Nigel Kennedy : Jimi Hendrix program

Upcoming thursday Nigel Kennedy will present his new Jimi Hendrix Programm at Volksbühne Berlin. infos & ticket

Right on time for the festival season Nigel Kennedy will present a new Jazz-CD in May 2010. The release-tour with Nigel Kennedy Quintet will take place from 15 - 30th of July 2010. 

LA CANDELA @ cc4711

From the 1^st of January 2010 you will find us in the Creative Centre 4711 in Cologne. The cc4711 is the former administrative building of the perfume manufacturer 4711. Now the building bundles the music industry of Cologne in one huge creative centre. The initiator of this project is the recently founded music network Sound of Cologne. The objective is to develop further the regional music industry and to network with the other cultural industries. On three floors there are over 50 music companies, among c/o pop festival and fair, the INTRO magazine and the online service PopData.

New address from the 1st of January 2010:
La Candela Musikagentur GmbH
creative centre 4711
Venloer Str. 241-245
50823 Köln

new cd: ZEEP "People & Things"

Nina Miranda & Chris Franck are back with a brand new zeep - album that convinces easily like their first one. People & Things defies categorization, being simultaneously deep, sophisticated, inspiring and light as a feather. ZEEP will present their new album live in march/april 2010.

CD: People & Things [Crammed / Indigo, Oct  2009]

"It is a production without categorisation, leaving it beautifully open to diversity and influences. People & Things delves into the human condition with open eyes and sensitivity." [Jungle Drums UK, CD of the month 2009]

LA CANDELA @ WOMEX 09

Also this year we will attend Womex and would be glad to meet you there.

Reinhard Allgaier // managing director & head of booking [Please address your meeting requests to Jana Wieneke // assistant & promotion]

Benjamin Ketzel // booking & online promotion

We're looking forward to see you in Copenhagen!

on tour: ISWHAT?! (USA)

"Hip Hop is dead. Jazz smells. The world is flat. Bullshit! MC Napoleon Maddox inspires HipHop heads and Jazz-connoisseurs." [laut.de on ISWHAT?! / Artist Of The Week] 

End of September ISWHAT?! present their new LP Big Appetite (Discograph / Alive, 25.09.09) with Hamid Drake on stage.  On 3rd of October ISWHAT?! will play their final gig on the Opening Party of Enjoy Jazz Festival in Heidelberg!

24.09.Wien A Porgy & Bess / 25.09. Salzburg A Jazzit / 26.09. Minden D Jazzclub  27.09. Hamburg D Fabrik / 29.09. Berlin D Quasimodo / 03.10. Heidelberg D Enjoy Jazz Festival

ISWHAT-FLAVOR.COM

new project: Kimmo Pohjonen's UNIKO

Kimmo Pohjonen's UNIKO is a Pohjonen / Kosminen composition performed by Kimmo Pohjonen on accordion and Proton String Quartet with samples of accordion and strings manipulated, treated and reproduced by sampling maestro Samuli Kosminen.

UNIKO explores further the possible sounds from the combination of accordion samples, strings, string samples and surround sound and lights expand the program to a full-dimensional experience.  [artistInfo]

CD: The Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen & Proton String Quartet - Uniko // Bedroom Community // Feb 2010

new project: SERGENT GARCIA

The creator of Salsamuffin is back! Inspired by the traditional Columbian music and dance style Cumbia Sergant Garcia recorded 5 new versions of his hits like Amor pa' mi and named the EP Cumbiamuffin. With Jamaican beats, Cumbia Sounds and a 5-piece acoustic band El Sargento will be on tour in autumn 2009.

ArtistInfo

new artist: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara

'JUSTIN ADAMS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING AND ENTHUSIASTIC MUSICIANS IN BRITAIN' [The Guardian]   

'IT IS EXTRAORDINARY WHAT ONE CAN DO WITH A SINGLE STRING. THIS SOUND IS MORE EXCITING THAN A LED ZEPPELIN REUNION'  [The Times]

artistInfo

on tour: Madera Limpia (Cuba)

From may 29th till june 26th the Cuban HipHop sensation Madera Limpia will present their new album La Corona [Outhere] in Europe. NPR music quotes La Corona: "Life is hard for young locals poised between the Castro regime and the Americans, and Madera Limpia's members sing and rap about that life on their debut album, La Corona. In doing so, the group has created one of the freshest new sounds coming out of the Caribbean." [read on]

Tourdates   ArtistInfo   MySpace

new cd: Tinariwen "IMIDIWAN : Companions"

Tinariwens new cd "IMIDIWAN : Companions" [Independiente / Pias] will be released in Germany on 14th of august 2009. After a very successful US Tour the desert rockers from Mali will present their new stuff on 27th of june at Glastonbury Festival. On 4th of july Tinariwen will play Summerjam Festival in Cologne. The release tour in GAS / Eastern Europe will take place from 1st - 15th of november.

tinariwen.com  

new CD: QUIVER // Kimmo Pohjonen's KTU

For KTU the finish accordion dervish Kimmo Pohjonen teams up with Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn of King Crimson. Their brand new album Quiver [ Wetpark  Indigo ] was released in Europe on march 13th and German press is already giving Quiver high praise (musikreviews.de / metal.de). The North American release date for Quiver is May 1.

myspace.com/ktuband

new artist: New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble

new artist: Lühning (Germany)

cologne // jazz // Addis Abbeba // absorbing // live // bossa nova // fragments //  drum & bass // contemporary  // re:jazz  // Goethe //  W.H. Auden //  bass // quartet // guitar // multilayed // beautiful // electro // voice  // pop // drums // read

Cryptic Folk meets Desert Blues

Following the success of their encounter in the studios of the BBC London, Tinariwen and the English experimental cryptic electro-folkies Tunng are going on tour in the UK in March.
Cryptic folk and dessert blues blend effortlessly together in this fluid set. Fragments of vocals, languages, riffs and melodies weave together, with transporting space and ease.      
Ibrahim, Eyadou and Said will be joining the Tunng crew for this 10 date jaunt.

Haydamaky meets Kusturica

January 8 to 14, 2009, the second Küstendorf Film and Music Festival will be held in the Serbian village of Küstendorf built by a famous film director Emir Kusturica. Haydamaky received an invitation from Kusturica and will play at the Festival on 10th of January. After the Küstendorf Festival, Haydamaky will visit the showcase festival EuroSonic in Groningen, Netherlands, which is also one of the world's largest music industry exhibitions: Haydamaky Showcase @ EUROSONIC:  jan 15th / 00.15 - 1.00