Jo
Hikk is country, southern rock, rock band from Calgary, Alberta,
Canada. Jo Hikk wasn't born yesterday... This established
country rock act has been playing together for some time.
In the last two years they have become one of Alberta's top
drawing "live" acts in the club and concert scene.
With a brand new album due out early 2008, Jo Hikk is now
becoming one of Canadian country music's newest rising stars.
The band is comprised of brothers Kelly (lead vocals, bass)
and Kenny Sitter (guitar, vocals) with Al Rheaume (drums)
and Serge Soucy (keyboards, vocals). Performing shows from
Canada to Kandahar, Jo Hikk has shared the stage with some
of music's biggest names. Known for their great vocal sound,
energy and playful antics, Jo Hikk has a proven track record
as a real crowd pleaser. As songwriters, the band has been
developing their own material over the years and as a result,
released a five song EP produced by Bob Foster (Jan Arden).
The buzz generated by their original tracks attracted not
only many new fans worldwide, but also the interest of several
music industry professionals. Web link: www.johikk.com .
(Headliners ...JG
192 + ...JG
193).
Fools
Faith is rock / progressive / metal band from Connecticut,
United States of America. Formed in the spring of '95, Fools
Faith is a rare find in a musical world of mediocrity. Combining
the best of '80's Metal with elements of today's sound, Fools
Faith finds equal ground unparallel by today's standards.
Signed to Escape Music (under the moniker of "Aftermath")
in the winter of 2002, their debut release, "Natural
Destruction", in 2003 was a critical success unmatched
in their genre. With blistering guitars and tight vocal harmonies
leading the way, Fools Faith has made a name for themselves
by providing what so few are able to achieve, old-fashioned
hard rock the way it was meant to be played. While still
sticking to their roots, they have taken things a step further
with an album of diverse material which leaves one unable
to categorize them into a specific genre. With strong melodies,
pounding rhythms and vocals unmatched in today's musical
climate already setting them apart from their contemporaries,
Their sophmore release "Undone" will only confirm
what many across Europe already know, Fools Faith is setting
the standards for what many have forgotten; how to successfully
rock "old-school" style while blending. Fools Fatih
features: Joey Dia - lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Andy Kadin
- keyboards, backing vocals; John Gallicano - lead guitar,
backing vocals; Marc Chandler - drums, backing vocals. Web
link: FoolsFaith.com .
(...JG
193).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
BigDEZ
(F / NL) - Portrait
BigDEZ
is blues band from Paris (F) / Amsterdam (NL). The band started
in 1996 in Paris. BigDEZ remains a 5 piece band with Phil
Fernandez (guitar & vocal), Bala Pradal (organ & piano).
Phil Fernandez took several trips to the USA helping him
create a very unique style. Icy guitar licks with a smooth,
yet powerfull voice. Phil learned how to play the play the
blues during a multitude of jam session with such players
as Luther Allison, Billy Branch, WC Clark... In 2001, things
got a little more serious. Phil went several times to Austin
to back up some local artists such as: Mike Cross, Tracy
Conover, El Michael and the Texas legend, Uncle John Turner
(drummer for Johnny Winter, Mike Morgan, Lightnin' Hopkins...).
Back in France, Phil will led his band throughout Europe,
in France, Netherland, Belgium, Spain... Touring endlessly
to prepare their first album. In March 2003, the dream came
true! The band flew to Austin, Texas to record "Sail
on Blues". Only 3 days of hard work at The Congress
House Studios will be necessary to put the music on tape
- 9 originals and 2 covers show perfectly the maturity of
this "frenchy blues band". This first album has
received a great response from the public and the critics.
The band has been promoting it in all the major Europeen
blues festivals. But it was not enough and in 2004, the band
reloaded with a new opus. The band returns to Austin to record "Night
After Night". But this time it'll be with such guests
as Preston Hubbard (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Sax Gordon Beadle,
Mike Cross, Tom Robinson, Gary Slechta... In February 2008,
a third and brand new CD is out - "You Can Smile".
Keep in Touch! Web links: www.myspace.com/bigdezbluesband or bigdez.com .
(...JG
193).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Vega
(Split, HR) - Aktivnosti
Vega
je metal bend iz Splita. Do sada se diskografski oglasio
dva puta - sa albumima "Iz sjene dubina" (sa 11
pjesama) i "S trnom u srcu" (sa 13 pjesama). Vezano
za ovaj drugopomenuti album snimljen je novi video spot.
To je drugi video uradak sa albuma "S trnom u srcu".
Prvi video spot, "Sanjam da zivim", obozavatelji
benda Vega su mogli vidjeti po raznim televizijskim emisijama.
Novi video spot je snimljen za pjesmu "Udvoje protiv
svijeta", a sniman je na lokacijama Volodera (Kutina).
Vega su: Angelo Borovac (gitare); Luka Banovic (gitare);
Drazen Markotic (vokali); Nikola Dzaja
(bubnjevi);
Hrvoje
Grubisic
(bas
gitara).
Web link: www.vega-metal.com .
(...JG
196).
Autor: Drazen Markotic, Split, Hrvatska.
Steve
Winwood i Eric Clapton - Tri veceri u Medison Square Gardenu (New
York)
Steve
Winwood i Eric Clapton su za dane: 25., 26. i 28.02.2008.
godine, najavili tri koncerta koja ce odrzati u njujorskom
Madison Square Gardenu. Mnogi ga vec nazivaju koncertom decenije. "Veoma
sam uzbudjen pred nastupima sa Ericom. Band Blind Faith je
davno djelovao i obojica smo od tada mnogo toga ucinili.
Sa nestrpljenjem cekam nasa nova muzicka istrazivanja," rekao
je Winwood. "Vec dugo vremena zelio sam ponovo svirati
sa Steveom. Smatram ga prijateljem i nadarenim muzicarem.
Ocekujem da cemo pruziti zabavu i nasim obozavateljima i
nama samima", rekao je Eric. Obojica, i Winwood i Clapton,
imaju duge i prestizne muzicke karijere sa bezbrojnim priznanjima.
Njihovi putevi su se zdruzili 1969. kada su formirali Blind
Faith, grupu koja se smatra pionirom fusion rock i blues
stila. Usprkos priznanjima, grupa je bila kratkog vijeka
i izdala je samo jedan album i 1969. godine je imala jednu
turneju koja je 12.07.1969. startala u Madison Square Gardenu,
a zavrsila 24.08.1969. na Hawaiima. Ovi, Madison Square Garden
nastupi, bit ce njihovi prvi cjelovecenji koncerti nakon
40-to godisnje pauze. Steve Winwood ima ugovor sa Columbia
Recordsom i pocetkom ove godinue izdaje novi album, a novi
album Eric Claptona, "Complete Clapton", izdat
je od strane Reprise Recordsa.
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Alfapop
(SRB) - Koncert u Klubu Zica, Beograd (28.02.2008.)
Beogradski
power-pop bend Alfapop ce u cetvrtak 28. februara 2008. godine
odrzati koncert u Klubu Zica (Beograd, Kraljevica Marka 5)
sa pocetkom u 21 h. Bend Alfapop (Jovana Vujnovic - vokal,
Jovan Joca Dragumilo - gitara i vokal, Ranko Radovanov -
bas gitara) nastao je pocetkom 2008. godine, kao rezultat
zelje njegovih clanova za stvaranjem jednog kvalitetnog,
u Srbiji jos nevidjenog gitarskog pop izraza veoma zastupljenog
na aktuelnoj svetskoj sceni. Alfapop cini multitalentovani
trio, ciji su se clanovi bavili, i jos uvijek se bave, razlicitim
muzickim zanrovima (ozbiljna muzika, reggae, ethno, rock...),
kao i muzickom produkcijom. Sa grupom Tir na n'Og snimili
su istoimeni album (One Records, 2006.), tri video spota
i imali veliki broj koncertnih, televizijskih (RTV B92, RTS,
TV Avala, TV Panonija...) i nastupa na festivalima (Exit,
Belgrade Beer Fest...). Alfapop su se zanrovski opredejelili
za power pop-rock obogacen snaznim i melodicnim vokalnim
linijama koje u kombinaciji sa cvrstom i energicnom ritam
sekcijom nikoga nece ostaviti ravnodusnim. Vise informacija
o ovom bendu, mozete naci na njegovoj sluzbenoj web prezentaciji: www.myspace.com/alfapop .
Mnogi
ce pozaliti sto te veceri nisu dosli na premjeru Nine Rain
u Zagrebu, meksickog banda cuvenog Tuxedomoonasa - Steven
Browna - u posve drukcijem, vedrijem i plesnijem izdanju.
Tuxedomoon u Hrvatskoj imaju vrlo vjernu i brojnu publiku,
te je dosta cudno sto nakon dva odlicna i vrlo dobro posjecena
koncerta 2007. u Zagrebu (22.02.2007. Aquarius i 13.11.2007.
Mocvara), ovaj nastup Brownovog sastava Nine Rain nije promatralo
vise od stotinjak ljudi. Vjerojatni razlog tome lezi u uobicajenoj
cinjenici da se svaki novi projekt-band nekog cuvenog glazbenika
uvijek dozivljava s dozom odredjene zadrske s mislju da 'to
vise nije to', a ako jest neka led s eksperimentiranjem i
odlaskom na koncert probije netko drugi. Uz mnogo najava
koje je Mocvara odaslala mnogobrojnim portalima i novinama,
to je vrlo grozno razmisljanje... Nine Rain su nastali nakon
privremenog razlaza Tuxedomoon 1993. kada je Steven Brown
(klavijature, vokali, duhacki instrumenti) iz Njemacke pokupio
tada mladjahnog elektronskog glazbenika Nikolas Klaua i preselio
se u Mexico City...
Zrinko
Tutic jedan je od najcjenjenijih kantautora, skladatelja
i producenata iz Hrvatske koji je tijekom dugogodisnje glazbene
karijere napisao mnogobrojne hitove koje su pak otpjevale
najpoznatije zvijezde domace estrade. Medju brojnim glazbenim
imenima za koje je Tutic pisao nalaze se Severina, Doris
Dragovic, Tajci, Maja Blagdan, Zeljko Bebek, Gibonni, Massimo,
Goran Karan, Miso Kovac, Miroslav Skoro, koji su otpjevali
hitove poput: "Tvoja prva djevojka", "Zeljo
moja", "Hajde da ludujemo", "Sveta ljubav", "Zlatne
godine", "Dvoriste", "Stranac u noci", "Benzina", "Dalmatinka", "Trava
zelena" i druge. Kompilacija u izdanju Croatia Recordsa
donosi i tri pjesme koje je otpjevao sam Zrinko, iznimno
popularnu "Doris", te skladbe "Bjezi, bjezi
djevojcice" i duet sa Jadrankom
Stojakovic, "Manuele".
Svakako nezaobilazan glazbeni uradak je zasigurno najljepsa
domovinska pjesma, "Moja domovina", koju Zrinko
Tutic potpisuje zajedno sa Rajkom Dujmicem, a tu je i skladba
Hrvatskog band aida, "Za djecu Hrvatske".
Autor: Marina Skoro, Zagreb, Hrvatska.
Prljavo
kazaliste (HR) - Povratak u Dubravu
Zagrebacka
rock skupina Prljavo kazaliste i predsjednik Uprave Croatia
Records, Zelimir Babogredac (na slici), potpisali su ekskluzivni
trogodisnji ugovor. Ovim ugovorom decki iz Prljavog kazalista
vracaju se svojim korijenima, u izdavacku kucu odakle su
pohod na glazbeni tron krenuli prije 30 godina. Svoju veliku
obljetnicu ove ce godine proslaviti novim, trinaestim po
redu, nosacem zvuka, koji ce pod nazivom "Tajno ime" objaviti
tijekom svibnja 2008. godine. Novi album najavit ce istoimeni
single. Ova lijepa obljetnica biti ce okrunjena jos jednim
izdanjem, box setom pod nazivom "Millenium Collection".
Rock skupina Prljavo kazaliste jedna je od najpopularnijih
grupa u Hrvatskoj i svoju bogatu glazbenu povijest pocela
je pisati davne 1978. godine. Decki iz Dubrave svoj su prvi
single objavili u bivsem Jugotonu, a vecinu materijala tijekom
karijere objavili su za izdavacku kucu Suzy. Pod etiketom
Croatie Records Prljavci su objavili albume "S vremena
na vrijeme" i "Dani ponosa i slave", za Jugoton
albume "Zlatne godine" i "Devedeseta",
dok su posljednja dva CD-a izasla u izdanju Dallas Recordsa.
U nesto izmjenjenom sastavu - Jasenko Houra (gitara, vokal),
Mladen Bodalec (vokal), Tihomir Files (bubnjevi), Jurica
Leikauff (klavijature), Mario Zidar (gitara) i Dubravko Vorih
(bas gitara) - Prljavci se ponovno vracaju na mjesto odakle
su krenuli prije 30 godina, u zagrebacku Dubravu i Croatiu
Records, gdje ce ovu lijepu obljetnicu obiljeziti novim albumom.
Ohrid
Choir Festival is inviting choirs to participate to the Festival
of the choirs scheduled for the period 22 to 25 August 2008.
The Festival shall be held in the following categories: Category
A - children’s choirs (2/3 must be under 15); Category B
- youth choirs (2/3 must be under 25); Category C - adult
choirs (2/3 must be above 25). Ohrid Choir Festival will
not be of a competitive character. However, an expert's jury
that will write a critical analysis of the choir's performance
will monitor the festival. There will be Grand Prix of the
Choir Festival that will be rewarded to the best choir. The
festival contains an official part and an unofficialI part.
All the choirs are required to perform in both parts. In
the official part the choirs are required to perform
a program of their choice that would last between 15 minutes
- 20 minutes. This performance will be held in a concert
hall and will be monitored by an expert's jury that will
write a critical opinion according to which a Grand Prix
will be given. In the unofficial part the choirs are
required to perform 20 minutes program on an open air location
in front of a random audience. Web link: www.ohridchoirfestival.com .
Autor: Aleksandar Dimoski, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
Zdenko
Runjic (Split, HR) - Svirajte nocas za moju dusu...
Zdenko
Runjic, hrvatski skladatelj, aranzer, autor stihova i estradni
poduzetnik, covjek koji je svojim brojnim hitovima zaduzio
hrvatsku glazbu, tijekom dugogodisnje glazbene karijere napisao
je preko 600 zabavnih melodija za najznacajnije hrvatske
pjevace. Ipak, u bogatoj paleti prekrasnih dalmatinskih pjesama,
najveci pecat ostavila je njegova suradnja s Oliverom Dragojevicem
za kojeg je napisao preko 200 pjesama. Zdenko Runjic potpisao
je tridesetak samostalnih diskografskih izdanja prodanih
u visemilijunskoj nakladi. Dvostruka kompilacija Zdenka Runjica
koja nosi naziv "Svirajte nocas za moju dusu..." donosi
42 pjesme koje odisu morem, Dalmacijom, ljubavi. Iz bogate
palete skladbi bilo je tesko odabrati ono najbolje od Zdenka
Runjica, pa ova kompilacija donosi samo jedan mali dio onoga
sto je tijekom karijere napisao ovaj pjesnik prepoznatljivog
mediteranskog izricaja. Dvostruka kompilacija "Svirajte
nocas za moju dusu..." izasla je sa etiketom Croatia
Recordsa.
Formed
in the beginning of 1998 by Patrice Louis (guitar) and Thierry
Dagnicourt (keyboards), ShannoN remarkably plays a melodic
hard rock that sticks to its skin. During the spring of 1998,
the band enroles ex - JannyLee's singer Olivier Del Valle
behind the mike, then Claude Thill (ex - Der Kaiser) and
Maxence Pilo (ex - Heavenly) join the band to finally complete
the line-up. Inspired by the US Melodic Hard Rock from the
80's / 90's, ShannoN is now ready to become one of the newest
leaders and brightest hopes of the genre. Their debut and
eponymous album released in November 2003. Strongly encouraged
with the success of their self-titled album, not only in
France, but largerly abroad, the band has taken the path
to the studio to record a follow-up, even more motivated
than ever. The writing process is now finished and recording
studio sessions come to an end for the new album. The group
just has secured a record deal to get their 2nd opus ("World
Of Desire") out in 2007... ShannoN's Line Up: Olivier
Del Valle (vocals); Patrice Louis (guitars); Thierry Dagnicourt
(keyboards); Nicolas Fixy (bass); Benjamin Bergerolle (drums).
Web link: www.shannon-rock.com .
(...JG
192).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Pero
Galic (HR) - Aktivnosti
Rodjeni
Zupanjac, Pero Galic, ozbiljniju pjevacku karijeru zapocinje
ratne 1992. godine osnivanjem grupe Opca opasnost. Oni vec
1993. godine snimaju svoj prvi album. Nazvali su ga "Treba
mi nesto jace od sna" i na tom albumu se nalazi i njihov
najveci hit - "Jednom kad noc", nakon cega ce grupa
Opca opasnost objaviti jos dva albuma. Pero Galic je prvi
put nastupio na Dori 1999. godine i to s pjesmom "Samo
nebo zna", sto je ujedno bio i pocetak njegove kratke
samostalne karijere. Vec 2002. godine postaje clanom grupe
Divlje jagode s kojom snima album "Od neba do neba",
koji ukljucuje i veliki hit - "Marija". Pocetkom
2008. godine Pero nastavlja solo karijeru, te u suradnji
s istaknutim autorima, kompozitorom Denisom Dumancicem i
tekstopiscem Fayom, snima pjesmu "Otvori mi oci" s
kojom izravno ulazi u finale ovogodisnje Dore, buduci da
je Denis jedan od "pozvanih" skladatelja. Pero
Galic priprema i svoj prvi samostalni album, takodjer u suradnji
s Dumancicem.
After
a more than a twenty years of study in the main subject of
lives, in various educational establishments, mainly in Germany
- Hans Oliver has broken off the study. He has reached to
the examination that he will not understand even after other
hundred semesters what they would like to teach him. This
first of all understood, he ignored from now on all borders.
He built a ship and travelled around with it all over the
world seas. In the end, he ran aground in Montenegro where
he also even today lives, plays guitar and writes songs.
Here on the street he found the band called Day After. With
support of these three well talented musicians: first of
all by the singer Nina Petkovic, by the fabulous guitar player
Bojan and last not least by the baseman Zoran, they founded
the new project - Cattaro Kid". Cattaro is the latin
name for the beautiful city and UNESCO's World Heritage -
Kotor, Montenegro. Web link: www.cattaro-kid.com .
(...JG
192).