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Tony Allen

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Tony Allen (Hugo Glendinning) looking right between 2 toms

Punch touring is proud to announce the UK tour by a real legend of African music. Tony Allen will be marking his 70th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Nigerian independence with a UK tour this autumn. Kicking off at the mac (Midlands Art Centre)  in Birmingham, the five date tour with his full afrobeat orchestra will play in Leeds, London, Edinburgh, Bristol and Glasgow. Tony Allen, who played at the WOMAD festival in Charlton Park on 23 July 2010, will be promoting his CD Secret Agent and playing a special showcase at London’s Barbican. This will be the third tour produced through Black Routes, the network for touring African and Caribbean music.

Full 2010 tour dates are:
30 September, Birmingham mac

1 October, Glasgow The Aches

2 October, Edinburgh HMV Picture House

3 October, Leeds Wardrobe

6 October, London Barbican Centre

7 October, Bristol Metropolis

Tony Allen’s track Asiko was heavily sampled by J Dilla. Check out the clip below:

Born in August 1940, and a self-taught musician, Tony Allen began to play at the age of eighteen, a fan of American jazz but also fascinated by traditional music and with the percussion work of Ghanaian Guy Warren, who mixed traditional rhythms with the new sounds of American bebop. Invited to audition for a jazz-highlife band by Fela Kuti in 1964, he became an original member of Kuti’s Koola Lobitos highlife-jazz band and started a decades-long musical relationship.

Allen is known as the man who put the beat in Afrobeat, Nigeria’s most influential musical export – a combination of the heavy groove and universal appeal of soul with jazz, highlife, and the polyrhythms of Yoruba music. Allen’s fusion of drum styles perfectly complemented Fela’s new African groove and he recorded over 30 albums with Fela and Africa ’70 – widely regarded as Fela’s best works. He has also worked with Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade and Ray Lema. While often returning to the Afrobeat template that made his name, in the years since Allen has also worked with a broad range of rock acts, such as Jimi Tenor,  and, to general acclaim, with Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon as the group The Good, The Bad and the Queen.

Jah Shaka comes to Birmingham

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Jah ShakaBASS Festival, Leftfoot and Friendly Fire present:

JAH SHAKA KING OF DUB – JAH SHAKA ZULU WARRIOR

Rainbow Warehouse 10pm-4am Saturday 25th June 2010.

This exclusive event will be Roots Rock Reggae Music at it’s finest with the spiritual messenger JAH SHAKA at the controls in an all night session.

JAH SHAKA is the King of Dub – a  Producer, Selector, Chanter, Messenger and phenomenol Vocal Artist.

With over 35 years in the business Shaka’s message is coming to Birmingham!

Early bird tickets £10, regular price £13.50 (more on the door)

Tickets available from Hatman and Summit and also from TheTicketSellers – 0844 870 0000.

Check out the footage below of Shaka performing live in Birmingham back in 2004:

Closing date for BASS entries

Monday, January 25th, 2010

This Friday 29 January is the closing date for all applications for BASS Commissions and the Design Competition.

If you’re interested in applying for your event to be showcased as part of BASS 2010 just click here.

For more information on the Design Competion click here.

Simphiwe Dana – Review and Photos

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Simphiwe Dana and live ensemble get a great review of the show at Southbank Centre, London. There’s also a couple of really great photos too.

Click here to read the review

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