new releases 2011


Clangers and Mash Amos Lee
Mission Bell
24th January 2011
Blue Note Records
Amos Lee’s fourth album for Blue Note is his richest and most fully formed album to date. Mission Bell. Produced by Joey Burns of the acclaimed band Calexico, Mission Bell features guests including Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, and James Gadson—and the musical backing of Calexico. His best yet it marks the arrival of Amos Lee as a mature artist who continues to explore his musical and thematic interests.

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Clangers and Mash Sarah Gillespie with Gilad Atzmon
In the Current Climate
24th January 2011
Pastiche Records PR00001
Drawing inspiration from the 1950’s union of beat poetry and be-bop, the collaboration between singer/songwriter Sarah Gillespie and saxophonist/composer Gilad Atzmon, has evolved into a unique mix of urban-folk, electronica, middle-eastern blues and jazz lyricism. Her debut album Stalking Juliet lead one reviewer to comment that her songwriting had a sophistication that Cole Porter would have recognized and In the Current Climate shows once again what a talented songwriter she is. Also see Tour Dates.

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Clangers and Mash TRICHOTOMY
The Gentle War
24th January 2011
Naim Jazz
The Gentle War, is the superb new album from Australian piano trio Trichotomy and the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed Naim Jazz debut Variations. Recorded shortly after the band’s UK tour early last year it finds the lauded trio in especially dynamic form and while their music could be compared to the likes of EST or The Bad Plus, Foran also cites his time here as an influence on the music - and not just our beer, but bands such as label mates Neil Cowley Trio, John Taylor and Acoustic Ladyland - but The Gentle War is very much the sound of a band developing their own unique sound. See also Tour dates.

www.trichotomymusic.com

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Clangers and Mash Portico Quartet
Knee-Deep In The North Sea - Deluxe Edition
31st January 2011
Real World Records
Remixed by John Leckie, this welcome re-issue of Portico Quartet’s Mercury Prize nominated debut album features three bonus live tracks; including brilliant new versions of Knee-Deep and Steps in the Wrong Direction recorded at this years Copenhagen Jazz Festival and a sublime version of ‘All The Pieces Matter’, recorded for the BBC, and released here for the first time anywhere. Portico Quartet will tour nationally in February with Penguin Café Orchestra

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Clangers and Mash Brad Mehldau
Live in Marciac
21st February 2011
Nonesuch Records
Live in Marciac is a two CD, one DVD live album of a solo performance, recorded at the Jazz In Marciac festival, France in 2006. It includes original tunes by Mehldau, as well as interpretations of songs by Kurt Cobain, Lennon/McCartney, Cole Porter, Radiohead, and others. The album has already been highly praised with Mojo saying ‘Mehldau delivers a spellbinding solo recital.  His technical command of the keyboard is utterly awe-inspiring – so much so, that at times, you would swear he's playing with four hands.’ 

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Clangers and Mash Matana Roberts
Live In London
28th February 2011
Central Control
Central Control is delighted to present to you a rare document and snapshot into a genius at work: Matana Roberts’ Live In London. In this, her first album since 2008’s massively acclaimed The Chicago Project, Ms Roberts takes you on an autobiographical tale of her music heritage, peers and future. With an all-star cast of players, based in London including Pianist Robert Mitchell, bassist Tom Mason and drummer Chris Vatalaro. Catch Matana live at the Vortex on Nov 18th

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Clangers and Mash Fringe Magnetic
Twistic
28th February 2011
Loop Records
Led by trumpeter Rory Simmons and featuring bassist Jasper Hoiby, twisted ensemble Fringe Magnetic draw on the legacy of Django Bates and the clashing rhythms of the New York Downtown to create an icy Anglo-Nordic ambience which can at once transform into quirky elastic rhythmic grooves; and the grunting power of a Tom Waits groan, and in which the next moment leads you on a bizarre melodic journey which is as near Ligeti as it is Lykke Li. Launched at the Vortex on February 7th 2011.

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Clangers and Mash Kit Downes Trio
Quiet Tiger
7th March 2011
Basho Records
Quiet Tiger is the new album from BBC Award-winning, 24 year old pianist/composer, Kit Downes and the follow-up to his Mercury Prize nominated release Golden A darker, more textured album than it’s predecessor, Quiet Tiger again features Downes’ trio as well as special guests Adrien Dennerfield on cello and James Allsop on tenor saxophone and bass-clarinet. Resulting in a richer, deeper, more expressive sound that perfectly complements Downes thoughtful narratives and explosive improvisational journeys See also Tour Dates.

www.kitdownes.com

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Clangers and Mash Mariza
FADO
TRADICIONAL
7th March 2011
EMI Records
In just ten years, Mariza, has redefined the way we perceive Fado, the melancholy traditional song of Portugal, becoming an international superstar along the way. On this her fifth studio album she returns to her roots for a breath-taking collection of traditional Fado.

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www.mariza.com

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Clangers and Mash Avishai Cohen
Seven Seas
21st March 2011
Blue Note
On ‘Seven Seas’, his new EMI/Blue Note release, Cohen continues to create rich compositions that combine his Israeli roots with his contemporary jazz background, from the grooving rhythms of the title track to the beautiful melancholy of ‘Staav’ (‘Autumn’) and ‘Hayo Hayta’ (‘Once upon a Time’). Cohen’s warm vocals subtly create a mood that compliment the core instrumentation of bass, piano and percussion; his interpretation of the traditional Ladino song ‘Tres Hermanicas Eran’ (‘There Were Three Sisters’) illustrates he is an accomplished singer as well as pianist.

www.avishaimusic.com

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Clangers and Mash Joe Lovano
Bird Songs
21st March 2011
Blue Note
Masterful saxophonist Joe Lovano celebrates twenty years on Blue Note with Bird Songs, a brilliant tribute to the music of Charlie Parker, featuring his dymnamic US Five band drummers Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela, bassist Esperanza Spalding, and pianist James Weidman. See also Tour Dates.

www.joelovano.com

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Clangers and Mash NeWt featuring Silke Eberhard
NeWt 2
4th April 2011
F-ire Collective
NeWt has been steadily building a reputation as one of Scotland’s most unique and creative groups over the last few years and Jazzwise declared that “It could be the best and most fearless contemporary jazz unit to come out of Scotland since Trio AAB”. The band has always attempted to blur the boundaries between styles, employing elements from modern jazz, rock and electronica. With an unusual instrumental line up featuring electric trombone, electric guitar and drums, the band is made up of Chris Greive,  Chris Wallace and Graeme Stephen. On this, their second album, they join forces with Berlin reeds player Silke Eberhard on saxophone and clarinet.


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Clangers and Mash Orkestra del Sol
Lung Capacity
18th April 2011
Sol Music Recordings
Lung Capacity is the third album by Edinburgh 9-piece Orkestra del Sol, whose explosive reinvention of global brass band music has been capturing imaginations internationally for over six years. With its romping eleven original tacks, Lung Capacity delivers on every level - even down to energy and joy that make Orkestra del Sol’s live shows so memorable. With a shared passion for brass band music from all corners of the globe, comparisons have been made to the virtuosic wedding bands of Eastern Europe, the suave street bands of the US and the rebellious brass bands of Latin America. Theirs however, is a truly exceptional sound...

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Clangers and Mash Julian Siegel Quartet
Urban Theme Park
18th April 2011
Basho Records
BBC Award-winning saxophonist Julian Siegel unveils the latest line-up of his cracking quartet (Liam Noble, Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo) with this superlative session that finds Siegel channelling a fluent bop intensity into a fresh modern sound.

www.juliansiegel.com


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Clangers and Mash Matthew Halsall
On The Go
18th April 2011
Gondwana Records
Manchester based trumpeter Matthew Halsall is one of the UK’s brightest talents. A gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, and these shows mark the launch for his new album ‘On The Go’ (Gondwana Records), a love letter to the jazz of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s and drawing on the evocative sounds of Miles Davis legendary soundtrack to the Louis Malle film Lift To The Scaffold and the hard bop recordings of Art Blakey and Max Roach. See also tour dates.

www.matthewhalsall.com


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Clangers and Mash Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis & Norah Jones
Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles
25th April 2011
Blue Note
Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles, a 12-tune song cycle about the ups and downs of love. It features tunes that Charles put on the musical map, including “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” “Cryin’ Time,” “Hit the Road Jack,” “Busted,” “Makin’ Whoopie” and arguably his greatest hit, “What’d I Say.” All the tunes feature new, original arrangements by Marsalis and alongside the trumpeter and very special vocalists the albums features Marsalis' quintet—tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding, pianist Dan Nimmer, bassist Carlos Henriquez and drummer Ali Jackson as well as Nelson’s longtime sidekick, Mickey Raphael, on harmonica.

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Clangers and Mash John Martin Quartet
Dawning
25th April 2011
F-ire Collective
‘Dawning’ is the debut album from the John Martin Quartet and reveals a young saxophonist/composer with a warm and engaging voice. The eight original tracks (all by Martin) that make up the album have a strong sense of melody with thoughtful interplay between the composed elements and the supple improvisations of the Quartet. The album combines joyful African-inspired grooves, dark Mehldau-ish harmony, contemporary odd-time meters, and the folky European sound reminiscent of Keith Jarrett’s early quartet with Jan Garbarek.

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Clangers and Mash James Farm
James Farm
25th April 2011
Nonesuch Records
James Farm is a storming new collaborative band featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman, and drummer Eric Harland. On its self-titled debut album, the group uses traditional acoustic jazz quartet instrumentation for its song-based approach to jazz and incorporates the members’ myriad of influences: rock, soul, folk, classical, and electronica, among many others.

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Clangers and Mash Ambrose Akinmusire
When The Heart Emerges Glistening
2nd May 2011
Blue Note Records
Hotly-tipped, alumni of Steve Coleman’s group, trumpeter-composer Ambrose Akinmusire releases his eagerly anticipated Blue Note debut, Co-produced by Akinmusire and his label mate and mentor Jason Moran, the 12 song set (10 of which were composed by Akinmusire) features his quintet—tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Justin Brown—a close-knit group of longtime friends and frequent collaborators that breathes a remarkable collective identity. Live at Ronnie Scott’s on Wednesday May 18th.

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Clangers and Mash Eric Legnini & The Afro Jazz Beat
< The Vox >
2nd May 2011
KoToNTeeJ
Belgian jazz and funk keyboardist/pianist Eric Legnini, sharpened his rep in the jazz clubs on New York and draws on inspiration from as far a field as piano maestro Bill Evans, New Orleans funksters, The Meters and jazz-funk icons The Brecker Brothers. Vox moves between groovin funk and heartfelt ballads and features the divine Krystle Warren on vocals.

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Clangers and Mash Tommy Smith
Karma
23rd May 2011
Spartacus Records
An exciting new direction for leading Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith’s brand new band, KARMA combines virtuosic musicianship and powerhouse, grooving rhythms with atmospheric textures evoking Irish, Scottish, Japanese and Arabic folk influences. A major statement from an internationally renowned master. Featuring Steve Hamilton, Kevin Glasgow and Alyn Cosker.

www.tommy-smith.co.uk

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Clangers and Mash The Impossible Gentleman
The Impossible Gentleman
6th June 2011
Basho Records
The Anglo-American jazz ‘supergroup’, The Impossible Gentleman features internationally acclaimed British piano sensation Gwilym Simcock, Salford guitarist and UK treasure Mike Walker and American bass and drums superstars Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. The result is nothing less than remarkable with four unique talents, all superb players in their own right, coming together to create something new and powerful. Critics and audiences alike raved about the band’s mini-tour last spring. Here then is the result of that inspired hunch, a debut recording and a further twelve date UK tour in June.

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Clangers and Mash Avalon Trio
Forlano
6th June 2011
Marquetry Records
Avalon Trio is an improvising ensemble comprising Tony Woods, saxophone and flute; Pete Churchill, piano and Rob Millett percussion. Forlana is their debut album and a celebration of, and reinterpretation of works by English early 20th century composers including Gerald Finzi (Forlana), Frederick Delius and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Clangers and Mash Pat Metheny
What’s It All About
21st June 2011
Nonesuch Records
With nearly 40 recordings under his name, this album marks the first time there is not a single Metheny composition represented. Instead, What’s It All About comprises 10 classic songs, some very well known, that hold personal meanings for him. All the songs were recorded late at night at his home and represent some of the music that was on his radar before he ever wrote a note of his own, or in a few cases, even before he played an instrument.

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Clangers and Mash Liane Carroll
Up and Down
27th June 2011
Quietmoney Recordings
London born, Hastings raised, award-winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll s arguably one of the world’s great jazz singers, capable of jaw dropping passages of vocal virtuosity and swinging like hell one moment and a heart breaking tender interpretation the next, her performances are underpinned by a soulful honesty that gives her an ‘on the edge’ gravitas that is utterly gripping. Up and Down is in many ways Carroll’s first true ‘studio’ album, produced by Multi-Grammy nominated producer and trumpeter James McMillan. It features a wide range of settings for her spectacular voice and features the cream of US and UK jazz soloists, with Kenny Wheeler, Kirk Whalum and Julian Siegel to name but a few.

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Clangers and Mash MA
The Last
27th June 2011
F-ire Collective Presents
In Just a few short years Ma have carved out a reputation as one of the most interesting of a new wave of electro-jazz outfits. Led by Redsnapper/Outhouse saxophonist, Tom Challenger, MA features fellow Loop collective collaborator, drummer Dave Smith, organist Ross Stanley as well as long term friend and collaborator Matt Calvert on electronics. Within a setting of dubby beats and drones, Ma utilise deceptively simple themes as a launch pad for music that is hugely atmospheric but full of powerful improvisation and unexpected textures and has been described as if “early Tony Williams' Lifetime was jamming Messiaen’s organ works with Fennesz, Deathprod, Lee Perry and Coltrane.”

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Clangers and Mash Emily Saunders
Cotton Skies
27th June 2011
Loop Records
Emily Saunders wraps light breathy vocals around Brazilian rhythms whilst evoking the brilliance of the jazz greats. Cotton Skies, Saunders astonishingly assured and accomplished debut, reflects her passion for Brazilian rhythms and some of the great composers that have inspired her. Her talent as a songwriter, her personal style of sparkling wordless vocals, largely acoustic backing, and romantic melodic songs, positions her, without doubt, as this year’s discovery. Emily launches her new recording at Londn’s Vortex, click here for details.

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Clangers and Mash Jim Tomlinson
The Lyric
1st August 2011
Blue Note Records
Now re-issued on Blue Note, THE LYRIC was awarded a BBC Jazz Album of the Year  (2006) and features 10 tracks with Grammy-nominated vocalist STACEY KENT. Stan Getz-style, tenor saxophonist & Kent’s husband JIM TOMLINSON is the producer behind the EMI best-sellers BREAKFAST ON THE MORNING TRAM (2007) – 315,000+ copies sold worldwide, Grammy nominee Best Jazz Vocal Album 2009 RACONTE-MOI (2010) 125,000+ copies sold worldwide. THE LYRIC is a collection of well chosen standards performed in an intimate and engaging way,a vibrant hommage to the Great  American and Brasilian songbooks ( Porter, Berlin, Jobim…) ,that also features Kent‘s first hint at the language of romance with the French classic Jardin d’Hiver.

www.staceykent.com

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Clangers and Mash Tigran Hamasyan
A Fable
5th September 2011
Verve (France)
Young, dynamic Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan has been taking France by storm this year, playing the major festivals and wowing crowds with his high energy mix of jazz, Armenian folk and rock as well as his more gentle solo acoustic numbers. A Fable is a dynamic collection of solo pieces, with lyrical songs that range from gracefully refined pieces to energetic experiments with rhythmic and harmonic diversity and shot to No.1 in the French jazz charts on release there earlier this year.

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Clangers and Mash Robert Mitchell’s 3io
The Embrace
12th September 2011
3io Records
Robert Mitchell should really need no introduction, an award winning pianist, composer, arranger and teacher, since his recording debut a decade ago he has been one of the most powerful, creative presences on the British jazz scene. A deft, inventive pianist with a unique style of improvisation that finds him riffing on lateral motifs rather than following classic bop influenced lines. His trio, 3io features Mitchell on piano with bassist Tom Mason and drummer Richard Spaven. Drawing on music written over nearly two centuries, by creators from the UK, Africa, Sweden, and Germany alongside original music from all the trio, they find inspiration from all great music regardless of genre and generate a wonderful tension, and excitement from pulling the music into trio clothing!

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Clangers and Mash Mauricio Velasierra
Rodar
26 September 2011
Lotus Arts Box
Flautist Mauricio Velasierra’s new album Rodar is a beautiful album full of deep Afro-Colombian grooves, thrusting strumming guitar patterns as well as orchestral interaction between cello and double bass. With a childhood steeped in traditional Andean music, Mauricio’s music exposes the largely undiscovered styles and rhythms found in the Andean highland region, but it is also highly influenced by musicians such as Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland.

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Clangers and Mash Stuart McCallum
Distilled
3rd October 2011
Naim Label
Manchester guitarist and composer Stuart McCallum is best known for his work with Cinematic Orchestra. The distinctive, ethereal and atmospheric sound of his guitar has been at the heart of their sound since 2004, including on the albums 'Ma Fleur' and 'Live At The Royal Albert Hall'. On Distilled, McCallum, who admits to influences from Wes Montgomery to Bjork, Flying Lotus to Bon Iver and James Blake to Bill Frisell, as well as modern art, eschews over complicated harmonic and rhythmical structures in favour of a rich mix of electronica and improvisation enriched by elegant orchestral writing. The result is a sublime slice of ambient-jazz-electonica with beautiful melodies and gorgeous soundscapes.

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Clangers and Mash Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band
Rubber Orchestras
10th October 2011
Naive

Rubber Orchestras is the stunning new album from poet and musician Anthony Joseph. A mesmerising mix of funk, jazz, rock, Afrobeat, soca with Joseph’s distinctive vocal delivery, skilfully produced by drummer and leader of The Heliocentrics, Malcolm Catto, and including one very special track arranged and produced by Jerry Dammers.

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Clangers and Mash Empirical
Elements of Truth
24th Oct 2011
Naim Jazz

Empirical should really need no introduction. The project of four young, British Jazz musicians, who aim to expand on the traditions of Jazz, their unique music manages to be both timeless and totally now, inside and out. In just a few short years they have carved out a place as one of jazz’s most exciting new bands, touring from New York to Molde, London to Montreal, and they have won numerous awards including the 2010 MOBO for Best Jazz Act and Jazzwise and Mojo Albums of the Year. Elements Of Truth is their third album, and second with the current line-up of Nathaniel Facey alto saxophone, Shaney Forbes drums, Tom Farmer bass and Lewis Wright vibraphone.

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Clangers and Mash Stacey Kent
Dreamer In Concert
31st Oct 2011
Blue Note

Peerless Grammy Award nominated singer releases first ever live album.

Stacey Kent is a sublime singer, rightly famed for her peerless interpretations of the Great American Songbook, but equally adept singing in French or Portuguese. Her beautiful tone and wonderful phrasing bring a fresh beauty to everything she sings and she sings from the soul. She tells us her stories with faultless phrasing and a lucid, enchanting voice and it her beautiful version of Hushabye Mountain that has bewitched TV viewers on the recent Dreams Bed campaign. After eight studio albums, Dreamer In Concert then is her first live album and the first album that captures her magical onstage persona.

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tour dates 2011

Barbican Contemporary MusicThe Irrepressibles + Gabby Young & Other Animals

Barbican Hall Saturday 29 January

An extravagant evening of visual and sonic flamboyance, part of the Barbican’s Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion exhibition and Disruption: A Fashion Performance
.

Led by composer and artist Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles are a 10-piece ‘performance orchestra’ fusing classical orchestrations with pop melodies and soaring vocals. Using conceptual sets and a team of artists from dance, avant-garde costume and make-up, the collective bring McDermott’s songs to life, creating an extraordinary live spectacle. Support comes from the sublime Gabby Young.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicReggae Britannia

Barbican Hall - Saturday 5 February, 7.30pm

An all star cast celebrates the influence of Reggae on the UK’s music and culture in a live concert coinciding with BBC Four’s Reggae Britannia documentary season.

Featuring Dennis Alcapone and Winston Reedy, Dave Barker, Pauline Black, Ken Boothe, Ali Campbell, Brinsley Forde, Janet Kay, Neville Staple, Caroll Thompson, Big Youth & more. Musical Director: Dennis Bovell

Produced by the Barbican in association with BBC Four

Coinciding with the broadcast of BBC’s Reggae Britannia documentary, The Barbican’s annual collaboration with BBC Four this year celebrates Reggae and its impact on the UK’s music and culture. Music Director Dennis Bovell assembles a big band which includes some of the most important Reggae musicians in the British scene to back up a star cast of singers and toasters. Expect to hear hits from the 1960s to the present day as we tell the story of the musical evolution from Ska, through Rocksteady, Roots, Dub, Lovers Rock and beyond.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicJoan As Police Woman + guests

Barbican Hall - Sunday 6 February

In her Barbican debut New York’s immensely talented singer-songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Joan Wasser performs tracks from her eagerly awaited release The Deep Field (Reveal Records).

A captivating live performer, Joan’s breathtaking vocals and poetic, heartfelt lyrics are complemented by spare and dynamic arrangements and an eclectic musical palette; her soulful music soars above a rocking, sultry pulse.

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Sarah Gillespie – 'In the Current Climate Tour'

Jan - Feb 2011

Touring material from her new album In the Current Climate, Sarah will be performing with a formidable jazz trio featuring Gilad Atzmon on clarinet, accordion and soprano sax, Enzo Zirilli on drums and Ben Bastin on double bass. Produced by Gilad Atzmon, the new album is more raw and acoustic than its predecessor, Stalking Juliet, and is a unique mix of urban-folk, electronica, middle-eastern blues and jazz lyricism, inspired by the union of beat poetry and be-bop of the 1950s.

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Portico Quartet

February 2011 Tour

Portico Quartet’s inimitable sound, a blend of saxophone, electronics, otherworldly Hang, clattering drums and earthy double bass, has pushed them to the forefront of the contemporary music scene, where they have been compared to Radiohead, E.S.T and The Cinematic Orchestra. They tour here with Arthur Jeffes new band Penguin Café on an MBM tour A Matter of Life…

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Kit Downes

Feb - Mar 2011 Tour

Kit Downes tours in support of his new album Quiet Tiger a dark-hued, quietly powerful work, deeper and more expressive than his Mercury Prize nominated Golden. The trio dates feature Calum Gourlay on bass and James Maddren on drums. The remainder also feature cellist Aidren Dennerfield, saxophonist Josh Arceleo and James Allsop on bass-clarinet.

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TRICHOTOMY

UK Tour February 2011

The Gentle War, is the superb new album from Australian piano trio Trichotomy. Recorded shortly after the band’s UK tour early last year it finds the lauded trio in especially dynamic form and while their music could be compared to the likes of EST or The Bad Plus, Foran also cites his time here as an influence on the music.

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Eesti Fest: a celebration of Estonian music and culture

21-26 February 2011 - Kings Place, London

Curated by Fiona Talkington (BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction)

2011 sees Tallinn become European Capital of Culture and the Eesti Fest brings just a small taste of Estonia’s vibrant music scene to London. With a programme appealing to jazz, experimental, contemporary and classical audiences, there are 8 events over 4 days including folk music from Suurõ Pilvõ, contemporary/experimental music from the 16 hands and 4 pianos of The Estonian Piano Orchestra, jazz from the internationally acclaimed pianist Kristjan Randalu plus our very own Toyah Willcox in a special collaboration with The Weekend Guitar Trio with guest, Jan Bang. And last, but not least, Estonian National Day will be celebrated with a classical performance from one of Estonia’s most sought after vocal groups, Vox Clamantis.

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Amos Lee

Union Chapel, London - 13 March 2011

Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter appears in support of his superb new Blue Note album, Mission Bell. Lee has toured with the likes of Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard and this unique intimate show sold-out in just 45 minutes. Mission Bell is released on January 24th.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicKurt Elling with Richard Galliano

Barbican Hall - Monday 14 March


Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious

The sumptuous tones of today’s most distinctive male jazz vocalist return in a programme ranging from evocative duets with celebrated French accordionist Richard Galliano to fronting Tommy Smith’s powerhouse big band the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.

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Joe Lovano US FIVE

March 2011 Tour

Masterful saxophonist Joe Lovano celebrates twenty years on Blue Note with Bird Songs, a brilliant tribute to the music of Charlie Parker, featuring his dynamic US Five band drummers Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela, bassist Esperanza Spalding, and pianist James Weidman. Catch them live in the UK.

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Avishai Cohen ‘Seven Seas’

Union Chapel London 24th March

Thursday 24 March 2011

Cohen
presents his special blend of jazz fusion and expressive melodies with new album 'Seven Seas' (Blue Note/EMI) performed here with Shai Maestro on piano and Itamar Doari on percussion.

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Equator Music and Words presents ShivaNova and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

'Table Talk: food, memory, creative dialogue and lived histories'
Purcell Room, Southbank

Friday 25 March

Equator Music and Words brings together the acclaimed musicians of ShivaNova and the renowned writer and commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: two leading forces in the cross-cultural scene, for a night of talk and music. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a leading commentator on race, multiculturalism and human rights, writing for the Independent and Guardian and appearing regularly on TV and Radio. ShivaNova was founded by composer Priti Paintal the band is grounded in Indian and European musical styles delivering a spellbinding sound with Tibetan chants, Indian classical and folk and subtle grooves. This evening features music from their acclaimed Secret Chants album, plus traditional Indian songs from Manickam Yogeswaran..

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Barbican Contemporary MusicVan Der Graaf Generator + guests

Barbican Hall - Sunday 27 March

Rare London performance from Mancunian Prog-Rock pioneers Van Der Graaf Generator. Their epic songs, symphonic key changes, bewildering time signatures, archane lyrics and extended jazzy extemporisations continue to amass a cult following.

With the release of A Grounding in Numbers , their second CD as a trio, Peter Hammill (vocals, guitar, piano), Hugh Banton (organ, bass pedals) and Guy Evans (drums) emphatically show that their eyes are set more upon the present and future than the past, while acknowledging that they will always trail a certain history in their wake. Name-checked as an influence by fans John Lydon, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Graham Coxon, and opening for Jimi Hendrix in 1969, Van De Graaf Generator is a band like no other.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAsa & Tiken Jah Fakoly

Barbican Hall - Monday 4th April


Two of West Africa’s finest contemporary artists on one double bill: Nigerian soul-pop singing sensation Asa’s powerful vocals and stirring melodies soar above funky rhythms - here with songs from her stunning release Beautiful Imperfection (Naïve records). Plus the soulful vocals and political lyrics of rising Ivory Coast reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly whose Jamaican grooves are underpinned by lush African instrumentation.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicJosé González performing with The Gothenburg String Theory

Barbican Hall - Monday 11th April

Only UK date for this special show which sees the celebrated Swedish singer-songwriter José González performing with the maverick, 20 strong orchestral collective Gothenburg String Theory.

The Gothenburg ensemble’s lush arrangements and bold instrumental textures will take his unique songbook into new sonic territory. The Gothenburg String Theory sees some of Berlin and Gothenburg’s most exciting contemporary musicians join forces; they have forged relationships and recorded material with artists like El Perro Del Mar, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and Pacific!

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Finn Peters’ Music Of The Mind

Tour Dates March and April 2011

Award-winning multi-reedman, composer and producer Finn Peters is one of the UK’s most accomplished and exciting musicians. His latest project Music Of the Mind, pulls together two years of extensive research into the mapping of brainwaves and translating them into sound. The resulting album and live show has attracted fans from Gilles Peterson to Thom Yorke, and earned Peters praise from across the media including appearances on GMTV and BBC Radio 4 as well as a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary.

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Matthew Halsall - ‘On The Go’ UK tour Spring 2011

March - April 2011 Tour

Manchester based trumpeter Matthew Halsall is one of the UK’s brightest talents. A gifted trumpeter with a beautiful, expressive tone, and these shows mark the launch for his new album ‘On The Go’ (Gondwana Records), a love letter to the jazz of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s and drawing on the evocative sounds of Miles Davis legendary soundtrack to the Louis Malle film Lift To The Scaffold and the hard bop recordings of Art Blakey and Max Roach.

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NeWt

March - April 2011 Tour

NeWt
has been steadily building a reputation as one of Scotland’s most unique and creative groups over the last few years. With an unusual instrumental line up featuring electric trombone, electric guitar and drums, the band is made up of Chris Greive on trombone (lead trombone in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra),  Chris Wallace -  drums & percussion and Graeme Stephen, a young contemporary jazz guitarist making waves on the Scottish scene. For their second album, NeWt 2 released on April 4th, they were joined by Berlin reeds player Silke Eberhard, who will be joining them on this tour.

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An African Soul Rebels Special: Seun Kuti + Egypt 80 and Donso

April 2011 Tour

The highly successful African Soul Rebels tour breaks with tradition in 2011 to present a special full length afrobeat show allowing the complete majesty of its sound and experience to be fully appreciated. Featuring Seun Kuti the youngest son of afrobeat creator, rebel and musical visionary Fela Kuti, who not only embodies his father’s defiant spirit, charisma and magnetic onstage presence, but his voice, dance and funky Yoruba afrobeat sound. Marking his 20 year anniversary of performing, Seun fronts his father’s legendary band Egypt 80, in his first full UK tour.

Opening for Seun is Donso, a French/Malian collaboration combining traditional African Beat, and electronica.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicRyoji Ikeda: datamatics [ver.2.0]

Barbican Hall - Monday 18th April


One of Japan's leading electronic composers and visual artists, Ryoji Ikeda’s work has been hailed by critics as some of the most radical and innovative in the contemporary electronic music scene.datamatics [ver.2.0] is the latest audiovisual concert from his datamatics series‚ an art project that explores the potential to perceive the invisible multi–substance of data that permeates our world.  

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MARIZA

FADO TRADICIONAL UK TOUR May 2011

Mariza celebrates the release of her new album Fado Tradicional with this major UK tour, including three consecutive nights at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Expect sublime interpretations of Fado’s greatest songs from it’s greatest living exponent as Mariza breathes new life into classic material..

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Barbican Contemporary MusicSUBLIME FREQUENCIES presents

GROUP DOUEH + HAYVANLAR ALEMI

Barbican Hall Friday May 14th


Hypnotic grooves from Western Sahara and Turkish psychedelia collide in a night of mesmerising sounds from across the globe. In an evening that promises to be one of aural and visual exploration, Seattle-based collective Sublime Frequencies bring two of their musical discoveries to the Barbican for a night of extraordinary sounds - Group Doueh from the Western Sahara and Turkish band Hayvanlar Alemi. They will also present Staring Into The Sun, a 60-minute film by Olivia Wyatt, which explores 13 different tribes throughout Ethiopia.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicCharlie Haden The London Concerts

Barbican Hall Saturday 21 May CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST

Barbican Hall Sunday 22 May CHARLIE HADEN’S LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA

Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious


One of jazz’s most influential musicians and celebrated band-leaders, Charlie Haden has been a pivotal figure in the music’s development. A key member of Ornette Coleman’s legendary late 1950s quartet he appeared on such seminal albums as 1959’s Shape Of Jazz To Come and 1961’s This Is Our Music. He would go on to record with the greatest names in contemporary jazz, including the likes of Don Cherry, Jan Garbarek, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau and of course Keith Jarrett, with whom Haden has featured both as a member of the pianist’s legendary American Quartet of the 1970s and more recently on the acclaimed ECM duo recording Jasmine.

This special weekend residency features concert's from Haden Quartet West and Liberation Music Orchestra as well as an interview and the showing of the recent documentary film Ramblin' Boy.

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Julian Siegel Quartet - Urban Theme Park tour

March and May

Nottingham born, BBC Award-winning multi-reedist, composer and bandleader Julian Siegel is a genuinely world-class musician who has worked with the likes of Hermeto Pascoal, Andrew Hill, Django Bates, Kenny Wheeler, and Mike Gibbs. Here he launches his latest, brilliant quartet album featuring Liam Noble, Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo with a Europe wide tour kicking off on March 12th in London.

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Rhythmic Frontiers - a F-IRE Collective festival of music from the edge

26th, 27th & 28th May

King’s Place
90 York Way,
London, N1 9AG
Box Office on 020 7520 1490

Rhythmic Frontiers Festival sees F-IRE Collective once again crossing the boundaries of jazz, world and roots music, exploring traditions old and new. With some new collaborations in an exciting series of concerts ranging from Gypsy music from Budapest to Iranian drumming and bebop, there will be free presentations mapping the frontiers of world rhythm before each evening's events which includes concerts from Django Bates, Stéphane Payen's supergroup Thôt and Jonny Phillips’ Oriole.

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Avalon Trio

UK Tour May – Sept

Playing music from their forthcoming album Forlana, celebrating through improvisation works by English early 20th century composers including Gerald Finzi (Forlana), Frederick Delius and Ralph Vaughan Williams as well as some original numbers featuring Tony Woods, saxophone and flute; Pete Churchill, piano and Rob Millett percussion.

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THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN

June 2011 Tour

The Anglo-American jazz ‘supergroup’, The Impossible Gentleman features internationally acclaimed British piano sensation Gwilym Simcock, Salford guitarist and UK treasure Mike Walker and American bass and drums superstars Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. The result is nothing less than remarkable with four unique talents, all superb players in their own right, coming together to create something new and powerful. The album is launched with a full eleven date UK tour. Details here.

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Neil Cowley Trio

Spitafields Music Summer Festival, Village Underground
June 21st

In keeping with his fondness for musical drama and spectacle, pianist and composer Neil Cowley invited a string quartet to join him and his trio for their 2010 end of year performance at London’s ICA. With new arrangements of Cowley classics, the exhilarating ebb and flow of Cowley’s mighty crescendos and goose-bump tenderness were augmented and enriched by the sweet soul and depth of the strings.

Such was the stupendous response that Cowley returns to the 2011 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, unveiling not only new material composed and arranged especially for the occasion, but unveiling a new trio hinting at the promise of a new, full bodied direction for Cowley’s future compositional exploits. Then, in their only 2011 London performance, the trio perform at Spitafields Music festival this summer

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Orkestra del Sol

April - June 2011 Tour

Orkestra del Sol
is very much a live experience, as anyone who has seen their inventive performances will testify. With a line up of trumpet, trombone, saxes, clarinet, sousaphone, accordion and two drummers, and vast experience performing at prestigious street arts festivals internationally, Orkestra del Sol’s shows are legendary, full of virtuosic musicianship, wit and energy. With a collective experience spanning jazz, classical, world, electronic and dance music, they will be performing material from their new album Lung Capacity  - an ingenious concoction of styles that works on many levels, from the serious musicianship on display to the sheer exuberance of the overall sound.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicLow + Oupa

Barbican Hall - Friday 3rd June

Rare UK appearance of the intimate indie band from Duluth, Minnesota to celebrate the release of C’mon (Sub Pop) – its first LP in over three years. Recorded in the same studio in a former Catholic church in Duluth (aka Sacred Heart Studio) where they made 2002's Trust, C’mon feels like a plea for humanity, decency, and common sense in a world gone mad.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicLudovico Einaudi: Taranta!

Sat 25 & Sun 26 Jun 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Over two wild nights Ludovico Einaudi is bringing his version of Taranta to the Barbican, joined by La Notte della Taranta Orchestra, and special guests Mercan Dede, Ballake Sissoko and Savina Yannatou, in an event that attracted over 100,000 people when it was performed in Italy last year.

‘A thrilling and unpredictable challenge that opens up new paths for our music.’ La Repubblica

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Exploring the music of the Mediterranean

Sat 25 & Sun 26 Jun Barbican FreeStage

Throughout the weekend we explore the rich musical traditions of the Mediterranean on the FreeStage. Saturday features performances from Jaljala, The Stamp Collective and Jardanes por Feura and a ClubStage set from Turkish DJ Mercan Dede. On Sunday, take part in the Ronda, a traditional Italian group dance hosted by Ludovico Einaudi, and FreeStage performances from El Andaluz and Cidgem Aslan.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicShangaan Electro + Secousse DJ Set

Sat 25 Jun Rich Mix Arts Centre


South Africa’s hyper-kinetic (180bpm) new street dance craze hits Europe this summer, featuring producer/mastermind and vocalist Nozinja aka 'Dog' and the clown-masked Tshetsha Boys and the fastest Shangaan dancers.

‘It’s fantastic, best thing I’ve heard for a long time. It’s how music should be.’ Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife)

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Barbican Contemporary MusicDennis Coffey - with Alice Russell, Mayer Hawthorne & more special guests tba

Mon 27 Jun 8pm, XOYO


Detroit guitarist Dennis Coffey is best known as a member of the legendary Funk Brothers – the backing band who played on a truckload of hits for the Motown label. His solo instrumental hit Scorpio (1971) sold a million copies and became a seminal breakbeat, sampled by hip hop producers worldwide. Following the 2011 release of his acclaimed new self-titled studio album, Dennis is joined by a hand-picked array of special guests for a one-off night of R&B, funk and Northern soul anthems, old and new.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicOumou Sangare + Anibal Velasquez y Los Locos del Swing

Tues 30 Jun 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

One of Africa’s finest female vocalists returns to the Barbican with songs from her Grammy-nominated album Seya. A truly charismatic performer with a sublime voice, a tight funky band and irrepressible energy.

Support comes from legendary Colombian accordionist Anibal Velasquez, purveyor of frenzied, highly contagious Afro-Caribbean influenced dance music. Born in 1936, Velasquez is said to have recorded more than 300 LPs in his career, and was at the forefront of the Música Tropical movement.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicGregg Allman - The Low Country Blues Tour + Tift Merritt

Fri 1 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Gregg Allman’s soulful and distinctive voice is one of the defining sounds in American music history. In Low Country Blues he puts his stamp on songs by blues giants Muddy Waters, BB King and Buddy Guy.

'A roaring return to form. Allman sounds like he’s singing for his life.' Uncut ****

Fri 1 Jul, Barbican FreeStage, FREE Errol Linton

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Barbican Contemporary MusicCanadian Blast: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Sound & Vision

Sat 2 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Featuring some of Canada’s hippest musical exports including ‘otherworldly almost orchestral pop’ from Woodpigeon, the extraordinary baroque chamber-pop of The Hidden Cameras, who have been compared to Phil Spector and Belle and Sebastian and folk-inflected singer-songwriter Devon Sproule and Canadian electro-pop pioneer, singer-songwriter and producer Chilly Gonzales. Plus FreeStage performances from Linda McRae, Ryan Driver, Mantler, Maylee Todd and Sandro Perri, and a free screening of Ivory Tower, featuring a score from Gonzales.

‘Bold, confrontational and provocative’ The Guardian on The Hidden Cameras

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John Martin Quartet

August 2011 Tour

In support of their debut album ‘Dawning’ released on April 25th. John Martin is a young saxophonist/composer with a warm and engaging voice, whose quartet also features Tim Fairhall on double bass, Andy Ball on drums and Jonjo Grisdale on piano.  Martin’s uncluttered improvisations and the dynamic structures created by the band respond to a wide range of inspiration, from English jazz and folk and the ECM sound to Wayne Shorter and the downtown New York scene. 

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Barbican Contemporary MusicSing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright

Tue 5 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Following the huge success of 2009’s tribute to Nina Simone, three sensational vocalists - Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright – return with a new programme honouring the spirits of Miriam Makeba, Billie Holiday, and Odetta, alongside their own original compositions.

Featuring Geri Allen on piano and keyboards, music director Terri Lyne Carrington on drums, James Genus on bass, Romero Lubambo on guitars and Munyungo Jackson on percussion.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicSharon Jones & The Dap-Kings + Charles Bradley

Wed 6 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Well known as one of the most exciting acts in the USA for both their explosive live shows and their gritty studio recordings on Daptone Records, this band have almost singlehandedly ushered in a return to a more traditional soul sound. In support is Daptone label mate Charles Bradley – a genuine soul survivor.

‘There’s no tighter, more inventive ensemble active in deep funk and soul circles today.’ The Washington Post

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Barbican Contemporary MusicBand of Gypsies: Taraf de Haïdouks & Ko?ani Orkestar

Wed 6 Jul, doors 7pm, Hackney Empire

Two of the most famous, emblematic and brilliant Balkan Gypsy bands join forces in the historic setting of Hackney Empire for a raucous evening of wild new music and exhilarating arrangements of old favourites.

‘Extraordinary – a magical mix of quicksilver melodies, amazing violin and cimbalom solos, and riotous traditional wedding songs
.’ Daily Telegraph

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Barbican Contemporary MusicRandy Brecker & Bill Evans – Soulbop featuring Medeski Martin and Wood + Terence Blanchard Quintet

Thu 7 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

In the first half of this double bill expect fast and furious post-bop from latter-day New Orleans hero Terence Blanchard with his super-charged band.

The second half brings Soulbop, the supergroup driven by Randy Brecker and Bill Evans - the most potent horn section in jazz - together with the genre-busting bravado of Medeski, Martin & Wood.

'For those who like their jazz with a heavy dose of funk and fusion energy, Soulbop is just what the doctor ordered.' All About Jazz


Thu 7 July, Barbican FreeStage, FREE Gutbucket

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Barbican Contemporary MusicRe:Definition 2011

Thu 7 Jul, doors open 7pm, Hackney Empire

Re:Definition
, a conceptual showcase designed to redefine urban music as we know it, by uniting established acts and emerging talent from east London through collaboration and blurring the boundaries between theatre, multimedia and live music. Months in the making, and involving artists and young people, this high quality finale directed by Matthew 'Excalibah' Xi and with visuals from Jak Frsh celebrates urban culture in style.

Featuring Donae'o, RoxXxan, Mike Hough and more to be announced.

Produced by Urban Development, commissioned by CREATE and Barbican

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Barbican Contemporary MusicCalle 13 + Wara + Quantic (Tru Thoughts – DJ Set) till late

Fri 8 Jul, doors open 8pm, Hackney Empire

Having revolutionised Urban Latino music with their breakthrough debut album five years ago, Calle 13 have always spoken to their fans loudly and clearly. Whether it was a dare to become a street-fighter, a shocking spin through a tango of sin, or call to the downtrodden to stand up for their rights, the game was the same: liberate your hips and your mind will follow. Support comes from London based Wara with a mix of Cuban funk, tropical rhythms and urban beats. Quantic DJs.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicPenguin Cafe + Beth Jeans Houghton

Sat 9 Jul, doors 7pm, Hackney Empire

Their music has infiltrated daily life from films like Napoleon Dynamite to countless theme tunes, and they’ve played festivals from Bestival and The Big Chill to the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. Their sound is at once familiar and new, combining acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm.

‘Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. It’s a true friend’ Brian Eno

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Barbican Contemporary Music Hugh Masekela: Celebrate Mama Afrika

Sun 10 & Mon 11 Jul, doors 7pm, Hackney Empire

The spirit of Miriam Makeba lives on in this all-star celebration curated by and featuring a fellow giant of South African music, legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela.

Tonight’s incredible line-up also features the distinct, powerful voice of South Africa's Vusi Mahlasela, plus two of the nation’s most charismatic singers of today’s generation, Thandiswa and Lira.

‘Hugh Masekela performs with magisterial ease. He's as much a charismatic orator as musician, sending trumpet lines plunging and soaring.’ Telegraph

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Barbican Contemporary MusicEsperanza Spalding

Mon 11 Jul 8pm, Barbican Hall,

Vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding is one of jazz’s fastest rising stars, equally at home in the soul universe of Stevie Wonder or Joe Lovano’s driving small jazz group. The first ever jazz musician to receive the accolade of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, she returns to the Barbican following her sell-out April show.

‘Esperanza Spalding is a marvel. Everything she does is jazz of the highest order. The girl just can’t help sounding hip.’
Evening Standard

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Barbican Contemporary MusicCongotronics vs Rockers

Tue 12 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Inspired by 2010’s Tradi-Mods vs Rockers album (Crammed Records), Congolese street party band Konono N°1 and fellow collective Kasai Allstars will be playing with the cream of alternative musicians: Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds and Peacedrums and Matt Mehlan of The Skeletons.

‘Indie and dance’s finest come together to pay inventive tribute to the Congo’s vital electro scene.’
NME

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Barbican Contemporary Music Rain Dogs Revisited

Wed 13 Jul 8pm, Barbican Hall

An unforgettable evening as a stellar cast revisit Tom Waits’ classic 1985 album Rain Dogs, featuring exuberant Irish singer Camille O’Sullivan, St Vincent, Erika Stucky, known for her soul-rock yodelling, the Belgian singer and guitarist of Zita Swoon Stef Kamil Carlens, The Tiger Lillies, David Coulter, Leo Abrahams, Terry Edwards, Steve Nieve, Thomas Bloch, Tom Herbert and Seb Rochford.

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SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND UK TOUR JULY 13-24 2011

The Soul Rebels Brass Band are a goodtime party band like no other. A seven piece band with an infectious energy that’s impossible to resist. Multiple shows at last year’s London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3 brought audiences across London to their feet and now their first ever UK tour is set to bring a taste of New Orleans Mardi-Gras spirit to cities across the country!

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Barbican Contemporary MusicMetropole Orkest vs Basement Jaxx

Thu 14 & Fri 15 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Basement Jaxx
's uniquely skewed take on dance music and the Metropole Orkest's cutting edge approach to orchestral interpretation collide in this one-off collaboration. This is the music of Basement Jaxx like you’ve never heard it – sweeping orchestral versions of hits including Red Alert, Where's Your Head At and Raindrops, conducted and orchestrated by leading London composer, Jules Buckley, in conjunction with Basement Jaxx themselves.

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Barbican Contemporary Music Ebo Taylor / Fool’s Gold

Thu 14 Jul, doors open 7pm, Hackney Empire

Ebo Taylor
is a Ghanaian musical legend, mixing Highlife, Afrobeat and Funk to create a sweet, infectious, euphoric sound. Influenced by Taylor, Los Angeles indie collective Fool’s Gold weave Western pop with African rhythms and melodies. Tonight they join Taylor and his Afrobeat Academy for a specially commissioned collaborative performance.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicThe Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band + special guests

Sat 16 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

Drawing on The Unthanks unique interpretations’ of traditional song and the folk music of the northeast, this is a new commission with the National Brass Champions of Great Britain, Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, regarded by many as the best public subscription band in the world. Featuring newly written pieces and arrangements of traditional material for folk and brass.

‘Haunting, original and magnificent.’
The Guardian on The Unthanks

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Barbican Contemporary MusicBaloji / Fatoumata Diawara

Mon 18 Jul 8pm, Rich Mix Arts Centre

A night showcasing two of Africa’s hippest musical exports, each combining tradition with the most contemporary of styles. Baloji with his band Orchestre De La Katuba are a sensation mixing rap & hip-hop with Congolese rumba to create a unique alchemy Rising star Fatoumata Diawara, a Malian singer and recent signing to the World Circuit label.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicFaster Than Sound : Brainwaves Feat Mira Calix, Anna Meredith & the Aurora Quartet

Fri 22 Jul 8pm, Wilton’s Music Hall

Opening up a unique channel of communication between the worlds of art and science, Mira Calix and Anna Meredith present music performed by the Aurora Quartet. Commissioned to mark the 40th anniversary of the MRI scanner’s invention, Brainwaves responds by blending acoustic and electronic sound in a performance accompanied by Loop.pH’s multimedia installation Neural Nest.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicA Night In Tahrir Square Feat El Tanbura, Azza Balba, Mustafa Said & Ramy Essam

Fri 22 Jul, 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

A celebration of people power in the Arab world featuring musicians who played a crucial role in the recent Egyptian revolution. Ramy Essam was “the Billy Bragg of Tahrir Square”. Egypt’s greatest street music ensemble El Tanbura often entertained the protestors. Azza Balba sings the protest songs of her former husband Ahmed Fouad Negm - Egypt’s greatest living poet - and Mustafa Said is an Egyptian composer and virtuoso of the oud.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAurelio + Danyèl Waro + Carlou D

Sat 23 Jul 7.30pm, Barbican Hall

A concert of fresh and emerging global voices. Honduras-born Aurelio Martinez, is a major figure in Garifuna culture, a fusion of West African and Central American musics. Awarded AfroPop’s Best Newcomer of the Year, Aurelio has recently worked with Orchestra Baobab.

Poet, musician, activist and Womex 2010 Artist Award winner Danyèl Waro hails from Réunion Island where he is a celebrated champion of Creole culture and once banned Maloya – a fusion of Malagasy and African rhythms.

An outspoken voice from Senegal’s hip-hop generation Carlou D brings spiritual roots music straight from Dakar

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Barbican Contemporary MusicIrma Thomas + Soul Rebels Brass Band

Sun 24 Jul 8pm, Barbican Hall, Tickets £15/ 20 /25

A special concert celebrating the soul queen of New Orleans. Grammy-winning Irma Thomas makes a very rare appearance in the UK with her heady mix of Soul and Rhythm and Blues. Special guests to be announced.

Support comes from storming New Orleans brass outfit Soul Rebels mixing funk, soul, jazz and the spirit of Mardi Gras.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAlina Ibragimova The Quay Brothers

Mon 25 Jul & Tue 26 Jul & Wed 27 Jul 8pm, Wilton’s Music Hall

Set in the intimate and beautiful Wilton’s Music Hall the Quay Brothers have given violinist Alina Ibragimova’s virtuostic chamber music a beguiling new visual context in this limited capacity atmospheric performance.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicBomba Estéreo

Friday 29 July 2011 7.30pm, Village Underground

Electro-tropical outfit Bomba Estéreo are back following last year’s wild appearances at Hackney Empire and Shoreditch Festival as part of Blaze.

Led by the mighty voice of Li Saumet, Colombia’s most uplifting export have been hailed by MTV as ‘The Best New Band In The World’, and their cover of Technotronic’s Pump Up The Jam has been ripping up dance floors across the world.

‘Explosive.’ LA Weekly

Produced by Como No! in association with Colombiage

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Emily Saunders

August 1st, The Vortex, London. www.vortexjazz.co.uk

September 6th, The 606, Chelsea, London. www.606club.co.uk


Launching her debut album, Cotton Skies, Emily Saunders presents a set of summery Brazilian rhythms. Her sparkling, masterful voice, alluring compositions and dreamy lyrics set Saunders above the rest, and position her as one of this year's Rising Stars. Expect sultry ballads combined with exuberant, hip swaying grooves while her take on Airto Moreira’s ‘Xibaba’ will no doubt top this year’s made-for-summer playlist.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicJustin Adams and Juldeh Camara’s JuJu + Bombino

Friday 23 September

Barbican Hall

Part of Transcender


An evening of ecstatic African grooves, featuring the transcendental, dubbed-out sound of Real World’s musical alchemists Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (JuJu). Plus intoxicating riffs from the ‘Saharan Santana’ (Songlines) – fast-rising Tuareg guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicLe Mystere des Voix Bulgares

Saturday 24 September

Barbican Hall

Part of Transcender


Internationally renowned vocal ensemble Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares blends traditional six-part a cappella repertoire with contemporary arrangements of ancient folk songs.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicEmeralds/ Fennesz

Sunday 25 September

Union Chapel

Part of Transcender


American underground phenomenon Emeralds began playing music together in 2005 in Cleveland's western suburbs and have released over forty recordings, on various independent labels. Does It Look Like I’m Here, their third official album, was rated 2010’s finest album by Drowned in Sound. Christian Fennesz is a genuine pioneer who blends electric guitars and digital processing to create immersive, constantly-evolving and emotionally resonant soundscapes.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicThe Ecstatic Journey: Music from around the Sufi world Featuring Sain Zahoor, Marouane Hajji, The Fakirs of Gorbhanga & the Ensemble Syubbanul Akhyar

Wednesday 28 September

Barbican Hall


The Ecstatic Journey gathers together classical traditions, ascetic mediations and exultant celebrations into a single, kaleidoscopic concert showcasing the Sufi songs of Morocco, Pakistan, India and Indonesia.

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Portico Quartet UK tour

August - October 2011 Tour

One of the UK’s most inimitable bands Portico Quartet have announced a short run of dates this August including a rare intimate show at Dalston’s Café Oto (sold out), Snape Proms in Aldeburgh and the Summer Sundae festival. The dates which follow-on from a show-stealing turn at the North Sea Jazz Festival are the bands last before they go into the studio with new member Keir Vine to record their third album and second for Realworld Records. A further short tour in November follows, before a Major UK tour next year.

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Tommy Smith’s Karma 

UK TOUR July - Oct 2011 


An exciting new direction for leading Scottish saxophonist, Tommy Smith’s grooving rhythms mix with atmospheric textures evoking Irish, Scottish, Japanese and Arabic folk influences. The result is a major statement from an internationally renowned master. Tommy Smith’s KARMA sees the brilliant saxophonist exploring new sounds and atmospheric textures with a brand new band: featuring some of Scotland’s finest musicians and new music focusing on the reactions of his group . 

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Barbican Contemporary MusicGurrumul & Special Guests

Thursday 6 October

Barbican Hall

Geoffrey 'Gurrumul' Yunupingu is a platinum-selling indigenous Australian singer-songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist and an international musical phenomenon. Born blind, Gurrumul grew up as a member of the Gumatj clan on Elcho Island, off the coast of tropical North East Arnhem Land. He sings stories of his land, his ancestors and his lineage in Yolngu dialects, as well as in a smattering of English. He appears her ein support of his new album, Rrakala, on Dramatico Records.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicWayne Shorter Quartet + Phronesis

Saturday 8 October

Barbican Hall

Wayne Shorter returns to London for the first time in three and a half years, to play with his all-star band featuring Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade. Regarded as one of the most prolific performers and composers in jazz and modern music, Wayne Shorter has been consistently at the cutting edge with Art Blakey, Miles Davis and, of course, Weather Report. Support comes from the sublime Phronesis, led by London-based Danish double bassist Jasper Høiby.

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Further info Amy.Coombe@serious.org.uk


Barbican Contemporary MusicEnglish Journey: Re-Imagined Featuring Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Shirley Collins and a band of musical mavericks

Saturday 22 October

Barbican Hall


A 21st century happening inspired by J B Priestley’s survey of a troubled 1930s England

In this extraordinary concert, readings, performance, music and film intersect, complement and argue. Psychogeographer, writer and film-maker Iain Sinclair, hugely influential graphic novelist Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell) and legendary English folk singer Shirley Collins join a band of musical mavericks, including FM Einheit (Einstürzende Neubauten), Susan Stenger (Band Of Susans) and Mute Records’ Simon Fisher Turner, to cast a fresh light on the past and present of our once again troubled land.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAnother Honest Jon’s Chop Up! Featuring Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Flea, Fatoumata Diawara, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Theo Parrish and more artists tbc

Saturday 29 October

Barbican Hall

Back in 2008 the Barbican presented the first-ever Honest Jon’s Chop Up, a riotous feast of music from global artists who all had recorded for the influential West London label Honest Jon’s, the label co-run by Damon Albarn and the shop of the same name. The celebration returns with another helping of extraordinary artists focused around a new project featuring Damon Albarn, legendary afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. Further highlights include Fatoumata Diawara, Theo Parrish, and the extraordinary Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAna Moura

Monday 31 October

Barbican Hall


With her soulful and riveting interpretation of her land’s captivating fado style, Portuguese singer Ana Moura has become a leading exponent of this poetic, deeply expressive idiom which personifies the Portuguese psyche as it explores such universal themes as lost love, separation, and longing. In Portugal she is revered as THE fado voice of her generation.

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Further info Gerry Lyseight gerry@glpr.co.uk



Barbican Contemporary MusicEclipse: Amadou & Mariam

Wednesday 2 & Thursday 3 & Friday 4 November

York Hall


Malian musical superstars Amadou & Mariam return to London for three unique performances: concerts staged entirely in the dark. York Hall in Bethnal Green will be completely blacked out allowing the audience to experience total darkness and a window into a different world of perception. It is a sensory exploration of life in Bamako and the day’s events will be told through narration, sounds, music and scents as the artists share their art and world.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAaron Neville + Keb’ Mo’ Band

Monday 7 November

Barbican Hall

An exhilarating double-bill of two contemporary soul and roots icons, whose unique music draws on the gospel, blues and roots of the American south, featuring legendary New Orleans singer Aaron Neville and Nashville based contemporary blues star Keb’ Mo’.

One of American music’s finest voices, founding member of the legendary New Orleans and the gospel music he heard in his youth in Los Angeles

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Barbican Contemporary MusicJazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song
Featuring Ayanna, Gregory Porter, Ian Shaw, Lucinda Belle, Mary Pearce, Norma Winstone and Shingai Shoniwa (of The Noisettes).

Friday 11 November

Barbican Hall

The London Jazz Festival kicks off in high style with its annual jazz vocal extravaganza featuring a triumphant blend of stellar singing talents and unexpected musical twists and turns, all set to sumptuous arrangements performed by a 40-piece orchestra. Arranged, scored and conducted by internationally acclaimed trumpeter/composer Guy Barker, Jazz Voice travels through the decades to century of songs past and present, united by significant anniversaries, moments in musical history and some of the great personalities who have contributed to the rich lineage of jazz.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicToumani Diabaté

Friday 11 November

Union Chapel


The uncontested master of the West African harp-lute (kora), Toumani Diabaté, is one of the world’s virtuoso musicians with an incredible recording career spanning over 20 years, including the GRAMMY winning album ‘In the Heart of the Moon’ recorded with the great Ali Farka Touré. Fifty-third in a line of hereditary Malian master-musicians, Toumani Diabaté is at once the guardian of an ancient musical tradition and a boundary-crossing experimentalist.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicMcCoy Tyner Trio: Featuring Jose James & Chris Potter Impulse Records at 50

Saturday 12 November

Barbican Hall


Impulse! Records was one of the great jazz labels and this concert revisits one of the label’s landmark recordings, Coltrane’s only ever vocal collaboration with singer Johnny Hartman. This reimagining, led by pianist McCoy Tyner, who played on the original record connects the roots of the music with two voices of today’s jazz scene – tenor saxophone star Chris Potter and vocalist Jose James whose music has drawn comparisons with Gil Scott-Heron and Andy Bey.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicJerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A Orchestra

Friday 18 November 2011, 8pm

Barbican Hall


The Specials and 2 Tone founder Jerry Dammers’ funk and dub influenced arrangements of his selections from cosmic jazz, reggae, exotica and library music, have formed backdrops for some of the country’s finest jazz improvisers, in his highly acclaimed orchestra. New selections paying homage to a variety of futurist musical dreamers, adaptations of Dammers’ own songs, and a small amount of original material, are now moving the orchestra beyond its “Sun Ra Tribute band” starting point.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicHermeto Pascoal

Sunday 20 November

Barbican Hall


Hermeto Pascoal, charismatic composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and musical visionary returns to the Barbican in celebration of his 75th birthday, with his intoxicating blend of jazz, rock and Brazilian music. Described by Miles Davis as “one of the most important musicians on the planet” and nicknamed the ‘Sorcerer’, he is a unique musician and composer whose work has been a profound influence on British jazz musicians. He is as likely to produce a piece for kitchen utensils as to improvise solos on keyboard or flute – or be found leading his long established, infectiously swinging Brazilian band in partnership with the all star British band formed back in the 90s to play his exhilarating big band music.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicMouse on Mars & André de Ridder (conductor) with musikFabrik: Paeanumnion, Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge + Oval (live)

Friday 25 November

Barbican Hall

Paeanumnion was commissioned by KölnMusik and made possible by Kuratorium KölnMusik and Kunststiftung NRW

An evening of groundbreaking German electronic music, spearheaded by Mouse on Mars’s new orchestral piece Paeanumnion. Plus a rare chance to hear Stockhausen’s pioneering tape composition Gesang der Jünglinge (1956) – a great influence on generations of electronic music makers – and a live appearance by another true innovator, Markus Popp aka Oval.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicAn evening with Josh T Pearson and guests

Saturday 26 November

Barbican Hall


Texan alt-country singer-songwriter Josh T Pearson is a man whose legendary musical output has only grown in stature over the years. Following on from a string of sold out London shows – at The Slaughtered Lamb, the Purcell Rooms and the Union Chapel, Pearson closes 2011 with this very special Barbican concert.

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Barbican Contemporary Music A Hawk and A Hacksaw

Thursday 1 December

Barbican Cinema 1


New Mexico's roving folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw present their first live soundtrack, a brand new rescore of legendary Russian director Sergio Paradjanov's classic film Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors. The colour, grandeur and gut-wrenching romance of their music is the perfect counterpoint to Paradjanov’s blend of folklore, sorcery and religious symbolism.

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Barbican Contemporary MusicThe Leisure Society Meet The Heritage Orchestra

Plus Special Guests

Thursday 8 December

Barbican Hall


The Leisure Society’s second, triumphant album Into The Murky Water was released in Summer 2011, with the songwriting genius that brought their debut two Ivor Novello nominations this time accompanied by widescreen instrumental arrangements. For this special one-off show, the band collaborate with the maverick, 30-strong Heritage Orchestra to perform Into The Murky Water in all its richly-textured glory.

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Anoushka Shankar

November 2011 UK Tour

Anoushka Shankar is one of the world’s great sitar players and daughter of Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest musicians of modern times. Although deeply rooted in Indian classical music Anoushka Shankar has long explored as a player, arranger and composer the connections and cultural crossovers between Indian music and a variety of genres.

Anoushka’s new project, Traveller, her first recording for Deutsche Grammophon (released Oct 2011) brings together the passionate and diverse music of Spain with the vibrant, ancient forms of the Indian classical tradition. Tracing the Gypsies’ journey from their homeland in Rajasthan and finally settling in Spain, Anoushka explores the connection between Indian music and flamenco.

Bringing the concept to life in a full UK tour, Anoushka’s group of all-star Indian and flamenco musicians transport you on a magical journey with their vocal and instrumental lines packed with emotion, driving rhythms and subtle musical colours.

20 NOV - BASINGSTOKE The Anvil

22 NOV - EDINBURGH Usher Hall

23 NOV - COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre

24 NOV - NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate

26 NOV - LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall

27 NOV - MANCHESTER Bridgewater Hall

28 NOV - GATESHEAD The Sage Gateshead

02 DEC - BRISTOL Colston Hall

05 DEC - LONDON - Queen Elizabeth Hall

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SETH LAKEMAN AND BAND

Tales from the Barrel House Tour

Keen to get back to the basics of ‘Kitty Jay'.." (the £300 kitchen-table album that shot him to fame and won him a Mercury Music Prize nomination back in 2005), Seth Lakeman has mixed and produced his new album Tales From the Barrel House himself, as well as playing every instrument on the album and writing all the songs. Inspired by the ghostly Morwellham mining port on the Devon bank of the River Tamar, the album will be available from 18th November via www.sethlakeman.co.uk


Dec 2 – CHELTENHAM Town Hall

Dec 3 – DARTFORD The Orchard

Dec 12 – EXETER Lemon Grove

Dec 13 – BILSTON The Robin 2

Dec 14 – BRIGHTON Concorde 2

Dec 15 – SOUTHAMPTON The Brook

Dec 16 – HOLMFIRTH Picturedrome

Dec 17 – FROME Cheese & Grain

Dec 18 – FALMOUTH Princess Pavilion


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