Tag: gig
Salsa Celtica
I first heard of Scottish band Salsa Celtica back in 2004, courtesy of WFMU radio’s Doug Schulkind.
I was just starting to get interested in latin and world music at the time and I hoovered up Schulkind’s Culture Shock collection. The Give The Drummer Some DJ had put together twenty soundclashes in which Latin would rub …
The Lion roared
Cadillac Jukebox @ The Lion, Castleford
The problem with being a covers band is that your audience tends to judge you on the quality of your renditions rather than the quality of your musicianship.
Cadillac Jukebox singer Ian McMullen acknowledges this, but for him the enjoyment comes from being able to play a wide, often surprisingly eclectic …
Manu Chao in Concert
Serendipity. That’s what I thought when I managed to secure a couple of tickets for J and I to see Manu Chao on his short tour of the UK with the Radio Bemba Sound System.
J’s sister had left behind one of those hefty weekend newspaper supplements and I’d spotted the ad for Chao’s dates, of …
Sierra Maestra in concert
Harrogate, that most venerable of stuffy old Yorkshire towns, pulled off a real coup this week by having the wonderful Lila Downs over to do a concert for its International Festival. This weekend, it was the turn of Cuba’s Sierra Maestra, followed by timba band Manolito Y Su Trabuco.
Grupo Sierra Maestra has been around since …
Lila Downs in concert
As my interest in world music continues to develop, some names come up increasingly often.
Though I had heard only snippets of her music, the voice of cantante mexicana Lila Downs persuaded me to grab a couple of tickets for this rare appearance. My hunch seems to have paid off!
Ms Downs, the daughter of an American …
Girona and the 3rd Caixa Sabadell Etnival
Now let’s get one thing straight: Girona is a city in Catalonia. It is not in Italy – if you think that, you’re crossing Genoa and Verona and you’re getting Gerona (sic).
J and I visited Girona last week, right before my 28th birthday, for the 3rd Caixa Sabadell Etnival, a free world music mini-festival held …
Buena Vista Social Club presents (2007 Tour)
In my second year at University, among others I shared the house at 69 Harcourt Road with Bing, a Maths undergraduate of a certain culture who ate a lot of tinned salmon.
Bing and I both frequented the Showroom Cinema opposite the railway station. One day he returned from one particular screening raving about what he’d …
DJing again!
For the first time in about five years, I will be taking to the wheels of steel again.
I’ll be joining the 6 Feet Underground collective at the Cathouse at the Brixton Telegraph for a special gig as a guest for the night.
Back when I was playing nights as a student to earn enough money to …
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Peasants and pies
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- Originally published: 30 Aug 2009 in Walking
Totally wired for Belgium
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- Originally published: 13 Sep 2008 in Relocation
Making a song and dance about it
Brief Encounter, The West Yorkshire Playhouse Noël Coward’s play Still Life (1936) formed the basis of the wonderfully restrained (or rather dry, depending on your sympathies) 1945 film Brief Encounter. The film tells the …
- Originally published: 4 Nov 2007 in Theatre
La Flor de mi Secreto (the Flower of my Secret)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, 1995 You get the very distinct sense when watching La Flor that Almodóvar is onto something. And so the maturity and virtuosity of his output has increased with each film …
- Originally published: 15 Aug 2007 in Film
With these Rocher, you’re really spoiling us
Smooth and sophisticated, Belgian chocolate is among the finest in the world. But is it a bit much with a cup of tea? …
- Originally published: 29 Nov 2009 in Humour
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.