VESTROCK 2019 maakt programma compleet met 27 nieuwe namen waaronder NERVO en NIELSON
VESTROCK voegt onderstaande laatste 27 namen toe aan de jubileumeditie op 31 mei, 1 en 2 juni 2019:
NERVO (AUS) | Nielson | Stuk | De Kraaien | Pink Oculus | Memphis Maniacs | Sons (BE) | The Bony King Of Nowhere (BE) | She Drew The Gun (UK) | Hermitage Green (IRL) | Morrissey & Marshall (IRL/UK) |  AAD | De Hobbyisten | Isabel Provoost | Anemone | JRD | Heads
Voor VESTROCK UNIVERSITY, een interessant en inspirerend onderwijsprogramma, opgezet in samenwerking met HZ University of Applied Sciences en Universiteit Gent, komen weervrouw Helga van Leur, stand up comedian Jasper van der Veen, Prof. Jaap den Doelder (over de recycling van plastic op festivals) en Prof. Jan Baetens (over klimaatvoorspellingen). 
Voor VESTROCK JUNIOR, het familieprogramma op zondagmiddag: Sesamstraat | Magic Unlimited | Sterre Koning | Herman Brood Academie workshops | Meneer Monster "Over Een Kleine Mol" | Love2Dance

VESTROCK 2019 programma compleet
Met deze laatste toevoegingen is het VESTROCK 2019 programma compleet. Op VESTROCK 2019 zijn meer dan 60 acts te zien, waaronder Nothing But Thieves, Kaiser Chiefs, Triggerfinger, White Lies, Bizzey, Frans Bauer, Gers Pardoel, Blaas of Glory, Davina Michelle, Navarone, Joost, Donnie, Merol en Mental Theo. Op www.vestrock.nl is de volledige line up van VESTROCK en VESTROCK JUNIOR te vinden. Bekijk hier de trailer van de nieuwe namen voor VESTROCK 2019. 
 
VESTROCK 
Op 31 mei, 1 juni en 2 juni 2019 organiseren we VESTROCK voor de tiende keer. VESTROCK, ook bekend als het festival van de vriendschap, is een intiem driedaags festival op het eiland in de stadsgracht van de middeleeuwse historische vestingstad Hulst (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen). Wat in 2010 begon als een kleinschalig evenement is uitgegroeid tot een driedaags onafhankelijk kwaliteitsfestival dat rock, pop en danceliefhebbers uit heel Nederland en België trekt, maar wat nog steeds haar vriendelijke en intieme karakter heeft weten te behouden. In de afgelopen jaren waren acts als Limp Bizkit, Biffy Clyro, White Lies, Anouk, Kensington, Tom Odell, Carice van Houten, Goose en The Boxer Rebellion en vele anderen te gast. Bijzonder zijn ook de intieme optredens in de St. Willibrordusbasiliek uit 1198 en het onderwijs- en theaterprogramma in de VESTROCK UNIVERSITY met in de afgelopen jaren sprekers als Midas Dekkers, André Kuipers, Freek Vonk, Herman Brusselmans, Guido Weijers, Ronald Giphart en Bobbi Eden. Op zondagmiddag is er bovendien een familieprogramma, VESTROCK JUNIOR, waarin ook de jongere bezoeker een echte festivalervaring mee kan maken. Met een capaciteit van 10.000 mensen per dag, 4 podia en circa 70 optredens per editie biedt VESTROCK het ultieme weekendje weg waarbij je nieuwe opkomende acts kunt ontdekken, maar ook kunt genieten van gevestigde namen. Dat is het lekkerste met een bijzonder bier in de hand. Ons eigen VESTROCK bier misschien? Daarna kun je kruipend naar onze heerlijke camping die door bezoekers is beoordeeld als één van de beste festivalcampings van de Benelux.
 
VESTROCK 2019 kaartverkoop gaat hard
Kaarten zijn verkrijgbaar via www.vestrock.nl en fysieke adressen in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. VESTROCK wordt gehouden op een eiland waardoor het aantal beschikbare kaarten, net als andere jaren, beperkt is.
 

 


 

April 5, 2019 – Following the success of last year’s Sometimes A Rose Will Grow In Concrete, Sy Smith has just released Sometimes A Rose Will Get A Remix, a brand new remix album made available for streaming and purchase on April 5, 2019.
 
So, who is this Sy Smith anyway? Smith is a Howard University grad turned singer/songwriter/musician/actress. For years, the Los Angeles-based D.C. native has used her lyrics and larynx to help everyone from Whitney Houston to Sting to Phonte & Al Green sound just a little more fly. Her newest set of imaginative and slickly re-fashioned songs is sure to gain new listeners as well as please longtime fans of the woman known as the Queen of Underground Soul.
 
This new project takes a second look at the entirely self-written and self-produced Sometimes a Rose Will Grow in Concrete, an album of jazzy, introspective musings about life, love, and society, from a Black woman’s perspective. Where that album swayed sweetly in a couture gown, the new Sometimes remix EP changes into a backless freakum dress to go dancing on table tops.
 
To begin, Sometimes…A Remix opens with a vibey deep house mix of “Sometimes A Rose Will Grow Into Concrete.” Now fully transformed into a bassy, soul-clapping thumper, one can skate to it by night or hold yoga positions to it by day. The short-and-sweet “Catastrophe” reaches full potential as an extended house banger, familiar territory for those who sampled Smith’s foray into electronic soul on 2012’s Fast and Curious.
 
Those looking for something sexy to grind to can skip directly to the dancehall remix of “Perspective,” guaranteed to keep that good arch in your back. The set also features a second remix that finds singer B.Slade trading electric cool vocals with Sy over a party-starter track that would make a perfect single this summer. Fans who have been with Sy since her indie inception on adventurous projects like The Syberspace Social will appreciate the trippy, new, color-shifted remix of “Now and Later.”
 
In the meantime, stream the lead single, “Camelot (MGA Dub Remix)” which takes the song’s original fairy tale and reinterprets it with reggae riddims, skanking guitars, and enough dubby horns to turn any Monday into a walk on a Caribbean shore. (Sing along with the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/EtVa8xQTnuM)
 
As a bonus, Sometimes a Rose Will Get a Remix also includes a capella versions of each song. The soft strength of Smith’s naked voice standing alone on “Camelot” and soaring octaves high on “Sometimes A Rose” lends a vulnerability that invites the casual listener to lean in closer. Producers and musicians, however, should take full advantage of this opportunity to add their unique flavor to some remixes of their own.
 
Sometimes a Rose Will Get a Remix is available now on Amazon, iTunes, and anywhere digital music is sold. Physical copies are available on SySmith.com. For more information, follow @Syberspace on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
 
Sy Smith’s upcoming solo performances:
April 12 - NYC at The Shed
April 26 - Indianapolis at The Jazz Kitchen
April 28 - Jackson, MS at Soul Wired Cafe
May 03 - Atlanta at First Friday’s At First (The Commons)
May 11 - Charlotte at Charlotte SHOUT! (Soul Stage)

Relevant Links:
Link to "Sometimes A Rose Will Get A Remix”:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sysmith/sometimes-a-rose-will-get-a-remix
Sy Smith on Facebook: http://facebook.com/sysmithmusic
Sy Smith’s online store: http://syberspace.bigcartel.com 
Sy Smith’s website:  http://www.sysmith.com
Sy’s Tour Schedule:  https://bnds.us/rpj52v
Sy’s IG & Twitter: @syberspace

​Recorded in San Francisco with a rock-solid band consisting of some of the best musicians in the Bay Area, including guitarist Carl Locket (Shalamar, Rick James) and Star Creature recording artist Elive, the duo taps into a classic soul/boogie sound that rides a wave of 70's and early 80's funk with ease but somehow remains true to the excitement of those classic recordings without being overly nostalgic. The music shines, as does the songwriting, which is honest, undiluted and spiritually inspired. Disco horns, heavy percussion and slap bass punctuate dance floor burners, which give way to sweet soul steppers, making for a blissful balance on the nine song album.
As an introduction to the album comes the single ‘You Do You’. “With ‘You Do You’ we tried to create a classic modern soul tune, a sound with a soulful but funky vibe. We had Howard Johnson on a list of artists we'd love to work with and after we had this track worked up we hit him up and he was down. His vocals were just the thing we needed to bring this tune to the next level!” (The Pendletons)
The album will also feature illustrious guests such as soul revelation Gizelle Smith, the front woman of The Mighty Mocambos and daughter of a band-member of the legendary Four Tops, and Niteflyte’s Howard Johnson, who sang Kashif’s unforgettable “So Fine”.

Na een fel gehypete show op Les Nuits Botanique, binnenkort op 26 april, keert Worakls Orchestra op vrijdag 6 december terug voor een nieuwe afspraak met de Belgische fans in de Ancienne Belgique.
 
Kevin Rodriges – aka Worakls – werd geboren in een familie vol muzikanten, volgde les aan het conservatorium en verdiepte zich daarna in elektronische muziek, waarmee hij een enorme muzikale boost aan zijn gevoel voor melodie weet toe te voegen. Al ruim een decennium scoort hij met hits als “Salzburg”, “Bleu” en “Porto”, klassiekers in een genre waarvan alleen hij het geheime recept kent. Met N’to en Joachim Pastor, twee muzikanten waarmee hij een gemeenschappelijke klankesthetiek deelt, richtte hij het label Hungry Music op, waarop in maart van dit jaar nog zijn langverwachte debuut ‘Orchestra’ uitkwam.
 
Voor de gelegenheid omringt Worakls zich tijdens een grote Europese tournee met maar liefst twintig klassieke muzikanten, goed voor een ronduit geniale live-ervaring waar elk rechtgeaard muziekliefhebber vrolijk van wordt.

 
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De Vlaamse charmezanger Paul Severs is op 70-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat meldt zijn familie. “Pa, je hebt een memorabele strijd geleverd, die heb je voor ons gewonnen”, schrijft zijn zoon Christophe op Facebook. Severs is onder meer bekend van de hits “Zeg ‘ns meisje” en “Geen wonder dat ik ween”.

“Vandaag, dinsdag 9 april 2019, is mijn vader, grootvader van Eline en Maxim, broer van 6, eeuwige teamgenoot en enige liefde van mijn moeder, heengegaan”, schrijft zijn zoon Christophe op Facebook. “Na ongeveer 4 weken intense strijd heeft Halle/Huizingen, Vlaanderen maar ook België een immer sympathieke en nederige zanger verloren.”
Severs lag al sinds half maart in het ziekenhuis, nadat hij tijdens het fietsen een hartaanval had gekregen en ten val kwam. Maandagmiddag liet de familie nog weten dat het bergaf ging met de zanger. De hersenschade die hij opliep, werd hem uiteindelijk fataal.
“Pa, je hebt een memorabele strijd geleverd, die je voor ons hebt gewonnen”, klinkt het. “Deze schokgolf laat diepe sporen na…maar we vinden toch ook rust in het feit dat jij eindelijk zacht kan slapen.” Zoon Christophe bedankt ook alle fans voor de onophoudelijke steun. (bron: HN)
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Peter Lin's new release New Age, Old Ways refers to many points.  The recording process was done in a way to honor the beauty of old school recording techniques to capture the ensemble in a raw take setting, to focus on the beauty of the heritage, and the style, which is clearly be-bop and traditional jazz.  Lin has constructed this album in a way that pays tribute to the great traditions of yesteryear from a sonic and composition standpoint. His originals are respectfully written to pay homage to the era of be-bop.  

New Age, Old Ways is both a jazz album and comic book by Peter Lin and illustrations by Kelly Lin.

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Taiwanese-American trombonist Peter Lin has been recently described by Downbeat Magazine as “solid, fluid, and smooth”. He received his B.A. Music from William Paterson University and MM for Jazz Trombone Studies at Rutgers University. A Jazz House Kids faculty member, Lin continues to be a prominent trombonist and educator in the NJ/NYC jazz scene. He has studied with jazz legends such as Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Robin Eubanks, Steve Davis, & Frank Lacy. He has performed with many notable artists including Slide Hampton, Winard Harper, Charli Persip, Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis, JD Allen, Valerie Ponomarev, & Radam Schwartz. He recently released an album with The Lintet called With Respect, which has peaked at #4 on the RMR Jazz Charts and #3 on the NACC charts.

JD ALLEN
Appears courtesy of HighNote Records After moving to New York City from Detroit, JD Allen played with George Cables, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Frank Foster, Butch Morris, David Murray, and Wallace Roney. Closer to his generation, he has played with Lucian Ban, Cindy Blackman, Gerald Cleaver, Dave Douglas, Orrin Evans, Duane Eubanks, Marcus Gilmore, Russell Gunn, Winard Harper, Elisabeth Kontomanou, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jeremy Pelt, Eric Revis. Allen’s first solo album, In Search Of (Criss Cross, 1999), led to his selection as Best New Artist in Italy. In 2002, his second album was chosen a top ten album of the year by Jazziz magazine. Ten years later he was named best composer and best tenor saxophonist in the Critics’ Poll at DownBeat magazine. A critic at NPR picked his album Victory (Sunnyside, 2011) for the number three spot in the top twenty albums of 2011.

IAN KENSELAAR
Bassist Ian Kenselaar is a proud NJ native. He studied with longtime mentor James Buchanan of Maplewood, NJ, through high school, in addition to studying with Dutch bassist Joris Teepe, saxophonist Bruce Williams, and pianist and organist Mike LeDonne, among others. Ian also studied with bassist Rufus Reid through a fellowship at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute in Illinois in 2017. This past year, Ian worked with saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and vocalist Jay Clayton’s ensembles at Princeton University. Currently living in Jersey City, Ian continues to work in his community and surrounding areas -- performing regularly with artists such as drummer Winard Harper and many more.

NIC CACIOPPO
Drummer and composer Nic Cacioppo grew up in a musical household (mother, father and brother all musicians/educators) As a teenager, he started early playing gigs in Philadelphia. After finishing high school, he moved to Northern New Jersey to attend William Paterson University. Since migrating to New Jersey, Cacioppo has had the honor of working with world class musicians including Johnny O’Neal, Gene Perla, Slide Hampton, Tyshawn Sorey, and Wallace Roney. He can most
A PATH TO UNDERSTANDING was composed during these tumultuous times in our political system. I believe one of the best solutions for unity is the process of understanding and respect: something that seems to be lacking in today’s conversations. The composition is a reflection of this process.

CELESTIAL BEING is an homage to one of my favorite anime; Gundam Mobile 00. In this particular series, Celestial Being refers to the main characters’ organization bent on fighting against the ‘evil’ in the world. I wanted to represent the show’s setting of mechanized warfare in outer space. I highly suggest checking out the anime!

NEW AGE, OLD WAYS refers to the musician’s struggle to play an older style of music in a relevant way to communicate these new revelations in society. Yet, the methods and systems of music have been recycled for countless centuries. Musicians continue to write relevant music in the present age.

AKONG translates to ‘grandfather’ in Taiwanese. Composed as a send off for my own akong, who passed away this past year at the age of 90, I wanted to encapsulate his infectious positive aura he always emitted. An individual who achieved much in his lifetime as an accomplished chemist and professor in both Taiwan and America, he has left an undeniable mark in both the scientific and academic world. Most importantly, he instilled in us a passion for our own career paths.

The Amis is one of the more known Austronesian ethnic groups native to Taiwan. Their ceremonial songs and strong rhythmical sense in particular were an interest to me. You might even recognize their voices from Enigma’s musical project which used an Ami chant in their song “Return to Innocence”. SONG OF THE AMIS is a dedication to their cultural contributions.

TNT THEME is my effort to recreate the excitement of the ‘two tenor blowing sessions’ similar to Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons. Seeing how we usually start our gigs with a blues, I felt it was appropriate to call it our theme song.

The bandleader for a wedding gig, I felt the pressure to please both the bride & groom and the musicians. After drinking some free Johnnie Walker. RED LABEL, I remember one day in particular that stress had gotten the better part of me. I had a scotch whiskey at the gig, I felt immediately relieved; allowing me to continue my job in a relaxed manner. This blues features Ian Kenselaar on the bass.

If you have never seen a MANTIS SHRIMP before, I highly suggest taking what they call the “Youtube Spiral” and watching a couple of videos on this magnificent creature. What seems to be a harmless creature ends up being a terrifying underwater monster: breaking crab shells, eating fish whole, and creating temperatures that boil water. I wanted to see what song could possibly accompany the mantis shrimp.

PLAYERS AND INSTRUMENTS:
Peter Lin: trombone
JD Allen*: tenor sax
Ian Kenselaar: bass
Nic Cacioppo: drums
*Courtesy of HighNote Records

TRACKS AND TIMES: 
1. A Path to Understanding 4:38
2. Celestial Being 5:34
3. New Age, Old Ways 7:02
4. Akong 5:52
5. Song of the Amis 5:21
6. TNT Theme 5:51
7. Red Label 7:32
8. Mantis Shrimp 4:48

Op 24 mei zal de tweede plaat van The Amazons uitkomen: Future Dust. Bij die albumaankondiging onthulde de band meteen ook hun nieuwe single: 
 
Luister hier naar Doubt It.
 
Zanger Matthew Thomson over de nieuwe single: “Doubt It is about being on the edge of making a potentially stupid decision due to lust-induced blindness. It addresses the lingering doubts, the residue of morals and succumbing to the temptations.” 
 

Future Dust belooft explosief te worden; het rockersviertal uit Reading heeft zich geamuseerd in de studio. Bluesy grooves, religieuze referenties en onderwerpen als social media witch hunts, eetstoornissen en depressie. 
 
Thomson: “We were searching for a heavier sound and we found it by delving back through the blues. From Led Zeppelin, we discovered Howlin’ Wolf and immersed ourselves in his back catalogue. I read Hellfire, the Jerry Lee Lewis biography, and fell in love with the Biblical language that was used to describe his ‘devil music’.

 
As much as the songs, it was the stories and characters that we loved. Playing boogie-woogie piano in murky clubs sounds pretty tame now, but back then, it was raw and dangerous. We wanted to capture that with a dirtier, grittier, sexier sound.”

Tracklist:

1. Mother
2. Fuzzy Tree
3. 25
4. The Mire
5. Doubt It
6. All Over Town
7. End Of Wonder
8. Dark Visions
9. 25 (Reprise)
10. Warning Sign
11. Georgia

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Op 29 september komt Khalid zijn nieuwste album "Free Spirit” voorstellen in de Lotto Arena in Antwerpen. Als zoon van een zingende militair/moeder bracht hij zijn jeugd aan beide kanten van de oceaan door (Kentucky, Washington, New York, Duitsland en Texas) en kreeg hij muziek met de paplepel mee.
Zijn debuut "American Teen” uit 2017 werd met superlatieven overladen en bezorgde Khalid maar liefst 5 Grammy-nominaties. De opvolger "Free Spirit” verscheen op 5 april. De zanger wou het album niet zomaar onopgemerkt voorbij laten gaan en bracht daarom een gelijknamige kortfilm uit bij het project.

Ook zijn recente single 'Talk’ (geproducet door Disclosure) staat op het album en heeft ondertussen al meer dan 20 miljoen views op YouTube! Volgens Vulture is "Free Spirit” alvast een geslaagde opvolger van zijn debuutplaat: "Khalid’s honesty as a lyricist, his golden ear for beats and melodies, and his ambition in releasing a freewheeling 45-minute road-trip film to accompany the album are proof that he’s not only on a quest to know himself. He’s out to improve himself and unwilling to repeat himself.”
 
​Sinds hij in 2016 met zijn debuutsingle 'Location’ (viermaal platinum) doorbrak, wist Khalid al heel wat belangrijke awards (MTV Video Music Award, Billboard Music Award, American Music Award, enz.) te verzilveren. Daarnaast werkte hij ook al samen met verschillende grote namen zoals Calvin Harris, Future, Logic, Alessia Cara, Marshmello, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes, enz…
Met meer dan een miljard streams wereldwijd is Khalid een hit op alle streaming-platformen met de tracks "Location”, "Let’s Go”, "Hopeless”, "Coaster”, "Saved”, "Shot Down”, "American Teen”, "Young, Dumb & Broke” en "Angels” en is hij op de snelweg om een wereldster te worden.
Op 29 september stopt zijn veroveringstocht een avond lang in de Lotto Arena!

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The Los Angeles Times has reported that William Carvan Isles II, an original member of the O’Jays, has died at his San Diego home. He was 78.
Bill Isles was born in North Carolina but moved to Canton, Ohio as a child. As a teenager, Isles co-founded a vocal group called the Triumphs with friends Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell and Bobby Massey. The group attained some local notoriety, but when legendary local deejay Eddie O’Jay offered to help the act in exchange for naming the act after him, the members quickly obliged.
A series of moderate hits followed, including national charters “Lonely Drifter” “Lipstick Traces.” Isles quit in 1965, but continued to help on tours for The O’Jays for nearly a decade, when the group consisted of Levert, Williams and Powell. Isles moved to California, where he opened a successful food supplement business, retiring earlier in this century. He remained active singing Gospel locally.
Of course, the O’Jays went on to become one of the most important vocal groups of the past half century, teaming with legendary producers Gamble and Huff, and helping to define the Philadelphia sound. The O’Jays are now readying a new studio album, The Last Word, even as they prepare to stop touring.
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While Bill Isles isn’t well known to music fans, he played a key role in the inception of one of the all-time great soul music groups, and he will retain an important part in music history. May he rest in peace.
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​“Drop of Faith” featuring Nils and other tracks from the album that dropped Friday are receiving airplay, hitting the charts on multiple formats
 
NEW YORK CITY (5 April 2019): Globetrotting guitarist Reza Khan dropped his fifth album, “Next Train Home,” on Friday. The twelve songs that he wrote and produced for the collection symbolize the discovery of his musical home, a multi-genre and multicultural mélange of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz enriched with world music and Brazilian jazz nuances. The album has already climbed into the top 100 on the Jazz Week chart based on radio spins from jazz radio stations while the smooth/contemporary jazz single, “Drop of Faith,” featuring guitarist Nils, has earned most added honors on the Billboard chart.
 
The Bangladesh-born Khan “daylights” as a program manager for the United Nations, playing a role in peace and conflict operations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He composed the album during a six-week trek abroad, a trip that included a hospitalization and a forced recovery period after collapsing and suffering from severe dehydration. While traveling, Khan totes in his backpack a folding guitar, a primitive keyboard and a laptop that were used to write and record the material. When he returned to his New York City home, he fully fleshed out his concepts and ideas in the studio where he was joined by an array of first-call session players and prominent soloists. In addition to Nils, Khan called upon saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa and Andy Snitzer, keyboardist Philippe Saisse, pianist Matt King, bassist Mark Egan, horn man David Mann (sax and flute), percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, and drummers Mauricio Zottarelli and Graham Hawthorne to meticulously craft the lush tracks heard on “Next Train Home.” At the core is Khan’s deft nylon and electric guitars plucking lofty melodic statements and strumming harmonic passages with verve. When soloing, he astutely bends notes, indulging his imaginative wanderlust and impulse to riff evocative etchings.   
 
While Khan gears up for an album release concert at the City Winery in New York City on May 9, he’s begun making the media rounds in support of “Next Train Home.” Recently he was interviewed on internet radio show Hybrid Jazz and for the summer issue of national jazz magazine Jazziz.  
 
For more information, please visit http://www.rezakhanmusic.com.

De Amerikaanse zanger Shawn Smith is overleden. Dat melden verschillende media en wordt ook gemeld door Arsenal, de Belgische band met wie Smith de hits “Lotuk” en “Melvin” opnam. Shawn Smith scoorde ook een dikke radiohit met zijn eigen band, met het prachtige pianonummer “The day brings”.

We vernemen net het nieuws dat onze vriend Shawn Smith is overleden.” Met die woorden meldde Arsenal vandaag op Facebook het overlijden van hun trouwe, Amerikaanse gastzanger Shawn Smith. Volgens gespecialiseerde media is Smith overleden door complicaties van suikerziekte.
Shawn Smith, de naam doet waarschijnlijk niet meteen een belletje rinkelen. Maar de piano-intro van “The day brings” doet dat vast wel. Met dat rustige nummer scoorde Smith een radiohit in 1997. Het was een hit die hij samen schreef met zijn band Brad. Dat was een samenwerking met Pearl Jam-gitarist Stone Gossard, die net als Smith uit grunge-stad Seattle kwam. Op “The day brings" speelde ook Mike McCready mee, de andere gitarist van Pearl Jam.
Met Brad bracht Shawn Smith vijf albums uit, in 19 jaar tijd. Daarnaast speelde hij ook bij bands als Satchel, Pigeonhed en The Twilight Singers (met Greg Dulli van The Afghan Wigs) en werkte hij ook als solo-artiest. In België is Smith ook bekend als gastzanger bij Arsenal.
Toen Hendrik Willemyns en John Roan van Arsenal het nummer “Lotuk” hadden geschreven - het moet 2007 geweest zijn - gingen ze op zoek naar een “witte” soulstem om het liedje in te zingen. En zo kwamen ze bij Shawn Smith terecht. “Een paar jaar eerder had hij met “The day brings” een ongelooflijke radiohit gehad”, zei John Roan daarover in een Belpop-documentaire over Arsenal.
Hendrik Willemyns trok zijn stoute schoenen aan en stuurde op goed geluk een mailtje naar Smith, met de vraag of hij “Lotuk” wilde inzingen. Smith ging spontaan in op de vraag omdat hij het nummer meteen goed vond en schreef ook mee aan de tekst van de song.

Maar daar hield de relatie tussen Arsenal en Smith niet op. In 2011 deden Willemyns en Roan weer een beroep op Smith. Dit keer om “Melvin” op te nemen, een nummer dat Smith “één van de artistieke hoogtepunten van zijn carrière noemde. Live kwam Smith de Arsenal-hits meezingen bij concerten in de Lotto Arena en in de AB. Shawn Smith is 53 jaar geworden. (bron: VRTNWS)

​Hunter is a heavy metal band from Belgium. Five musicians that have played in various bands together for 20 years finally joined forces in 2016 to create heavy metal in the traditional sense of the word. Hunter represents powerful heavy metal, averse to subgenres and stereotypes. A combined century of experience and all sorts of influences come together as a mighty brew that tastes like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Manilla Road, Metal Church, Omen and Cirith Ungol.
 
Hunter brings you a blitzkrieg of the purest metal with all the right ingredients: crushing riffs, screaming lead guitars and snazzy solos, a rhythm section like a panzer column and intense power vocals. 
 

About this album
Hunter's debut album collects seven songs that were written with a no-mercy, no-prisoners approach. Hunter songs range from epic, clean fantasy topics to aggressive, venomous calls to war. The theme of each song bleeds through in its lyrics, riffing and solos. Whether the hunter is a soldier in the first world war, a 19th century serial killer or whether he embodies the mysterious leader of the cult of the Hunter, all songs and lyrics have a beginning, a middle and an end - just like all good stories. They showcase the variety and range of the heavy metal that Hunter creates.
RecordingThis album was recorded during one cold December weekend in 2018, on an analog Tascam M600 at studio The Rhythm Cage in Kruibeke, Belgium. Recorded and produced by Hunter. Engineered, mixed and mastered by The Rhythm Cage's own Marc Van Mieghem. This album is self-published by Hunter and is made available at all major online music services. Physical copies can be ordered with the band.
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​The dark and threatening, apocalyptic prophet in the opening song Dominion returns in the album finale Glorious. The prophet of the Hunter summons victorious melodies and in true heavy metal form promises your doom and demise, marries the left with the right, evokes the eternal battle of good versus evil, and guess whose side we're on... With dominant guitar choirs like these, you can't help but look forward to Armageddon if such pure triumph is guaranteed. Dominion acknowledges and embraces nihilism and our mortality, Glorious finds comfort in an assuredly demonic apocalyptic reign.
Infiltrator is a mid-tempo locomotive that takes you to a rainy, new-retro neon city. The rhythm section evokes the steady march of an advanced cyborg. A flashing solo traces the sky like a phaser plasma gun. The city turns on the hunter and becomes his necropolis.
A popular character takes the stage in Then Comes The Night, which tells the story of Jack the Ripper from his point of view. As the intro rolls on, you can see the fog spill over a 19th century London, and when darkness falls a fast riff follows everyone's hasty footsteps home. Until they abruptly end when the Ripper emerges from the night.
You are invited by a carny showman to look at the world his way, as in Underground he questions the answers and rules of religion, society, the afterlife. As he clearly desires change, the music also questions heavy metal standards and reimagines the genre. Maybe the only song with an optimistic, hopeful ending as an innocent child can reimagine a world where sin lives not.
World War 1 is the topic of No Man's Land. The drums sound like cannons, the bass rolls on like a tank, and the guitars embody the madness of war as we wonder what we fight for, whom we fight for, and why god has abandoned us. War is a big red dragon that lives and breathes under no man's land and drinks its blood voraciously. Let this song grab you like the dragon's talons rise up from the dirt, greedily grabbing soldiers, mothers and children.
The Knight Of The Black Rose is the first part of an epic tale of Lord Soth, a character from the Dragonlance series. Listen as Tolkienesque goblins, orcs and ogres lumber across the land, with their grunts and screeches. Listen as the knight comes to the heroic rescue of an elf priestess. The solo describes her fairness. Then the knight's wife becomes jealous and hatches a plan. Listen as Shakespearean witches cook nasty ingredients in a cauldron... A clean and friendly voice announces the birth of the Lord's child, but it is born in the image of his dark soul and the solo elicits the movement of your stomach as you lay your eyes on the malformed creature for the first and last time. Because as the knight kills his family and curses his keep and everyone in it, you join his certain descent to madness. ​

The Lumineers kondigen hun grote terugkeer aan met een nieuwe plaat voorzien voor midden september en trekt in het najaar op wereldtournee met daarbij een halte in de AB op zaterdag 16 november.
 
De wereld leert de band in 2012 kennen, wanneer The Lumineers de wereld laten dansen met wereldhit « Ho Hey ». Het trio schuimt gedurende drie jaar de grootste podia overal ter wereld af met hun succesvolle debuutalbum, goed voor maar liefst 3 miljoen verkochte stuks. Het album omvat tal van opzwepende folkrock nummers (« Stubborn Love », « Slow It Down », « Dead Sea ») en staat garant voor een flinke portie humor, vriendschap en een ongeziene dosis joie de vivre. Het is met diezelfde vibe dat de groep hun tweede album ‘Cleopatra’ voorstelt. Opgenomen in de Clubhouse studio, niet ver van Woodstock, met Simone Felice achter de knoppen. 
 
Met nog altijd Wesley Schultz aan het commando, stort het kwintet zich nu op een nieuw muzikaal avontuur en nodigen ze u uit om zowel hun nieuwe nummers als hun klassiekers te komen ontdekken in de Ancienne Belgique op zaterdag 16 november. Tickets voor dit concert zijn beschikbaar vanaf vrijdag 12 april om 10u.

 
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One of the greatest Motown and R&B / funk artists of all time, The Commodores' Walter “Clyde” Orange, James Dean “JD” Nicholas and William “WAK” King have influenced both artists young and old and in all genres with their classic songs. The Commodores brand is bigger than ever as they continue to blaze trails all over the world. 
 
Two Alabama cities recently honored the music legacy of the Commodores! Tuskegee declared Friday March 29, 2019 to be Commodores Day, and Montgomery declared the band members to be honorary residents, receiving keys to the city!
 
A celebration was held at the Commodore Museum, the site of the Commodores' former rehearsal and recording studio in Tuskegee. The Commodores was originally formed by a group of college students at Tuskegee Institute just over 50 years ago.
 
“It is really great to see the place where the group was born! It still feels like home 50 years later, to the point where we didn't want to leave!” - The Commodores
 
In 1968 the group was formed while all the members were in college at Tuskeegee Institute. After being discovered by Berry Gordy, the Commodores went on to sell over 60 million records for Motown. With hits like “Machine Gun” and “Sail On,” the Commodores became proven artists. For five decades, the Commodores have remained a force in the music industry. The Commodores aren't just any group. They have staying power. Just like their hit song “Brick House,” the Commodores have created a foundation that just won't budge.
 
Don't miss your chance to feature one of the most successful vocal groups of all time in 2018 and beyond as The Commodores continue to thrill audiences with their Greatest Hits Tour – Live!

​Stubbleman is het alter-ego van muzikant/componist/producer Pascal Gabriel. Wat ooit low profile begon met een carrière in een Belgische punk band, leidde al snel naar London, over een rits art-school experimental bands, tot hij zijn draai vindt in de opname studio als producer/mixer en songwriter. Hij schreef en producete mee aan legendarische tracks als Theme from S'Express (S'Express) & Beat Dis (Bomb The Bass), om vervolgens te schrijven en producen voor oa Wire, Inspiral Carpets, Can, Miss Kittin, Erasure, Goldfrapp en pop divas als Dido, Natalie Imbruglia, Bebel Gilberto, Kylie Minogue . 
Na vele jaren in de 'pop jungle' keert hij nu terug naar zijn avontuurlijke electronische roots doorspekt met lo-fi & cinematic invloeden, found sounds en modular synthesisers.

Stubbleman’s debuut album, Mountains and Plains, is gebaseerd op een reis door de USA, waar hij veel geluiden (en beelden) opnam die mee aan de basis liggen van het nieuwe album, en dat verder tot stand kwam in zijn studio aan de voet van de Mont Ventoux en mixte in London met zijn oude vriend Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Tuxedomoon, Grizzly Bear).Qua sound leunt het album aan bij de klassieke electronic ambient sound uit de 70ies met hedendaagse classical/minimal invloeden. 

Stubbleman is the alter-ego of maverick composer and producer Pascal Gabriel. 
From humble beginnings in a Belgian punk band, Pascal moved to London in 1979 to form a string of art-school experimental bands, until he discovered the joys of the recording studio and gained recognition as an innovative producer & songwriter. 
Initially known for producing and co-writing two of the landmark tracks which spearheaded the ascent of a new wave of electronic music in the UK, Theme from S'Express (S'Express) and Beat Dis (Bomb The Bass), he moved on to composing with, producing and mixing a huge spectrum of artists, from Wire, Inspiral Carpets, Can, Miss Kittin, Erasure and Goldfrapp to pop divas such as Dido, Natalie Imbruglia, Bebel Gilberto, Kylie Minogue and others. 

After many years in the wilderness of pop, Pascal has re-embraced his adventurous electronic ambient past with a project combining a lo-fi, cinematic mixture of found sounds, modular synthesisers, often accompanied by live piano. 
Stubbleman’s panoramic debut album, Mountains and Plains, is inspired by a journey across the USA, during which Pascal recorded many sounds and ideas which were used as a basis for eleven tracks, which were elaborated in his studio at the foot of Mont Ventoux in southern France, and mixed in London with his old friend and accomplice Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Tuxedomoon, Grizzly Bear). 
A true sonic road trip, the album evokes the poignant delights of endless train tracks, sleepless cities, nostalgic ruins, big skies, high deserts and lost junctions (which Pascal also captured in videos which will illustrate his live shows), keeping at all times an affectionate eye for the humanity which populates these diverse landscapes. 

The music in Mountains and Plains can be perceived as a kind of contemporary take on the golden era of ambient music in the ‘70s, while entertaining a relationship with some current trends of instrumental music which sit on the border between electronic and classical/minimal. 
Stubbleman will be performing concerts from spring 2019 onwards, with a line-up comprising Pascal Gabriel, a second musician, a VJ, and an array of small robot instruments designed and built by Pascal. 

In Ospel zijn we druk bezig met de voorbereidingen voor Moulin Blues 2019. Het is immers nog maar een maandje totdat we met zijn allen mogen gaan genieten van onze 34e editie. De voorverkoop gaat zeer voorspoedig en het gaat ongetwijfeld weer een enorm gezellig weekend worden.

Zorg daarom dat je op tijd verzekerd bent van tickets voor Moulin Blues 2019!

 
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Voor deze 34e editie kunnen we nog een extra naam toevoegen aan het affiche: Black Cat Biscuit winner of the Belgian blues challenge 2018
​Momenteel strijden ze mee voor de European Blues Challenge 2019 in Portugal. 

12.07.2019
Kursaal, Oostende
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Macy Gray heeft ongetwijfeld één van de meest opvallende en herkenbare stemmen uit de muziekwereld. De Amerikaanse zangeres (tevens songwriter, producer, dj en actrice) is in België vooral bekend van monsterhit "I try”, maar ook kleppers als "When I See You” en "Beauty in the World” zijn ondertussen klassiekers geworden.
Samen met Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott en Erykah Badu werd ze wereldwijd beroemd in de tijd van de neo soul. Wars van alle trends en modeverschijnselen doet ze ondertussen al meer dan 15 jaar koppig haar ding in de steeds veranderende showbusiness.
De legendarische zangeres bracht in september 2018 haar tiende studioalbum uit: 'Ruby'. Haar herkenbare, schorre stem keert na een pauze van 2 jaar terug met een album vol originele, R&B-, pop- en jazzy tracks.
'Ruby' is het vervolg op haar album 'Stripped', dat uitkwam in 2016 en toegejuicht werd door pers en publiek. 'Stripped' bestond vooral uit covers en remakes, waardoor fans meer en meer zijn gaan verlangen naar een album met originele nummers. Ruby vervult deze wens: 12 originele nummers, waarin R&B gemengd wordt met pop, maar zeker ook met jazz; dat verdwijnt nooit uit haar repertoire, zegt Macy zelf, aangezien ze ermee is opgegroeid.
Macy Gray over haar album: "Sonically, it is beautiful. It has all sorts of [fusions]. There are a lot of live instruments. We mixed it with samples. We had a ball. But, it is very different. At the same time, it is excellent ear candy. It is actually very pop. Still, it is gritty and grimy and dirty. [The record] will be super R&B. You know, with my stuff, there is always a jazz element. That is what I grew up on. I can't wait for everybody to hear it. I love it." Billboard
Na een laaiend enthousiaste La Madeleine in Brussel vorig jaar, komt Macy Gray op 12 juli Kursaal Oostende veroveren! Tickets te koop vanaf zaterdag 6 april (morgen) om 10u via greenhousetalent.be.

17.12.2019
Ancienne Belgique, Brussel
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18.12.2019
De Roma, Antwerpen
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De Roma, Antwerpen
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Dat ging snel! Deze ochtend om 10u startte de verkoop voor de decemberconcerten van De Kreuners in Ancienne Belgique en De Roma. Op minder dan een kwartier was het concert in De Roma uitverkocht. Daarom werd meteen ook een extra concert op 18 december in De Roma toegevoegd. De ticketverkoop is meteen gestart.
Na de Grote Festivaltour vorige zomer hadden Walter, Jan, Erik, Ben en Axl weer zin in een aantal intiemere zaalshows. Kortom: Fijne Feesten voor de Fans. Ze vergeten dan zeker alle Kreunersklassiekers niet, maar ze beloven ook een aantal nieuwe songs. En vooral: veel goed humeur.
Tickets voor de concerten in Ancienne Belgique en De Roma zijn te koop via greenhousetalent.be.

​“Highway 10,” the second single from the “So Hot” album, earns most added honors on the Billboard chart
 
LOS ANGELES (4 April 2019): As spring revelers take flight so does trumpeter Johnny Britt’s “Highway 10,” the new single from his “So Hot” album. The energizing excursion of soul-jazz penned and produced by Britt scored most added status in its first week at radio, according to the Billboard chart for the week of April 6.   
 
Britt plays a bevy of instruments on “Highway 10,” including flugelhorn, trumpet, keyboards, Moog, strings, bass and programming. Drummer Marcus Williams and percussionist Sean Lawson help drive the funky rhythms, and guitarist Nils and tenor saxophonist Bobby English add a vibrant bouquet of harmonies.       
 
“I wrote ‘Highway 10’ as a feel good, groovy track. I wanted something hip with a funky feel to it. I always like to express my horn like the way I sing as a vocalist - with feeling and soul,” said Britt about the second single from his J-Jams album release.
 
To celebrate the single release, Britt has a busy concert calendar this month. First, he steps into the Hollywood spotlight at Catalina Jazz Club next Wednesday (April 10). Two days later, he plays Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. On April 21, Britt will be in Detroit to perform at the International Institute. He’ll close Jazz Appreciation Month by playing tribute to jazz legend Donald Byrd on April 28 at The Miracle Theater in Inglewood.
 
Last fall, Britt issued the title track of “So Hot” as a radio single. The cut featuring two-time Grammy winner Paul Brown on guitar also registered most added status at Billboard when it debuted. The album is the trumpeter-singer’s first smooth/contemporary jazz outing, offering eight instrumentals and four vocal tunes. The disc features eleven Britt originals along with a sensual revision of Minnie Riperton’s lovestruck “Loving You” sung by the horn man. Along for the session is seminal urban-jazz saxophonist Najee who dials up the heat on “Hot Fun In The Summer,” a song that promises to be a summer single. Britt utilizes the album to introduce his 20-year-old son, Josh Britt, who plays acoustic guitar on “Loving You” and muted trumpet opposite his father’s flugelhorn on the song inspired by his birth, “Heaven Sent.”
 
Early on, Britt immersed himself deeply into jazz, meeting the artform’s icons and legends and studying diligently to become a classically-trained jazz trumpet player at The Versailles Conservatory near Paris, France. He is no stranger to the smooth/contemporary side of jazz having composed material for some of the genre’s stars, including three No. 1 hits for Boney James and songs for Rick Braun, Euge Groove and Brown. The tunesmith also wrote for R&B singer Peabo Bryson and Motown legends The Temptations, the latter for whom he served as musical director. He was co-music producer for the Emmy-winning miniseries “The Temptations.” Britt landed a record deal with Motown’s MoJazz label for a forward-thinking project he created called Impromp2 that blended hip hop, soul and jazz, releasing four albums. Britt debuted as a solo artist with the 2010 worship album, “There Is Nobody.” Two years later, he dropped the secular “Feels So Good.” Britt cites his greatest trumpet influence as Miles Davis and patterns his vocal delivery after Marvin Gaye, leading to the critically-hailed 2016 release “Marvin Meets Miles.” Either as a trumpeter and/or a vocalist, Britt has collaborated with Quincy Jones, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Josh Groban, Jennifer Lopez and Maxwell. He played a trumpet solo on screen in “La La Land” in a scene with Ryan Gosling and was the trumpet soloist on Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to “Hidden Figures.” Britt sang on the Academy Awards telecast with John Legend, Common and Mary J. Blige. For more information, please visit https://johnnybritt.com. 

​Lyytinen: Vocals, guitar, violin
Tatu Back: BassIiro
Laitinen: DrumsHarri
Taittonen: Keyboards
Abdissa Assefa: Percussion
Jennifer Batten: Guitar on“Snake In The Grass”
Sonny Landreth: Slideguitar on“Wedding Day” and “Break My Heart Gentl

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Ons land is zowat permanent zwanger van toptalent. Suikerrock is dan ook trots om je een fijne selectie van Belgium's best te presenteren voor zaterdag 27 juli!

​Zwangere Guy, en geef toe, dat bekt veel beter dan zijn echte naam Gorik Van Oudheusden, speelt losjes tweemaal een uitzinnige AB plat, en zette zich, mede via STIKSTOF netjes op de Belgische hip-hop kaart. Je kent 'm dus uit de booming Brusselse hiphopscene, scherp uit de hoek komend, maar gedrenkt in sloten humor en performend alsof hij toch binnenkort moet bevallen. Zwanger is hij gelukkig enkel van uitstekende songs, denk maar aan het beklijvende ‘Gorik Pt. 1’ of ‘Guy Funk’ met de inmiddels niet meer zwangere Selah Sue. ‘Wie is Guy?’ heet zijn onlangs verschenen debuut. Antwoorden op deze en andere existentiële vragen op zaterdag 27 juli @ Suikerrock 2019!

​Scheuren en groeien, dat doen ze nog steeds bij SONS. Vorig jaar winnaars van de Nieuwe Lichting 2018 en al meteen absoluut fantastisch op de Suikerrock en Werchter mainstages. Tijdens het voorbije boerenjaar vonden ze gelukkig nog wat tijd om de studio in te duiken. Dit jaar keren ze dan ook boemerangsgewijs terug, gewapend met een debuutplaat die op 18 april verschijnt. 'Family dinner' gaat die plaat heten, maar de vlag zal de lading niet dekken. SONS blijft rauwe gitaarherrie, heel aanstekelijk jong en fris verpakt en gebracht. Remember de uppercut 'Ricochet' waarmee ze de StuBru jury van hun sokken bliezen, maar ook de nieuwe single ‘Naughty’ is een lekker rammelende oorwurm. Uw gsm kan u trouwens gewoon opladen terwijl u hem in de lucht steekt tijdens het optreden van SONS. Energie zat! Garage op een zaterdag is altijd zinvol, de smerige vegen verschijnen vanzelf op uw gezicht. Komt dit zien!

​Ook Black Leather Jacket laten grauwe met grain doordrongen garagerock op je los zaterdag. Je kent ze van 'Troublemaker' waarmee ze het in 2017 tot finalist in de Nieuwe Lichting schopten, en zeker van het aanstekelijke 'Village people' waarmee ze tegenwoordig hoge ogen gooien in De Afrekening. Hun invloeden kan je zelf gaan beluisteren op een Spotify playlist die de band aanmaakte.  Zoek even naar 'Spanklords by black leather' en je hebt een paar uur luisterfun. Maar invloedgewijs: denk Hives, Ty Seagall en die onvermijdelijke Black Sabbath. Lekker spul om de party van vrijdag uit je systeem te schudden!

​Suikerrock 2019 vindt plaats van vrijdag 26 juli tot en met zondag 28 juli in het centrum van Tienen. Reeds bevestigd voor het hoofdpodium op de Grote Markt:

Vrijdag 26 juli

• Yves Paquet
• Tom Odell
• Tourist LeMC
• Bazart

Zaterdag 27 juli

• Black Leather Jacket
• SONS
• Zwangere Guy
• Goose

Zondag 28 juli

• Rob De Nijs
• Nielson
• Niels Destadsbader
• Marco Borsato

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Dagtickets voor alle dagen, alsook combitickets en drinks/food tickets zijn onmiddellijk beschikbaar via de Suikerrock ticketshop en Ticketmaster

Here they come with their second release. Europe's world class blues export B.B. & The Blues Shacks fronted by female singer Bonita from South Africa. After a big success with a debut in 2015 people were waiting for another great blues album combining jump blues, traditional style and soul in the mix.

Great duetts going straight to you heart and the Rhythm & Blues tunes are taking you out on the dancefloor. Six originals and ten classic rare covers making this album outstanding. Bonita is right on in the tradition of Ann Peebles, Etta James, Lula Reed and other unforgettble stars of the past.

Blues and Soul from the 50’s and 60’s are still alive and this release is another proof.

Best known for her recordings with the likes of Snarky Puppy and Moby, Shayna Steele truly takes flight on her third solo album, ‘Watch Me Fly’, on which eight self-penned originals and two very different classic covers showcase her soulful, powerful energy and mindblowing vocal artistry.
 
“I am outrageous, larger than life” are the first words heard on the record. A statement of fact rather than bragging, this is the opening line of introductory single ‘Be’, which proceeds to open up in effervescent, ebullient style and acts as an effective appetiser for the many other treats in store.  Another fact is that the New York based Steele not only has a charismatic and unique voice, but also abundant technique and sheer strength. From Soul via Gospel to R’n’B and Jazz, she has performed with the likes of Bette Midler, John Legend, Rihanna, Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton and Kesha, opened for George Clinton and many more, and is a featured vocalist on Snarky Puppy’s ‘Family Dinner’ as well as Moby’s ‘Disco Lies’. Her dynamic vocals and gutsy, sassy on-stage personality, allied to the instrumental skills of her fantastic band, make her a star in waiting.
 
Born in Sacramento, California to a black father who was in the Air Force and a white mother, Steele lived an itinerant childhood. Moving to Oklahoma and then to Rammstein, Germany, where she spent seven formative years, she had little chance to contemplate her racial identity until her family landed in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1985. She explains, "Rammstein took up quite a bit of my early childhood and had a big influence on how I viewed life, the world and especially racial tension. Living amongst the safety of an Air Force Base in Germany with many other children from bi-racial families gave me a false sense of security and I wasn't quite ready for the criticism and ridicule I would receive when we moved to Mississippi." Feeling "awkward, out of place and unsure where to fit in," she dove headfirst into music, entering (and winning) several pageants and talent shows, as well as appearing on (and almost winning) the nationally televised Ed McMahon’s Star Search at the age of 15. She finished high school and pursued a music degree before exposing herself to the cutthroat reality of the business. 
 
"I never really felt grounded until I moved to New York," continues Steele. “It was then that I really opened up to different genres of music other than R&B." Schooled in Jazz by her Godfather and Gospel by her choir director, the Grammy-nominated Michael McElroy, plus some guidance from her father, she began to develop her sound, blending new influences such as Rachelle Farrell and Ledisi with her childhood icons Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and The Temptations. 
 
A completely unexpected call in 2005 would drop her squarely into a genre she had absolutely no experience of: Electronica. Hearing that Moby "needed a screamer" for a track to be included on his album ‘Hotel’, a mutual friend recommended Steele, which resulted in that record’s second single, ‘Raining Again’. Two years later she laid down vocals for a version of ‘Extreme Ways’, Moby's theme song to The Bourne Ultimatum, followed in 2008 by ‘Disco Lies', the first single from his album ‘Last Night’. This song reached no.1 on the US Billboard Dance charts and went on to be featured in JJ Abrams’ blockbuster ‘Cloverfield’ and ‘The Backup Plan’ (starring  Jennifer Lopez). Steele’s voice has remained in demand with her vocals heard in the likes of ‘Hairspray’ (movie soundtrack), ‘The Bourne Legacy’, ‘Sex and the City 2’, ‘The Sopranos’, the BBC’s Olympic Games coverage and NBC’s ‘Smash’. 
 
Meanwhile, Steele had begun writing music with her partner David Cook, who has also been the Musical Director for Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson and Kesha. Her first full-length album, 2009’s ‘I’ll Be Anything’, put her on  the map as a legitimate solo artist and led to extensive touring with her band, while its follow-up, 2015’s ‘Rise’, featured musicians such as Christian McBride, Marcus Miller, Gregoire Maret, Eric Harland, Sachal Vasandani and Bashiri Johnson. The brand new ‘Watch Me Fly’ showcases her sensual side on a selection of brand new originals and two ‘standards’ from the songbooks of Doris Day and Led Zeppelin.
 
Steele continues to play solo concerts all over the world with Classical (Rochester Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony) and Jazz big band orchestras (Latvian Radio Big Band, Estonian Dream Big Band, Columbus Jazz Orchestra), as well as with her quartet and stars such as Chris Botti. 
 
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Met een splinternieuwe plaat trekken de Pixies dit najaar opnieuw en route. Black Francis, Joey Santiago, David Lovering en Paz Lenchantin doen met hun Europese tournee maar liefst 33 steden in 16 verschillende landen aan. Op het programma staat natuurlijk ook een Belgische halte: afspraak met Pixies op woensdag 16 oktober in Vorst Nationaal!
 
Pixies levert binnenkort dus alweer zijn derde langspeler af sinds de grote reünie. Het langverwachte nieuwe album van de indie-iconen werd in december 2018 opgenomen in de Dreamland Recordings studio’s met hulp van producer Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Royal Blood). Het viertal pakt een kleine honderd (!) songs in zijn valiezen voor de komende tournee. Black Francis en de zijnen laten dus geen ruimte voor routine in hun shows: vooropgestelde setlists ruimen de baan voor spontaniteit, helemaal in het teken van de sfeer van het moment, nagelnieuwe nummers en de allergrootste Pixies-klassiekers.
 
 
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