The Timbre Entertainment Group of Singapore has just announced the opening today of BARBER SHOP, a new music venue with a strong bias for blues & jazz. One of the owners, after all, is Danny Loong, one of Singapore’s leading bluesmen. Danny is of course exhilirated with the opening, writing on Facebook: “It’s my dream [...]
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FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, musicians from Asia and the Pacific have been participating in the prestigious International Blues Challenge [IBC], sponsored by the Blues Foundation and held each year during the first week of February on historic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The 24th IBC is coming up 31 January through 4 February 2012. [...]
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First, we would like to announce that our online streaming radio-TV program BLUES ASIA NETWORK is now a reality! We are still in our early trial period, sorting out various technical issues, which I’m guessing will take another month or two to sort through. You can check us out every Sunday night, 8-10 p.m., Manila [...]
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“Grandma Mary” Ho, now in her mid-70′s, is rocking the blues scene in Singapore. Taking up the guitar at age 60, Mary soon turned to B.B. King and Carlos Santana for inspiration. By age 70, Grandma Mary had produced her first CD titled Grandma Mary’s Latin Rock, began making appearances on local TV and uploaded [...]
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Blues harp player and band leader Kelvin Ng shares with us the news that the Esplanade on Singapore’s waterfront will stage a weekend of blues and blues-related live music, showcasing the diverse range of talent in Singapore, all in one place! And for free! Bridging The Blues – Esplanade Waterfront (Free) Part of SPH Gift [...]
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Joric Maglanque
Aaargh! Had I heard about this earlier I might have routed my trip to HCMC/Phnom Penh via SG. These are my free days on the way back to Manila!
Jojo
you should’ve joric!
thanks for the info tom. i will catch this.
jo
SINGAPORE, 11 October 2010 — The management of the Crazy Elephant bar in Singapore makes a habit of hiring an expat frontman for its house band, with contract running for three months. Australian bluesman Greg Nunan takes the helm this week. Nunan sings, plays guitar and writes songs. Nunan was born on a farm, honed [...]
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Dave Willis
The Crazy Elephant is a must for all those who like improvised music and for those who want to ‘have a blow’!
Greg leads each evening superbly to get the best out of his band and any sitting-in musicians. He organises these into appropriately balanced impromptu bands to provide lots of variety.
It’s all very relaxed.
Thanks Greg for letting me play my ‘New Orleans Jazz’ clarinet!
Cheers,
Dave
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Thomas Colvin
Dave, you are certainly correct about the Crazy Elephant. It may, in fact, be the best bar in Asia for blues musicians wishing to “sit in.” It’s certainly the best known.
Announced just today, Singaporean harmonica player Kelvin Ng has just become an official endorsee of Hohner Harmonicas. FROM THE HOHNER WEBSITE: With a powerful yet musical harmonica style, Kelvin Ng is acknowledged as a master of blues harmonica by his peers. Coupled with a strong and soulful voice, he is recognised as a major blues [...]
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SINGAPORE, 9 September 2010 — Singapore’s four-member blues band Chicken Shack Revival will be performing this Saturday at a fund-raiser for Boys Town in Singapore. The Boys’ Town Carnival 2010 will be held at Liang Court. All ticket sales to the carnival will be channeled to Boys’ Town “New Building Project Fund”. Chicken Shack Revival [...]
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I really love blues and jazz. I hope young musicians will have time to study this music. No offense I love rock but if we based on musicality and level of expertise blues is better than Rock!
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