Rad Orchestra - A World in London

Max André Rademacher

Rad Orchestra

Amy Jane Hosken: Viola
Louise Gibbens: Violin
James Gavin: Violin, Mandolin , Guitar
Max André Rademacher: Vocals, Guitar, Ngoni

The Rad Orchestra joined us this week's at A World In London on Resonance 104.4fm. With two violins, viola, guitar and n'goni they treated us to a unique live set, combining harmonies, driving riffs and rhythms. They call their music “hypnotic tunes with strings” I'll add “folk soul”.

Amy Jane Hosken

Hear their studio session and interview with Norman Druker (sitting in for DJ Ritu): https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-23rd-january-2019/

James Gavin

The Rad Orchestra sing and play hypnotic tunes on guitar, ngoni, viola, violin, fiddle, bass and percussion. They take inspiration from time- honoured song writers,  minimalism, global Folk, Blues & Soul.  Amy Jane Hosken: Viola / Louise Gibbens: Violin / James Gavin: Violin, Mandolin , Guitar / Paul Greenstein: Guitar (via Australia) / Duncan Noble: Bass /Max André Rademacher: Vocals, Guitar, Ngoni / Renu: Percussion / Lawrence Hill: Percussion / Richie Stevens: Drums.

Max 
André
 Rademacher
 was
 born 
in 
Hamburg,
 German 
and 
has
 been 
living 
in 
London 
for 
over 
30
 years.
 He 
emerged
 from 
the
 70’s
 New
 Wave
 scene 
in
 Paris
 and 
New 
York 
and 
has 
worked 
in 
New
Orleans 
with
 legendary 
Funk
 and
 Soul
 producer
 Allen 
Toussaint. The ochestra 
band 
members 
have 
been
 playing 
in
 countless 
folk
 sessions
 and
 performed
 Handel’s 
Messiah 
in 
Addis 
Ababa 
and
Azerbaijani
 orchestral
 music 
in
 Baku 
and 
London.


Louise Gibbens




Nina Miranda and Kadialy Kouyaté - Norman Druker Special

Nina Miranda

Nina Miranda 

Kadialy Kouyaté

14th November 2018

A World in London, Resonance FM, Borough, London

Brazil met up with Senegal on A World In London this week – not on a boat in the mid-Atlantic, but in the Resonance FM radio studio – with two of these countries finest artists creating a musical treat for us.

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-14th-november-2018/

Kadialy Kouyaté

Nina Miranda and Kadialy Kouyaté have both guested before on AWIL, but never played live together on air. In fact, their first public performance was about ten days ago. On the strength of this, AWIL asked them to recreate it for the listeners of London, and they were both happy to.

Nina told us about her latest album (with one track already a hit in Portugal), and paid tribute to one of her musical influences. Kadialy Kouyaté, meanwhile, continues working on solo projects, collaborations, musical theatre, kora teaching and, thankfully for us, live radio sessions.

As well as having the honour of being in the presence of two great singers and players improvising some haunting and beautiful music together...... I've now met someone who's appeared on Top Of The Pops!

Ramon Goose - Electric Blues

Ramon Goose

Ramon Goose

24th October 2018
A World in London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Assistant AWIL producer Norman Druker spends some time with renowned guitarist/composer Ramon Goose on A World in London radio. 

Find out by listening here!
Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-24th-october-2018/?fbclid=IwAR2IJmJk69bu_badMBZ3Qi7V1tEcBdBr7a8WlAisOywS6txaq_E2NHtilzw

Norman Druker

Since his last visit to A World In London a year ago, guitarist and singer Ramon Goose is back from Tiznit (the Moroccan-based inspiration of his last CD) and has returned a few steps into his blues roots. He played us a searing electric blues set, powered by a valve amp made from a reconstructed Bell & Howell film projector. Even on a low volume setting, he shook the studio. Our conversation roamed from the power of old blues survivors “rediscovered” in the 1960s, Ramon's joys of playing the Latin American music learned from his Argentinian father, to his introduction to African music by his mother. Never one to stand still, Ramon has a new project underway, working with “a well known producer” (a former guest on A World In London). We're sworn to secrecy, but when the record comes out and hits it big, we're sure that Ramon will visit us – maybe even with Mr Producer – and shake the studio again.

24/10/18 Production & pics by Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, Lucas Keen, and artist Alban Low. Also this week Xylophone Cultures of Africa presented by Lucas Keen on SOAS Radio. Next week GRRRL at SOAS Radio 4pm and Bakk Lamp FALL at 6.30pm on Resonance. #AWorldinLondon – Connecting cultures through music – for twelve years! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4 www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio mixlr.com/soasradio

#London #global #music #Blues #Africa #UK #guitar #WorldMusic #folkmusic #radio

Lucas Keen

Addictive TV - Orchestra of Samples

Mark Vidler

Addictive TV

Graham Daniels

Mark Vidler

Date: 30th May 2018

Venue: A World In London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Current album: Orchestra of Samples (2017)

Future: 2018

Jul 13 - Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Jul 23 - Milton Keynes International Festival VERY SPECIAL GUEST: Performing with Addictive TV for a special one-off show with be world-famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.

Jul 27 - People's Production Lab, Preston, Lancashire, UK

Jul 28 - Storyhouse, Chester, Cheshire, UK

Sep 26 - The Junction, Cambridge , UK

Oct 04 - Constellations, Liverpool , UK

Oct 19 - Phoenix Arts Centre, Bordon, Hampshire, UK

Nov 17 - Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, UK

Click to Listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-30th-may-2018/

Fantastic music on DJ Ritu's #AWIL with audio visual sound scientists - Addictive TV, who played new tracks, as well as tracks from there album ‘Orchestra of Samples’. Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler spoke to Sophie Darling and Norman Druker in the Resonance 104.4fm studio about piecing together their 200+ puzzle of human musical samples.

Graham Daniels

Together they travel the world gathering global snippets from various improvisations, visiting countries, schools, villages, individuals to collect, cut up and re-connect various improvisations and musical clippings. The result: the Fantastic ‘#Orchestra Of Samples’ released last year, and now they’re touring with an all-out tech filled show.

Normally accompanied by multiple live musicians, and a large immersive video depicting the musicians playing their improvisations as they appear in the songs, the audio - VISUAL elements become imperative in their live performances, as you’re treated to the 5th element of the band: the screen, that clarifies what samples and instruments you hear in each piece.

They have just embarked upon an exciting UK tour, Addictive TV are continuously creating, collecting and producing new and exciting mash ups. If you go on their website: http://www.orchestraofsamples.com/ you can download a collection of the samples they have collected FOR FREE as part of a ‘remix’ initiative.

Be sure to catch them on their coming dates in: Poly Arts Centre, Capitol Theatre, Harwich Festival, Marine Theatre, Int’l Festival, Prod’n’lab, Storyhouse, Junction 12, Constellations, Pheonix Arts Centre, Cresent Arts Centre.

Special thanks to Norman Druker Sofia Gaetani Morris Alban Low Francoise Lamy Graham Daniels Mark Vidler DJ Ritu Resonance 104.4fm SOAS Radio

#addictivetv #OrchestraofSamples #awil #DJRitu #SOASRadio #SophieandNormanTakeover #SoundsLikeLondon

Namvula - A World in London

Namvula

Namvula

Namvula Rennie - vocals and guitar

Date: 18th April 2018

Venue: A World In London, Resonance FM, London, UK

Current Album - Quiet Revolutions (2017)

Future performance

18 May 2018 - Winerborne Stickland Hall, UK

19 May 2018 - Broadmayne Hall, UK

25 May 2018 - BBC Biggest Weekend, Perth, Australia

9 June 2018 - Balabam, London, UK

28 July 2018 - Manchester Jazz Festival, UK

Click to Listen to Namvula on A World In London with DJ Norman Druker -
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-18th-april-2018/

DJ Norman Druker

Namvula Rennie is a cool, thoughtful singer-songwriter whose distinctive fusion style reflects her history. Born in Zambia, with a Zambian mother and Scottish father, she lived in Kenya, Switzerland and the US before settling in London, while taking regular trips back to Africa. Her second album, Quiet Revolutions, shows how she has developed as a confident, soulful performer who can switch effortlessly between from African and European influences. Namvula sings in a bewildering variety of languages, and the lyrics and translations are worth checking out online at www.namvula.com

Namvula

London Gypsy Orchestra - A World in London

Martin Weightman

London Gypsy Orchestra

Seppi - percussion

Norman Druker - bass

Aggie Branner - fiddle, vocals

Stephen Simblet - mandolin

Marc Craste - guitar

Cathy Taylor - flute

Andrew Ryser Szymański - pocket trumpet

Martin Weightman - accordion

Sarah Montague - fiddle, vocals

Aggie Branner

Date - 20th December 2017

Venue - AWorld In London, Resonance FM, London, UK
Album - Gankino Goes To HoraWood (2017)

Andrew Ryser Szymański

The magnificent London Gypsy Orchestra on this festive A World in London!

Click to listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-20th-december-2017/

Sarah Montague

Our Chanukah & Christmas special was lifted into outer-orbit by Balkanesque big band, the London Gypsy Orchestra! Nine members of this charity-based outfit squeezed themselves into our studio, along with their fine array of instruments ranging from a pocket trumpet to a mother-of-pearl inlaid accordion. Linguistic chameleons Sarah Montague and Agnes Branner led a bold & brassy vocal trek across Eastern Europe taking in gypsy classics from Hungary to Macedonia including a marvellous cover of Esma Redzepova’s ‘Caje Sukarije’. LGO has been on the road since 2005 when it was first founded by Magic Violin’s Gundula Gruen, and they’re still one of the most exciting and vibrant groups in our capital.

Norman Druker

20/12/17 – AWIL at Res 148  Online: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-world-in-london-20th-december-2017/ Production & pics by Sofia Gaetani-Morris, Norman Druker, Sophie Darling, and sketches by Alban Low. Also this week Marina Deligianni & Sofia Pechlivani at SOAS. Click: https://soasradio.org/music/episodes/a-world-in-london-244-marina-deligianni-sofi-pechivani  Happy holidays and speak again on January 10th! #AWorldinLondon – IN ITS ELEVENTH YEAR! Live on Wednesdays 6.30pm Resonance 104.4  www.resonancefm.com & 4pm SOAS Radio  mixlr.com/soasradio

Cathy Taylor

The London Gypsy Orchestra brings together 20 musicians of all backgrounds and nationalities to perform vibrant, passionate and energetic music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The group performs in a variety of venues and formats - from evening gala concerts to theatre venues and festival appearances. Venues have included the Union Chapel, St George's Bristol and Carling Academy Oxford, and festivals have included the Pulse Festival on the South Bank, Dorchester Arts Festival, Rhythms of the World, the London International Gypsy Film Festival and the Ealing Jazz Festival.

Marc Craste

The orchestra also organises interactive community events, educational activities and workshops, such as the Gypsy Exchange project funded by Awards for All, and an annual all-day event at Cecil Sharp House. The LGO is a registered charity, and through its performances, projects and outreach events, aims to inspire and educate the community in the magic of Gypsy music and culture.

Stephen Simblet

Their charitable aims are:
1. To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education and appreciation in music, arts and culture, particularly, but not exclusively, in relation to Gypsy and folk music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
2. To advance public education in music and musical skills and to inspire participation in and appreciation of the art of music.
3. To advance public education in the arts and musical traditions of different cultures.
4. To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit, in particular by:
  a) providing or supporting music and creative arts projects which foster integration and skill sharing between people from diverse backgrounds;
  b) educating the public about different peoples and cultures, especially through music and arts, to increase awareness and understanding.

Seppi