One of my favourite trios is playing at the Vortex in Dalston on Tuesday February 4th. Stephan is known best as the bassist in Vijay Iyer’s groundbreaking and original trio but plays regularly in his wife Jen Chapin’s trio. Stephan appears at the Vortex with his own Rosetta trio featuring the unique line up of […]
Category Archives: music
Growing up when I did, Abba were inescapable. They were the mainstream soundtrack to the 1970s in many ways in the UK and elsewhere. I enjoyed their music very much and saw Abba: The Movie in the local cinema. In my later teens ‘pop’ became a dirty word for a while and I moved on […]
Sons of Kemet – All Will Surely Burn Righteously brilliant. You’ve heard nothing like it. Shabaka Hutchings’ sax, flute and clarinet along with two drummers and Oren Marshall’s marvellous tuba. It is jazz but hugely accessible and uncompromising at the same time: echoes of everything from Pharoah Sanders to klezmer clarinet to dancehall to dubstep […]
On the Delicatessen Soundcloud page are some desk recordings from our gig at he Vortex. This was a special evening, a completely packed venue and an attentive audience who lapped up the music. Here’s a taste of some of the Mediterranean sounds on offer…
£400 ono. The bass has been rarely played since I bought it in September 2009. It has the original strings. On purchase I had the Bass Gallery in Camden smooth out the fingerboard for me so it’s very even (uneven boards are often a fault with cheaper uprights). It comes with tripod stand and gig bag. […]
What a great year 2012 has been. Highlights for me have included my music residency at Notes Covent Garden which has allowed me to develop a new playing opportunity with Maciek Pysz and Demi Garcia Sabat as well as appearances from Mike Outram, Alam Nathoo and Simon Roth. The gigs with Delicatessen have all been tremendous, […]
Hmmmm…the time of year for favourites…I’ve chosen a dozen, plus a few. It’s been a great year; not so many records sent for me to review so more what I’ve discovered myself through recommendations – the lifeblood of music discovery – hence this top twelve list! Donny McCaslin – Casting for Shadows First on […]
The music sessions at Notes Covent Garden are going well indeed. They seem to function to both help create an atmosphere for people to meet and chat in a convivial space with great wine, food and coffee and also as a gig for people who want to watch and listen . . . a happy […]
Lots of good quality videos from our gig Friday at this intimate Camden venue. Sold out for the second gig in succession – this was a fun night for all concerned! Find out more about us at http://delicatessenmusic.com First a beautiful ballad from Turkey sung by Duygu Then a driving Greek anthem with a […]
Delicatessen at St Ethelburgas – 14th January 2011 by Banu Cansever
Phil Wain 