CROSS THE TRACKS (25TH) FEAT. ROMARE , CLAP!CLAP! , MELT YOURSELF DOWN AND MORE…
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival On the second night of the Weekender, flame-throwing, jazz-punk collective, Melt Yourself Down, serve-up thundering bass-guitar hooks, unison sax anthems, and echo-laden vocal chanting. Mixing syncopated beats, punk mantras and Fela Kuti inspired sounds, United Vibrations lay down afro-beat-in-a-punk-style for some badass live sets. Clap!Clap!, the project of the Italian musician, producer and live performer […]
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FIDDLER IN THE LOOP
Luca Ciarla in Scotland Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA 25 July 20158:00 pmSeat prices: £13.00/ REDUCED RATE £11.00/ EDEN COURT FRIENDS DISCOUNT APPLIEShttps://www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/fiddler-in-the-loopComar, Druimfin Lodge, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, PA75 6Qb28 July 2015http://www.comar.co.uk/An orchestra of just one! Italian born violin wizard Luca Ciarla owns the stage with his fiddle, his voice and a […]
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TRIO RED WITH DAVID GREIG
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Riveting… complex, twisting, percussion powered episodes are played like a rougher, brawling Brad Mehldau” (The Guardian). Tom Bancroft’s multinational band features Tom Cawley (piano) and Furio di Castri (bass). In a world premiere collaboration, acclaimed poet and playwright, David Greig, will write poetry, inspired by the music, live on screen […]
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MELISSA ALDANA AND CRASH TRIO / KIM MACARI & ENRICO ZANISI BAND
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Saxophonist Aldana is one of the hottest tickets in New York jazz right now. “Jazz’s next tenor sax great” (Jazz Times). The first female instrumentalist to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Assured, attractive, intelligent, smart, and always swinging – with Pablo Menares (bass) and Jochen Rueckert (drums). […]
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23rd International Folk Dance Festival
Dunedin Dancers organises an International Folk Dance Festival every two years. This year three European folk dance groups from Italy, Germany and France will join the Festival.The Italian folkloristic group, Pacchianeddra Sansustisa gruppo folk, joins this year festival. They will play musical instruments linked to the Calabrian tradition including accordion, bagpipes, tambourine, and guitar. In the […]
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AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE QUARTET / ENRICO ZANISI TRIO
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Ambrose Akinmusire is one of the most exciting and striking figures on today’s jazz scene. “A thrilling young trumpeter with a unique spark” (The New Yorker). His band’s music is a “dramatically paced, surprise-packed, and sometimes intense fusion of cliche-free solo exploits and collective improvising – an experience that was […]
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BANDAKADABRA
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival This is the crazy brass band from Torino who blend Jazz, Balkan party music, Mediterranean folk melodies, blues, klezmer and anything else that crosses their minds into an exuberant and intoxicating mix that makes audiences all over Europe smile.Date: Saturday 18 July, 19:30 (90m)Venue: The Tron KirkPrice: £12 Date: Sunday 19 July, 17:30 (60m)Venue: St […]
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RUMBA DE BODAS
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Swing, Latin, and upbeat ska from the young Italian group who wowed audiences last time here. Music to move you and guaranteed good vibes – infectious rhythms, sultry vocals, hot horns, sweet accordion.Date: Saturday 18 July, 22:00 (90m)Venue: Tron KirkPrice: £10Date: Sunday 19 July, 22:00 (90m)Venue: Tron KirkPrice: £8For more information please visit:http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/programme/artists/rumba-de-bodas.html
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Photo Exhibition: Religiosità by Luigi Giannetti
Retina Scottish International Photography Festival 2015 Retina Scottish International Photography Festival. For the first time the Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to take part in the Retina Festival, with an exhibition by the celebrated photographer Luigi Giannetti. The images are taken from his book Religiosità. In Religiosità his tendency to anthropological analysis reaffirms itself with […]
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6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia
Edinburgh International Film Festival Mark Cousins’ documentary takes us on a journey through Sardinia, where DH Lawrence and his wife took a trip in 1921. The film is an open letter to Lawrence, presented as Cousins visits the same places the English novelist discovered over 90 years before. Paintings, films and artists, relating to the […]
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