June 21st – Fete De La Musique
May 28, 2010
Come to the new park above the Kangaroo Point Cliffs to see BEMAC's programmed artists!
Monday 21st June – accross Brisbane (and the world) – free
Get set to let your hair down when the world’s largest international live music event, Fête de la Musique returns to Brisbane for the third year running.
Fête de la Musique is everyone’s festival. Held in 350 cities across the globe on the very same day each year – from Paris and Prague, to Barcelona and our very own Brisbane – Fête is simply about making and celebrating music en masse. There are no tickets, no box seats, no headliners. From soloists to orchestras, jazz to hip hop, choirs to rock bands. Free outdoor performances across the city will showcase the rich talent and diversity of the Brisbane music scene.
Be prepared for some fresh new talent this year. Because Fete falls on a Monday Brisbane schools have the chance to participate like never before. Prepare yourself for a ‘School of Rock’ on the grandest scale!
If you haven’t checked out the new park at the top of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, then make Monday the 21st at 2pm the time to check it out, when BEMAC present a great world music program as part of the world-wide Fete de la Musique, “free music everywhere” event! After you have enjoyed that concert, then head on down the hill to BEMAC for our AGM,
June 12th – Teddy Afro, Ethiopian music sensation
May 28, 2010
Anglican College Hall, corner of Junction & Krupp Roads, Cannon Hill, Brisbane
7pm 12th June, 2010
Teddy Afro (real name Tewodros Kassahun) is one of the most successful singers and song writers from Ethiopia in recent times. Teddy Afro’s success has been credited to the powerful messages in his songs: from compassion to courage and from forgiveness to love. Teddy has been able to break artistic boundaries that were previously untouched. He has been compared to Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, in part because of his ability to bring a political, spiritual, and rhythmic presence to his listeners. Teddy is also noted for his work with other young and inspiring artists throughout Ethiopia.
For further details call Abel: 0431 044 533
Anglican College Hall, cnr Junction & Krupp Roads, Cannon Hill
June 5th – Dva and Laique at Brisbane Powerhouse
May 28, 2010
The Planet
BEMAC and Brisbane Powerhouse are proud to present
Sat 5th June @ Brisbane Powerhouse
FREE from 5pm – 7pm @ the Turbine Platform
Laique
5:00 – 5:40pm
Dva
6:00 – 7:00pm
Laique
Vintage 1930′s styled swing… Songs of Lust, Murder, Revenge and Shoes. Steeped in a sizzle of hot swing, there’s a twist of mischievous charm beneath the band’s sharp trouser legs and front-woman Kylie Southwell’s slick heels as the hard-popping bedlam begins. This is wine without the glass and murder without the guilt. This is song writing without the diarising. The swinging twenties without prohibition. The lust without the phone numbers. This is Laique – one frock and four suits. French manouche, street beats and tangos all fall in line behind one stray black cat…
Presenting Laique’s queen of song Kylie Southwell, along with premium music-men Gerard Mapstone on guitar & banjo, Michael Patterson on violin, Samuel Vincent on double bass and Will Eager on drums.
Gentlemen hold on to your Stetsons, ladies clasp your fascinators! For Laique will fill your Martini glass to the brim with their quirky tales and romping hullabaloo of lust, murder, revenge and gin.
Dva
(pronounced D-vah) is simply the Macedonian word for “two” which expresses the great love of playing together as a duo shared by its two members: Tunji Beier and Linsey Pollak.
Linsey and Tunji first performed together at the “Border Crossings Festival” in Germany in 1996 and have played together ever since. Although they have travelled very diverse paths and studied different musical traditions, they find their playing extremely compatible. They create improvisations and compositions that draw on the traditions of Macedonia and South India, their greatest musical influences.
Linsey’s collection of wind instruments is unique with 30 years experience in making & experimenting with wind instruments. He has come up with new single reed designs, such as the various clarinis (narrow bored clarinets) made from bamboo, wood, aluminium and glass as well as various hybrid bagpipes based on the gaida (Macedonian bagpipe) which he studied in Macedonia and also the conical bore Saxillo. These wind instruments are combined with Tunji’s Gangan (a small Yoruba talking drum), Tavil (South Indian temple drum), Kanjira (South Indian tambourine with a lizard skin), Jaw Harps and other percussion instruments that Tunji has mastered while living in Nigeria, India and Europe.
Audiences respond enthusiastically to the intense musical relationship between these two artists, and while their music has its roots in Eastern European, Sth Indian and African traditions, they have developed it along their own very personal lines. Their repertoire of original compositions is constantly changing and although based on a solid structure their performances are not rigidly planned and there is a great deal of improvisation that is both technically and emotionally dazzling.
The Planet is a monthly world music and dance program which has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St, New Farm
June 21st – BEMAC’s Annual General Meeting
May 20, 2010
BEMAC’s Annual General Meeting
Date: Monday, 21st June 2010
Time: 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
Venue: Centre Room, Yungaba, 120 Main Street, Kangaroo Point.
If you are a BEMAC member you will be able to nominate for the Committee and vote in the AGM. To become a member or to renew your membership please download, fill in and email the appropriate membership form the Become a Member page.
PRE
May 17, 2010
PRE, a.k.a. Ben Porter is the lead artist on the Aussie hip-hop label THAFAX RECORDS.
His album ?RE-DOMINANT injects the pure and raw into Australian rap and hip-hop. PRE aims to re-tune the frequencies in people’s minds developing higher consciousness and through that empowering peeps to give opportunities to our community to allow the worlds’ people to stand as one.
Delkash
May 17, 2010
Delkash was founded in January 2010 to perform traditional Persian music in Australia. They combine Iranian classical and folklore music with vocals, tombak (goblet-shaped drum), daf (frame drum), santour (small hammered dulcimer) and oud (fretless lute).
Iman Falah: Daf and Tombak player. Iman has over 15 years experience in playing tombak and daf. He has been a member of the Azadi group for 5 years which won the first prize in Iran Defa Moghaddas Festival in 2006.
Timothy Johannessen: Oud player. Tim is a multi-instrumentalist primarily interested in the modal musical traditions of Iran and Turkey. He plays (among other things) setâr, oud, tambur, daf, tombak and ney. Tim also directs and plays setâr in the dastgâh-infulenced Hikâyat ensemble and also performs with the Sunshine Coast-based Dastân ensemble.
Omid Rahimi: Vocalist. Omid has been trained as a professional traditional singer for more than four years. In addition he plays tombak and daf. Omid attended 4EB Radio station from 2005 to 2006, playing tombak and singing.
Mostafa Odabaiee: Santour player. Mostafa has been playing santour for seven years mainly practicing on the Iranian classical music.
Kelly Dowall: Clarinet and ney player. Kelly studied music at The University of Queensland and continues to study music therapy there. She travelled to Turkey to study and perform traditional Turkish music. Kelly’s appreciation of Persian music and culture began when she first heard a recording of the Persian ney. Kelly currently performs on clarinet and Turkish ney in several ensembles including Delkash, Muziz, Hikayat, Tulip Garden and The Trans-Balkan Express.
Imanzi Rwandan Cultural Song & Dance Group
May 17, 2010
Imanzi Rawandan cultural song and dance group are a vibrant and active team of artists expressing life through music and dance. Their purpose is to entertain while they educate about traditional Rawandan dance, music and craft.
Mandinka Sound Workshops
May 12, 2010
Mandinka Sound features two extraordinarily talented Melbourne based West African acts, Muhanamwé and One Africa.
Through music, dance and song, this unique show will take audiences on a journey that traces West African culture in contemporary Australia back to its roots in the ancient Mandinka empire of West Africa.
The show begins with a warm and intimate acoustic set from One Africa which brings together two of Melbourne’s most loved West African performers, King Marong and Lamine Sonko.
A subtle fusion of traditional West African culture and contemporary Australian influences, One Africa creates a hypnotically soulful repertoire of original songs. Providing the rhythm and groove, King Marong has been performing professionally since the age of 12 and since arriving in Australia in 1998, has built a reputation as a master of many African drumming styles and instruments.
Where : 120 Main Road , Kangaroo Point ( Parking available )
When : Saturday 14th August 2010 – Tuesday 17th August 2010
Time : TBC at a later date
Cost: FREE OF CHARGE
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May 22nd – Harry Manx at Brisbane Powerhouse
April 27, 2010
BEMAC and Brisbane Powerhouse are proud to present:
Harry Manx
Returning for his seventh Australian tour, Canada’s most awarded blues artist, Harry Manx launches his stunning new album, Bread and Buddha.
As Canada’s most awarded blues artist, his ten albums in as many years have resulted in multiple Juno and Maple Awards.
Harry’s been dubbed an “essential link” between the music of East and West. Having lived in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil, it was his five-year tutelage with Grammy Award winning Rajasthani musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt that forged his now signature East-meets-West style of music, infusing traditional American earthy 12-bar blues with a subtle hint of mystical Indian sounds.
Playing a multitude of guitars, banjo and the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, Harry envelopes his audience into “The Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and haunting original songs, plus his quirky reworks of some classic blues. Harry returns on his seventh Australia tour with his stunning new Bread and Buddha album.
“I’ve discovered something new tonight, seeing Harry play……… ” Bruce Spingsteen
“For sheer musical adventure, few compare with Manx…… ” Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald
Free entertainment on the Turbine Platform after the performance co-presented with BEMAC.
Planet is the Brisbane Powerhouse dedicated world music and dance program. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
8pm Harry Manx (2hrs 15 minutes including interval)
10.15pm Live Music on the Turbine Platform
Image by Kirk Lawler
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