Junction 2 Music http://junction2music.com/blog Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Malian Singer-songwriter SIDI TOURE joins J2M roster http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/03/malian-singer-songwriter-sidi-toure-joins-j2m-roster/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/03/malian-singer-songwriter-sidi-toure-joins-j2m-roster/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:06:24 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=767 J2M  is delighted to announce the addition of Malian singer-songwriter Sidi Toureto J2M artist roster…

Following the critically acclaimed release of his first album ‘Sahel Folk’ in 2011, Sidi Toure brings us a new batch of exotic delights from Boa (North of Mali) with his second album ‘Koima’, coming out in April 2012 on Thrill Jockey Records.

 

 

]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/03/malian-singer-songwriter-sidi-toure-joins-j2m-roster/feed/ 0 Voted ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2011′ http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/01/voted-album-of-the-year-2011/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/01/voted-album-of-the-year-2011/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:56:45 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=724 ERROL LINTON  Mama Said  (Ruby Records, 2011) voted   MOJO ‘TOP 10 Blues  Album Of The Year 2011′ 

AMIRA  ‘Amulette’  voted   ‘Top 5 Albums of the Year 2011′ by Clive Davis / SUNDAY TIMES  

BALKAN BRASS BATTLE feat. Fanfare Ciocarlia & Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra (Asphalt Tango Records) voted ‘Top 10 Best Albums Of The Year 2011′ by SONGLINES  

]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2012/01/voted-album-of-the-year-2011/feed/ 0 Fantastic reviews for AMIRA new album AMULETTE http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/09/good-news-for-amira/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/09/good-news-for-amira/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:52:05 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=545 Bostian  Sevdah singer AMIRA has just released her new album AMULETTE, which was given a **** 4/5 review in The Guardian and **** 4/5 review in The Daily Telegraph! Also check out reviews in Jazzwise and Songlines magazines, amongst others!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/29/amira-amulette-review?newsfeed=true
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8797111/Amira-Amulette-CD-review.html

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]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/09/good-news-for-imperial-tiger-orchestra-amira/feed/ 0 BALKAN BRASS BATTLE concerts are a major success http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-concerts-are-a-major-success/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-concerts-are-a-major-success/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 12:38:58 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=469 Review of the Brighton Dome concert by the Artsdesk:

‘ Yes, yes, tonight’s Balkan Brass Battle gig awoke the raw punk in me. It was completely relentless: no ballads, no pauses, just sheer demented high BPM energy for two solid hours. These musicians, some of the greatest brass players in Europe, are capable of mustering all manner of musical emotions, but tonight wasn’t about that, it was a competition to play the craziest, fastest, loudest, maddest gypsy dance music possible. And it was brilliant…..an extraordinary night, a highlight of this year’s Brighton Festival’

http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3747:fanfare-cioc%C3%A3rlia-vs-boban-marcovic-balkan-brass-battle-the-dome-brighton&Itemid=27

Review of the KOKO concert by the Evening Standard:

‘ This was one of the greatest evenings of Balkan brass London has ever seen and heard’

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23952623-this-was-one-of-the-greatest-evenings-of-balkan-brass-london-has-ever-heard.do

Review of the KOKO concert by the Guardian:

‘Those looking to book bands for the summer festivals should take note. If you want guaranteed crowd-pleasers, check out the gypsy musicians of the Balkans…..they packed out this venue with a young, wildly enthusiastic crowd. And they did so by playing the music they have performed for years at parties and festivals across eastern Europe: traditional songs mixed with a dash of cabaret, western jazz and pop‘

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/24/balkan-brass-battle-review

]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-concerts-are-a-major-success/feed/ 0 BALKAN BRASS BATTLE make the cover of SONGLINES http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-make-the-cover-of-songlines/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-make-the-cover-of-songlines/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 09:26:26 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=448 The current issue of Songlines magazine (June 2011/issue 76) has an exceptionnally good cover – great artwork! It features the Balkan Brass Battle concert, with one member of the Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra on the left and one member of the Fanfare Ciocarlia on the right.  Simon Broughton has written an excellent feature on these two bands, one from Serbia, and one from Romania. The battle between these two bands will happen in Brighton, at the Dome on the 21st of May, and in London at Koko on the 22 of May. A concert not to me missed!

Songlines cover June 2011 issue

]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/05/the-balkan-brass-battle-make-the-cover-of-songlines/feed/ 0 LE TRIO JOUBRAN release their third album in April 2011 http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/03/le-trio-joubran-is-releasing-their-third-album-in-april-2011/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/03/le-trio-joubran-is-releasing-their-third-album-in-april-2011/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:55:45 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=433 Palestinian brothers Le Trio Joubran, masters of the oud, are releasing their third album on the 4th of April. Asfar, released on World Village is the album we were all waiting for by this powerful and seductive band. Le Trio Joubran will appear in London, at The Logan Hall on the 26th of March 2011. Expect the new tunes to be played…..and I can’t wait!

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]]> http://junction2music.com/blog/2011/03/mahala-rai-banda-to-return-to-the-uk-this-summer/feed/ 0 MAMA ROSIN: new album + new tour dates Jan 11 http://junction2music.com/blog/2010/05/new-tour-dates-junejuly-2010/ http://junction2music.com/blog/2010/05/new-tour-dates-junejuly-2010/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 17:33:14 +0000 florence http://junction2music.com/blog/?p=302 Mama Rosin will release a new album in January 2011. Black Robert will be released on Gutfeeling Records, and distributed by Cargo UK. Mama Rosin will be touring the UK in January 2011, from the 16th to the 29th of January (for tour details please see What’s on Tour?), including 3 days in Glasgow, for Celtic Connections and their first London debut at the Borderline on the 27th of January 2011.

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‘I Speak Fula’ is no. 15 in Uncut Magazine’s Top 50 Albums of Year list
‘I Speak Fula’ is no. 27 in Mojo Magazine’s Top 50 Albums of the Year list
‘I Speak Fula’  is no.2 in  fRoots Critics Poll for Albums Of The Year
‘I Speak Fula’ is no.7 in Songlines Magazine’s Top 10 Albums of the Year list
‘I Speak Fula’ no.3 in Jazzwise magazine World Music Albums of 2009
Bassekou track (“Torin Torin”) on The Word covermount CD (December 2009)
‘I Speak Fula’ in Observer Music Monthly Top 5 World Albums chart

MAHALA RAI BANDA
‘Ghetto Blasters’ is no5 in Songlines Magazine’s top 10 Album of the Year list

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