domingo, 9 de marzo de 2008

.:Squirrel Nut Zippers:.

The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a jazz band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, and ukelele), and sidemen Chris Phillips, Don Raleigh and Ken Mosher.

While the band's eclectic fusion of Delta blues, gypsy jazz, 1930s-era swing, klezmer, and other styles made them hard to categorize, their quirky music found a niche in the late 1990s. Their second album, Hot (1996) was certified platinum in 1997.

While the band broke up in 2001, amidst an acrimonious dispute over their management agreement and royalties, a modified line-up was put together in 2007 for performances in the US and Canada.



Miembros de la Banda:

- James "Jimbo" Mathus - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, tenor banjo, trombone, piano
- Katharine Whalen - vocals, banjo, ukulele
- Stuart Cole - bass
- Chris Phillips - percussion, contraption kit, drums
- Je Widenhouse - trumpet, cornet
- Will Dawson

domingo, 2 de marzo de 2008

.: Laleh :.



Laleh Pourkarim -born June 10, 1982 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran- is an Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter.

She came to Sweden when she was 12 and went to school in Angered, Gothenburg. Before that she had lived in Azerbaijan and Minsk, Belarus.

She personally produced and wrote her 2005 self-titled debut album, in which she sang in three different languages: English, Swedish and Persian.

At the Swedish Grammis Awards for 2005, she received seven nominations and won three: Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year, and New Artist of the Year.

She also had a major acting role in the Swedish movie Jalla! Jalla!, directed by Josef Fares, which was a big success at the Swedish box office in 2000.

She is a daughter of Houshang Pourkarim, a prominent Iranian sociologist from Bandar Anzali



Storebror

Ett desperat försök det krävs ett hjälte mod Vem av oss är modig nog att rädda storebror, storebror, käre storebror Han har ett öga för det där Hans sinnen letar klöver Härjar ute varje kväll med grabbar som han kallar bröder Herregud, käre storebror Han har en massa fuffens för sig jag vet inte vad det rör sig om Härjar ute mitt i natten vad han gör det vet'e katten, Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social Bror, bror min drömmer om det liv dom visar han på tv Han vill alltid vara som dom men jag vill ha han som han är min bor, käre storebror Bror ska du ut i natten? Kom vi knyter vänskapsbanden kom stanna här med mig jag vill vara med dig storebror, käre storebror Kom, stanna hemma här med mamma vi kan prata med varandra dricka te och äta kaka Kom vi minns, minns tillbaka Har du samma drömmar nu om att du ska bli kung-fumästare och president Bror säg mig vad som hänt min bror, käre storebror Han har en massa fuffens för sig jag vet inte vad det rör sig om Härjar ute mitt i natten vad han gör det vet'e katten, Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social Brosan körde mig i morse i sin nya fina Porsche Käre bror han vägra svara om den var köpt med illegala pengar det kan tänkas Men han körde mig till ett kontor det visade sig att storebror har startat litet företag Allting enligt rätt och lag och nätterna han varit borta har han varit där och jobbat Allting sluta väldigt bra men det var inte så det var med bror, käre storebror Han har en massa fuffens för sig jag vet inte vad det rör sig om Härjar ute mitt i natten vad han gör det vet'e katten, Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social Du vet att den som lever flott och gott han lämnar inga spår Den som lever flott och gott lämnar inga spår Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år Men den som lämnar djupa spår i gyttjan varje dag Har härdat sina dar som år känt minsta andetag Han lever inte för en framtid Utan för idag

lunes, 4 de febrero de 2008

.: Corinne Letellier :.



Corinne was 17 years old in Lille, France when she learnt to play drums and set up her first female band. Since then she became the singer and leader of such ambitious musical projects In the same period, she discovered a passion for Jazz songs and performed in a trio with Stéphane Bularz on bass and Stéphan Orins on piano. Performing in Tunisia, she met a young saxophonist Lisa Cat-Berro and returned home, joining of the trio in the quintet with Eric Navet on drums. After singing Jazz in France on stage in concerts and festivals* , Corinne Letellier is now asserting her own style at the Tanjazz Festival in Morrocco, performing for the first time one of her songs Tanja, the story of a girl who feels lost in Tanger. This song has captured media attention, audiences as well as critics have been both very enthusiastic. This made her decide to continue in that direction. Living in Marseille since 2003, shes written new songs and has met young talented musicians.

The spectacle FRENCH SONGS IN JAZZY COLORS takes shape and meets its audience for the first time at the Jean Sénac Theater. She has recently recorded le calice in Skopje (Macédonia) under Olivier Samouillans (Zlust, Mina Agossi)artistic direction, an original French songs repertoire, mostly written and composed by herself, about lifes stories drawn as pictures made of different colors from Jazz, to Oriental and Latin music, that she sings with a particular emotion. Coming from both the Jazz and pop scenes, the musicians create an acoustic atmosphere to give the songs a real poetic dimension.


Miembros de la banda:

Corinne Letellier : vocal
Wim-Jan Welker : guitars
Stéphane Bularz : double bass
Magali Rubio : flûte and clarinets
Cécrick Bec : Drum

jueves, 31 de enero de 2008

Theodor Bikel


Theodor Meir Bikel is an Academy Award- and Tony Award-nominated character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen (1951) and was nominated for an Academy award for his role as the Southern Sheriff in The Defiant Ones (1958).

Bikel started acting as a teenager in Israel, and began a small theater there before moving to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After several plays and films in Europe, he moved to the United States in 1954.

On Broadway he originated the role of Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music in 1959, for which he received his second Tony nomination. In 1964, he played Zoltan Karpathy, the dialect expert, in the film version of My Fair Lady. Bikel was screentested for the role of Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). The screentest can be seen on the "Ultimate Edition" DVD released in 2006.

In the 1950's, Thedore Bikel produced and sang in several albums of Jewish folk songs, as well as Songs of a Russian Gypsy, in 1958. In 1962 he heard Bob Dylan give his premiere performance of "Blowin' in the Wind." Bikel then went to his scheduled performance and became the first singer besides Dylan to perform the song in public.

Theodore Bikel - Di Grine Kuzine

Tsu mir is gekumen a kusine,
schejn wi gold is si gewen, di grine:
Bekelech wi rojte pomerantsn,
fiselech wos bejtn sich tsum tantsn.
Herelech, wi sejdn-web gelokte,
tsejndelech, wi perelech getokte.
Ejgelech, wi himl-bloj in friling,
lipelech, wi karschelech a tswiling.

Nischt gegangen is si, nor geschprungen,
nischt geredt hot si, nor gesungen,
lebedik un frejlech jeder mine,
ot asoj gewen is majn kusine.

Un asoj ariber senen jorn,
fun majn kusine is a tel geworn,
pejdes hot si wochenlang gekliben,
bis fun ir is gornischt mer gebliben.

Hajnt as ich bagegn majn kusine,
un ich freg ir: s machstu epes grine?
Siftst si op un ch’lejen in ir mine:
Brenen sol kolumbuses medine!


martes, 8 de enero de 2008

Nightlosers "Transylvanian Rhythm & Blues"


Few of you have heard of Nightlosers. They're a jazz-blues band with folkloric influences from Romania. They sing in English (not entirely) and their albums have sold ten times better abroad than in Romania. This is pure genius. The film director, Hano Hoffer, leads this band!


Miembros de la Banda:

Hanno Höfer - guitars, harmonica,washboard, vocals
Octavian Barila Andreescu - bass
El Lako Jimy - guitars, violin, viola, talkbox
Ovidiu Condrea - drums
Geza Grunzo - keyboards

Sitio Oficial de la Banda: http://www.nightlosers.ro/




Di Grine Kuzine


Based in Berlin, Di Grine Kuzine, which means “the greenhorn cousin” have toured throughout Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Austria. The band with the unusual instrumentation of accordion, drums, tuba, trumpet, saxophone and voice has an unmistakeable sound: full of energy, danceable and compactly arranged. The result is very personal, with a heart-quickening freshness and sense of humour with which they have won themselves a loyal audience which spans all generations.

Miembros de la banda:

Alexandra Dimitroff vocal, accordion
Snorre Schwarz drums, vocal
Steve R. Lukanky tuba
Martin Gerwig/ (Karel Komnatoff) trumpet, vocal
Stefan Fräntzel/ (Max Hacker) clarinet / sopranosax, vocal



Berlin

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