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After getting warmed up by a great set from Karen P., the main course came to Cargo tonight with Tony Allen, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and a swarm of special guests. The afrobeats of the legendary drummer weaved into some seriously cool grooves got the energy flowing. The raw booming brass got the crowd thumping for more. Who doesn't need this kind of music to put a smile back on London's January face?
(Apologies for the quality of the video...)
I went to see Alice Russell a few years back in the Jazz Cafe in Camden after seeing her a few times with the Quantic Soul Orchestra. I was blown away.I vividly remember going to meet her after the gig, she was signing CDs. she had gone down stage and suddenly disappeared. Getting closer I suddenly realised that Alice was this tiny little thing burstling with smiles and energy. That huge voice of hers had projected a much taller woman on the concert stage. Check her out in this full length concert, To know this is an old favourite of mine.
http://www.fabchannel.com/embed/player.swf?ap=artist.alice_russell
By the way, FabChannel is a great service to watch entire concert streaming. Highly recommended to check it out.
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14th of December, long awaited concert in London and a full house for Jamie Lidell at the Sheperds Bush Empire. And what an amazing crowd for people watching! All sizes and styles represented: well-to-do bespectacled boho, grey haired bubbly pillar of the boozer, all-woolen alt chicks, a lone-singing muscle man, tight-knit bouncy family...
Now to the music. If you do not know Jami Lidell you are quite simply missing out. Check out Another Day or maybe start with a Little Bit of Feel Good, before you diversify and Multiply into his more sampled-dubbed-worked out crazy stuff. Jamie on stage is like a loose electron looking for some positive energy. Infectious stuff: if you can stop yourself from shakin' and bouncin' I salute you. I had been warned that this could be a great performance. They were right and then some. He keeps on churning out his great tunes but you don't just get a re spit of whatever got you going on his album. Oh no.There is something brewing, something being crafted before your eyes and that is quite simply beautiful.
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