*Unfortunately once again we have bad news to report. Saturday, it was the death of actor Bill Nunn.  This time it’s regarding the passing of musician Kashif Saleem, better known simply as Kashif. He was 56.
As of this posting, we don’t have many details, but according to those who were close to him, Kashif lived alone was found by a neighbor Monday afternoon (09-26-16). The Los Angeles County Coroners’s office says he had been dead since Sunday. At this time, there is no specific cause of death. However, it appears he died of “natural causes.”
Kashif’s death is especially shocking and sad to us here at EURweb because we had a personal relationship with him that went back to the beginning of his career as a solo artist and producer. Just recently we partnered with him for his 3rd annual “Kashif and Friends” show in Hollywood in June of this year. Kashif was a master musician and was also working on new music.
(Bron: Eurweb.com)

The acclaimed accordion player Buckwheat Zydeco has died, aged 68.

Zydeco had suffered from health problems in recent years, and passed away from a battle with lung cancer on Friday (September 24). His manager, Ted Fox, later issued a statement.

"It is with deep sadness that I have to announce that our great, beloved leader Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural, Jr. has passed away," Fox wrote on Facebook (via Rolling Stone). He died at 1:32 AM Louisiana time, keeping musician's hours right to the bitter end.

"I am grieving for my best friend and colleague of more than 30 years," Fox continued. "But, as this great road warrior once said: 'Life is a tour, and it's all about how you decide to get where you're going…I don't want to ignore the bad things in life, but I want to emphasize the good things.' Buck made everything and everyone he touched better and happier. RIP my dear friend, my brother."

The Louisiana musician - born Stanley Dural, Jr. - made his name performing with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band (though they later reverted to performing under Zydeco's name). Zydeco was invited by Eric Clapton to open for him on his 1988 North American tour after earning rave reviews for his band's live shows. The year before, they'd signed to Island Records to release their first album on a major label, 'On A Night Like This'.

Zydeco released 25 albums across his career, while also collaborating with the likes of Keith Richards, Paul Simon and U2, often in the live arena.

Melted space kondigt met enige trots aan dat er een video en drie hermixte nummers uitkomen in oktober.
 
Na hun laatste tournee met Symphony-X en Myrath heeft Melted Space besloten om enkele nummers van het laatste album te hermixen met de live crew stemmen in de mix. De drie nummers worden hermixt door Beau Hill, Joost Van Den Broeck en François-Maxime Boutault. Mastering gebeurde in de Fascination Street Studio door Tony Lindgren.
 
Ze zijn verder ook enorm trots om de komst van hun eerste videoclip aan te kondigen die geregisseerd werd door Rusty J. Matalou in een Duitse Expressionistische stijl. De clip moet Melted Space in een nieuwe visuele dimensie naar de buitenwereld overbrengen en de muzikale escapades van Pierre Le Pape alzo ook visueel ondersteunen.
 
Meer nieuws hierover wordt verwacht…

De uit het Engelse midlands afkomstige Stoner-doom band Alunah zijn terug in de studio en geven de eerste details vrij van hun nieuwe album, dewelke het daglicht zal zien begin 2017 en wordt uitgebracht door het Finse label Svart Records.
 
De charismatische band met hun natuur geïnspireerde, psychedelische en doomishe geest zijn momenteel aan het werk in de Skyhammer Studios met Conan’s Chris Fielding om het vierde studio album op te nemen. Ze streven er naar om iets nieuws aan hun muziek toe te voegen en naar eigen zeggen gaan ze voor dit album tot ver buiten hun comfort zone in meer dan één opzicht. Ze zijn erg tevreden met de behaalde resultaten en kunnen haast niet wachten om het album uit te brengen.
Alunah geeft verder ook verdere details van dit album vrij dat ‘Solennial’ zal gaan noemen. Het hoesontwerp komt van de hand van Adrian Baxter. Alunah had Adrian al enige tijd in het vizier. Zijn werk raakte de band diep vanaf de moment dat ze het zagen en waren vanaf dan ook zeker dat ze met hem wilden werken. Na het lezen van de lyrics creëerde Adrian een meesterwerk dat elk thema en onderwerp van het album omvat. Het ontwerp is al enige tijd klaar en de band is trots om dit nu aan de buitenwereld te kunnen tonen. 

​De voorbije tien jaar, sinds het uitkomen van hun albums ‘Call Of Avernus’ uit 2010 – ‘White Hoarland’ uit 2012 en het in 2014 uitgebrachte ‘Awakening The Forest’ heeft de band een hele weg afgelegd en op vele podia gestaan. Het viertal ontwikkelde een constante progressie met een geïndividualiseerde benadering van psychedelische en organische zwaarte. Hun materiaal bevatte steeds de nodige structuur en groove met melodisch vocalen van gitariste Sarah Day op de voorgrond en met aandacht voor het etherische. Zoals steeds maakt Alunah een stap vooruit en treden hierbij in het voetspoor van Hexvessel, or Jess and the Ancient Ones om bij Svart Records, dat de reputatie heeft om het natuurlijke te vermengen met zware vibes, in een zonovergoten geest van schoonheid en verval, folklore en diep persoonlijke expressie hun album uit te brengen.
 
Om het wachten te verzachten kan u de band live aan het werk zien op volgende datums:
20.10.2016 UK – London, Devonshire Arms
21.10.2016 NL – Tilburg, Little Devil
22.10.2016 NL – Into the Void Festival, Leeuwarden
28.10.2016 UK – The Coal Vaults, Coventry 
 
 
Meer info op:
http://www.facebook.com/alunah.doom
http://www.alunah.co.uk
http://www.svartrecords.com
 

Line-up aangevuld met extra talent van eigen bodem

MERKSEM –  De organisatoren van Night of the Proms hebben onverwachts een extra artiestennaam gelost voor de shows België. Laura Tesoro, onder meer bekend van haar deelname aan het Eurovisie Songfestival in Stockholm, wordt toegevoegd aan de line-up. Eerder waren ook Chaka Khan, Natasha Bedingfield, Tom Chaplin, de leadzanger van Keane en Gabriel Rios als hoofdacts aangekondigd.
 
Met Laura Tesoro en Gabriel Rios als Belgische solisten op Night of the Proms wordt dit jaar extra nadruk gelegd op talent van eigen bodem. Op de shows in Antwerpen en Hasselt zal Laura Tesoro onder andere voor het eerst ‘What’s The Pressure’ in een speciaal daarvoor geschreven symfonisch arrangement brengen. 

Belgische electroband Subs geeft mee vorm aan de show

De drie heren van de electroband The Subs werken dit jaar mee aan Night of the Proms. Het trio staat bekend voor energieke live-shows en razend populaire albums waarmee ze de wereld rondgereisd hebben. Dit jaar vieren The Subs met “A Decade of Dance” en het gelijknamige album hun tiende verjaardag. 

Door de krachten te bundelen met Night of the Proms tonen The Subs niet afkerig te zijn om eens iets helemaal anders te doen. “Ze zullen zelf niet op het podium staan, maar we kunnen wel beroep doen op hun expertise om concreet vorm te geven aan het programma,” aldus Flor Boey, een van de producenten van Night of the Proms. “Het samensmelten van alle popnummers en klassieke muziek tot een coherente show is ieder jaar opnieuw een waar huzarenstuk. Met alle ingrediënten proberen we telkens de goede te flow creëren en keren de mensen zo hopelijk opnieuw met een grote glimlach huiswaarts.”

Tussen 5 en 11 november staat het Antwerps Sportpaleis helemaal in het teken van Night of the Proms. En op 12 november trekt het muziekspektakel naar de Ethias Arena Hasselt voor de eerste show ooit op Limburgse bodem. Soulzangeres Chaka Khan, leadzanger van Keane Tom Chaplin, de Britse Natasha Bedingfield en de Puerto Ricaans-Belgische singer-songwriter Gabriel Rios en Laura Tesoro treden op als popartiesten. Het Amerikaanse strijktrio Time For Three maakt zijn opwachting als ‘klassieke act’.

Vaste waarden Kobe Ilsen en John Miles zijn ook van de partij op de 32e editie van Night of the Proms. Alle artiesten worden begeleid door het symfonische huisorkest Il Novecento, de NOTP Backbone (de Electric Band), het koor Fine Fleur en backing vocals The Pretty Vanillas, onder leiding van de Braziliaanse dirigente Alexandra Arrieche. Tickets zijn verkrijgbaar viawww.teleticketservice.com of telefonisch via 070 345 345 (max. € 0,30/min.). 

Night of the Proms 2016, in het Antwerps Sportpaleis op zaterdag 5, donderdag 10 en vrijdag 11 november om 20.30 uur, in Ethias Arena Hasselt op zaterdag 12 november om 20.30 uur. Kaarten van 26 tot 49,50 euro. Bestellen kan via Tele Ticket Service 070/345.345 (max. € 0,30/min.), vanuit NL: 0900-45.000.45 (€ 0,45/min.) ofwww.notp.com. Groepstarieven en groepsboekingen (+20 personen) via 03 400 60 44 of  groepen@sportpaleisgroep.be.

Night of the Proms krijgt de steun van één, Radio 2, Dag Allemaal, Het Laatste Nieuws en heeft Opel als ‘presenting partner’

www.notp.com/belgie
www.gabrielrios.com
www.natashabedingfield.com
www.tomchaplinmusic.com
www.chakakhan.com
http://lauratesoro.be
www.sportpaleis.be
www.ethias-arena.be

Het beroemde Amerikaanse muziektijdschrift Rolling Stone komt voor 49 procent in handen van een rijke investeerder uit Singapore. Oprichter en eigenaar Jann Wener verkoopt bijna de helft van de aandelen aan de 28-jarige Singaporees Kuok Meng Ru, die daarmee zijn sociale netwerk BandLab wil uitbreiden tot een internationaal muziekimperium.
Het in 1967 opgerichte Rolling Stone werd een icoon in de popmuziek dankzij spraakmakende verhalen met en over beroemde muzikanten en politici. Zoals veel tijdschriften wist het blad de afgelopen jaren echter geen goed antwoord te vinden op de opkomst van het internet. Daarnaast kwam de reputatie van Rolling Stone vorig jaar onder vuur te liggen, omdat een verhaal over een groepsverkrachting op een Amerikaanse universiteit grotendeels onwaar bleek te zijn.

De nieuwe investeerder krijgt geen invloed op de redactionele koers van het tijdschrift. Hij wil de merknaam vooral gebruiken voor een nieuw internationaal bedrijf dat concerten en evenementen organiseert en de bijbehorende merchandise verkoopt. (Bron: Belga)

Het nieuwe Symphonity album ‘King Of Persia’ zal het daglicht zien op 30 september! Je kan naar de eerste snippets luisteren op http://www.limb-music.com
 
‘King Of Persia’ heeft alle ingrediënten in zich voor fans van Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Rhapsody en Thunderstone. Het wordt een album vol Up-tempo hymnes met klassieke melodieën, complex gitaarwerk, memorabele melodieën en onmiskenbare vocale prestaties van Olaf Hayer (Aina, Luca Turilli, Chryztynze, Dionysus, Threasure, Seeker, etc…) en Herbie Langhans (nieuwe sterzanger van het laatste Avantasia album). Het album werd gemixt door Sascha Paeth (Avantasia, Heavens Gate) en gemastered door Miro. De albumhoes is van de hand van Andreas Marschall (Blind Guardian, Kreator, Running Wild, Hammerfall, etc…)

​Enkele interessante links:
Album trailer: https://youtu.be/5QfyfbfckqY
Lyric video: https://youtu.be/YriOvoiLhfQ
Previews en gratis downloads: Soundcloud

Vooraf bestellen kan hier:
Forever Rock Mailorder Store
Ebay Store
Amazon
 
Drie nummers kunnen gedownload worden via iTunes op volgende datums:
The Choice: 9 september
Unwelcome: 16 september
Live To Tell The Tale: 23 september

Blackjazz trail-blazers Shining hebben een video voor ‘House Of Control’ uitgebracht uit het toekomstige studio album ‘International Blackjazz Society’ dat uitkomt bij Spinefarm records.
 
Je kan de video hier bekijken:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qivlbNkdRj0
 
frontman  Jørgen Munkeby is enthousiast date r een video uit is van dit nummer omdat het veel voor hem betekent aangezien de tekst nogal persoonlijk is. Ook muzikaal maakt de band met dit nummer een gedurfde stap in een meer melodieus en gevarieerd landschap. Ze hadden er geen idee van welke richting het succes van dit nummer zou uitgaan maar het blijkt inmiddels één van zijn favoriete nummers op het album te zijn.
Shinning is volop bezig aan een Europse tournee met co headliner Intronaut. Je kan hen nog aan het werk zien op volgende locaties:
 
23.09. - Oberhausbergen, Le Preo, FR
24.09. - VK, Brussels, BE
25.09. - The Dome, London, UK
26.09. - La Boule Noire, Paris, FR
27.09. - Patronaat, Haarlem, NL
28.09. - Paard van Troje, Den Haag, NL
29.09. - Neushoorn, Leeuwarden, NL
30.09. - Euroblast Festival, Essigfabrik, Cologne, DE
 
Shinning is:
Jørgen Munkeby: saxofoon, gitaar, zang
Håkon Sagen:gitaar
Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen: toetsen
Ole Vistnes: bas
Tobias Ørnes Andersen: drums
 
http://www.facebook.com/shiningnorway
http://www.shining.no  
 

Amaranthe zal een video uitbrengen van het nummer ‘That Song’ uit het te verwachten album ‘Maximalism’ dat op 21 oktober uitkomt bij Spinefarm Records. De video zal te bekijken zijn vanaf 3 oktober.
 
Je kan alvast ook het album beluisteren en een voorbestelling plaatsen op:
http://smarturl.it/AM_MAXIMALISM
 
Met ‘That Song’ zal Amaranthe hun nieuwe kant en sound tonen aan het publiek.
het nummer combineert een anthemische riff met een onweerstaanbaar groovy flow, en is hiermee misschien wel de meest unieke Amaranthe track tot heden! 'That Song' belichaamt het keerpunt in je leven wanneer je richting duidelijk wordt. Dus stamp met je voeten en klap in je handen op 'That Song'! "
 
‘Maximalism’ is de opvolger van ‘Massive Addictive’
Weigerend om zich vast te pinnen op één genre heeft Amaranthe op deze schijf maximaal ingezet om het pad verder te bewandelen waarin ze verschillende genres mixen om een solide geheel te brengen met een brede visie en nog grotere vaardigheden dan we tot nu toe van hen gewend zijn.
 
Ter ondersteuning van het nieuwe materiaal zal Amaranthe in oktober ook de Europese tour starten die zal lopen tot november. Op de guest list staan Syndicate en Smash Into Pieces voor alle shows.

Edmonton, AB - Stony Plain Records announces a November 4th release date for Time to Roll, the fifth album by award-winning Canadian blues/rock trio, MonkeyJunk.
 
Time to Roll is unique in that it incorporates elements of all four of their previous recordings with added maturity in songwriting and instrumentation, cementing MonkeyJunk’s originality and sound as its own. It is also progressive for the band, as they’ve added electric bass on most of the songs. No MonkeyJunk recording to date has included bass, but they felt that it would be a welcome addition to MonkeyJunk’s sound. In another precedent, the band also recorded one acoustic track for the first time on the new album.
Comprised of Steve Marriner on vocals, baritone guitar, bass, harmonica and organ; Tony D on lead guitar; and Matt Sobb on drums, MonkeyJunk is one of the hardest working bands on the scene today, performing at venues and festivals around the world for over eight years. Continually pushing boundaries and blurring genre lines, the Ottawa, Ontario-based trio has added an edge to their music by incorporating swampy blues and rock with thoughtful and intelligent lyrics.
 
Time to Roll was recorded at Signal Path Studios in Almonte, Ontario, and mixed and mastered in just over two weeks spanning across two months. “The writing and recording process was different onTime to Roll in many aspects,” says Matt Sobb. “All of the past records have been made over periods of six months to a year - starting and stopping many times over those longer time frames. This time, we were only in the studio for about three weeks all-together and that is BY FAR the fastest and shortest time we’ve ever made a record…but it was intentional to do it that way. We wanted to push ourselves to work hard and to work efficiently and focused - to see what we could come up with in a shorter period of time.” 
 
MonkeyJunk has delivered 10 top-notch tracks that are consistent with the quality and passionate delivery they are known for.  Heading back to their blues roots and drawing on inspiration that runs from John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins to J.J. Grey & Mofo and The Meters, Time to Roll showcases deep grooves, fervent vocals and soulful, original material, plus a cover of Albert King’s classic, “The Hunter.” Time to Roll was co-produced by Ken Friesen, who also doubles as a co-songwriter. Kelly Prescott, Tom Wilson and Stony Plain label-mate Paul Reddick also lent their songwriting talents to the recording.
 
No strangers to awards ceremonies, MonkeyJunk has won a collective 20 Maple Blues Awards, two Canadian Independent Music Awards, a Blues Music Award (USA), and have been nominated twice for a JUNO Award, winning the award for Blues Album of the Year in 2012. Favorites of Elwood Blues (aka Dan Aykroyd), MonkeyJunk has received great support from the syndicated radio program, The BluesMobile.
 
Time to Roll Track List
 
1.    Best Kept Secret  
2.    Time To Roll    
3.    See The Sign    
4.    Blue Lights Go Down    
5.    Pray For Rain    
6.    The Hunter    
7.    Can't Call You Baby    
8.    Undertaker Blues    
9.    Gone    
10. Fuzzy Poodle    

Websites: http://monkeyjunkband.com/ | www.stonyplainrecords.com

Canadian guitarist and songwriter Mark Crissinger has been performing in pubs, clubs, festivals, and fairs since 1987. Between 1987-2007 he played an estimated 1500 shows in Ontario and Quebec, including eighteen tours of the Maritime Provinces. During that time, he was a member of Sweet Jones (89-93) who was signed to EMI and recognized for their songwriting and strong work ethic. Mark was also a member of Toronto’s infamous Caution Jam for twelve years.
 
After moving to British Columbia in 2007 he began to focus on a solo career showcasing his love for songwriting blues and roots music. Since then, he has released five solo albums and played over 800 shows including thirteen eastern Canadian tours and several west coast music festivals. His one-man show features an array of crazy guitar solos and flawless looping which has gained him popularity on the solo tour circuit. The CRISSINGER-BAND is known for their upbeat danceable show and always features an all-star cast. His 2015 album "Blues Expression" received great reviews from critics and extensive airplay on blues radio programs across Canada and the United States.
 
Crissinger’s fifth solo studio album Night Light continues on his “new blues” journey. Blending traditional themes with clever lyrics and modern arrangements, these songs capture his singer-songwriter soul and the blues in his heart. The songs explore the pros and cons of love, loss, fickle fame, and faith. With 10 original tracks, highlights onNight Light include the country-blues opening track “Holding My Heart”, the rockin’ “Poor Boy Blues”, a song about the fortune of being able to make a living in music. “Defeated” is a gritty number about getting knocked down and rising up. “The Sunday Blues” and “Cedar Shuffle” are bluesy and fun, danceable numbers, while “Wild Wind Fever” is an intense, guitar-driven track.
 
"I really enjoyed making this album and am quite pleased with the results. Lyrically, there are ten separate ideas here that are honest and heartfelt. Sewn together by great musicianship and spontaneous construction”, says Crissinger. “Rick Salt has done an excellent job for me once again. I am extremely grateful to everyone involved in making Night Light."
 
Night Light features the JUNO nominated rhythm section of Bill Hicks and Jay Stevens plus long-standing Crissinger-Band members Dan Dube and Marty Howe plus special guests Steve Hill, Pat Rush, Jerome Godboo and Jeff Heisholt. 

 www.markcrissinger.com

Night Light Track List
 
1.              Holding My Heart (3:41)
2.              Poor Boy Blues (4:57)
3.              Night Light (4:53)
4.              Defeated (4:08)
5.              One Of These Days (3:36)
6.              The Sunday Blues (3:03)
7.              Cedar Shuffle (4:08)
8.              A Simple Truth (4:58)
9.              Wild Wind Fever (5:53)
10.            Run (5:36)

Self-titled debut album out Oct 7th via Jansen Plateproduksjon
"Their latest single, “Faded Fight,” and its accompanying video proves with its scenes of “I don’t care” twenty-somethings and a rather cheery color palette that Chain Wallet is simply a source of pure, feel-good fun." - Impose
“...the band create a sense of urgency without ever really rushing towards anything...’’ – The 405

“Ones To Watch” – The Guardian

"Within the song, Chain Wallet highlights the best of their artful sound. As the track begins, its light, uplifting riff effortlessly carries the weight of beautifully mournful lyrics." - NYLON

"'Muted Colours' is a gorgeous, hazy piece of songwriting" - Clash

“New Wave-inflected widescreen shoegaze-pop... all ringing guitars and instagrammed vocals, the dreamy vibe accompanied by deceptively stadium-ready hooks’’ – Ja Ja Ja

“[Chain Wallet] have the chiming guitars and slightly fey vocals, but with the added twist of a bit of C86 dreaminess’’ – Nordic Spotlight

It can’t be denied that there is something sorrowful behind the Bergen-based, lo-fi dream/psych pop trio Chain Wallet, and they can’t hide that their music suits the environment wherein it was created. It may be a cliché that it always rains in the band’s hometown, but when you play Chain Wallet’s self-titled debut album, it’s not too difficult imagine the mist hanging heavily over their dystopian vision of Bergen. 

The band's Frode Boris talks about the new video: "It is a video about liminality and the paradox of hedonism. It was directed by our talented chum Kristian Engelsen. We have worked with him in the past, on the video for “Stuck In The Fall”. The girl is Maria, a young photographer and energy drink enthusiast. The video was in fact conceived when the director wanted to get a free tattoo from her. There are so many people in this video, and they all belong to an emerging scene celebrating creativity."

Even though feelings of nostalgia and melancholy lurk in the Scandinavian shadows, it’s not difficult to find indie-pop gold in its purest form, glittering below the heavy layers of synth and reverb. Tracks like ‘Shade’ and ‘Abroad’ have an up-tempo urgency to them which calls to mind bands like Motorama, whereas other dreamy psych ballads like ‘Muted Colours’ and ‘Stuck In The Fall’ occupy a rich and hazy middle ground between Diiv and Wild Nothing. Though Chain Wallet may not have many genre colleagues in Norway, they easily join the ranks behind international indie counterparts like Twin Shadow or Beach Fossils.

On their debut album, Chain Wallet explore themes of betrayal, idleness and crushed dreams against the backdrop of an existential breakdown. Wrapped in the shimmer and haze of the lo-fi soundscape that they conjure, the album is loosely based in the same universe, and portrays different aspects of the quarter-life crisis.

Frode Boris from the band explains the band’s ethos and sound: “We want to capture the acute distress of an afflicted character; his self-indulgent pity, gradual loss of touch with reality and his forlorn attempts on returning to normal life. The abrupt disintegration unveils interesting tensions between urgency and inertia. The album is about fragmented memories, unfulfilled ambitions and the quiet whisper of a stranger.”

With this debut the band show their absolute strength. Not just purveyors of somber earworms, they also possess a real skill for unifying the light and the dark, blurring the line between sorrow and happiness, leaving an enduring sense of quiet elation, after a journey that is both contemplative and pensive. That’s the impact good music should have.

www.facebook.com/chainwalletband
www.twitter.com/chainwalletband 

Ancienne Belgique (Club), Brussel 

Ronny Mosuse is een muzikale spons. Al wat op zijn levenspad komt zuigt hij op en laat hij rustig doorsijpelen in zijn muziek. Muziek die hij heeft verzameld op zijn nieuwe Nederlandstalig album 'HALFWEG’: weloverwogen teksten, Mosuseiaanse melodieën en harmonieën, en dat alles gezongen alsof zijn leven ervan afhing.
Mosuse over zijn nieuwe album: "Ik ben een liefhebber van eigenzinnige, gerijpte songs waaruit een verlangen naar evenwicht spreekt, en waarin de stem van de boodschapper centraal staat."
 Uit de eerder verschenen Nederlandstalige albums 'Altijd Oktober’ en 'Allemaal Anders’ kwamen de hits 'Kom Bij Mij’, 'Alles Wat Je Doet’, 'Laat Me Niet Alleen’ en 'Allemaal Anders’.
Morgen, op zaterdag 24 september, is Ronny Mosuse te gast bij RADIO 2 in het programma De Weekwatchers bij Ruben Van Gucht. Hij brengt er voor het eerst muziek uit het nieuwe album.
Op 9 februari 2017 stelt Ronny Mosuse zijn derde Nederlandstalige album 'HALFWEG’ voor in de A.B-club.
Tickets zijn beschikbaar via deze link: www.abconcerts.be

Los Angeles, CA - Before Jimi Hendrix, before Elvis Presley, there was Big Jay McNeely honking and squealing on his saxophone, wowing audiences with a stellar, energetic live show that often found him writhing around on his back or jumping into the middle of his enthusiastic audience, all while never missing a single beat! McNeely is truly the last of a generation of blues/R&B musicians who inspired the early rock pioneers, and are still around to remind us where popular music came from. Now, McNeely has teamed with Cleopatra Records to present this special album of 5 brand new recordings plus a handful of classics from the ‘50s & ‘60s called Blowin’ Down The House - Big Jay’s Greatest & Latest. This collection will be released on the Cleopatra Blues imprint September 30 on both CD and vinyl!

Big Jay McNeely’s incredible career began in the ‘40s and saw him play with several major R&B and blues legends of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s such as Little Richard, B.B. King, Etta James and Jr. Wells. He scored his first major hit with the 1949 smash hit instrumental “Deacon’s Hop” and scored again with a R&B vocal ballad “There’s Something On Your Mind” featuring Little Sonny Warner. He pioneered the flamboyant playing style called “honking” and is widely acknowledged as one of the first musical entertainers to make showmanship an important element of the live concert experience. His music continues to be an important signifier for that early era, earning McNeely gigs at major festivals both here and abroad as well as having his music featured in the 2013 Sean Penn film Gangster Squad starring and last year’s biopic Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston. This year, Big Jay partnered with producer Jürgen Engler for a set of new recordings in his classic style such as the Motown-esque “Love Will Never Fail” and the bluesy “I’ve Been Mistreated.” These songs demonstrate that even at 89 years of age, Big Jay McNeely can still blow them all away!

Those in need of a refresher about Big Jay’s history can watch this short promotional documentary film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whAxAIR2MD4

Catch Big Jay performing live at the Record Parlour on September 24!

Track List:
1. Love Will Never Fail
2. Love Is Stronger Than Hurt
3. My Love Never Ended
4. I've Been Mistreated
5. You Don't Have To Go Home
6. Party
7. Big Jay's Hop
8. Blow Blow Blow
9. Willie The Cool Cat
10. Rock Candy
11. Nervous Man Nervous
12. Get On Up & Let's Boogie

Buy the CD: http://flyt.it/BigJayMcNeelyCD
Buy the Vinyl: http://flyt.it/BigJayMcNeelyLP
Buy the digital version: http://flyt.it/BigJayMcNeelyDig

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Youtube: Cleopatra Blues

Twitter: Cleopatra Blues
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The four-year gap between albums for global guitarist Marc Antoine was spent fighting for his life and career as well as moving his family from their longtime home in Spain to the Southern California coast. Having conquered two major health challenges – one life-threatening and one career-threatening – and resettled into the placid enclave of Laguna Beach, the Paris-born, classically-trained hit-maker resumes his recording career Friday with the release of his Woodward Avenue Records debut, “Laguna Beach.” The title cut, which preceded the celebratory set of Antoine’s signature classical acoustic and nylon-string guitar melodies, quixotic gypsy jazz forays, brassy funk grooves and sultry Latin, Brazilian and Cuban rhythms, is already No. 5 on the Billboard songs chart, offering a last gasp of summer. 

His thirteenth album, Antoine produced “Laguna Beach,” wrote eight of the nine songs and called upon some of his accomplished friends to collaborate with him, something he couldn’t do easily when he lived abroad for twelve years.    
          
“When you live near LA, you can call anyone to come and work with you. Once I built my new studio over here, fired it up and began working on new material, I knew I just had to make a few phone calls to get the right guys to play on it,” said Antoine, who reached out to soloists Philippe Saisse (keyboards), Rick Braun (trumpet), Greg Vail (saxes), Armand Sabal-Lecco (bass), Tim Welvaars (harmonica) and two-time Grammy winner Paul Brown (electric guitar), who mixed the album. Anchoring the tracks were drummer Gorden Campbell, upright bassist Roberto Vally, keyboardist Marco Basci, and percussionists Gumbi Ortiz and Richie Gajate Garcia. 

Incorporating an interesting variety of sounds, tapestries, moods and styles remains the guitar alchemist’s forte. Antoine’s compositions on “Laguna Beach” are enriched with his spirited sense of joy and gratitude after enduring major heart surgery in 2012 to repair an incapacitating atrial fibrillation problem only to be followed by hand surgery two years later to relieve the crippling pain and permanent nerve damage he endured while playing the guitar that locked the fingers on his left hand in odd positions.

After “pretty much hitting rock bottom” in 2014, Antoine and his wife, Rebeca, decided to make the move back to California where they resided prior to Spain. It turns out playing the guitar is ideal physical therapy, enabling Antoine to work through the scar tissue in his hand. 

“I remember vividly what a hand therapist from LA told me, that the only way to fix this is to change my ways,” Antoine recalled. “I have a deep relationship with my guitar. It's a little bit like a marriage: if you don't put effort into it, there is no life in it. So playing, and most importantly, playing with joy, love and respect is the key. I am so grateful for what is going on in my life right now and I am back enjoying my instrument, which fixes all problems. It is for real: life through guitar therapy.”

Rejuvenated, re-inspired and restored to full health, Antoine anticipates a busy concert itinerary of festival, theater and club dates to support the album release across the U.S. where he has been a popular entertainer ever since he toured globally with Basia in 1988. He’s also shared the stage with superstars Sting, Queen Latifah and Selena prior to launching his solo career with the album “Classical Soul,” which spawned the first of a library of radio hits that have made Antoine one of the mainstays at contemporary/smooth jazz radio since 1994. He’s played in pop, rock, jazz, world music, hip-hop and acid jazz settings, each of which have informed his multicultural sonicscapes and furthered his international appeal. 
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​For more information, please visit www.MarcAntoine.com. 

31ste editie van het HELLO JAZZ FESTIVAL

De affiche van de 31ste editie van het Hello Jazz Festival is rond. Het Hello Jazz Festival gidst de avontuurlijke concertbezoeker dit najaar van 1 oktober tot half december door de actuale jazzscène. Dit jaar flirt het thema van het festival met de noten van Miles Davis en zijn 'Blue Moods'.
De jonge beloftevolle Spaanse zangeres en trompetiste Andrea Motis speelt in Flagey tijdens de Hello Jazz Night op 7 november 2016. Ze zou wel eens de révelatie van het festival kunnen worden!
 
De gitaristen John Scofield en Bill Frisell stellen nieuw werk voor. John Scofield interpreteert country songs met zijn project 'County for old men' en Bill Frisell geeft zijn eigenzinnige kijk op wereldberoemde filmsoundtracks, onder de noemer 'When you wish upon a star'. De Cubaanse pianist Roberto Fonseca presenteert zijn nieuwe album 'ABUC' (lees: CUBA), dat verschijnt op het legendarische 'Impulse'-label. Het album kondigt zich aan als een muzikale zoektocht naar zijn Cubaanse roots. De opvolging van de Buena Vista Social Club is verzekerd.
 
Grote jazznamen bevolken de Belgische podia tijdens het Hello Jazz Festival de komende maanden: Stacey Kent, Avishai Cohen, Dave Holland met zijn 'superband' AZIZA, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Marc Ribot, The Bad Plus & Robin McKelle.
Eigentijdse interpretaties hoor je bij The Cinematic Orchestra, Wax Tailor, Bugge Wesseltoft & Colin Stetson.
 
In totaal komen er zo'n 80 concerten aan.

October 7th release features group’s catalogue from 1995 studio debut, Cheshire Cat, through 1999’s multi-platinum breakthrough, Enema of the State, and 2001’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket up to 2003’s self-titled effort and 2011’s Neighborhoods
Since their humble beginnings twenty-four years ago, when they started playing in a San Diego garage, Blink-182 has sold over fifty million albums worldwide and rocked audiences from Adelaide to Zurich having become one of the defining rock bands of their generation. The trio of bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker, emerged from the Southern California pop-punk scene of the early ‘90s and quickly gained a reputation for their raucous live shows, incredibly catchy songs and irreverent, tongue-in-cheek humor. Blink-182’s latest studio release, California, with new member Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio who replaced DeLonge, debuted at #1 in July, giving the band their second career #1 album and first in 15 years. 

UMG will bring Blink-182’s entire Universal catalogue together for the first time as a limited edition vinyl box set on October 7. The 10-LP collection will include their six studio albums on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl complete with MP3 downloads and consist of 1995’s Cheshire Cat, 1997’s Dude Ranch, 1999’s Enema Of The State and 2001’s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket on single LPs and 2003’s  blink-182, 2011’s Neighborhoods and their riotous live record, 2000’s The Mark,  Tom & Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back!, as double LPs. A limited number of the vinyl boxes will come with exclusive stickers and a slipmat, only available at uDiscover: here. All titles will also be made available individually as “Back To Black” releases.
Cheshire Cat was Blink-182’s debut studio album. Recorded at Westbeach Recorders in Los Angeles and  Santee, Calif.’s Doubletime Studio and produced by Otis Barthoulameu and the band themselves, the album was originally released on February 17, 1995 through local San Diego-based record label Cargo Music who signed the band after hearing a handful of demos. The trio, composed of guitarist Tom DeLonge, bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Scott Raynor, demonstrated their knack for catchy, energetic pop-punk and hinted at what was to come, leading to several major labels courting the band. Standouts "M+M's" and "Wasting Time" were released as singles to promote the album and received popularity on local radio. The band embarked on their first-ever national tour and expanded their fan base exponentially outside of So. Cal.

Dude Ranch was the band’s second studio album for Cargo and was picked up for distribution by MCA, who signed the band in 1996 after winning a bidding war. It was the band’s last with original drummer Scott Raynor before he was replaced by Travis Barker of the Orange Country ska band The Aquabats. Recorded at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, Calif., with producer Mark Trombino, the album produced the rock radio smash, “Dammit,” on the heels of the band’s worldwide tour on the Van’s Warped Tour. Three more singles were released, including “Apple Shampoo,” “Dick Lips” and “Josie,” with a video that was an MTV fixture. The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard 200, but eventually went platinum by 2000. U.K.’s Kerrang! ranked it #15 on its list of the “51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever.”
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Blink-182’s third studio album, and first with new drummer Travis Barker, Enema of the State, marked their breakthrough to the mainstream and went on to sell 15 million copies sold worldwide, launching them to global fame. The band enlisted producer Jerry Finn, who a few years earlier had worked on Green Day’s smash, Dookie, and recorded the album at various studios throughout San Diego and Los Angeles over a three-month period. “What's My Age Again?,” “All the Small Things” and “Adam's Song” became hit singles and staples on MTV and crossed over into Top 40. “What’s My Age Again?” achieved the highest success on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at number two. It registered within the top 20 on UK Singles Chart as well, peaking at number 17. The subsequent “All The Small Things” crossed over from alt-rock radio to contemporary hit radio, peaking at #6 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It peaked at #2 in the UK and was a top 10 hit in Australia, Austria, Ireland, Italy and Sweden.  The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200, selling 109,000 copies in the U.S. its first week and eventually was certified five times platinum. The album was an international phenomenon: quadruple platinum in Canada, triple platinum in Australia, double platinum in Italy, platinum in the UK, gold in Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Switzerland. Ranked #37 on Rolling Stone’s 2016 list of the “40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time,” the album is cited as having an enormous impact on contemporary pop punk, reinventing it for and inspiring a new generation and spawning myriad bands.

Recorded over two nights at L.A.’s Universal Amphitheatre and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco in November 1999 by producer Jerry Finn, The Mark, Tom & Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back!, released in 2000, captured the band in the midst of their meteoric rise as they enjoyed their first-ever arena tour. The high-energy set showcases songs from across their three studio albums with a focus on Enema Of The State which they were on tour supporting. A handful of songs – “Family Reunion,” “The Country Song,” “Blow Job,” – were songs made up on tour and only played at the shows. The album features one non-live track, “Man Overboard,” which was written during the Enema sessions and recorded after the tour. Released as the album’s lead single, it peaked at #2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The record debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 110,000 copies its first week. The fourth side of the vinyl release, titled “Words of Wisdom,” closes out the album with 29 “skits,” examples of some of the wild between-song patter by DeLonge and Hoppus that has distinguished the band for its fans.

Blink 182’s cleverly titled fifth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, released in 2001, continued the band’s mainstream rein and became the first punk rock album to debut in the U.S. at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 350,000 copies. It also debuted at #1 in Canada and landed on Germany’s Top 100 Albums. Within a year it went double platinum in the U.S. and went on to sell 14 million albums globally. All three singles – “The Rock Show,” “First Date” and “Stay Together” were top 10 hits and led to national TV performances on the “Late Show With David Letterman” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” The record, produced again by Jerry Finn, has been referred as a concept album chronicling adolescence, with songs dedicated to first dates, fighting authority and teenage parties. Kerrang! ranked it #14 on its list of “The 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2000s.”

Blink-182 eponymous fifth studio album was released in 2003 following the group’s hiatus and involvement in various side projects such as Box Car Racer and Transplants. Recorded with longtime producer Jerry Finn, the album marks a departure from their earlier work, with experimental elements creeping into their usual pop-punk sound, inspired by both fatherhood and their work away from the group. The songwriting is both more personal and explores darker terrain, touching upon the realities of maturity and hardships. The track, “All Of This,” features vocals by Robert Smith of The Cure, one of Hoppus’ musical idols and an obvious inspiration throughout the record. The album spawned four singles, including “I Miss You,” which peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart, #8 in the UK and New Zealand, #13 in Australia and #21 in Ireland. The video, directed by Jonas Akerlund, has racked up more than 133 million views to date. Album opener “Feeling This” peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart and was a top 20 hit in the UK and Australia. Entertainment Weekly wrote that "despite their newfound earnestness, [the band] seem incapable of pretension. And in a career littered with songs about awkward moments, their latest is a dork classic.” Slant’s gave the album four stars, stating, "Giving up the fart jokes is risky business for Blink—but Blink-182 might just be the band's best album to date. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., #1 in Canada and in the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand. It was certified double platinum in the states, eventually selling 2.6 million in the U.S. and a total of 7.5 million worldwide.

Blink-182’s sixth studio album, Neighborhoods, released in 2011, was the band’s first new music in eight years, following a six-year hiatus where each of them focused on other projects and family life. Hoppus, DeLonge and Barker were inspired to get the band back together following Barker’s near-fatal plane crash with his friend and fellow survivor DJ AM, and the premature death of their longtime producer Jerry Finn, often called “the fourth member of the band.” As a result of Finn’s death, the band produced Neighborhoods themselves, which would end up being DeLonge’s last album with Blink. The band worked on the album apart and got together several time to record. Each member’s influences inspired their contributions to the record and the sum resulted in a sound that recalled their individual upbringings. The album’s title stemmed from the idea that each musician brought something unique to the band much like the various neighborhoods that make up a city. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on both the Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts. All Music Guide was impressed with the band’s new, more mature direction and said it was "a different beast than any of the cheerfully snotty early Blink-182 albums, as the band picks up the gloomy thread left hanging on its eponymous 2003 album ... yet it's far better to hear Blink-182 grapple with adolescent angst via the perspective of middle age than vainly attempting to re-create their youth.” New York magazine called the record "one of those albums on which a group reunites as professionals and equals, each having gone off and collected his own interests via side projects, and then negotiates a sound that brings it all to bear: no-nonsense modern rock, serious but unpretentious, ambitious but full of the same easy hooks as ever." The album would end up being DeLonge’s last with the band.

Northern hard rockers Skies Turn Black are streaming their new single “Life Goes On” exclusively on PureGrainAudio. Set for release on October 17th, bassist Dan Woodhead said this of the track: "The track is about falling for someone who is clearly bad news, but it just cant be helped and running back into a bad situation feels like the only option. Being so frustrated one moment then completely besotted. Hence the more aggressive verses and the sweeter chorus."
 
The track can be heard HERE 
 
Skies Turn Black formed in 2011, since then they have supported international touring acts such as Malefice, EYE, Double Experience, and New Device. After a few line up changes and arrival of the new bass player, Skies Turn Black are basing themselves in Huddersfield, but venturing to Leeds, Manchester, Bolton, Hull and Liverpool on a regular basis.
 
Following on from the release of their debut EP in 2015, the band are currently busying themselves preparing for the release of their new album and playing regularly throughout the UK. With a killer sound, and the chops to back it up, Skies Turn Black have what it takes to go to the next level. Keep an eye on these guys.

Walter Broes, de godfather van de Belgische rootsmuziek, is terug. Vier jaar na The Seatsniffers lost hij het album Movin’ Up, eigen songs met het beste wat de americana-scene te bieden heeft  – de drive van The Cramps, de border town vibe van Los Lobos, de blues van Louis Jordan en de twang van Dwight Yoakam. Movin’ Up biedt negen eigen songs over sterke vrouwen, koppige mannen en de onrust die nooit overgaat.
 
De eerste single, Downtime, is geschreven door Walter Broes, opgenomen door Frank Rotthier, en gemixt door de Amerikaan Greg Gordon. (Nick Cave, Slayer, Rival Sons, Triggerfinger, Shooter Jennings,...). Hij voert de band naar het plakkerige grensgebied tussen Zuid-Texas en Louisiana. Ruben Block, rootsveteraan en frontman van Triggerfinger zingt backing vocals. Studio ace Tom Vanstiphout hoor je op pedal steel.  

De videoclip van "Downtime" werd gemaakt door het team van "Mörpröt" Kim Vreys (regie, camera, montage)
​ Bryan Jones (assistent regie, sound, montage)
Kim Vreys liet zich al opmerken bij het collectief "Bluts", waar hij meewerkte aan videos van dirty undies en bradley's circus.
  

Movin’ Up (Donor / Rootz Rumble) Release: 28 oktober
Albumvoorstelling 20/10 @Trix: Walter Broes & The Mercenaries (album release show) | Trix
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wbandthemercenaries/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDFoz6AIwJJq-ie81rZchUg
 
Over Walter Broes:
 
Noem hem de enige Belgische gitarist-songwriter die in Texas, Californië, Arizona en New Mexico in de armen werd gesloten als the real thing.
Noem hem de man die zijn volk zijn haar leerde kammen.
Noem hem David Lynch met een Fender Telecaster.
Zolang je hem maar niet retro noemt.

Spinefarm records, onderdeel van Universal Music Group, kondigt het ondertekenen van een wereldwijde deal aan met het Engelse viertal van The One Hundred.
 
Announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgiT5XrRF9U&feature=youtu.be
 
Tot op heden heeft deze band enkel een handvol nummers uitgebracht maar allen van hoge kwaliteit die resulteerde in de nodige radio aandacht van BBC 1 met daarnaast ook nog de nodige media aandacht.
 
Met hun energieke live shows kon The One Hundred rekenen op de nodige successen. Ze speelden intussen al in het voorprogramma van o.a. Papa Roach, Crossfaith, Motley Crue. De band kon daarna ook rekenen op een uitverkochte headline show in Londen. Verder waren ze erg succesvol op Engelse festivals als Sonisphere, Download en Reading/leeds. In oktober mochten ze samen met Don Broco op tournee doorheen Europa en deden ze Spanje, Italië, Zwitserland, Duitsland, België, Frankrijk en Nederland aan.
 
Niet zo heel lang daarvoor speelde ze nog hun eerste shows en brachten ze vijf nummers uit waarvan gehoopt werd dat ze opgemerkt zouden worden. Het werd een drukke en succesvolle periode voor The One Hundred, een succes dat ze niet meteen verwacht hadden!
 
The One Hundred is dus zonder meer indrukkend en opvallend te noemen en zijn interessant op meerdere vlakken. Twee daarvan zijn dat ze niet in één vakje onder te verdelen zijn en dat hun song-writing skills van hoog niveau zijn.Dante Bonutto van Spinefarm Records UK is laaiend enthousiast en verheugd om met een band als deze te mogen werken. Dit omdat de band ruimdenkend te werk gaat en er vast van overtuigd is om zich als concurrent op te stellen en het verschil te maken. Ze zijn er klaar voor om de wereld te veroveren.
 
The One Hundred legt nu de laatste hand aan hun nieuwe album dat uitkomt in de eerste helft van 2017.
 
The One Hundred is:
Jacob Field: Zang
Tim Hider: Gitaar
Phil Kneller: Bas
Joe Balchin: Drums
 
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De Duitse bier en party rockers AC Angry komen met een nieuw album met de titel ‘Appetitie For Erection’ in november dit jaar. Het album wordt wereldwijd uitgebracht door Steamhammer/SPV en is verkrijgbaar als digipack CD  en gelimiteerde vinyl editie van 500 oplagen.
 
Na het goed ontvangen debuut besloot de band om een stap verder te gaan en een beter en nog explosiever album of te leveren. De band was best tevreden met ‘Black Denim’ maar ze wisten dat ze nog beter konden. Ditmaal hebben ze zich echt gefocust op stripped –down catchy rock ‘n’ roll tunes die in je hoofd blijven steken vnaf de eerste moment dat je ze hoort. Hiermee hopen ze iedereen omver te blazen en alzo te provoceren dat de aanschaf een must wordt. Het is nog even wachten op het resultaat maar naar eigen zeggen is het een album om mee te nemen in je wagen, de volume op tien en het gas voluit te laten gaan.