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Latest News |
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The 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela |
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Just in time for the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela chapter 2 of "South African WOMEN WITH A VOICE" will be released on July 18th, 2008. After the successful first overview of female voices from South Africa , reaching the European World Music Charts , chapter 2 will continue to present the country's rich vocal legacy. Another perfect mix of legends like Brenda Fassie, Dorothy Masuka or Rebecca Malope and most recent South African Music Award winning voices like Siphokazi, Freshlyground and Zamajobe. Of course the incredible Simphiwe Dana is also included in the tracklist .
Two songs of Linda Kekana ("A Song For Madiba") and Brenda Fassie ("Black President") are tribute songs for the great Nelson Mandela.
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Watch out Luka Bloom fans ! |
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Luka Bloom has finalized a double DVD plus Audio CD deluxe box entitled "The Man Is Alive" . Beside two seperate Concert - DVDs (DVD 1 contains a concert from Dublin plus an interesting question / answer session - DVD 2 a private concert from his home in Ireland plus an artist portrait) the audio cd contains highlights of both shows. You can order the deluxe box at info@skiprecords.com .
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Joe Gallrdo will receive a star on the the Texas Music Walk Of Fame |
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Trombonist Joe Gallardo will be honoured with a star on the South Texas Music Walk Of Fame on June 7th 2008 for his founding role of the Corpus Christi Jazz Festival and his grammy winning music contributions to jazz history. Other names along the walk include Freddy Fender, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson, Flaco Jimenez, Doug Sahm and Christopher Cross .
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Vocal Sampling chart at European World Music Charts |
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Good news for the Cuban vocal ensemble, their brandnew album Akapelleando is now for three consecutive months in the European World Music Charts , at No.14 in May, a solid basis for their European tourdates in June/July. In the German World Music Charts the group stays there since five months , in June at No.15.
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Simphiwe Dana presented in the new Youssou N'dour video and nominated for the BBC World Music Awards |
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South African singer Simphiwe Dana had a triumphant feedback across Europe performing her new album "THe One Love Movement On Bantu Biko Street" live. Audiences in London, Rome, Amsterdam or Frankfurt were simply speechless. Perfect timing to also receive a nomination for the BBC World Music Awards as "Best African Artist" , presented in April in London.
The charismatic singer from Johannesburg is also performing with Youssou N'dour in his new video.
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Lovisa to complete the SKIP labelnight |
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Swedish jazz singer Lovisa will complete the first SKIP labelnight in April. The 26 year old singer from Stockholm will perform for the first time in Germany and we are very excited to see the winner of the Monica Zetterlund Jazz Vocal Scholarship on stage outside of Sweden. In early April her debut album "That Girl!" will be released, spanning a wide range of songs between evergreens and jazz standards by Burt Bacharach or Hoagy Carmichael but also pop gems written by James Taylor or the late Eva Cassidy.
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Newsletter |
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Tour Dates |
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04.07.2008
Vocal Sampling
Südstadtfest
Nürnberg
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05.07.2008
Vocal Sampling
Caliente Festival
Zurich /Switzerland)
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05.07.2008
Tingvall Trio
Schloßpark
Schloss Morsbroich / Leverkusen
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08.07.2008
Vocal Sampling
Jazz Parade La Liberte
Fribourg (Switzerland)
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11.07.2008
Wolfgang Schmid
Festival
St.Veit (Austria)
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13.07.2008
Tingvall Trio
Kulturzelt Festival
Kassel
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13.07.2008
David Gazarov
Schloss Amerang
Amerang
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18.07.2008
Simphiwe Dana
Festival
Acert (near Porto) (Portugal
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19.07.2008
Simphiwe Dana
Hasenheide - Mandela Birthday
Berlin
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20.07.2008
Simphiwe Dana
Festival
Reggio Calabria (Italy)
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22.07.2008
Simphiwe Dana
Festival
Suoni dello Dolomiti (Italy)
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23.07.2008
Simphiwe Dana
Nurachi Festival
Sardinia (Italy)
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26.07.2008
Tingvall Trio
Schlossruine Limburg
Bad Dürkheim - Palatia Jazz Festival
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10.08.2008
Omar Sosa
Historisches Museum / Patio /Matinee
Frankfurt
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31.08.2008
Omar Sosa
Wereld Jazz Dagen
Dordrecht (Holland)
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05.09.2008
Tingvall Trio
Jazzclub
Rostock
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18.09.2008
David Gazarov
Harmonie
Bonn (mit Thorsten Zwingenberger)
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20.09.2008
Tingvall Trio
Nacht der Kirchen
Hamburg
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25.09.2008
David Gazarov
Karstadt
Magdeburg (mit Thorsten Zwingenberger)
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01.10.2008
David Gazarov
Staufen - Theater
Oberstaufen
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Releases |
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Lovisa - That Girl! |
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 On Lovisa's debut album , pianist and arranger Bengt Lindqvist, an old hand on the Swedish Jazz scene stood by her. Consequently the repertoire swings between timeless Jazz standards like Hoagy Carmichael's Skylark" , Burt Bacharach's The Look Of Love", a pop classic from the days of the iconic Ipanema sound and miniature gems like the James Taylor song "Line ‚em Up" or "Time Is A Healer " by the ungorgettable Eva Cassidy .The line-up of musicians on "That Girl !" includes Jan Allan, a Swedish trumpet player who ranks among the best of European talent.
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Omar Sosa - Afreecanos |
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 The focus of "Afreecanos" is the music of Africa. Alongside Childo Tomas / bass and Julio Barreto / drums , the current members of his trio , Omar Sosa invited musicians from Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Morocco and also France and Brazil to sit in on the sessions. His spiritual ode to Africa is a melange, where Omar Sosa never seems to dominate thereby, but acts more as a catalyst and master of ceremonies who turns in a certain path, takes his musicians along with him and encourages them to make their own explorations. "I have tried with Afreecanos to express a little part of the melodic countour of Africa and its great rhythmic strength." Created out of the preliminary studies of "Promise" this album is a wonderful combination of the cultures of Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
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Tingvall Trio - Norr |
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 To put it mildly, the consistency of the young trio have continued to pursue and refine their very own sound as a group on "Norr" is stunning. Nordic ballad elegies like "Utsikt" or "Båtsregn" alternate with groove-accented cuts like "Grrr", pieces like "Barnslig", a track that could have been inspired by Lyle Mays, or "Mjau" , whose lightness emerges from something surprisingly similar to what might have been a calypso number like "St.Thomas" by Sonny Rollins. A refreshing follow - up album for hard-core jazz fans and a broad group of listeners from other genres simply interested in the melodies and grooves.
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Vocal Sampling - Akapelleando |
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 True to their name, evrything is created using vocals. Not just the lead vocals and back-ups: We're talking about all the elements of a Latin orchestra - percussion, the horns, keyboards, bass figures and every other instrument, too. This time the ensemble is presenting a broad spectrum of Cuban music ranging from guaracha and boleros right through to rumba and swinging salsa. Beside originals and classics of the Latin music genre you can find on their first self-produced album standard like Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat" and the Eagles monster hit "Hotel California", a prime example of how these 6 fellows from Cuba can lay down spectacular vocal trackswhich even appeal to listeners completely unfamiliar with the Latino Sound.
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Simphiwe Dana - The One Love Movement On Bantu Biko Street |
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 The second album of Simphiwe Dana sets forth the path she has chosen for herself: self-written compositions covering topics like politics and the family melded into melodies and rhythms that can stand on their own; the whole fed from an interplay of South African roots and contemporary Pop and Jazz elements. It came as no surprise that at the South African Music Awards 2007 the charismatic vocalist received a total of 4 awards, including the key categories "Album of The Year", Artist Of The Year" and "Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year". UK music magazine "Songlines" praised the unique crossover of pop, jazz and soul : "A talent to rival Lauryn Hill, India Arie, Erykah Badu ? Without a doubt. Simphiwe Dana has a voice that pulls you up short."
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