A Video Record – Delicatessen at The Green Note

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 play “Divane Aşık Gibi” at Jamboree in Limehouse

This song is from the Pontian region on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The bass enters about half way through the song. The film was recorded during our soundcheck for our gig at Jamboree in July 2011. The band: Muzmee (violin) Jeremy Halliwell (guitar) Patricia de Mayo (oud, bass, percussion, vocals) Patrick Wendel (percussion) […]

Delicatessen CD – Meze!

The Mediterranean/Balkan/Rebetiko band I play with has released a 30 minute CD. You can download it or stream it from the link above if you’re interested. You can name your own price, we’ll use the money to finance copyright clearance and further recordings. The stream is lower quality audio than the download but will give […]

Video from Saturday’s gig with Delicatessen

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

Why Playing Bass Can Open Doors Into Playing Music From Many Cultures

Bass. Music is basically oom-pah or oom-pah-pah and we bassists are responsible for the oom. Truth is in most styles of music it’s pretty similar. We play roots and roots and fifths in so many types of music. It took me ages to realise that the skill in playing bass often came from playing the […]