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The Yuletide season couldn’t have started on a better note for Bayelsans and numerous jazz enthusiasts who stormed the Gloryland Cultural Center, Yenagoa, for the inaugural edition of the Bayelsa International Jazz Festival.
‘We are committed to uniting the many diverse communities from across the metropole and invite all Capetonians to come out in their numbers and enjoy the celebrations.”
“What I’m trying to do is restore pride in their heritage, in their ethnic identity, in their language and in their artists. So the festival is a good platform for that.”
IOL Therese Owen High-brow jazz forms a major part of the annual Arts Alive this year. It will be one of the rare occasions when South Africans will be able to see Hugh Masekela play classical jazz. He will be joined by life-long friend and jazz pianist extraordinaire Larry Willis. Their performance forms part of … Read more
“I’m really looking forward to this festival. I always love performing in Soweto and with this wonderful and eclectic array of talent on the line-up, I think it’s going to be a very special day”
The evening concert at Istanbul’s famed Hagia Irene will feature performances by stellar musicians from around the world.
Hugh Masekela at WOMADelaide – Review, Interview and Blog Excerpts The Guardian Caspar Llewellyn Smith Review It was a fine way to celebrate a 21st birthday: blistering temperatures, beautiful surroundings and plenty to learn from your elders. Some of the leading perfomers at WOMADelaide in Adelaide’s Botanic Park were more than a match for their … Read more
The venue’s parking area and adjacent field were the subject of a double booking at municipal level and this administrative misfortune has caused us to reconsider the event.
“It fills my heart with such heavy emotion to be taking my music back to where it started.”
WOMAD was once dominated by African bands, but this year the music really is global – and with a greater emphasis on Asia and the Far East.
