[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Abraxxxas is a rapper from Marseille. His real name’s Gabriel, but his stage name has three Xs in it, which is way cooler. I met him at Aftershock Marseille back in September last year, but that happened so quickly. I’m getting a bit more time to get to [...]
Categories: Musician
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] One of the meetings I had today in Bristol was with contemporary ‘classical fusion’ composer Richard Anthony Jay. We met at a riverside cafe, and we discussed ways for him to bring his music to a wider audience. I really like his stuff. Soundtracky, evocative and really thoughtful, [...]
Tagged: classical
Gijs, Michel, Andreas, Chris and Bart pack the van after an instore gig prison yell by audiotransparent Actually, I’ve known the guys from Audiotransparent for a while now. I met them a couple of years back on my first visit to Groningen, and I now have all three of their albums. In fact, I just [...]
A bunch of us went out to dinner in between the conference part of the day and the Unconvention showcase gigs. I ended up sitting next to Wotienke (say “Vo – tinker” and you’re close enough). She’s a Dutch singer-songwriter who performs with Moravian musicians from the Czech Republic, which adds a really interesting flavour [...]
I met Corijn – a singer/songwriter from here in Groningen. He played a few numbers at the beginning of Un-Convention, and he graciously let me upload one of them here. I really loved his playing – and particularly his voice. See what you think: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Categories: Music,Musician,Travel
Tagged: Groningen, Music, unconvention
This is Sofie. I met her at UnConvention Groningen and she gave me her CD. She’s the singer for Le Titre, who are starting to make waves here in Holland. She describes the music as inhabiting a space broadly in the Fiona Apple / Amanda Palmer territory. I asked her if I could play you [...]
Categories: Music,Musician,Travel
Tagged: Groningen, le titre, unconvention
