As part a holiday trip to Scotland, I happened to attend a live jazz concert at ‘thejazzbar’, Chambers Street in Edinburgh city centre.
I wanted to share with you pictures and videos I took at this event. Apologises for the last video, my digital camera’s battery ran out. 😞
In any cases, enjoy!
On Saturday 2nd January 2016 I attended this amazing live concert by 2 members of the Jaffa Cakes band at Cafe Dublin, 17b Asdill’s Row, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
I got the chance to meet both the lovely singer Plinny Phoenix and pianist Dario Rodighiero. I enjoyed so much their live jazz/bossa nova performance that I made a video out of it! The audience appreciated it as well. You can see and hear them cheering and clapping.
The Jaffa Cakes band is a taste of the most famous songs in a retro style, that could be any genre of music, but mostly:
They’ve got just a piano, drums and a voice. Yet they bring a unique mix of retro-modern songs in the blues, funk and jazz genre.
The 3 band members are:
If you’d like to know more about each member, check their biographies:
Now getting excited and curious to listen to their music? If so, watch this video:
It was such an honour to listen to the amazing voices of Saun and Starr with such a great accompaniment band!
I didn’t initially know these female singers. However, I was greatly impressed by their performance at Sugar Club, Dublin (Ireland) on Saturday 24th October 2015!
Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe grew up mere blocks from each other in New York City’s northernmost borough, The Bronx.
But it wasn’t until 1986 that the two actually crossed paths at an open mic night at a club called Carl’s Off the Corner in Harlem. With a mutual respect for each other’s talent as singers along with a shared musical aesthetic, the two became fast friends.
In 2013, cover songs soon gave way to original compositions with the duo now named Saun & Starr. Before long, S&S and The Dap-Kings set up shop at Daptone Records’ House of Soul music. They began recording an album of their own material.
Follow their Facebook fan page if you like their music!
If you have missed this concert, you can check their next touring dates on this site:
https://www.songkick.com/artists/7962843-saun-and-starr
Jesse John Heffernan Is a Soul Afro-Caribbean/Irish-born singer-songwriter, whose unique and uncompromising sound is set to make its mark!
He is inspired by legends such as Sam Cooke, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye to name a few.
Jesse’s love of lyrics and songwriting delivered through his soulful vocals, means his performances are second to none.
He has recently become a part of the Choice Cuts team in Dublin venue The Sugar Club, as a promoter and venue booker.
You can follow him and his band on Facebook.
Finally, enjoy these videos! They give you a glimpse of what you can expect from their live concerts!
Do you have other information or tracks to share with us? If so, drop a message in the comment box!
I have listened to German DJ Qmutat playing a nice mix of funk, afrobeat, jazz at Mojo Cafe, Reeperbahn 1, Hamburg on Friday 24th July 2015.
I hope you will enjoy the few video and soundtracks below. You can following him on Facebook, if you like his work.
Following a popular search for Dublin afrobeat events, please find below:
Give them a like on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/officialrapireland
You can follow them or add them as a friend on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BoomEntz/
https://www.facebook.com/afrobeat.segun?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/afroclubent/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanmusicnetwork/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tig-Linn/211049728918708?fref=ts
For more information, check their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/DublinAfrobeat?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/mandenexpress?fref=ts
Go to their website for more details:
For more information, check their Facebook page and/or website:
https://www.facebook.com/africadayireland?fref=ts
For more information, check their Facebook page and/or website:
https://www.facebook.com/nigeriancarnivalireland?fref=ts
Have you heard of any other nights worth mentioning? If so, drop a comment and we’ll add them to the list!
I have watched the brilliant James Brown biographical film ‘Get on Up’ at the IMC Screen Cinema on Townsend street in Dublin.
It is a chronicle of James Brown’s rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
The film lasts 2h30 but time flew! I consider it a must-see for all funk and soul fans!
If you want to know more about the film, check out the following article written on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_on_Up_%28film%29
If you would like to watch a clip or the trailer, check this link: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/getonup/
Finally, you may enjoy listening to this track recorded during the credits at the end of the film:
A few weeks ago, I attended the Hugh Masekela concert in National Concert Hall organised by the Waltons World Masters.
I saw few papers around from this music organisation before that day. The papers detailed the artist biography with an offer to sign up for their newsletter. I subscribed and became the lucky winner of two tickets to watch this jazz concert!
Originally, I didn’t know much about Hugh Masekela and his South African band even though they are a well-known in the jazz world. Consequently, I had no particular expectations from them. However, I must say now: it was one the best concerts I have been attended!
Hugh Masekela, although already 75 years of age at that time, displayed incredible energy and musical talent throughout the whole show. He was a very witty, bright and young at heart artist.
His band and himself continued playing about 3-4 extra songs after the due ending time of the concert.
I also discovered the ‘Tig Linn’ support band, an afrobeat and afro-jazz Irish-Nigerian band from Dublin. Worth watching, too! They play a fusion of Nigerian and traditional Irish music.
Tig Linn is still going strong. They are still regularly playing live. To keep up-to-date of their next concert, follow them on Facebook. If you would like to book them for a concert, get in touch with them on their website.
Click on the pictures to read more easily the brochures’ information:
This video is from the repeat songs at the end:
Keep in mind that you will no longer be able to go to his concerts. Indeed, Hugh Masekela died on 23rd January 2018 at the age of 78. Repose in peace.
If you enjoy his music, you may want to buy it on Amazon.
First of all, Canada’s hardest-working combo, Souljazz Orchestra band, perfects their signature through a percussive explosion of:
They deliver:
Furthermore, the multicultural collective surfaces with a hard-hitting new record in 2015, ‘Resistance’. This album resumes its link-up with UK-based Strut Records.
The composer Pierre Chrétien explains that they approached this album with a fresh ear. He says as well that: “We were keen to build on the band’s sound and message. So, I brought in some of the French Caribbean and Francophone West African influences that I’ve loved since my youth.”
Consequently, the new album adds fresh dancefloor-oriented elements of:
The resulting album is a defiant celebration of social justice and human empowerment.
On the other hand, their first three released albums:
were nominated for Juno Awards.
Last but not least, the Ottawa-based sextet brings its dynamite show across the globe.
They share bills along the way with heavyweights such as:
Finally, I attended one of their live performance at the Sugar Club on Saturday 12th July 2014.
Now, want to listen to them? You are lucky, I have recorded them.
So, I hope you will enjoy these videos and mixed tape below:
Firstly, the Ajo Arkestra band is an underground group of musician friends from:
Furthermore, the band changed its name from ‘The Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble’ to ‘Ajo Arkestra’ a few years ago.
They perform regularly all over Ireland, where they play:
Their material is influenced by legends such as:
Their sound is saturated with hours of musical persistence. These guys master the long extended phrasing and heavy African ‘riddims’.
There are live elements from:
Instrumentally speaking, their music is awash with:
There is never anything usual about this band.
The band records their first EP together in 2013.
To be updated about their upcoming shows, check their Facebook and Bandcamp.
Finally, I have recorded them play live at The Sugar Club, Dublin back in August 2014. Check the below slideshow and video of their performance!
Theo Parrish is a musician and selector based in Detroit, Michigan, often described as a ‘techno/house’ artist. He was born in Washington D.C. in 1972.
He grew up in Chicago, Illinois listening to jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and George Gershwin.
Theo Parris begins spinning and producing tracks in 1986, at the age of thirteen…
After graduating from the Academy for the Arts, he received a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute. In 1994, he received a BA’s Degree of Fine Arts from KCAI with a concentration in Sound Sculpture, a form of orchestration using:
Theo Parrish can fuse the rhythmic, disco-based pulse of Chicago house with the modernist soul of Detroit techno, while at the same time pointing to a lineage in black music that runs directly from Sun Ra to Sound Signature.
You may also want to read this two paged Irish Times interview with Theo Parrish.
Theo Parrish gave a live performance in Dublin on Thursday 19th July 2014 with a full band and dancers for the first time in 10 years!
Check out below the slideshow, videos and mixed tape taken of this live event.
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