... we have members from all the planets, but more specifically...
E flat clarinet, A flat clarinet, alto saxophone & gob-iron – Merlin Shepherd
Trumpet – Jon Atwood
Trumpet – Tom Livingstone
Soprano Saxophone – Jackie Grant
Baritone – Ann Springford
Baritone – Mark Hindmarsh
Baritone – Simon Astro
Helicon – Will Rumfitt
Helicon – Sean C Davies
Zabumba, assorted percussion & gob-iron – Pat Power
Snare Drum – Sam Eden-Green
We love it when we work with musicians Robin Tyndale-Biscoe (see friends), Aideen Gallagher, Will Fry (see friends) and Bruce the Tuba.
We have great fun collaborating with Barulho (see friends) and Vocal Explosion
Influences
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania), Boban Markovic Orchestar (Serbia), Naat Veliov and the Original Kocani Orkestar (Macedonia) and all the other great Eastern European Roma brass bands.
Sounds Like
We all met in www.adaptatrap.co.uk
LOOKS LIKE:
Our new song with Polina Shepherd bringing the house down!!!!
More with Polina - this time at the Duke of Yorks in Brighton:
Mark films Fanfara from a new dimension, in Folkestone:
We are a group of nine brass players and two percussionists, playing E flat clarinet, A flat clarinet, alto saxophone, two trumpets, soprano saxophone, three baritones, two helicons, zabumba, snare drum, gob-irons and extra percussive bits.
Merlin Shepherd specialises in Eastern European Jewish instrumental folk music. He has recently returned from the Ukraine, where he recorded Merlin Shepherd’s Kapelye ’Intimate, Hopes and Terrors’ with the Former Soviet Union Klezmer Allstars. See friends below.
Other members of the band have twice visited Zece Prajini, Romania, to learn from members of Fanfara Ciocarlia. The whole group has had lessons from King Naat Veliov and the Original Kocani Orkestar. Other members have visited Belgrade and Vladicin Han to study with Serbian Roma brass players. We arranged a workshop with musicians from the Boban Markovic Orkestar during their recent tour of the UK.
Fanfara plays festivals, arts centres, weddings, funerals, parades, parties, clubs and pubs, pretty much anywhere with a bar and a crowd – you might even catch us busking in the North Laine area of Brighton on a sunny day.
We encourage you throw money while we’re busking – but it is important to wrap the coins in paper money, so that the instruments don’t get scratched.
Get in touch on info@fanfara.co.uk or +44(0)1273 688 555 to say hello, book us, buy our CD or catch us playing.
KING PORTER STOMP with TIN ROOTS @ THE BRUNSWICK, SAT DEC 12TH.
We're very happy indeed to have been invited back to play a Christmas show at the Brunswick. We're gonna be joined by our festival friends and wicked roots reggae groovers, Tin Roots, so expect a whole lotta skanking and stomping around with the odd mince pie chucked in.
We'll be fresh from our South West mini tour and it'll be the last chance to catch us play before we go into hibernation to record our new album at the beginning of the new year...we may even give you a sneaky taster of what's in store...it's gonna be fat and funky for sure. We're planning knocking 2009 on the head with a bang so please come down and experience us burning off all the calories we've got and lifting the roof in a proper stomping party stylee.
It's hopefully gonna be rammed so please get your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, and they're cheaper!
We don't normally do this but one of our favourite acts are coming to town tommorrow and we just want to let you know what not to miss.
Smerins Anti-Social Club will be playing at Hector's House this Saturday night 7th Nov!
Check out their new video here
Cheers for that guys, hope all's well in your world. The next time you can catch King Porter Stomp in Brighton is Sat Dec 12th when we'll be playing at the Brunswick with the fantastic Tin Roots.
It's the end of our 23 date UK festival tour tommorow and there's nothing better to do in a 500 mile radius than to get down to middle farm to celebrate the apple harvest. Drink vast quantities of local cider, hang out with the farm creatures and listen to the best bands in the south east! It's £7.50 per day and well worth it!
LINE - UP.... SATURDAY 12pm The Magic number... 1pm Boys in the wood... 2pm The Resonators... 3pm Django Spears... 4pm King Porter Stomp... SUNDAY 12pm Peanut Albinos... 1pm The Curst Sons... 2pm The Anteaters... 3pm Shofar Allstars... 4pm Kalakuta Millionaires...
Here's a promo vid from last year's bash with a rather tasty soundtrack.
SEMINARIO DE DANZAS GITANAS 4 Horas de Magía, alegría, y sensualidad girando en torno a las tradicionales danzas del Pueblo Romani.
No es necesario que tengas conocimientos de estas danzas ni de danza arabe debido a que el nivel que se impartira sera nivel basico
Costo $550 Aparta tu lugar con $200 y el resto liquidalo antes del 19 de Agosto (Al liquidar el monto total antes de la fecha señalada, se te dará un pandero de regalo)
Material Necesario: § una falda con vuelo (puede ser de flamenco o danza regional) § Tapete de Yoga § Pantalones o mallones de licra § Un refrigerio § Agua
Si estas interesad@ por favor envia un mail a zuhari_mk@hotmail.com para apartar tu lugar
Hey! Evelyn Kryger hat es ins Online-Voting für den Bandcontest SO KLINGT BERLIN geschafft! Wenn unsere Musik gefällt, dann hilf uns indem du für uns abstimmst (Kategorie "Reggae"):
Cheers for the add, I love your stuff and if i have anything to do with it I will see if I can get you to play at our fest next year! Its a committee decision tho so no promises!!!!!!!!!! All the best from ian @BHMF
For one day only, this magical space is open for all to enjoy. With acoustic folk roots swing ska delights, local ales and refreshments, all housed within the spectacular full circle geodome, so it'll be dry come rain or shine. It's only £5 for a truely magical day with a wicked line up in a very special space. It's a totally one off warm up for the Full Circle Stage and Cafe's summer festival season.
Please come early to enjoy as much of it as possible. There's going to be a deliciously wholesome cooked dinner as well as cakes and other refreshments on offer. Kids are very welcome, under 14s get in free.
We’re releasing Stay Up Late/We Love George Michael as a single on Monday 16th March Support the Stay Up Late campaign - fighting for the right to party Help Heavy Load become the first learning disabled band to get into the Top 40! You can download your copy at iTunes, Amazon, HMV etc.
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover
Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
The Funknecks take on Deadly are the Naked in a double header at Bar Open 317 Brunswick st Fitzroy, both bands striving for domination of the "Fattness". Who will take out this prestigious prize?! Not to be missed.....Saturday February 28th 9pm free. Then,the very next day Sun March 1st The Funknecks make an appearance at the annual Sydney rd Street Party on the Youth Stage 4:30pm....Thumpin..!!
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