After a successful debut in 2012, India’s Blues festival, ‘Simply The Blues’ is back with its second innings in Mumbai on Dec 8th, 2013, featuring an international line up of artists to be held at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra. ‘Simply The Blues’ is an initiative of StarKonnect Events & Promotions, the event through its Festival Director Luke Kenny, aspires to provide music lovers in India, a wider exposure to the beautiful genre of blues music.
SIMPLY MUSIC
Showcasing very special artists this year as part of its two city tour (Bangalore-7th Dec’13 and Mumbai-8th Dec’13), StarKonnect Events & Promotions has signed on the British singer, song writer, and blues musician veteran, with over 60 albums to her credit, Dana Gillespie to perform live at the event along with acclaimed boogie-woogie pianist Joachim Palden.
Dana has been nominated 3 years in a row, as the Top Female Blues vocalist in UK and an inductee into the British Blues Hall of fame. Joachim brings his special blend of boogie-woogie to the mix as well.
Dana Gillespie who feels she has a karmic connection with India and is devotee of Satya Sai Baba. Internationally, Dana has performed with music legends Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Ian Siegal. The kind of Blues that Dana does is generally upbeat and danceable which she considers as an uplifting sort of Blues. Says Dana - “I like people walking home from my show with a smile on their lips and a spring in their step.”
Speaking about the event Anil Mehta, Partner, StarKonnect Events & Promotions says- “Blues fans in Mumbai and Bangalore are in for a treat, as the boogie-woogie style of Dana is pure energy. With a vocal mastery that has been her calling from the time she performed in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” on London’s Westend, she has audiences shouting for more.” Festival Director Luke Kenny says – “Boogie-woogie as a blues style has not had that exposure to Indian blues fans, and in Joachim Palden, we have a world class boogie-woogie pianist. His style is quite puristic, and when he plays, he really stomps his piano in a way that completely thrills his audiences. They always say in the Blues business that to really play a great boogie you need a 'left hand like God' and Joachim has such hands! With Joachim, it is Strictly Blues!”
Dana Gillespie
INDIAN BLUES PERFORMANCES
Alongside international musicians ‘Simply The Blues’ is also a platform for Indian blues musicians. Samantha Edwards with a distinctive jazz and blues style, joined by Karan Joseph on keys, Sanjay Joseph on guitars, Karl Peters on bass and Benny Soans on drums will be performing at the event. As Joyce Arora, Partner, Starkonnect Events & Promotions says – “Simply The Blues, was started as an initiative to provide Indian blues musicians a larger platform to perform upon. It has now evolved into also providing our musicians, an opportunity to play alongside some of the best international artists. Hence we have our very own Benny Soans from Mumbai, backing Dana Gillespie and Joachim Palden also. Benny has been on the Mumbai music scene for decades, playing alongside Indian jazz legends such as the Johnnie Baptist Big Band, Louis Banks, and alongside international stars Herbie Hancock and Chico Freeman.”
Tickets available on www.bookmyshow.com and the venue St. Andrews Auditorium box officewww.simplytheblues.in
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