http://www.zhubinkalhor.com

http://www.myspace.com/zhubinkalhor

http://www.bikramsingh.com

http://www.myspace.com/bikrams

Origine du Groupe : Iran , India , North america
Style : World Music , Ethnic Music
Sortie : 2011

By Rho from http://rho-xs.blogspot.com

Zhubin Kalhor was born in 1980 from Iranian parents, he started his musical journey at the age of 14, when he started learning to play Daf (the framedrum) and Kamanche (the Iranian fidel) with the famous Iranian master Ardeshir Kamkar. After having played Persian classical music (radiff) with various masters, he left Iran and settled in Pune, India where he met musicians from all over the world. Years of playing with musicians trained in different background, like classic Indian, Jazz and Blues, Turkish, Arabic etc. gave Zhubin the opportunity to experiment and find his unique style.

But to him music is not only a matter of style. It’s about transforming spirituality and the mysteries of life into chemistry with the listener. The last 5 years Zhubin has performed solo and with various bands in concerts and festivals all over the world, among others with Bahramji, Ahura, Barbad, Pecheurs de Perles, Prem Joshua and the Mystics of Sound and Hawa.

Rajkumar Bikramjit Singh was born into the Royal family of Rajkumar Roton Singh and Yaimabi Devi in the town of Imphal in Manipur februari 65. In 1974 tragedy struck this self confident 8-year old. An accident left him incapacitated for over a year. Bikram was under closely monitored medical treatment for multiple fractures which he endured after falling off a tree. The shadow cast over young Bikramjit’s misfortune, prompted his father to gift him with his first flute whiles he convalesced. All that persistent practise paid off: Bikram was just thirteen years old when he started accompanying singers and other musicians on tours. He played for (AIR) All India Radio that year with some established radio performers. But his real reckoning came when he moved to Pune to pursue higher studies.

In 1989, Bikram moved to Pune to complete his masters in Archaeology followed by a Ph.D in 1992. However, pretty soon his academic pursuits came to a halt as Bikram dove passionately to pursue his musical career. He met fellow 'outcast' Zhubin there and discovered their shared spirituality easily overcame the 15 year generation gap and so together they released Himalay.

Their music blends ranging from Iran to India, a carpet weaving are the Northeast. Artist's compositions, where the two partners ranging from local to global album, relaxing at the peak of the Himalaya Mountains as a break in life. Misty mountains, the villages along the shores of rivers that pour, delicate anklets tinkle in the morning to the sound of the awakening of the image with the full album. Zagros'un mountains, the valleys of the passage, from the plains of the Himalayas extending the music's poetry breathe Zhubin and Singh.

Tracklist :
01 – Village Road / Köy Yolu – 10:32
02 – Morning Dew / Sabah Çi?i – 09:49
03 – Tale Of The Bootman / Çizmeli Adam?n Hikayesi – 10:02
04 – Bamboo Dance / Bambu Dans? – 09:35
05 – Lonesome Journey / Yaln?z Yolculuk – 10:07
06 – This Journey Continues / Bu Yolculuk Devam Eder – 10:17

http://www.zhubinkalhor.com

http://www.myspace.com/zhubinkalhor

http://www.bikramsingh.com

http://www.myspace.com/bikrams

Origine du Groupe : Iran , India , North america
Style : World Music , Ethnic Music
Sortie : 2011

By Rho from http://rho-xs.blogspot.com

Zhubin Kalhor was born in 1980 from Iranian parents, he started his musical journey at the age of 14, when he started learning to play Daf (the framedrum) and Kamanche (the Iranian fidel) with the famous Iranian master Ardeshir Kamkar. After having played Persian classical music (radiff) with various masters, he left Iran and settled in Pune, India where he met musicians from all over the world. Years of playing with musicians trained in different background, like classic Indian, Jazz and Blues, Turkish, Arabic etc. gave Zhubin the opportunity to experiment and find his unique style.

But to him music is not only a matter of style. It’s about transforming spirituality and the mysteries of life into chemistry with the listener. The last 5 years Zhubin has performed solo and with various bands in concerts and festivals all over the world, among others with Bahramji, Ahura, Barbad, Pecheurs de Perles, Prem Joshua and the Mystics of Sound and Hawa.

Rajkumar Bikramjit Singh was born into the Royal family of Rajkumar Roton Singh and Yaimabi Devi in the town of Imphal in Manipur februari 65. In 1974 tragedy struck this self confident 8-year old. An accident left him incapacitated for over a year. Bikram was under closely monitored medical treatment for multiple fractures which he endured after falling off a tree. The shadow cast over young Bikramjit’s misfortune, prompted his father to gift him with his first flute whiles he convalesced. All that persistent practise paid off: Bikram was just thirteen years old when he started accompanying singers and other musicians on tours. He played for (AIR) All India Radio that year with some established radio performers. But his real reckoning came when he moved to Pune to pursue higher studies.

In 1989, Bikram moved to Pune to complete his masters in Archaeology followed by a Ph.D in 1992. However, pretty soon his academic pursuits came to a halt as Bikram dove passionately to pursue his musical career. He met fellow 'outcast' Zhubin there and discovered their shared spirituality easily overcame the 15 year generation gap and so together they released Himalay.

Their music blends ranging from Iran to India, a carpet weaving are the Northeast. Artist's compositions, where the two partners ranging from local to global album, relaxing at the peak of the Himalaya Mountains as a break in life. Misty mountains, the villages along the shores of rivers that pour, delicate anklets tinkle in the morning to the sound of the awakening of the image with the full album. Zagros'un mountains, the valleys of the passage, from the plains of the Himalayas extending the music's poetry breathe Zhubin and Singh.

Tracklist :
01 – Village Road / Köy Yolu – 10:32
02 – Morning Dew / Sabah Çi?i – 09:49
03 – Tale Of The Bootman / Çizmeli Adam?n Hikayesi – 10:02
04 – Bamboo Dance / Bambu Dans? – 09:35
05 – Lonesome Journey / Yaln?z Yolculuk – 10:07
06 – This Journey Continues / Bu Yolculuk Devam Eder – 10:17

http://www.buddyguy.net

http://www.myspace.com/buddyguy

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Blues
Sortie : 2011
Durée : 94min

Wikipedia :

George « Buddy » Guy, né le 30 juillet 1936 à Lettsworth (Louisiane), est un musicien américain de blues et de musique rock. Il est le père de la rappeuse Shawnna.

Influencé dès son enfance par John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters et Howlin' Wolf qui lui donneront plus tard envie d'émigrer vers Chicago, il se fabrique à l'âge de treize ans une guitare de fortune à partir d'une moustiquaire et d'un morceau de bois. Mais, c'est à seize ans que son père lui offre sa première vraie guitare, une deux cordes. Buddy joue alors simplement de la guitare pour passer le temps.

Quelque temps plus tard, alors qu'il est assis sur le seuil de sa maison en train de jouer de la guitare, un inconnu l'aborde, lui dit qu'il le regarde jouer chaque soir et qu'il voudrait lui offrir une guitare neuve. Et c'est ainsi que Buddy se retrouve le lendemain avec une guitare flambant neuve, plus motivé que jamais pour imiter ses idoles. Dès lors, il s'entraîne avec assiduité et se donne rapidement en concert à Bâton-Rouge avec les bluesmen locaux comme le Big Poppa John Tilley Band, Lightnin' Slim, Guitar Slim, Slim Harpo ou Lazy Lester. Mais Buddy sait déjà que son avenir n'est pas dans ce Sud ségrégationniste et pense déjà à partir au Nord des États-Unis. En quête d'un emploi bien payé, il part en 1957 pour Chicago, la ville de ses idoles. À cette époque, il n'imagine pas encore faire carrière dans la musique.

THE BAND:
Buddy Guy - Guitar & Vocals
Marty Sammon - Keyboards
Ric Hall - Guiter
Orlando Wright - Bass
Tim Austin - Drums

Tracklist :
1. Intro
2. Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar
3. She's Nineteen Years Old
4. Somebody Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out)
5. Mojo Hand
6. Milkin' Mother For You
7. I'm 74 Years Young
8. Skin Deep
9. Steal Away
10. Boom Boom
11. Strange Brew
12. Mustang Sally
13. Voodoo Chile
14. Sunshine Of Your Love
15. band introductions
16. Do Your Thing
17. On The Road

http://www.buddyguy.net

http://www.myspace.com/buddyguy

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Blues
Sortie : 2011
Durée : 94min

Wikipedia :

George « Buddy » Guy, né le 30 juillet 1936 à Lettsworth (Louisiane), est un musicien américain de blues et de musique rock. Il est le père de la rappeuse Shawnna.

Influencé dès son enfance par John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters et Howlin' Wolf qui lui donneront plus tard envie d'émigrer vers Chicago, il se fabrique à l'âge de treize ans une guitare de fortune à partir d'une moustiquaire et d'un morceau de bois. Mais, c'est à seize ans que son père lui offre sa première vraie guitare, une deux cordes. Buddy joue alors simplement de la guitare pour passer le temps.

Quelque temps plus tard, alors qu'il est assis sur le seuil de sa maison en train de jouer de la guitare, un inconnu l'aborde, lui dit qu'il le regarde jouer chaque soir et qu'il voudrait lui offrir une guitare neuve. Et c'est ainsi que Buddy se retrouve le lendemain avec une guitare flambant neuve, plus motivé que jamais pour imiter ses idoles. Dès lors, il s'entraîne avec assiduité et se donne rapidement en concert à Bâton-Rouge avec les bluesmen locaux comme le Big Poppa John Tilley Band, Lightnin' Slim, Guitar Slim, Slim Harpo ou Lazy Lester. Mais Buddy sait déjà que son avenir n'est pas dans ce Sud ségrégationniste et pense déjà à partir au Nord des États-Unis. En quête d'un emploi bien payé, il part en 1957 pour Chicago, la ville de ses idoles. À cette époque, il n'imagine pas encore faire carrière dans la musique.

THE BAND:
Buddy Guy - Guitar & Vocals
Marty Sammon - Keyboards
Ric Hall - Guiter
Orlando Wright - Bass
Tim Austin - Drums

Tracklist :
1. Intro
2. Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar
3. She's Nineteen Years Old
4. Somebody Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out)
5. Mojo Hand
6. Milkin' Mother For You
7. I'm 74 Years Young
8. Skin Deep
9. Steal Away
10. Boom Boom
11. Strange Brew
12. Mustang Sally
13. Voodoo Chile
14. Sunshine Of Your Love
15. band introductions
16. Do Your Thing
17. On The Road

http://www.17hippies.com

http://www.myspace.com/17hippies

Origine du Groupe : Germany
Style : Folk , Pop , Alternative , Experimental
Sortie : 2011

By Robin Denselow  from http://www.guardian.co.uk

A sophisticated, quirky band from Berlin who sing in German, French and English, 17 Hippies have spent 16 years developing an unlikely style that mixes French chanson and German cabaret with Balkan gypsy music and Americana, with a dash of anything from calypso to Middle Eastern styles thrown in. The Hippies are currently a 12-piece band, and they play anything from accordion to brass, violin to ukulele and banjo, sounding at times like a cool European answer to the equally hard-to-categorise Pink Martini.

Like those easy-going American mavericks, they are excellent musicians and have a fine female singer, Kiki Sauer, who is at her best here with the gently edgy Ton Étrangère, which matches chanson with what sounds like the muted backing for a spaghetti western. Elsewhere, singer Dirk Trageser tackles eastern European dance influences on the brass-and-accordion-backed Biese Bouwe; a third vocalist, Christopher Blenkinsop, echoes Leonard Cohen on Across Waters; and there's a jazzy, brass-and-violin reworking of Captain Beefheart's Gimme Dat Harp Boy. A few more songs from Sauer would have been welcome, but this is a brave and entertaining global fusion that deserves international success.

Tracklist :
01 – Ton étrangère
02 – Lazy Friends & Promises
03 – Biese Bouwe
04 – Jolies Filles
05 – Across Waters
06 – Gimme Dat Harp Boy
07 – Dorn
08 – Singapore
09 – Blumen Im Glas
10 – M¤dchen Im Glìck
11 – Moi
12 – The Train
13 – Herz Auf Der Zunge