U
seriji priloga, Djordje Gavric (na slici) , muzicar i direktni
sudionik mnogih muzickih desavanja, docarat ce nam vrijeme i
ljude iz muzickog miljea Tuzle 60-tih, pa i sire... Cesto sam
putujuci i upoznavajuci se sa ljudima od njih slusao ovaj poznati
narodni stih kao asocijaciju na grad iz kojeg dolazim. To mi
je posluzilo kao inspiracija da na tu temu napisem pjesmu sa
istoimenim naslovom, koju sam snimio za potrebe RTV Sarajevo.
Goran Bregovic mi je jednom prilikom udijelio 'kompliment' na
racun Tuzle izjavivsi da je to najbezvezniji grad u kojem je
boravio jer nema nikakvu gradsku fizionomiju. Razlozi za to
su poznati: Tuzla decenijama "muze svoju kozu" i s
njom bukvalno u zemlju propada. Potonule su cijele kuce, ulice,
gradske cetvrti, dio gradskog centra, kao u nekoj mitoloskoj
kataklizmi. Nisam imao puno argumenata za suprostavljanje Bregovicevom
misljenju, ali je postojalo dosta argumenata za tvrdnju da,
suprotno cinjenici da tlo fizici propada, duhovno, tlo Tuzle
opstaje, da je ono plodno i da su na njemu kao takvom ponikli
mnogi umjetnici, slikari i vajari, knjizevnici, glumci, sportisti...,
pa tako i muzicari. Mnogi od njih su u svojim domenima dostizali
u sami elitni vrh u okviru drustva bivse jugoslovenske zajednice...
Fortunas
Favourites are a 5 piece alternative rock band from Austria.
Formed in 2003, the band quickly started touring regularly and
recording demos that attracted the attention of labels in and
outside of Austria. American and German labels featured the
bands demo tracks on promo compilations and the songs even received
regular airplay. In January 2004 the band teams up with Austrian
booking agency "inkmusic" who help the band find a
professional way and first steps into the Austrian independent
scene. In 2004 the band plays a huge amount of live shows, from
small clubs up to bigger festivals and the Austrian scene gets
a first impression of this new and highly motivated band. In
September 2005 the first official EP is released on inkmusic,
"born by the sun", a 5 track-CD gets regular airplay
in Spain, Czech Republic, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany
and Austria on college and indie radio stations... the band
plays first shows outside of Austria, in Hungary and Czech Republic,
where there music seems to go down well with the crowd and the
public! For more info visit: www.fortunasfavourites.net
(...JG
112).
Tko
je taj Trebor Herbert? Ili tko su oni?... U prvom licu je odlican
i originalan, u drugom mozda jos i bolji, a u trecem fenomenalan.
Radi se o jednom od otkrica Zdenka Franjica, tj. o posve novoj
glazbi na cro-sceni. Fenomenalan album koji je zacinjen bogatstvom
strasti prema elektronici, technu i usmjerena prema umjetnosti
kreiranja zvucnih i plesnih aranzmana sa samplovima (ili moguce
stvarnim improvizacijama) gitara. Album ima 9 instrumentalnih
naslova od kojih valja izdvojiti glazbeno-minimalisticku "S.O.B.",
hard-core Atari Teenage Riot nabijenu "Korean Loose"
(koje se ne bi posramio niti Koja - Disciplin A Kitchme), "No
fuck" (koja sadrzi 70% nove eksperimentalno - improvizacijske
materije "big beat" r'n'r-a), neobicnu "Rip drift"
(pod neznatnim utjecajima d'n'b-a) u stilu najboljeg svjetskog
DJ-a koji je sposoban ujediniti Zapad i Istok, a poslije toga
slijedi nevjerojatni "Bundy's choice", strasna kompozicija
koju nikad nitko, barem u Hrvatskoj, nije napravio. Strasan
techno-trance, bolji od svih stvari koje su Belgijanci i Nizozemci
pokusavali napraviti. Nekaj strasno na cemu ce mu vjerojatno
strasno zavidni biti i ne-beneluxsani Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke,
Ritchie Horton, John Aquaviva i kompanija kada cuju ovu skladbu.
Toliko strasno i mocno da ce Hrvati pred ovim ostati nijemi.
Ako netko spika o mozebitnoj "narodnjaci", uz ovog
fantasticnog izvodjaca to se nece dogoditi. Ovo je pravi izlet
u sam vrhunac minimalistickog techna. Sjajno! Osma stvar na
albumu, "Young man" je nesto najhitoidnije na cijelom
albumu, kao Kraftwerk - funky-hip-hop u najboljoj fazi sa dojmom
Prodigiya (ova kompozicija jedina sadrzi vokale). "My life"
je strasan zavrsetak albuma, ako govori o umjetniku (a pretpostavljam
da govori), onda je najbolje pitanje tko je Trebor Herbert razrijeseno.
Strasno i originalno. Za one koji poznaju LCD Soundsystem, ovo
ce biti velika i odlicna plesna poslastica.
Ann Rabson was first touched by the blues at age four when she
heard Big Bill Broonzy on the radio. Ann says, "His music
spoke to me; my world went from black-and-white to color."
Little did Ann know that that three-minute experience would
lay the foundation for her adult life. Now in her fourth decade
as an internationally acclaimed songwriter, recording artist
and performer, Ann creates music that speaks to and entertains
people all over the world. A skillful and witty writer, Ann
embraces topics of universal appeal. Her Blues Music (formerly
W.C. Handy) Award-nominated song "Elevator Man" expresses
the frustration (and later revenge) of a moody and unpredictable
relationship. Ann writes about lost love, unconditional love,
and when it might be time to just move on from a one-sided love.
Ann Rabson sings in a distinctive contralto voice. Her smoky,
gritty delivery draws from a wide vocabulary of bluesy bends,
squeals, and sensual whispers to match the story she is telling.
Ann has been honored by the music industry with multiple Blues
Music Award nominations for Traditional Female Blues Artist
of the Year, and nominations for Song of the Year for "Elevator
Man" and Album of the Year for "Music Makin' Mama".
Her solo recordings also include "Struttin' My Stuff"
and "In A Family Way". Ann has recorded eight projects
with the widely popular group Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women,
which she co-founded in 1984, and with numerous other artists.
More info here: http://dcwi.com/~rabson/Welcome.html
(...JG
112).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
So!Mazgoon
- Aktivnosti
Zan
Jakopac i nova postava grupe So!Mazgoon krece na ljetnu koncertnu
turneju gdje ce uz novi materijal, u novim aranzmanima izvoditi
i stare pjesme ("Tramuntona", "Na Palagruzu",
"Otoce", "Ganja", "Di je? Ni je"...)
. Evo nekoliko datuma / mjesta njihovih nastupa: 27.07.2006.
- Beach Party, Sukosanj; 29.07.2006. - Pirovac; 02.08.2006.
- Trpanj, poluotok Peljesac; 03.08.2006. - Lumbarda, Korcula;
05.08.2006. - Tisno, Murter i 06.08.2006. - Zlarin. Pocetkom
kolovoza 2006. izlazi kompilacija "best
of" So!Mazgoon "Otoce, volim te". Kompilacija
ce sadrzavati 17 hitova grupe So!Mazgoon i gratis DVD sa 9 video
spotova i video zapisom akcije "Otoce, volim te",
koja je odrzana 13. rujna 2003. godine na otoku Bisevu. So!Mazgoon
diskografija glasi: album "So!Mazgoon", 1999.; album
"Umri' cu od bonace", 2001.; album "Velegradele",
2003. i album "No name No fame vs. So!Mazgoon", 2005.
Goran
Lautar, frontman zagrebacke grupe The
Babies, paralrelno radi i u grupi The Welcomin' Committee
In Flames. U interviewu koji je dao dopisniku Barikade, Toniju
Saricu, Goran Lautar pojasnjava motive pokretanja tog projekta,
kao i njegova ocekivanja u buducnosti. Istovremeno, koristi
priliku i najavljuje dupli koncertni program: The Babies + Welcomin'
Committee In Flames, a datumi / mjesta tih koncerata su: 29.07.2006.
- Lazareti, Dubrovnik i 19.08.2006. - Garesnica. Vise informacija
ima na web stranici: www.wcif.com
.
Gaye
Adegbalola has been singing and playing guitar and harmonica
with Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women since the popular acoustic
blues group's inception in 1984. Together they have recorded
seven CD's for Alligator Records, and have toured widely throughout
the U.S. and abroad, receiving international acclaim. In 1990
Ms. Adegbalola was the recipient of the prestigious W.C. Handy
Award for her song Middle Aged Blues Boogie. Now through her
latest album, Neo-Classic Blues with Roddy Barnes, Adegbalola
embraces and redefines the classic style of the great blues
divas of the 1920s and 30s - those often fiercely independent
"wild women" who were unashamed to lay their souls
bare and unafraid to give advice. Adegbalola and accompanist
Roddy Barnes conjure up another era and deliver a dynamic cabaret-style
performance that is both educational and entertaining. Originally
an educator with Fredericksburg, Virginia, public schools, Adegbalola
was honored as Virginia State Teacher of the Year in 1982. She
is a dynamic, engaging and motivational public speaker, and
conducts a variety of workshops and seminars. Her new CD is
a project with the son. It is called "Blues Mama Black
Son" and it combines the traditional blues with his Goth
/ Industrial style. It is very much "new" music. More
info available here: www.adegbalola.com
. (...JG
114).
Sajam
glazbe je visednevno dogadjanje gdje je glavna tema glazba i
sve vezano uz nju. Drugi po redu Sajam glazbe odrzava se od
19. do 24.09.2006. u sklopu 82. Medjunarodnog jesenskog velesajma
u Zagrebu, Hrvatska. Programski, Sajam sadrzi: izlozbeni i zabavno-edukativni
program. U izlozbenom dijelu sudjelovati ce najpoznatiji brandovi
glazbene industrije u svijetu. Zabavno-edukativni program sajma
sadrzi: koncerte - vecernji koncerti koji ce se odrzavati na
otvorenome prostoru u krugu Velesajma (glavni juzni ulaz). Svi
vecernji koncerti pocinju u 19 sati i traju najkasnije do 22
sata. Kapacitet prostora na kojem se odrzavaju koncerti je cca.
3,000 osoba. Voditelj programa ce biti Drazen Vrdoljak. Edukativni
dio programa odrzava se na drugoj lokaciji u okviru Paviljona
19, gdje ce se moci vidjeti razne promocije i radionice vezane
za glazbu.
Autor: Ivica Duspara, Zagreb, Hrvatska.
Leszek
Cichonski - Activities
Leszek
Cichoński at the Monterey Bay Blues Festival - After good reviews
that the latest album "Come Together - Live" that
Leszek Cichoński recorded with John "Broadway" Tucker
and Wojciech Karolak received across the Ocean, the Polish musicians
got a preliminary proposition followed by an official invitation
to the Monterey Bay Blues Festival - the venue which used to
host Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, among others. Cichoński
and the John "Broadway" Tucker Band kicked off the
night concert on June 24th 2006 at The Main Stage of the festival.
The first tune to be heard was our guitarist's composition "Thanks
Jimi". That was the Pole's first performance on the famous
Monterey stage. Apart from Leszek, Tucker's band included bassist
David Price, remembered from the album, and Bili Turner who
played drums for Albert King and Junior Wells. The following
day, the band did their second gig during the festival, this
time at the outdoor Garden Stage. More info, photos, mp3 and
video from the concert is available on Cichoński's fan club
site: http://fanclub.cichonski.art.pl/
.
At
only 21, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Dave Gross leads
a band of some of the finest players in the country, with blues
roots that branch out in countless directions. Dave's creativity
and love for the original blues and jazz masters bring new life
to the music scene, resulting in a hybrid music form that combines
blues from the 40's and 50's with swing from the 30's and 40's.
Dave's musical abilities have been described as being "so
amazing, its scary." He is a world-class guitarist who
seamlessly moves from Chicago blues to swing to rockabilly to
gypsy jazz and beyond. As a singer, he skillfully handles styles
from Mississippi Delta blues to standards. As a songwriter,
Daves interesting melodies surround mature, heartfelt lyrics
that belie his age. As a performer, Dave has an electrifying
presence that has won him a growing legion of fans who believe
that he is one of the top players in the country. Despite his
young age, Dave has already shared stages with such national
blues artists and legends as Hubert Sumlin, Duke Robillard,
Popa Chubby, Debbie Davies, Bettye LaVette, Arthur Neilson,
Sax Gordon, Doug "Mr. Low" James, Nick Moss, Willie
Kent, Dennis Gruenling & Jumptime, Big Ed Sullivan, Joe
Taino, Christine Santelli, Stephane Wrembel, Dona Oxford, among
many other notable artists. (...JG
112).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Dirty
Old Town No 7 - Kratki raport
Najmanji
hrvatski festival sa velikim srcem, Dirty Old Town No7, odrzan
je u mjestu Velika kraj Pozege. Festival su u petak, 14.07.2006.,
u 17.20 sati otvorili Mental Harakiri, pa nastavili Dolibasija,
Bud Spencer, Makazoruki, Grupa tvog zivota, a profesionalniji
pristup dali su Antenat, Deafness By Noise, Desorden Publico
i, naravno, headlineri veceri, odlicni Overflow! U toku ove
veceri u program su (radi kasnjenja na ugovoreni termin) "ugurani"
jos i P.T.S.P. i Justin's Johnson. Drugog dana program je zapoceo
vec u 16.00 sati i to sa Openightare, a onda je ponovo doslo
do promjena u rasporedu radi kasnjenja izvodjaca na predvidjene
termine tako da su tokom veceri nastupili jos Rock Flock (simpaticni
mladi rock trio kod kojeg se ostjetio vidljiv napredak kvalitete
u odnosu na proslu godinu, ali to je jos uvijek band koji trazi
svoj osobni identitet), Death Disco, Guzva u 16-tercu, Ska Ringispil,
Hit Man, Stilness, Dubioza, Djubrivo, pa headlineri KUD Idijoti
i The Movement. Mozda najzanimljiviji (ali zato vrlo kratki)
performans imali su trio Welcomin Committee In Flames. Ove godine
DOF je posjetiteljima dao profesionalniju (poboljsanu i djelomicno
novu) infrastrukturu, te bogatiju i raznovrsniju glazbenu ponudu.
In
1990 Tommy got his first guitar at the age of 13 and began teaching
himself to play. From 1995 to 1996 he attended the Guitar Institute.
He eventually abandoned his tuition and instead entirely devoted
himself to gaining experience on the road. Until the age of
21 this involved performing with Marcus Malone's band playing
a mix of soul, funk and blues rock at hundreds of live gigs
and music festivals around the country. He also features on
Malone's album "One more time". Having gained invaluable
experience through touring with Malone, Tommy joined Nicky Moore
Blues Corporation at the age of 21. Between 1998 and December
2001 Tommy played blues-rock with the Blues Corporation on two
CDs ("300 pounds of joy" and "Live"), on
never-ending tours of work from live radio shows to live performances
and over-seas gigging. Through these years he's worked, jammed
and recorded with: Lazy Lester, Studebaker John, The Producers,
Robin BiBi, Doctor JJ, John T-Bone Taylor (Bop Brothers), Dog
House Hill, KGB, Ben Waters, Papa George, Rod Garfield, Danny
Bryant, Dino Baptiste, Connie Lush, Robert Hokum, Earl Green,
Todd Sharpville, Eddie Martin, Otis Grand, Ian Parker, Pee Wee
Ellis (James Brown Sax Player), The Juke Joints, Bill Hurley
(The Inmates), Eddie Martin, Simon Kirk and Mick Ralph (Bad
Company). And many more... (...JG
112).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Gustafi
- Album "F.F." u prodaji
Najveseliji
hrvatski bend priredio je petnaest novih pjesama od kojih ste
neke vec mogli cuti na vasem radiju. Pjesme na novom albumu
("F.F.") odlikuju se karakteristicnim zvukom grupe
u kojem se preplicu rock i etno elementi potencirani bravuroznom
upotrebom puckog istrijanskog govora. Edi Maruzin, vodja banda,
kaze: "Ovo je dosad najmuzikalniji album Gustafa jer sam
na pocetku snimanja imao vrlo malo spremljenih tekstova. Dosad
smo na snimanja dolazili sa 80% tekstova i 20% glazbe, no ovoga
puta je zasigurno 50-50%." Darko Glavan, rock kriticar
ovako je ocijenio novi album: "Iako sam bio u prilici preslusati
tek radne verzije, bez zavrsnog studijskog "glanca",
spreman sam staviti na kocku kriticarsku reputaciju i tipovati
da je rijec o ponajboljem albumu Gustafa u klasi "Sentimienta
Muta", uz dodatnu prednost sto ovoga puta nije prisutan
grc iskoraka u novo, vec zadovoljstvo isticanja onoga u cemu
su Edi i drustvo najbolji i najlakse prepoznatljivi." Album
je u prodaji. Izdavac: Dancing Bear, Zagreb. Vise info na: www.dancingbear.hr
.