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Thursday
4 -
Saturday
6
October 2007
7.30 pm |
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Afrika
Mamas |
Afrika
Mamas is
the
first
black
South
African
all
women A
cappella.
They
sing
African
songs in
Zulu,
Xhosa,
Sotho
and
English
as well
as
gospel
and
Jazz.
Their
voices
and
choreography
are
without
equal |
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Thursday
11
October 2007
8.00 pm |
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Diana
Braithwaite |
Diana
captivates
and
floors
the
audience
singing
well
known
lively
Delta
blues
standards
and
deep
spiritual
blues
with
equal
finesse.
Diana’s
voice
sears
through
time,
taking
the
audience
back
to
where
the
blues
began. |
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Wednesday
24
October 2007
8.00 pm |
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Bhakti -
Faith in
Music -
Pandit
Ajoy
Chakraborty |
Pandit
Ajoy
Chakraborty
presents
a
musical
journey
exploring
faith in
music,
with
songs
and
compositions
well
loved
around
the
world,
and with
a
masterful
display
of his
versatility,
range
and
expertise. |
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Saturday
27
October
2007
8.00 pm |
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Aswad |
Aswad
are arguably
Britain’s
most
prolific
and
gifted
reggae
ensembles
known
for
their
infectious
danceable
rhythms.
After
sixteen
albums
and
almost
three
decades
on the
music
scene,
they
remain
one of
Britain's
best-loved
reggae
bands.
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Saturday
10
November 2007
8.00 pm |
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Cameron
Pierre |
Cameron
Pierre
is
without
doubt
one of
the most
original
guitar
voices
on the
British
scene
today.
Whether
with
Courtney
Pine,
Jazz
Jamaica,
or on
one of
his own
highly
charged,
there is
no
mistaking
his
distinctive
style
and
sound.
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Tuesday
13
November 2007
7.30 pm |
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Speakers'
Corner |
Seven
cutting
edge
lyricists
including
rapper
and poet
Skinnyman,
human
beatboxer
Mad Flow
and
spoken
word
artist
Malika
Booker,
will
examine
the
concept
of
slavery
in
2007’s
multi-cultural
generation.
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Friday
16
November 2007
7.30 pm |
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My
Journey |
My
Journey
is a
musical
production
based on
the real
experiences
of the
composer
Manveer’s
visual
impairment
and the
journey
he has
made
between
Birmingham
New
Street
Station
and
Birmingham
Conservatoire
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Saturday
8
December 2007
8.00 pm |
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Abram
Wilson |
Abram
Wilson
is an
amazing,
multifaceted
performing
artist.
As well
as being
the
hottest
trumpeter
to hit
these
shores
for
decades,
Abram is
an
excellent
singer/songwriter
whose
voice is
a finely
wrought
instrument
enabling
him to
cover
all
styles
of
music,
from
jazz
scat to
rap,
from
ballads
to
bugaboo,
RNB to
hip-hop,
and
reggae
to
Soul. |
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Saturday
22
December 2007
8.00 pm |
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Courtney
Pine |
It’s
almost
two
decades
since
Courtney
Pine
journeyed
to the
urge
within
and
releases
a
show-and-aw
debut
album
that put
contemporary
Jazz in
the
British
top 40
album
charts
for the
first
time.
Pine’s
debut
was a
feverish
statement
of
intent,
and to
anyone
around
at the
time its
still
profoundly
redolent
of the
excitement
surrounding
British
jazz,
reggae,
hip hop
and drum
and bass
influences
in a
totally
inclusive
way.
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