke was born October 18, 1948, in Mobile, Alabama. He learned to play music by ear on a piano his mother had in the house. Mike was a member of several bands in high school, and sang and wrote for a black church in the area. The song “Torn & Scarred,” written in 1969 and newly-recorded for this collection, is a perfect example of Mike’s gospel roots.

In 1974, Mike hooked up with fellow Mobile brethren Wet Willie and made his first appearance on record with them for their Capricorn Records breakout album, Keep on Smilin’, and title track hit single. He next appeared on their 1975 follow-up, Dixie Rock, before joining the band full-time later that year. Mike would go on to record on two more Wet Willie albums for Capricorn before the band moved on to Epic Records for two releases. Several of Mike’s songs were recorded on those albums as well. Mike later also had a brief stint with The Outlaws. 

In 1983, Bob Brown convinced Mike to move to the West Coast. He became a known entity in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene immediately, hooking up with other songwriters and just by engaging everyone he meets. During this time he also opened an East Coast tour on solo piano for Huey Lewis & the News.

After spending several years as the lead singer/keyboardist of The Solid Senders, the house band at Slim’s nightclub in San Francisco, he joined Delbert McClinton’s band as a featured member for most of the ‘90s, and since Delbert was based in Nashville, Mike relocated there.
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When Bob Brown purchased an old country roadhouse, Rancho Nicasio, in 1998, he asked Mike if he was ready to return to the West Coast, and Mike once again became a fixture in Northern California. He is not only a prominent member of the Rancho All-Stars at the roadhouse; Mike manages their General Store as well!
 
MIKE DUKE - Vocals and Piano all tracks
1. LITTLE MISS PONYTAIL
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 10/18/81 Kudzu Productions
Bill Stewart - drums; Phil Yeager – bass; Ronnie Brown - guitar; Rick Kurtz - guitar
2. HOPE YOU LOVE ME LIKE YOU SAY YOU DO
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 1980 Kudzu Productions
Bill Stewart - drums; Jack Hall – bass; Larry Berwald - guitar; Jimmy Hall - sax, backing vocals
3. DOIN’ IT ALL FOR MY BABY
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 11/5/82 Kudzu Productions
Bill Stewart - drums; Phil Yeager - bass; Rick Kurtz - guitar
4. LET HER GO AND START OVER
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 7/14/81 Kudzu Productions;
Re-mix: Kid Andersen, Greaseland USA
Bill Stewart - drums; Phil Yeager- bass; Jim Pugh - Hammond B3 (new overdub)
Kid Andersen & Lisa Leuschner Andersen - background vocals (new overdub)
5. LET ME BE YOUR FOOL TONIGHT
Produced by Bob Brown
Engineered and mixed by Kid Andersen; Tracking engineer Steve Spirn
Recorded at Rancho Nicasio, 6/11/19 with The Zydeco Flames
Frank Bohan- guitar; Timm Walker – bass; William Allums, Jr. - drums; Bruce Gordon – accordion; Lloyd Meadows - harmonica, washboard, background vocal; Angela Strehli - background vocal; Lisa Leuschner Andersen - background vocal
6. THAT’S WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT THE SOUTH
Produced by Jack Pearson & Mike Duke;
Engineered and mixed by Jack Pearson 1991 at Jack’s House
Jack Pearson - guitar and percussion; Ike Harris- bass
7. *I’M NOT SAD TONIGHT
Engineered and mixed by Kid Andersen, Tracking engineer Steve Spirn;
Recorded at Rancho Nicasio 6/10/19
Gary Vogensen - guitar; Steve Ehrmann – bass; Kevin Hayes - drums; Jim Pugh - Hammond B3
Dallis Craft and Angela Strehli - background vocals
8. AIN’T NO EASY WAY
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 11/5/82 Kudzu Productions
Bill Stewart - drums; Phil Yeager - bass; Rick Kurtz - guitar; Lolly Lee, Louise Davis, Alice Bargeron - background vocals
9. HONEY I LOVE YOU
Produced by Mark Harrelson & Mike Duke
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 2/26/98 Boutwell Studios
Leif Bonderanko - drums; Don Jones - bass; Wayne Perkins - guitar
10. TORN & SCARRED
Engineered and mixed by Kid Andersen
(piano & bass recorded at Rancho Nicasio 6/12/19)
lead vocal recorded at SoundWire Studios, Fairfax, Cal., Engineered by Chris Krotky (C.K)
Kid Andersen- bass
11. I CAN’T LET YOU GO
(Recorded at Rancho Nicasio 6/11/19)
Steve Ehrmann - bass; Kevin Hayes – drums; Kid Andersen - guitar; Jim Pugh - Hammond B3
Elvin Bishop - guitar solo (courtesy Alligator Records)
12. THAT’S WHAT SHE DOES FOR ME
Recorded at Andre’s writing studio in Corte Madera 1987
Just Mike - synthesizer and a drum machine!
13. WHEN YOU HAD IT ALL
Engineered and mixed by Mark Harrelson, 7/22/85 Boutwell Studios
14. COMING ‘ROUND AGAIN
Produced, engineered and mixed by Paul Hornsby 1977 Muscadine Studios in Macon, Georgia 
Bill Connell - drums; Paul Hornsby - bass; Ray Honea - guitar; Don Finney - tenor sax;
Larry Finney - trumpet; Roger Dennison - trombone
15. NICASIO (live)
Mike Duke – piano
 
About Little Village Foundation
Little Village Foundation is a non-profit record label headed by acclaimed musician Jim Pugh  that searches out, discovers, records and produces music that otherwise would not be heard beyond the artist’s family and community. Not only is there no expense to the artist, Little Village Foundation gives ALL proceeds from sales back to the artists. For more information, visit www.littlevillagefoundation.com. 

SHAPED IN DREAMS have released a video teaser for 'Echoes Of Eldren Deeds', their debut album, which will be released in November 2019. SHAPED IN DREAMSfeaturing Members Of Black Crown Initiate, Obscura, Obscurity, Alkaloid and more. The first single 'Fire Within' is set for release on September 6th, backed by a animated video. The album teaser can be viewed below. The album teaser can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/153KK_GlYzQ

Echoes of Eldren Deeds was recorded between February 2018 and June 2019 at the respective studios of the guest artists – Germany, Slovakia, USA, Great Britain and is scheduled to be released in November 2019 via Vmbrella. Tom Fountainhead Geldschläger (ex-Obscura, Amogh Symphony, Pitts-Minnemann Project) did the mixing, mastering, arranging, editing and co-producing.
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SHAPED IN DREAMS is a musical project of composer/multiinstrumentalist Martin Matiasovic featuring international, renowned guest artists from Black Crown Initiate, Obscura, Obscurity, Alkaloid and more. The main motivation behind the project was establishing a creative outlet for the artist’s restless urge to compose and thereby also present his eclectic, multigenre vision of music mainly drawing inspiration from heavy, guitar oriented and classical music. The result is a kind of music that represents the message that genres and styles are but a superficial, non-essential quality of music, that its real substance lies beyond them and that they ultimately don’t matter. This is expressed by a multitude of genres represented on the album while at the same time conveying the same ideas throughout its entirety.

Line Up:
Martin Matiasovic – producer, rhythm, lead and acoustic guitar, french horn, field recordings, composing, arranging, editing
James Dorton – vocals, arranging (Black Crown Initiate, Replacire)
Linus Klausenitzer – fretless bass, editing, arranging (Obscura, Alkaloid, Noneuclid)
Marc Dzierzon – drums, arranging (Obscurity, Centaurus-A, ex-Almanac, ex-Dew Scented)
Matthias Preisinger – acoustic piano, string instruments (german composer, multiistrumentalist, session musician)
Mikołaj Suchanek – electric piano, improvisations (jazz pianist)
Harmonia Nova – wind instruments (woodwind quintet)
Christina Rotondo – clean vocals (session vocalist)

Born February 1993 in Slovakia, Martin showed an early interest in music starting with recorder at the age of 6, later switching to french horn. During his mid teenage years he developed an interest in alternative rock music listening to Nirvana and Alice In Chains which also led him to pick up the guitar. Shortly after that he started favoring heavier, more guitar oriented bands like Megadeth and Judas Priest, later scandinavian melodeath pioneers In Flames and Dark Tranquillity as well as instrumental guitar music from Shrapnel Records artists. From day one he was experimenting with writing own music rather than learning songs of other artists. This naturally progressed to a heavy interest in composition and music theory which, soon after, he was being taught formally at the conservatory in Bratislava where he also continued with his french horn studies. During these years he formed a melodic death metal band with friends. This helped him to further develop his songwriting skills in the metal genre and gain experiences with playing in a band situation, later he stepped in as a touring guitarist for a local symphonic black metal band. After graduating at the conservatory he went on to study french horn performance at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, Germany, where he attained his bachelor’s degree in 2019 and got further accepted for master studies. During his second year in Dresden he won a scholarship which he used as a financial basis to start producing SHAPED IN DREAMS‘ first realease ‘Echoes of Eldren Deeds‘.
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​Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on 180 gram audiophile gold colored vinyl
 
Magma's critically acclaimed newest album Zëss is a 38-minute musical work by Christian Vander. Composed in 1970, Zëss had long been plagued by its incompleteness, its recording was deferred for years. Four decades after its first draft, the work has finally been recorded in an orchestral version that gives it both its true dreamlike dimension and its transcending power. The first public performance took place in Bourges in 1979. It is the last piece in a series of unfinished compositions from the 1970s. During the last 15 years, they finished and released all these different pieces. Zëss is described as a work that touches the philosophical domain by its treatment of the idea of nothingness and its evocation of the theme of time.
 
Magma turned fifty this year, catapulting into the very exclusive circle of bands who for five decades have never laid down their instruments, nor turned down their volume! The oldest French band still in existence has always played at full sail, never yielding to the siren song of passing trends. The fiercely original music has tirelessly adhered to the highest artistic standards while still reaching a wide audience of all ages.
 
Zëss is available for pre-order as a limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on gold colored vinyl. The package includes a 4-page booklet. The vinyl edition will be released on September 20, 2019.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
Brand new album
Gatefold sleeve with UV spot varnish
4-page booklet
Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies on gold colored vinyl
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More information about this release: 
https://www.musiconvinyl.com/catalog/magma/zess
To pre-order: smarturl.it/MagmaZessVinyl
Magma's official website: https://www.magmamusic.org/en/home/

​Op vrijdag 30 augustus gaat de 1ste Muzikale Kermishappening 2.0 duur in de feesttent op de Harding in Herdersem bij Aalst (het dorp waar ik woon).
Op het programma staan een openingsconcert van Koninklijke Harmonie Concordia et Docilitas, gevolgd door een optreden van Eveline Cannoot (bekend van MENT Tv), die tevens het geheel zal presenteren, waarna de band John Woolley & Sons aan zal treden, met gastoptredens van The Voice Senior finalisten Rita Roelandt en Karel Meganck.
Dit is een organisatie van de Dorpsraad in samenwerking met diverse verenigingen.
Allen welkom!

His is in favor of something a little less definable, a bit sassier and harder to pin down.

Faintly art-rock, with a theatrical, funhouse lean duo H. Kink dive similar experimental depths as of Montreal or Cocteau Twins... but with decidedly arousing self-production techniques (acoustic guitar recorded on a Rite-Aid lapel mic) that instantly become fully produced when looped frantically through the Montserrat Neve modules and Urei 1176LN compressors at Wendy & Lisa's fabled bungalow studios wherein the duo recorded and mixed their debut album 'Wish I Were Here', in early 2019.

While sticking mainly to the assortments of dirty bar-bathroom femmepop, the duo occasionally swim into more languid waters, such as love balladry or pseudo-country ... before departing instantly back into its comfort zone which is postpost post-adolescent pop-heat loops, tunnel-visioned ass shakers propelled by psychedelic shrapnel, harmonizing and tripping along until the pills wear off, the sun comes up, or probably both.

Bipolar mood swings, an obsession with 818-Hollywood, lust, and self-loathing/discovery, all jammed into thumping pop-voids take us to the far left of what can be accomplished when locked inside a hot, windowless room outfitted with nothing but a MIDI Controller, an acoustic guitar, and a laptop...
~ Jay Carlos, Tight.AF
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Jennis delivers more sound, variety and fun than one would think could fit into a single touring van. The duo brings together Guelph-based Dennis Gaumond’s decades of writing and performing, with Jen Gillmor, veteran of the Toronto indie scene. Their blend of cello, dobro, didgeridoo, harmonica, flute, guitar, bass, jaw harp and wazinator, combined with catchy, quirky original songs, makes for a unique and unforgettable performance.
Their debut album, The Current, was released in June, 2014 and has charted at college radio stations across Canada. It was noticed by The Toronto Blues Society who nominated them as finalists in their 2015 Talent Search Contest. They showcased at the 2015 FMO and the 2017 Toronto Blues Summit.

Jennis is set the release their sophomore recording, 
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The Mirror on October 4, 2019. It is a collection of original songs, except for a ‘Jennisized’ version of the Bob Marley song "Get Up, Stand Up". The songs all contain elements of blues, jazz, reggae, rock and exotic world textures, which are typical of Jennis’s musicality.
The Mirror features Jen on cello, didgeridoo, bass, flute and vocals, and Dennis on vocals, guitars, dobro and harmonica and includes contributions from guest artists such as Cécile Doo-Kingué on guitar (track 10), Tannis Slimmon and Shannon Kingsbury on back-up vocals, Tom Wolf on drums and percussion, Oisin Hannigan on bodhrán  (track 9) and Chris Dahmer on organ and accordion.
Lyrically, the songs address a variety of topics. The title song, "Sneak Past the Mirror", is about how we all feel like youngsters until we catch a glimpse of ourselves in the mirror. "You Never Know" is about how we can’t predict the future, but it is also about how knowledge itself is an elusive butterfly that is beyond our grasp. "Too Much Stuff" is a playful commentary on consumerism. Other songs contain social comment, spiritual observations and acknowledgement of reality’s pervasive underpinning of love. The general tone of the lyrics is thoughtful but light-hearted, inviting the listener to ‘look in the mirror’ and to take inventory of what is truly important in life.
 
facebook.com/jennismusic | jennis.ca
 

Sinds hun terugkeer naar de schijnwerpers loste Bathazar alle verwachtingen in met de prachtige vierde langspeler ‘Fever’, een voorjaarstournee door Engeland en een vijfsterrenconcert in een volle Lotto Arena. Vandaag maken Maarten Devoldere, Jinte Deprez en co het mooie weer op de Europese festivalpodia, zoals we eerder deze zomer op Rock Werchter al mochten aanschouwen. Maar ook de herfst en winter zien er nu al zonnig uit, want de Europese najaarstournee van Balthazar brengt de band terug naar eigen land voor twee nu al legendarische concerten in het intieme Koninklijk Circus in Brussel! Afspraak met de Belgische fans op 17 en 18 februari 2020.
 
Na een creatieve pauze waarin de heren zich elk op hun zijprojecten stortten (J. Bernardt, Warhaus, Zimmerman), bevestigt het getalenteerde vijftal zijn status als Belgisch én Europees rockicoon. Balthazar is een keurmerk dat volle zalen trekt in Parijs, Brussel, Berlijn en Londen. Tien jaar na hun debuut laten Maarten en Jinte zich omringen door Simon, Michiel en Tijs, en is het enthousiasme groter dan ooit, klaar voor het volgende hoofdstuk. Balthazar live, noteer het nu al in uw agenda!

 
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Following on the heels of last year’s well-received self-titled debut album, L.A.'s premiere garage rock upstarts The Brutalists are proud to announce their forthcoming sophomore album, We Are Not Here To Help, on September 6. The new album once again unites Mick Cripps (founding member of L.A. Guns) and Nigel Mogg (founding member of The London Quireboys) along with Kent Holmes, Charlie Nice, and Luke Bossendorfer for a smoldering slab of bluesy pub rock mixed with R&B and bits of ska and reggae thrown in for good measure. The result is utterly unique yet enchantingly familiar, driving melodies and riffs deep into the heart and soul of listeners. Just give a listen to the superb first single from the new album, “Take It All Away,” along with the supremely cool video, for a taste of what this band is capable of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF7GIGIiYyc

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​Track List:
1. Leave It Out
2. If I Just Do Nothing
3. Who's Gonna Believe Ya
4. Take It All Away
5. Something To Say
6. Price On Your Head
7. You Got Nothin' On Me
8. Uselss Information
9. Someone Like You
10. Maybe I'm Wrong
11. It Was Never Meant To Be So Easy

 Nu nog straffer dan vorig jaar: de 30ste editie alweer! Immense feestsfeer en knalbal in het kwadraat, want voorwaar: 30 = 1² + 2² + 3² + 4²!

Of in mensentaal, meer bepaald in het Nederlands en/of Vlaams dat hier ook weer de muzikale selectie bepaalt: iedereen welkom op dit GRATIS MUZIEKFESTIVAL, HARTJE BRUSSEL, 5 MIDDAGEN in de LAATSTE WEEK van AUGUSTUS, op die unieke kiosk in het WARANDEPARK, net boven het CENTRAAL STATION, tussen metrohaltes PARK en KUNST/WET, met ook diverse BUS- en TRAMnetten in de naaste omtrek.
Ancienne Belgique organiseert weer naar AllerBest vermogen

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​ma 26.08.19 Ertebrekers + Lenny & De Wespen met Eva De Roovere
​​di 27.08.19 Slongs + Berlaen
​wo 28.08.19 Kapitein Winokio + Neeka
​do 29.08.19 Jan De Wilde + Wannes Cappelle & broeder Dieleman & Frans Grapperhaus
​vr 30.08.19 Bart Peeters

Dave Alvin en Jimmie Dale Gilmore werden brothers from other mothers tijdens een reeks gezamenlijke concerten en de daarop volgende bourbon-sessies in West-Amerikaanse bluesclubs. Dave Alvin en zijn oudere broer Phil groeiden op in Downey (Californië) met de muziek van onder meer Chet Atkins en Leo Kottke, wat hen er al op jonge leeftijd toe aanzette om The Blasters op te richten. Dave maakte nadien ook deel uit van the bands X en The Knitters en nam in 2014 met Phil het album ‘Common Ground’ (een zinderende ode aan de muziek van Big Bill Broonzy) op. Jimmie Dale Gilmore groeide op in het Texaanse Lubbock, raakte als jonkie beïnvloed door Hank Williams, Johnny Cash en de klassieke honky-tonk die zijn vader pleegde te spelen. Hij was lid van The Flatlanders, werkte samen met Willy Nelson en schreef ondertussen drie Grammy-nominaties op zijn palmares. Het project ‘Downey to Lubbock’ is diep geworteld in de Amerikaanse rootsmuziek en een ode aan tal van muzikale vrienden en helden. Samen met The Guilty Ones (check de vrouwelijke drumster Lisa Pankratz!) serveren Alvin en Gilmore een stomende gitaarshow vol ronkende blues, swingende country en actuele honky-tonk.
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De voorverkoop is meteen gestart!

18.01.2020
De Roma, Antwerpen
Tickets te koop vanaf vrijdag 16 augustus om 10u.

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Na een succesvolle show begin 2019 in Ancienne Belgique, wordt de muziek en het leven van David Bowie onder de noemer 'A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Diamond Dogs & more Tour' opnieuw gevierd. Dit keer staan ze op zaterdag 18 januari in De Roma.
Een keur aan wereldartiesten, vrienden en mensen die lang met Bowie hebben samengespeeld komen terug naar België voor een show met nummers uit het imposante oeuvre van David Bowie. 
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Mike Garson, de toetsenist met wie Bowie 35 jaar en zestien langspelers lang heeft samengewerkt leidt 'A Bowie Celebration’ in. Garson was Bowie’s langste en meest frequente bandlid. Ze traden o.a. samen op tijdens de eerste maar ook laatste concerten van Bowie. Live krijgt hij het gezelschap van onder anderen Gerry Leonard (Reality tour), Carmine Rojas (Let's Dance / Serious Moonlight Tour), Charlie Sexton (Glass Spider Tour), Kevin Armstrong (Tin Machine tour, Outside tour) en drummer Alan Childs (Glass Spider Tour). Tenslotte mag het publiek een hele rits speciale gasten en verrassingsoptredens verwachten tijdens deze tournee, waaronder Living Colour-zanger Corey Glover en Mr Hudson.
Dit ensemble multi-instrumentalisten van wereldklasse brengen een show met elementen die Bowie beïnvloed hebben en waarmee Bowie op zijn beurt de popcultuur, kunst en mode beïnvloedde. 

Tickets zijn te koop vanaf vrijdag 16 augustus om 10u via deroma.be.
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DEAL GIVES ACCESS TO HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PERSONAL AUDIO RECORDINGS, FILM FOOTAGE, PHOTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL DIARIES AND LETTERS FOR EXCLUSIVE USE IN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
 
New York, August 12, 2019 – Imagine Documentaries President, Justin Wilkes, announced today that the company has reached an exclusive deal with the Louis Armstrong™ Educational Foundation to produce the definitive documentary on Jazz legend and beloved entertainer, Louis Armstrong. The deal comes with access to hundreds of hours of audio recordings, film footage, photographs, personal diaries and a life’s worth of ephemera for exclusive use in the first significant documentary dedicated entirely to his life. In addition to Louis’ prolific music and film career, Louis was an avid biographer and kept an almost daily audio diary from the early 1950’s until the day he passed in 1971, all on reel-to-reel tape recordings and all organized meticulously “for posterity” by “Pops” himself.
 
“I find it difficult to imagine a voice more globally recognized than that of Louis Armstrong,” said Imagine Documentaries’ President, Justin Wilkes. “And yet, the story behind the voice; of the music, the man, and the impact he had on our world has never been fully recognized on film. As the song goes, we’re honored to bring him ‘back to where he belongs.’”
 
Widely known as the Promethean genius of modern American music teaching the world the language of jazz as its greatest singer and instrumentalist, Louis was an imaginative, insightful and industrious artist and entertainer of such depth and irresistible magnetism that he charted a number one record in 1964 (knocking The Beatles off the top of the charts), forty-one years after his groundbreaking recordings with his mentor Joe “King” Oliver. Offstage he was witty, introspective, and extremely complex. Louis was a beloved colleague and the definition of down-home but when crossed he could reveal an explosive temper. His larger-than-life and conventionally softened stage personality was much tougher and sharp-edged than his worshipping fans ever knew.
 
“This is a perfect time to remind the world of the power, depth and beauty in Louis Armstrong’s music and story, especially as we celebrate fifty years of Armstrong’s generosity in establishing the Foundation,” said Stanley Crouch, President of The Louis Armstrong™ Educational Foundation. “He was born in poverty in one of the roughest neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana. Absorbing the multilayered music and culture of that fascinating place and time, he went on to heal and educate the country and world with the depth of his playing, singing and undying belief in the value of our common humanity. The life and times, trials, tribulations and triumphs of Louis Armstrong still has much to show the world. He is an iconic genius whose rich musical, social and philosophical insights are timeless.”
 
Production is scheduled to commence this fall.
 
Over the last year, Imagine Documentaries’ has amassed a growing slate of productions which also includes the Bryce Dallas Howard documentary DADS, the Ron Howard directed documentary Rebuilding Paradise for National Geographic Documentary Films, a documentary about 13-time NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade for ESPN Films, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band which is premiering as the opening night film at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, and the docu-series She The People with Sarah Jones, for CNN. The division recently teamed up with Apple to produce a slate of feature documentaries and docuseries, under an exclusive, first-look deal.
 
About Imagine Documentaries
Imagine Documentaries was formed in 2018 by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with a focus on developing and producing premium feature documentaries and non-scripted television. Based out of New York, Imagine Docs is run by Academy Award-nominated and multiple Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producers Justin Wilkes and Sara Bernstein. The division expands on Imagine’s rich history in the documentary space which includes the hit National Geographic hybrid documentary series Mars, and Breakthrough as well as The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years which won the 2017 Grammy for Best Music Film, Jay Z’s Made in America, Prophet’s Prey, Katy Perry: Part  of  Me, Inside  Deep Throat, and Beyond The Mat in the film space. Imagine Documentaries is currently producing the Ron Howard-directed film Rebuilding Paradise, which follows the Paradise, CA wildfires that most recently ravaged a community; Sound & Vision, the anthology docuseries with Rolling Stone Magazine; the docuseries She The People with Tony Award-winner Sarah Jones; the documentary DADS, with Bryce Dallas Howard directing; the Dwyane Wade documentary, This Is Brighton, a feature documentary about 14 year old Brighton Zeuner, the youngest-ever X Games gold medalist, and her journey to the 2020 Olympics; and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, a film executive produced by Martin Scorsese chronicling musician Robbie Robertson’s meteoric rise and the story behind The Band. Imagine also produced the Ron Howard directed Pavarotti about opera great Luciano Pavarotti, currently in theaters worldwide.
 
About The Louis Armstrong™ Educational Foundation, Inc.
The Louis Armstrong™ Educational Foundation, Inc. was founded and funded by Louis Armstrong in 1969 and is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. The foundation was created to give back to the world "some of the goodness he received." The Foundation is dedicated to perpetuating the legacies of Louis and Lucille Armstrong throughout the world to include fostering jazz music programs, performance training, workshops and lectures on the history of jazz. LAEF is a living legacy to “Satchmo” Louis Armstrong, the most important creative force in the early development and perpetuation of America's music, Jazz. His influence, as an artist and cultural icon, is universal, unmatched, and very much alive today. The organization is managed by a 16-member Board of Trustees, Stanley Crouch is the Board President. Louis Armstrong was born in the Storyville district of New Orleans on August 4, 1901 – he settled in Corona Queens (New York) with his 3rd wife, Lucille. Through the years, Louis traveled the world as America’s “Jazz Ambassador,” entertaining millions, from heads of state and royalty to the kids on his stoop in Corona. Despite his fame, he remained a humble man and lived a simple life in a working-class neighborhood. To this day, everyone loves Louis Armstrong—just the mention of his name makes people smile!

www.louisarmstrongfoundation.org

​You can’t miss Ghalia Volt. She’s the natural-born rock star with the leather jacket and wicked grin, leaning from her album sleeve to offer you a hit on her hip flask. But the real Southern blend ain’t in the bottle, it’s on the songs. Following the New Orleans flavours of her 2017 breakthrough, Let The Demons Out, this year sees the acclaimed Brussels-born singer-songwriter dive deeper into the American South, recording in the hill country of Mississippi, where she shared her songs with a cast of esteemed local musicians and caught the flying sparks. This is Mississippi Blend: an album as fiery and throat-burning as Delta moonshine.
Six years ago, Ghalia was a best-kept secret, her days spent busking on the streets of the Belgium capital, her nights shaking the city’s blues clubs. But as a die-hard R&B and blues fan, the singer-songwriter found the siren call of America too strong to resist. Visiting Chicago, Memphis and Nashville, Ghalia’s livewire talent saw her embraced by the musical motherland and elevated to headliner status.

Before long, on Let The Demons Out, she fused the groove of New Orleans with her own punk-rock attitude, hooking up with bassist Dean Zucchero, guitarist Smokehouse Brown and harmonica player Johnny Mastro from the Crescent City’s legendary band, Mama’s Boys. Commercially and creatively, this debut release made a seismic impact, hitting #1 on Louisiana’s Roots Music Report, #15 on the national Contemporary Blues Chart and #23 on the Living Blues Charts – while scoring Blues Album Of The Month in Classic Rock (“They’re an irresistible force”).
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But like any musician with the blues under their fingernails, Ghalia always burned to make a record in Mississippi. Right from the start, her vision for Mississippi Blend was clear. This was to be an album so raw it bled, recorded deep in the hill country, letting all the region’s favourite sons add their thumbprint and catching the vibe that blew on the breeze. “Raw and natural,” nods the singer. “With bleedings, minimal microphones used, a traditional approach with modern influences.”

There was one studio that fit the bill. Owned and operated by, award-winning producer Jim Dickinson sons, Cody and Luther Dickinson, the Zebra Ranch in Coldwater, Mississippi, is a beacon of old-school production, where titans from T-Model Ford to R.L. Burnside have torn it up. But rather than being overawed by the studio’s history, Ghalia stepped up with her own songs and attitude, immersed in the Mississippi spirit. “I wanted this record to be organic, with hill country influences and the punk, garage and rock ‘n’ roll that I started with. I’m not trying to imitate any style, but letting my songs drive this music.”

Lyrically, these songs are Ghalia’s most powerful yet. “Meet You Down The Road is an emotive poem about the tragic loss of a loved one,” she says. “Drag Me Down is about never stopping doing what we aim to do. Squeeze is an erotic love song disguised in a cute, playful story. Why Don’t You Sell Your Children? speaks of a society in which common morals have become so increasingly depleted in the interest of greed that one’s next step might as well be to sell off your offspring for some extra cash.”
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Ghalia sings up a storm, while playing soulful dobro and slide guitar. But this is anything but a one-woman show. Once again, Zucchero and Brown were the engine room, while every morning saw the singer welcome a new guest. On drums, you’ll find Cody Dickinson of the feted North Mississippi Allstars, alternating with Cedric Burnside, whose feel on the hill country-flavoured tunes would have made both his late father and grandfather proud. The veteran harp-blower Watermelon Slim duets with Ghalia on the dusty-road groove of Wade In The Water, while Lightnin’ Malcolm – a guitarist credited with keeping the hill country scene so healthy – plays searing leads. “The process of this record,” says Ghalia, “was an absolutely beautiful experience.”
By all means, take a slug on her hip flask. But don’t forget to play Mississippi Blend – and fall for the most powerful cocktail of star players and roots styles you’ll hear this year. “I just can't wait,” says the singer, “to share this new album live…”

13.03.2020
La Madeleine, Brussel
Verkoop vanaf vrijdag 16 augustus om 10u

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Op 13 maart 2020 komen de triphop-pioniers Morcheeba het beste van zichzelf geven in zaal La Madeleine te Brussel.
In 2018 kondigden originele Morcheeba-leden Skye Edwards en Ross Godfrey hun comeback aan. Na 'Blaze Away’ - de negende studioplaat die verscheen op 1 juni 2018 - volgde een zeer succesvolle wereldtournee langs zalen (2018) en festivals (2019). Volgend voorjaar krijgen de Belgische Morcheeba-fans een extra kans om de unieke combinatie van Downtempo, Trip Hop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Folk Rock, Dub Reggae en Pop live mee te maken in een knusse zaal.
De nummers op 'Blaze Away’ kwamen op een zeer organische manier tot stand. De meeste zangpartijen van Skye werden live ingezongen, twee nummers zijn Franstalig en het uitkiezen van medewerkers op de plaat (Roots Manuva, Benjamin Biolay, Robert Logan en Kurt Wagner) gebeurde intuïtief. "Wanneer we iemand tegenkwamen die we leuk vonden en mee wilden samenwerken, vroegen we het gewoon”.
Live wordt het duo aangevuld door de zoon (Jaega - drum) en man (Steve Gordon - bas) van Skye. Verwacht u op 13 maart aan nieuw werk, de klassiekers ('Otherwise’,’Trigger Hippie’, 'The Sea’, 'Rome wasn’t built in a day’) en covers ('Let’s Dance’ en 'Summertime’).

De lente wordt volgend jaar in Brussel een week vroeger dan voorzien ingezet. De voorverkoop start op vrijdag 16 augustus om 10u via greenhousetalent.be. Mis uw afspaak met Morcheeba niet!

​The Blues Caravan rolled again. In 2019 – just like every year since the first trek back in 2005 – you could experience a night of house-rocking live music, as three unique artists hit the stage at clubs across the US and Europe. On this CD + DVD live album you get chance to see and hear the hottest insider tips of the scene again!
The concert was recorded on 15th February 2019 at Café Hahn in Koblenz!
Here are your favorite musicians from the Blues Caravan 2019 ...

Ina Forsman is no stranger to anyone who’s serious about modern blues. The Finland-born belter lit up the Blues Caravan back in 2016, when we first heard her head-turning smoky vocal and the material from that year’s acclaimed self-titled debut album (dubbed “joyous” by Classic Rock). This time, Ina returns to the Caravan with the speaker-rattling soul, blues, Latin and acid-jazz flavours of her upcoming second album, Been Meaning To Tell You. “I’ll be bringing a bunch of as-yet-unheard songs,” she says, “as well as some funky hidden treasures from back in the day. It’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime tour, full of raw female power.”

And they don’t come much more powerful than Ally Venable. Adding her modern twist to the proud heritage of Texas blues, this Lone Star State gunslinger has gathered armfuls of awards for her burn-it-down guitar style and the original songs of her recent Puppet Show release. Now, as she lights up the Blues Caravan 2019 – ably backed by the locomotive rhythm section of Roger Innis (bass) and Elijah Owings (drums) – you’ll walk in curious and leave as a convert. “I’m excited to bring my show and my Texas-influenced guitar slingin' background to this Blues Caravan,” says Ally. “When I play live, I want to connect with people and for them to let go of their troubles.”

There must be something in the water in Belgrade. The Serbian capital has already given us Ruf legend Ana Popovic – and Katarina Pejak promises to make the same impact. With her soulful piano-playing, purred jazz vocal and sneak previews of the material set to appear on her forthcoming Mike Zito-produced album, this Berklee College Of Music graduate will have the crowd in her hand. “My shows provide a blend of blues, country, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll wrapped in a piano-driven sound,” says Katarina. “Between me and the other two ladies, the audience will get a 360 tour around the crossroads where blues meets with other genres.”

Datum: 31/10/2019
Zaal: La Madeleine, Brussel
Start concert: 20u00


Alessandro Mahmoud, beter bekend als Mahmood, is in 1992 geboren te Milaan en heeft een Italiaanse moeder en een Egyptische vader.
 
In september 2018 bracht Mahmood zijn debuut album Gioventù Bruciata uit bij Island Records waar hij zijn unieke urban pop stijl ontwikkelde. Het album bevat de hit Soldi, het winnende lied van het Festival di Sanremo 2019. Het kreeg ook de tweede plaats op het Eurovisiesongfestival.
 
“Soldi”, de meest gestreamde Italiaanse hit met meer dan 118 miljoen views en meer dan 152 miljoen streams, kreeg 3 maal platinum in Italië, platinum in Zwitserland, Spanje en Griekenland en goud in Nederland. Het album Gioventù Bruciata kreeg goud in Italië.
 
Voor meer info, klik hier.

 
 

​In de week van moederdag stelt Katleen Scheir haar nieuwe single voor. Bekijk de video op
https://youtu.be/SvcWHqJO-h8. 

The Sun is een bijzondere en pure ode aan haar overleden moeder. Voor de opname van het nummer had Katleen niet meer nodig dan haar stem, de klanken van haar kalimba en een prachtige bijdrage van gitarist Geert Hellings (Guido Belcanto, Jim White, …).

The Sun verscheen ook op haar debuutalbum Border Guards dat eind 2018 verscheen bij Starman Records. Katleen Scheir kan je ook kennen als zangeres van The Golden Glows.
genre: folk, singer-songwriter
voor fans van: Joni Mitchell, Alela Diane, Beth Gibbons, …

live:
29 september – Headroom, Turnhout
1 oktober – Missy Sippy, Gent
8 november – cultuurcentrum ’t Getouw, Mol (middag)
8 november – gemeenschapscentrum Brecht (avond)
16 november – cultuurcentrum Merksem

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Op Border Guards,  het debuutalbum van Katleen Scheir, hoor je sterke folky tekstnummers in de traditie van Joni Mitchell, Alela Diane en Beth Gibbons. Border Guards bevat een selectie van 12 uiterst persoonlijke, emotionele maar vaak ook hoopvolle songs. Katleen Scheir vertelt in de songs haar persoonlijke verhaal: van opgroeien in een ontwricht gezin, volwassen worden met vallen en opstaan en het proces van een slepende ziekte waaraan haar moeder in 2016 overlijdt.
Katleen deed voor de opnames van Border Guards in de Sputnik Studio in Schoten beroep op haar vaste bandleden: Martine de Kok op piano en accordeon,  Lotte De Blieck op bas en Hans Dockx op drums.
Daarnaast hoor je op het album bijdragen van trompettist Jon Birdsong (Black Flower, Beck, Jan Swerts), gitarist Geert Hellings (Guido Belcanto, Jim White), zangeres Nel Ponsaers (The Golden Glows, Stef Kamil Carlens), violist Toon Dockx (And They Spoke in Anthems), celliste Charlotte Vavourakis , trombonist Maarten Scheir (Ambrassband) en de Italiaanse Grammy-genomineerde mondharmonicavirtuoos Fabrizio Poggi (Garth Hudson, Robert Plant, The Blind Boys of Alabama).
Katleen Scheir (1983) sloeg na haar studies Jazz-zang aan het conservatorium van Antwerpen al snel meer de folk- en rootsrichting in. Je kan haar kennen als zangeres van het akoestische folktrio The Golden Glows, dat al sinds 2005 het stof blaast van oude muziek uit de 20’s, prison songs en traditionals. The Golden Glows waren vorig jaar artist in residence in de AB in Brussel, waar ze een eerbetoon brachten aan The Anthology Of American Folk Music. Verder speelde Katleen Scheir samen met onder meer bluesgrootheden Guy Davis en Fabrizio Poggi (beiden waren dit jaar genomineerd voor een Grammy) en wijlen Hugo Spencer, voormalig bassist van Ferre Grignard.

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Guido Belcanto : “Een zanger moet trachten pijn te verzachten”
30 jaar Guido Belcanto: Grootste hits live, vergeten parels, weeskinderen en rariteiten
3CD – Release 14/9/19

Toen Guido Belcanto in 1989 na Christus zijn debuutplaat 'Op zoek naar Romantiek' uitbracht,  maakten Vlaanderen en Nederland kennis met een zanger die in niets te vergelijken viel met alles wat er tot dan toe bestond in het Nederlandstalige chanson. Critici en journalisten braken zich het  hoofd over deze man en slaagden er niet in, ondanks verwoede pogingen, om hem in een vakje te stoppen. Waar kwam deze exotisch ogende figuur vandaan en hoe moest zijn muziek  gedefinieerd worden? Dat er tot op heden, 3 decennia later, nog steeds niemand hem heeft weten te plaatsen is op zich al hoogst uitzonderlijk, nog uitzonderlijker is dat hij ons gedurende al die jaren heeft verrast met platen waarvan de kwaliteit boven elke verdenking verheven is.  
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14 albums  in totaal met mooie, dichterlijke titels als 'Koning en Clochard', 'Zeerover zonder Boot', 'la Comédie humaine', 'Man van lichte zeden', 'Cavalier
seul', 'Plastic Rozen verwelken niet', 'Tache de Beauté', ‘Liefde en Devotie’ enz...stuk voor stuk vaak ondergewaardeerde meesterwerken die tand des
tijds moeiteloos hebben doorstaan en nog niets van hun relevantie hebben ingeboet.
Belcanto's muziek klinkt tijdloos en zo is ook zijn thematiek: hij is de zanger van liefde, lust en leed, de troubadour der gebroken harten, de apostel van de romantiek, onze enige, echte en waarachtige zanger van  het levenslied. Op ontroerend consequente wijze verkondigt hij al 30 jaar lang zijn boodschap hetgeen hem een welhaast iconische status heeft opgeleverd. Waar hij in den beginne nog voor veel controverse zorgde, zijn de meningen ondertussen eensluidend geworden: Guido Belcanto is  een stroming op zich, hij is de belichaming van het levenslied.
30 jaren van een leven vol muziek en hartstocht. Hoog tijd dus voor een origineel   overzicht van dit uitzonderlijke artistieke palmares.

Géén gewone best of – geplukt uit het omvangrijke oeuvre maar een exclusieve driedubbele CD.
CD 1  werd tijdens de laatste tournee’s live opgenomen met zijn trouwe band het Broederschap en bevat 14 van zijn bekendste nummers die live vaak een volledig ander arrangement meekrijgen dan op de oorspronkelijke albumversies. CD 2 en CD 3 bevatten 35 vergeten parels, demo’s en rariteiten waaronder vele onuitgebrachte songs. Een muzikale schatkamer zal haar deuren openen die zelfs de meest doorwinterde fans met verstomming zal slaan. In het bijgaande boekje loodst Guido de luisteraar zelf doorheen zijn fascinerend en verrassend songarchief dat terug gaat tot de vroege jaren ’70.

En natuurlijk wordt aan deze heuglijke gebeurtenis een zeer uitgebreide tournee gekoppeld die op 14/9/19 van start gaat, niet toevallig de release datum van deze CD.  De volledige tour vind je hier: https://www.guidobelcanto.be/nl/agenda . Als single wordt de live versie van “Op de pechstrook van het leven uitgebracht”
Belcanto mag dan 65 zijn geworden, geen haar op zijn  hoofd denkt eraan om een punt te zetten achter zijn never ending tour de chant. Hierover gepolst, zei de zanger ooit: 'Het allermooiste wat je op een podium kan zien is een  veteraan die het nog kan, een oudere artiest die nog fier overeind staat en geen karikatuur van  zichzelf is geworden. Zo iemand wil ik zijn.'

Op 22 augustus zal het drie jaar geleden zijn dat Toots Thielemans overleed. Daarom plannen muzikanten die nauw met de jazzlegende hebben samengewerkt op die dag een muzikale herdenking op een boogscheut van zijn geboortehuis in Brussel.
LEES OOK 
​In het bekende Brusselse café Het Goudblommeke in Papier zullen artiesten Patrick Deltenre, Eric Melaerts, Bart De Nolf en Bruno Castellucci om 20 uur een hommage brengen aan Thielemans. Er is maar plaats voor circa 60 toeschouwers in de zaal, "maar al wie van Toots hield, is welkom".
De organisatoren hopen op goed weer, zodat op het terras ook mensen kunnen volgen.

JULIEN TASSIN
een nieuwe track uit het album Momentum :
HEAT (videoclip)

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​Heat :
"dans les films et dans la vie, j’aime les paysages désertiques, torrides et inhospitaliers. Ils inspirent le respect, on s’y sent tout petit et faible. Seuls les gens vraiment habitués peuvent y survivre. Heat en est entièrement inspiré." - Julien Tassin.

Momentum komt uit op 13/09
Momentum, een album dat put uit road music en hedendaagse westernmuziek, verzamelt tien nieuwe composities waarvan het unieke visuele karakter uitnodigt om te reizen. Gitarist Julien Tassin is een veelzijdige, productieve muzikant, die zijn verrijkende invloeden en ervaringen samenbrengt in zijn muziek. 
Voor deze nieuwe stukken, zocht Julien nieuwe structuren, beïnvloed door klassieke muziek, maar geïnjecteerd met improvisatie. Momentum is een spontane trip doorheen verschillende muzikale werelden. Het album verrast door z’n veelzijdigheid en verleidt met haar spontaniteit. Het is in de eerste plaats ook een oprecht album, een soundtrack voor het leven van Julien.

​AGENDA
 
29.09.2019 Bruxel, BOZAR
04.10.2019 Gent, Waterfront Festival
06.10.2019 Geel, Wolwinkel
25.10.2018 Leuven, La conserve
27.10.2019 Antwerpen, Lifeisart 
08.12. 2019 Gent, Opatuur
14.12.2019 Namur, Point Culture