Baluji Shrivastav - Inner London Visions

Baluji Shrivastav

Baluji Shrivastav - sitar and vocals
Fereshteh Khosrujerdy - vocals

Date - 22nd February 2017
Venue - A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK
Current album  - Pre-order Best of Baluji Shrivastav iTunes: http://geni.us/fOFi7M

Future Performance

26th February 2017 - Rich Mix, London, including tabla maestro Sanju Sahai. 

Fereshteh Khosrujerdy

Indian sitar star Baluji Shrivastav on this A World In London! 
Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-22nd-february-2017/ 

Could 2017 be the pinnacle year for Baluji Shrivastav? Decades have passed since the talented boy from Uttar Pradesh arrived in London ready to share his musical gifts across the world. This Sunday he launches his Best Of.. CD via ARC Music, with an OBE added to his name & numerous credentials. Balu is also about to  become the first ever artist-in-residence at Rich Mix with his Inner Visions training project. References to Stevie Wonder’s seminal album are potent, as a blindness has proved to be no obstacle for either of these music visionaries. Indeed, Balu has collaborated with Mr. Wonder, Massive Attack, Annie Lennox, Shakira, Boy George, and many more, but perhaps the most fruitful and consistent collaboration has been with his talented partner, singer Linda Shanovitch. Celebrity and honours aside, together they support up and coming musicians with sight impairments as well as other disabilities through the Baluji Music Foundation, creating essential opportunities & thrilling platforms for great music. One such protégé is Iranian vocalist Fereshteh Khosrujerdy who came to the UK just in order to be allowed to sing at all. You can hear her gorgeous vocals on this AWIL, dueting with Balu, in a glorious multi-lingual exchange of harmony.

Linda Shanovitch

22/2/17 – AWIL at Res 115  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-22nd-february-2017/  Pics by Layla Gatens. Sketches by Alban Low. Production by Sofia Gaetani-Morris & Norman Druker. Also this week, Bernard O’Neill with IRL’s ‘Terraforming Analogue Space’ at SOAS Radio! Next week Idan Raichel@ SOAS Radio and Kongo Dia Ntotila @ Resonance.

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Joji Hirota - Blazing Taikos!

Joji Hirota

Joji Hirota

Date - 15th February 2017
Venue - A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK
Current album  - Japanese Taiko 3 (Released April 2017 on ARC Music)

Legendary Japanese music-maker Joji Hirota on this A World In London! 
Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-15th-february-2017/

If you’ve ever seen Joji Hirota’s thrilling performances with the London Taiko Drummers, you’ll know that his live sets are unforgettable! A blaze of blistering beats pounded on giant drums that leaves audiences breathless, but Joji is not ‘just a drummer’. He’s a distinguished composer, producer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, with a career that spans over three decades, and sixteen sensational albums! Awards, accolades, and collaborations with the likes of Jah Wobble, London Metropolitan Orchestra, and Royal Shakespeare Company have happened along the way, and Joji is the man to credit for filling the void of mystery that surrounds Japanese music. He is its finest interpreter and dedicated ambassador. He’s also a master craftsman, that  carves intricate and delicate string arrangements for Japanese folk songs, boasts a celestial singing voice, and is a master of the Shakuhachi flute. On this AWIL, hear an exclusive preview of his 17th album, ‘ Japanese Taiko 3’, forthcoming on ARC Music this April.

15/2/17 – AWIL at Res 114  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-15th-february-2017/  Pic by Layla Gatens. Sketches by Alban Low. Production by Sofia Gaetani-Morris & Norman Druker. Also this week, NAMLO and Ali Azimi live at SOAS Radio! Next week Syriana’s Bernard O’Neill @ SOAS Radio and Baluji Shrivastav OBE @ Resonance.

THURSDAY FEB 16TH A WORLD INLONDON LIVE at CLUB INEGALES –Fundraiser for Resonance FM – with NAMLO, IYATRA QUARTET, AILM, JOJI HIROTA & THE LONDON TAIKO DRUMMERS!!! Get tickets here: http://bit.ly/2kWU62a  https://www.facebook.com/events/154245781745840/  Support Resonance FM Fundraising Week Feb 13 – 20th  London’s ONLY independent arts radio station - fundraiser.resonance.fm  #AWorldinLondon – IN ITS ELEVENTH YEAR! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4  www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio  mixlr.com/soasradio 

ARC Music - Celebrating 40 years

Diz Heller

ARC Music
Angie Lemon
Diz Heller

Christmas Quizmaster
Norman Drucker

Date - 21st December 2016
Venue - A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK
Current album  - Celebrating World Music 40 Years 40 Tracks (ARC Music, 2016)

Angie Lemon

The ARC Music record label looks back at forty years of global wanderings on this A World In London! 
Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-21st-december-2016/

Somewhere in a little club in Hamburg circa 1976, a Bolivian band called Los Rupay played their first European gig. The promoter, a young guy called Horst Tubbesing marvelled at their pan pipes and charangos and wondered why they had no LPs on sale for the rapturous audience to buy? Horst immediately remedied the situation by forming ARC Music, initially selling dubplates from the back of his Citroen 2CV! Subsequently, since the 70s, no corner of the world has remained untouched by the hand of this brilliant, independent label, fuelled by passion for every kind of genre, and driven by expertise & dedication to reach the remotest musicians on Planet Earth. Listen to ARC’s PR guru, Angie Lemon, and A&R man, Diz Heller, on this AWIL, playing some of the choicest tracks from the back-catalogue! Hear about the rewards they’ve encountered being part of ARC’s family-orientated team, now led by Horst’s daughter, Julia Beyer, and some of the challenges faced through four decades of continual change in an industry not for the faint-hearted. Plus, the ultimate challenge of AWIL’s annual festive quiz set by London Gypsy Orchestra’s Norman Drucker! See what 2017 holds for ARC’s 41st year on ARC music FB, www.arcmusic.co.uk Twitter:@ARCMusicProd
           

Norman Drucker

21/12/16 – AWIL at Res 109  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-21st-december-2016/  Pics by Angie Lemon and Alban Low. Huge thanks to Norman Drucker, Sofia Gaetani-Morris, George Hadwen, and YOU for listening through 2016! AWIL returns on January 11th. Have a wonderful & peaceful festive season & Happy New Year!
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