Gecko Turner is hitting the road once again this week to finish up the second part of his Winter Tour. The Extremeduran musician will be playing the tracks from his highly acclaimed album Gone Down South, among others, accompanied by his basic R&B band (drums, bass, guitar), plus the Supa Soul Sisters on backup. The tour begins this weekend in Burgos and Valladolid and finishes up in Cordoba at the end of March.
That’s right! The boys form The Right Ons will give a concert inside a Mini this Thursday at Sala Caracol (Madrid), at 8:30 p.m. and it will be played on Spotify radio.
For the first time in Madrid, the Banda Achilifunk & Ensemble Taller de Musics will play live in Madrid with the presentation of their album Gitano Real (Lovemonk, 2011). The show will take place on February 9 at 22:00 at Sala Galileo Galilei, as part of Girando Por Salas del Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música.
They’re a quartet of top-line rumberos (Sam Mosketón, Muchacho, Jack Tarradellas and Rambo), and masters of funk (Lalo López and Paco Mantecao of the Fundación Tony Manero) and jazz who have come together to play classic funk and Catalán rumba tracks. This current line-up brings a new character, seasoned with a metal section from the Original Jazz Orquestra Taller de Músics. Its a project that, under the musical direction of Paco Mantecao, achieves a special sound that we call “big band rumba funk”.
Gitano Real is the culmination of the Achilifunk trilogy which began in 2007 with the acclaimed album/book compilation thought up by Txarly Brown, the most knowledgeable payo in all things rumba and a driving force in the rumba resurgence that is currently taking Barcelona by storm.
Banda Achilifunk & Ensembre Taller de Musics Live – TICKETS HERE Galileo Galilei - c/Galileo, 100 (28015, Madrid)
Afterparty: Txarly Brown & Lalo López DJ Marula Café – c/Bailén, 27 (28005, Madrid)
Gecko Turner is back on the road this winter with a tour stopping in Cáceres, Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza. The Extremaduran musician will be playing tracks from his celebrated album, Gone Down South, and will be accompanied by his basic R&B band (drums, guitar and bass), plus the Supa Soul Sisters singing back-up!!! The tour will continue in early 2012 with stops in cities like Valencia, Toledo, Burgos and Huesca.
The cover is a photo by Chus Antón: “We always like covers that didn’t go unnoticed, those that no one is indifferent to, that provoke a reaction from the public. This ability to provoke, like with Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, “Amorica” by the Black Crowes and “Rage Agaianst the Machine” by RATM, was lost some time ago. When we saw Chus’ photo, we liked it and we saw it clearly,” explains Utah, the bassist of the group and the one responsible for the design.
The Right Ons will present their new album live on Saturday, January 14, 2012 in Madrid in Sala Sol. If you can’t wait till then, you’ll have another oppportunity to see them in an exclusive concert put on by Radio 3’s Hoy Empieza Todo on Tuesday, October 25. If you’d like to go, send an email to hoye...@rtve.es.
Sietepulgadas is a collective bringing together the big bosses of the Madrid soul and funk scene. The get together, write and record tracks, and have put together an album to be released in late November. Tracks by Límite 45, The Beignets, Octopus, Shulte and The Gigoletto Brass Band. They’ll be presenting the project on October 1 in Galileo Galilei with a Spanish All-Star funk band, and to top off the night, Señorlobo, Charlie Faber and others will be spinning great records. And all of this for only 6 euros!
SIETEPULGADAS PARTY
Sala Galileo Galilei
C/Galileo, 100 (28003, Madrid)
SATURDAY OCTUBRE 1
22.00 h. - 6 €
The Japanese label Flake Records has released all of Pájaro Sunrise’s albums, one after another, and Yuri Méndez was lucky enough to visit the country with his acoustic guitar in hand two years ago. This time he’ll be doing it together with his band to present Old Goodbyes live in four concerts (with two in Tokyo):
Yuri Méndez Jr. has an amazing facility for writing good songs, and for years has made this evident with his three albums which are filled with these special tracks. In early 2011, he released Old Goodbyes, eight intimate cuts recorded with the band that has been accompanying him live for the last two years. The album received 4 out of 5 stars in the British magazine Q, something quite impressive for an independent Spanish group. He’s just released Old Goodbyes Remixes, a fantastic transparent 12” including remixes from his latest album by Damian Schwartz, Mwëslee and Charles Trees.
Gecko Turner is hitting the road once again this week to finish up the second part of his Winter Tour. The Extremeduran musician will be playing the tracks from his highly acclaimed album Gone Down South, among others, accompanied by his basic R&B band (drums, bass, guitar), plus the Supa Soul Sisters on backup. The tour begins this weekend in Burgos and Valladolid and finishes up in Cordoba at the end of March.
Gecko Turner is back on the road this winter with a tour stopping in Cáceres, Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza. The Extremaduran musician will be playing tracks from his celebrated album, 
