I’m really enjoying gigging with acoustic melodicists Delicatessen with a rush of gigs as we warm up to summer…and bookings already coming in for the autumn. Delicatessen have a line=up of up to eight people: accordion/vocals, violin, violin/vocals, percussion, percussion/vocals, oud/vocals/percussion, guitar and bass. We play songs from Greece and Turkey and the Balkan regions. […]
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OK, I have a queue of music to listen to right now and tons of work on. I’m learning tunes for Delicatessen, I have the new Hiromi album queued up; I haven’t checked out the new The Fierce and the Dead record and I’m fascinated by Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic project. So, this record by […]
Came across a DVD of this jam/gig from that summer. I had a few weeks in LA taking private lessons and then took a week’s summerschool at LA Music Academy – I got so much from the private lessons in particular and the chance to focus exclusively on music for a month or so. I’m […]
Slayer: photography by Glenn Watson | http://coffeephotography.com Well. We’ve been enjoying the revolution in the London coffee scene for a while now. The bar, in terms of coffee quality and cafe experience has been raised time and time again by the likes of Lantana, Kaffeine, Dose Espresso, Tapped and Packed, Penny University, Prufrock, Notes, Music […]
Put this up on my Posterous but it probably deserves a home here too! I am the least likely person to promote Facebook and I took some convincing from the guys in the band to adopt this tool but I have to say it’s been a huge success. We opened a group in the band […]
7:30pm The Miller, London Bridge. £5 8pm – Furniture set 9pm Marbles Improv Set 10:00 Hip-hop themed jam
I’m really looking forward to this gig. So happy to be playing with the Delis. Great songs great music, great atmosphere! The group is just so enjoyable to play with…there’s so much fun and energy and the music can be breathtakingly beautiful. Delicatessen can be as raucous as anybody but also has a more sensitive […]
No doubting Janek is a great bassplayer and I’d met him briefly and he seemed a lovely guy but I didn’t rush to get this record when it came out. I just supposed it would be another fusion blowout, chops, shredding and all that! I was wrong. I should have known. Janek is way too […]
Beats, Rhymes, Mirth Coming up on Thursday March 3rd. My jazz trio Furniture are back at the Miller in London Bridge. This time we’re joined by improv comedy team Marbles. The night will go roughly as follows: Night goes roughly as follows: 8-9pm Furniture set 9.15pm-10pm Marbles set with Soundtrack 10pm-10.30pm-ish Hip hop jam So […]
The culmination of a week of learning their set by ear was depping at a lovely gig with Balkan/Greek/Turkish/Klezmer/Rai/Rebetiko band Delicatessen in Ladbroke Grove. Here’s a short video featuring music and film from several song – capturing some great audience participation! http://www.facebook.com/deli.music http://www.delicatessenmusic.com/ Youtube Video Playlist of Delicatessen at Ladbroke Grove http://www.youtube.com/p/7B2BAAAF0649BF8E?hl=en_GB&fs=1
Phil Wain 