Tonight was interesting for me as I haven’t been back at the jazzCafe for a long time. The few of you who read this blog regularly know that their previous management was particularly difficult with photographers for years. And I, for one, decided a while back to simply not cover any gig there. The good…
When you shoot a band you’ve been listening to for about 20 years, you get goose bumps even before the gig starts. And that’s exactly what happened to me tonight. Even though the stage was generally quite dark, I’m quite pleased with the energy that comes through the shots. I’ll leave you with a few…
I’d write heaps about that night if I had to, but thank god I don’t as I wasn’t alone. So i’ll leave it to my compadre to describe the vibes for you. In the words of Gareth Morgan, Blues and Soul Journalist: Back in 1998, radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson started an All Winners…
I met Tyler a few weeks back at his official album launch in Apartment58 – Brilliant and lovely guy really. Not pretentious at all. Even a little nervous if you asked me. But all in all a pretty good performance. The audience seemed particularly responsive. While we wait for the review on Blues And Soul…
We then sent those portraits to an amazing artist based in New Zealand (Kevin’s adoptive home) called Claire Reid, who painted her own interpretation over the portrait. HopeStar was officially launched this friday at the roundhouse, and the turnout was amazing. Isn’t it great when people support independent music? Of course I also took a few snaps,…
One more great night! Although he came on stage really really late, (past midnight!) it was a great performance by the one and only Jimmy Cliff:
Insane performance by the one and only Toots & The Maytals: And DJ rudyranx at work, who was amazing all week: And you can from KROSSBOW used at the top of this post if you like it, FOR FREE.
This gig was amazing!
Hi everyone! I’m starting off this week end with a little video of BeatnikOnline.net‘s coverage of the Soundwave Croatia festival last year to make up for the fact that I couldn’t go this year, and it’s happening right now, as we speak! My photos are all over the program (although I still haven’t seen it) – and if…
