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Island celebrates 50 years with Festival

Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are set to play the Island 50 Festival, celebrating 50 years of Island Records.

The label has collaborated with its founder Chris Blackwell to arrange the event which kicks off at Shepherds Bush Empire on 25 May with Island Life – a week of live shows by Island artists.

Other acts confirmed are The Fratellis, Cat Stevens and Keane.

Fans who sign up to the mailing list at www.island50.com can take part in the exclusive ticket pre-sale from 9am on Thursday, 12 March. Tickets go on general sale on www.island50.com from 9am on Friday, 13 March.

It is not just the festival that will mark the label’s birthday. Keep on Running – The Story of Island Records is released on 21 May. The book includes contributions from celebrated writers including Paul Morley, Jon Savage, Sean O’Hagan, Vivien Goldman, Lloyd Bradley, Robin Denselow, Sylvia Patterson, Richard Williams and Joe Boyd.

The Island Life Exhibition of Photos, Artwork and Memorabilia runs from 22 May – 17 June at The Vinyl Factory. In addition, HMV will host a mini-exhibition reflecting the history and heritage of Island Records, its iconic artists and recordings at the flagship HMV store on Oxford Street.

The Island 50 Anniversary activities will be mirrored around the world later in the year. For more information visit www.islandrecords.co.uk and www.island50.com

2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Island Records, arguably the most prestigious record label in the history of British music. To mark this milestone the label is collaborating with Island founder Chris Blackwell to arrange the Island 50 festival. The Island 50 festival will kick off in May 2009 with ‘ISLAND LIFE’ – a week of live shows by Island artists past and present, which will take place at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire week commencing 25th May ‘09 Supporting Amnesty International and The Oracabessa Foundation (JA). The line-up confirmed so far is as follows:

26th May – SLY & ROBBIE & THE COMPASS POINT ALLSTARS featuring VERY SPECIAL GUESTS;

27th May – THE FRATELLIS; VERY SPECIAL GUEST; BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB;

28th May – CAT STEVENS/YUSUF and friends, BAABA MAAL

29th May – PAUL WELLER; ERNEST RANGLIN; SPOOKY TOOTH

30th May – KEANE; TOM TOM CLUB; LADYHAWKE

31st May – AMY WINEHOUSE; TOOTS & THE MAYTALS; I BLAME COCO

Fans who sign up to the mailing list at www.island50.com will be able to take part in the exclusive ticket pre-sale from 9am on Thursday 12th March. Tickets go on general sale on Island50.com and other agents from 9am on Friday 13th March.

May 21st ’09 will see the publication of “KEEP ON RUNNING – THE STORY OF ISLAND RECORDS” edited by Chris Salewicz (acclaimed author of recent Joe Strummer biog ‘Redemption Song’) and will include contributions from celebrated writers such as Paul Morley, Jon Savage, Sean O’Hagan, Vivien Goldman, Lloyd Bradley, Robin Denselow, Sylvia Patterson, Richard Williams and Joe Boyd.

The ‘ISLAND LIFE’ Exhibition of Photos, Artwork and Memorabilia, which will run from May 22nd – 17th June, will take place at The Vinyl Factory, Phonica Records, 51 Poland Street, London W1F 7LZ. The exhibition will be divided into a number of themed areas that loosely define the numerous eras in Island’s history – Out of Jamaica, The Pink Label, The Season of the Witch, The Glitterball Years, Island Jamaica, Singular Voices, Global Expansion, World Music, and The New Millennium.

Music retailer HMV will be a key partner in the Island 50 celebrations and will host a mini-exhibition reflecting the history and heritage of Island Records, its iconic artists and recordings at the flagship HMV store (360 Oxford Street, London W1) and will help to celebrate through its instore radio, channel hmv, and its social network site, getcloser.com, which will make a special feature of Island 50 artists in May.

The Island 50 Anniversary activities will be mirrored around the world later in the year. Check www.island50.com for updates and announcements will be made in individual territories in due course.

Chris Blackwell founded the Island label in Kingston, Jamaica in 1959 with capital of just £1000. Relocating to London in the early 60s Blackwell built the most diverse and enviable back catalogue of any independent record label in history. From Island’s early Jamaican roots in ska and rock-steady, through the label’s expansion to become the cutting edge of progressive rock in the late 60s, and then on to the signing of such international superstars as Bob Marley and U2, Blackwell brought to Island a unique vision and passion which still informs the label’s approach to this day.

Says Blackwell: “When I recorded ‘Lance Hayward at the Half Moon’ in 1959 at Federal Records Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, I had no inkling what path this had set me on. It has been an honour and a privilege to work with some of the greatest musical artists of all time. It was always my intention at Island to make records that stood the test of time, and I’m proud that Island is still a potent force in music 50 years since that first release. I’m very excited to be collaborating with the label to celebrate Island’s 50th birthday and I’m particularly excited about the week of shows in London.”

The Island label has been responsible for the careers of some of the biggest stars in music including U2, Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Traffic, Free, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, Toots & The Maytals, John Martyn, Marianne Faithfull, Aswad, Tom Waits, King Sunny Ade, Third World, Roxy Music, Robert Palmer, the B52s, Sly & Robbie, Melissa Etheridge, The Slits, Steel Pulse, Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, Pulp, Tricky, Talvin Singh, and latterly Amy Winehouse, PJ Harvey, DJ Shadow, Sugababes, Keane, The Fratellis, Scott Matthews, Paul Weller, The Feeling, Portishead and Florence & The Machine.

Source: Evening Standard

Jazz – Teach me tonight

Joi, 26 martie ora 18.30 Concert Harry Tavitian la Institutul Cultural Roman (Aleea Alexandru 38, Bucuresti). Invitat percutionistul Cserey Csaba din Satu Mare Intrarea este libera Concertul face parte din Programul ICR: “Teach me tonight” – de la blues la etno-jazz cu Harry Tavitian.

Programarea urmatoarelor concerte: · Vineri 22 mai, ora 18.30 Institutul Cultural Roman Bucuresti (Aleea Alexandru 38) / Duo Harry Tavitian – Anatoly Vapirov · Vineri 26 iunie Noaptea Institelor Culturale – Institutul Cultural Roman (Aleea Alexandru 38) / Harry Tavitian & Orient Express · Sambata 18 sau 25 iulie Sala Reduta Brasov Duo Harry Tavitian – Cserey Csaba · Joi 12 noiembrie Institutul Cultural Roman (Aleea Alexandru 38) Seara de blues Harry Tavitian Invitati: Vali Racila, Marcian Petrescu, Trupa Legacy · Sambata 19 dec Ateneul Roman / Duo Harry Tavitian – Cserey Csaba; Duo Harry Tavitian – Ion Baciu Jr.

Spotlight on Jazz and Poetry

In the 70 years that he was with us, Freddie Hubbard, was

known primarily for one thing: playing the trumpet harder, faster

and with more pure chops than virtually anyone else who ever

picked up the horn. Hubbard was regaled as the most prolific, the

most prodigious, the most celebrated, and probably the longest-

lasting trumpet king of what came to be known as the hard bop

era, performing a style of jazz that has exerted a

disproportionately large influence on the young jazzmen of the

Marsalis generation and beyond.

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Cismigiu Park – garden and heaven

In the very center of Bucharest there is a place where one can take a break from Bucharest for a few hours. Cismigiu is located close to Universitatii Square, across the City Hall building. It is Bucharest’s oldest park and a great place to stroll and enjoy the peace that one can feel finding such a place in the middle of a hectic city. Among the lawns and trees and the winding paths you’ll find a lake with rowboat rentals, a beer garden, a playground for children, a chess area where old people play tournaments and plenty of park benches for relaxing and people watching. Sometimes there are Sunday concerts at the gazebo. Cismigiu was first designed and laid out in 1830 by the German landscape architect Carl Meyer, on the commision of Prince Gheorghe Bibescu, but it wasn’t completed until 1860. More than 30,000 trees and plants were brought in from the Romanian mountains to be planted on the 17 hectares park. Nowadays a skating ring is put in place and thousands of people come everyday during the holiday to spend their time.

One of Bucharest’s erstwhile parks is still enchanting visitors with its beauty. Cismigiu is the capital’s oldest public garden. Its unique charm has won the hearts of the inhabitants of Bucharest who have strolled along its paths throughout the years.

The main entrance into the 17-hectare park is along Regina Elisabeth Boulevard, guarded by the imposing building that house the capital’s City Hall. To the left is another boulevard, Schitu Magureanu. At the crossing of these two arteries one finds the National Gheorghe Lazar College, an ancient seat of culture. As one walks along Schitu Magureanu Boulevard, one reaches Magureanu Church, adjacent to the old secret entrance into the subterranean gardens. Cismigiu has yet another entrance along Stirbei Voda Boulevard, near Cretzulescu Palace, whose stone steps descend into the park.

Around 1779, the Prince of Valachia, Alexandru Ipsilanti, desirous of good drinking water, ordered the construction of two fountains. The first was built near today’s entrance on Stirbei Voda Boulevard, behind which the construction foreman and the great manager of public fountains (cismigiu in Romanian), Dumitru, built a house. From here comes the name of the park that is still used today, Cismigiu. Cismigiu was known as the Garden or Pool of Dura, the Merchant, until the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, and it was far greater then than it is today. Here was a mud pool, with subterranean springs, that never dried up. In it grew reeds and rush that provided protection for wild ducks.

When it rained heavily and the Dambovita River over flowed, the waters of the Cismigiu ran as far as the walls of Sarindar Monastery, the site of today’s National Military Circle. Around 1830, General Pavel Kiseleff, ordered Baron Borroczyn to dry up the pool and make a public garden. This project was completed later, during the reign of Gheorghe Bibescu, by the Viennese landscape architect Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer. The talented and hard-working youth fairly fought a battle with Cismigiu’s swamps, subduing these and managing to transform this unsightly place into a veritable jewel.

Meyer used the pool, transforming it into a beautiful lake, with full canalization to allow for easy drainage and cleaning, and installing an artesian well in its midst. In winter, to the great delight of the people of Bucharest, the lake becomes a huge ice rink. It was this same man who carved out the paths, using every elevation for a more beautiful view of the whole. There are over 30,000 indigenous trees, some very rare ones. Artificial grottoes, floral carpets, and bridges were created, and benches were installed.

Meyer estimated that he would remain in Bucharest for a short time. Fate would have it otherwise: enchanted with Bucharest and its society, that received him with extraordinary warmth, and as a result of new contracts he was assigned by the Prince, Meyer kept postponing his departure. The young man was often seen in the company of the Chancellor Sutu, Prince Bogation, and other prominent persons of Bucharest society. The Otetelesanu and Cantacuzino Families received him with great delight. In the Salons that he frequented, he met and fell in love with Elena Lazarescu, the beautiful daughter of the Calvary Commander Manolache Lazarescu. The young woman’s perents consented to their relationship.

In 1852, he suffered much grief at the loss of his 17-year-old sister and died two weeks later, at the age of 38. He was buried in the cemetery of the Protestant Church, and his remains were later moved close to the Mavrogheni Church, near Cismigiu Park that he had loved so dearly.

Cismigiu was not created all at once, but rather in phases. Its size was increased with a parcel purchased from the Cretzulescu Family garden. Exotic fish, swans and pelicans were brought in. Much later a small zoo was established with bears, wolves, foxes and beavers. In 1852 the entire park was enclosed.

The Inner Minister took special care of this garden, issuing a series of provisions. Walks along the paths were permitted from sunrise to 10 p.m., and on bright nights until midnight. No one was allowed to enter the park on horseback or in a carriage, nor were dogs and other beasts permitted access. Street vendors were also prohibited, and fines were issued for anyone walking on the grass or picking the flowers. Even excessive noise was sanctioned.

The beautification of the gardens was completed in 1854, at which time the official inauguration took place. The lake, lawns and flowerbeds, trees and shrubs, hillocks and flats, grottoes and paths were all enticing by their exquisite grace. Military music and folk music fiddler bands were always present.

Another Viennese man, Ludwig Angerer fell in love with Bucharest, as had Meyer, and stayed to become one of its inhabitants. He was one of Bucharest’s first and Vienna’s finest photographer. In 1860, he was awarded the title of Imperial Court Supplier. Cismigiu Park was one of his favorite subjects.

This park was also the place for outdoor cultural shows, especially those put on to help the needy and victims of disasters, such as fires and floods, that occurred relatively often in those days. Prominent women dressed up as peasants, vendors or florists to sell sweets, delicacies, citric fruits and other souvenirs at specially equipped kiosks.

Romanian and foreign traveling actors performed in Cismigiu for a fee, especially in summer. One foreign acrobat, the name of “the Niagara Hero” is remembered from 1880.

In 1889, Leona Dare, a Frenchwoman, offered a series of shows in which she rose quite high in a balloon to which was attached a trapeze. Holding on to the trapeze with her teeth, she performed various acrobatic stunts. Spectators from all parts of the capital were crowded in to see this “wonder”.

During the summer there were boat rides and swimming races on the lake, while in winter the same lake turned into a veritable ice rink, on which mostly young high-society people organized races, whose winners received monetary or material rewards.

One of the capital’s first newspaper stands was established at the main Cismigiu entrance, opposite City Hall, at the end of the Nineteenth Century. Today, this kiosk can still be admired on the right-hand side of the Park.

One of Cismigiu’s greatest attractions was a Romanian-style restaurant built by the Architect Ion Mincu, which was named Monte Carlo. Bombed during the War, the restaurant was restored and has kept the same name. Its terrace on the shores of the lake continues to attract customers eager to be served in a wonderful setting.

The area along Schitu Magureanu Boulevard has been developed as a green area, with a rotunda that can still be admired today: Roman Round. Inaugurated in 1943, the round shelters stone-sculpted busts on high pedestals of our great cultural personalities: Mihai Eminescu, Alexandru Odobescu, Titu Maiorescu, I. L. Caragiale, George Cosbuc, St. O. Iosif, Ion Creanga, AL. Vlahuta, Duiliu Zamfirescu, B. P. Hasdeu, N. Balcescu, and V. Alecsandri.

Other statues are found along the paths, Mother Smara, George Panu, the Monument of the French Heroes, and the Sissi Stefanidi Fountain – a mother distraught over the death of her daughter pours water from a pitcher. Another attraction in this park is the Eminescu Fountain, whose water people still come to drink today.

The first snowdrops, the colors of autumn and not least, the summer’s sun glittering like a diamond on the lake, tempt our steps along the paths of this garden. We want to see it over and over again, to fill our souls with joy, goodness and beauty.

by Victor Lupu

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New Year’s Eve in Romania, traditions and expectations

In Romania, the winter holiday season is truly in full-swing from December 24 to January 7. Highlights include: Christmas Day, New Year and Epiphany, with their respective eves. The most important feature of these celebrations is their unique variety of colorful Romanian customs, traditions, and believes, of artistic, literary, musical, and other folklore events, which make the winter holidays some of the most original and spectacular spiritual manifestations of the Romanian people.

The celebration of the New Year’s Eve in Romania has a totally traditional flavor. Romanians welcome the New Year with the customs, rituals and conventions that have been around for centuries.

The children as well as the adults, take part in the joyous celebrations with great enthusiasm. On New Year’s Eve in Romania, small school going children sing Plugusorul and Sorcova. The songs wish good luck, happiness and success.

The day also has goat’s game, the bear’s game and the masks’ game as part of the festivities. These are also old Romanian customs. The Bear, the Goat, the Bunghiers, the Caiutii, the Malanca, the Jiens and the Masked are always expected to make their appearance on the New Year’s Eve. All these are associated with the worshipping of Sun. The strength and vitality of the customs is remarkable. The music and dance are combined with highly expressive masks to make a striking combination.

Some of the masks are really works of art and the real jewels on them definitely add to their value. New Year’s Eve in Romania has another very interesting custom. It is known as the Vergel. Through Vergel, efforts are made to know the future and in this highly mysterious act both the young unmarried people and their parents take part. The Vergel is mainly used to know what is in store in the coming year or New Year and whom the unmarried will get married to.

On New Year’s Eve, children sing Plugusorul and Sorcova. In their songs, they wish good luck, happiness and success. You can hear the ringing of the bells and the bull sounds. The goat’s game, the bear’s game and the masks’ game are old Romanian customs.

The Bear, the Goat, the Bunghiers, the Caiutii, the Malanca, the Jiens and the Masked are expected to show up on New Year’s Eve. All of these stand for an original way of expressing the ritual associations of animals with almost universal worshiping of the Sun. The ceremonial structure of the custom is equally full of strength and vitality. The music and dance, both remarkable through their virtuosity and dynamism, the highly expressive masks, they all make up a unique spectacle. It is the masks that tell the most about the imagination and humor of the Romanian villager. Some of them have become genuine jewels of folk art.

An old tradition is that the year that is just beginning will be sunny and with rich harvests for the families that will leave the lamp alit on the New Year’s night until the dawn.

Also on the New Year’s morning, some traditional families toss money into the water where they wash their hands, counting on the fact that this will bring them money during the entire following year. Elderly people claim that their parents and grand-parents would put silver or even gold coins in the water when such coins were in use. Almost at the midnight of the 31st of December, the peasants foresee the weather in the following year, using large onion peels which the peel off and order by the months of the year. They put some salt on each of them. On the 1st of January, on St. Vasile’s Day, the one able to undo witchcraft and spells shall check the level of the liquid left by the melted salt in each of the onions peels. This is how they will know if there is going to be rain or draught.

Also on New Year’s Eve, as we said before, another custom is the Vergel which is a mysterious act meant to prospect the future, in which unmarried young people and their parents take part. The one practicing the Vergel want to know what the future year holds for them, and most of all if and whom they will marry.

Sorcova

Sorcova is a special bouquet used for New Year’s wishes early New Year’s morning. Children wish people a “Happy New Year!” while touching them lightly with this bouquet. After they have wished a Happy New Year to the members of their family, the children go to the neighbors and relatives. Traditionally, the “Sorcova” bouquet was made up of one or several fruit – tree twigs (apple-tree, pear-tree, cherry-tree, plum-tree); all of them are put into water, in warm place, on November 30th (St. Andrew’s Day), in order to bud and to blossom on New Year’s Eve.

Merry Sorcova,

May your health be strong

And you life long:

As an apple tree

As a pear stately

As a rose bush fair

Blossoming beyond compare:

Strong as a granite rock

Quick as an arrow’s shock

Hard as an iron bar

Tougher than steel by far,

Over summer, over spring,

May your health be great

A New Year with happiness

And in everything success.

The Little Plough – Plugusorul

Plugusorul is a small plough. In Romanian folklore is a traditional procession with a decorated plough, on New Years’ Eve. This is a well wishing custom for the field fruitfulness into the new year. This custom arises from “Carmen arvale”, a Roman wish for bountiful crops.

The ploughmen are teenagers and children carrying whips, bells and pipes in their hands.

by Nine oClock

Rock legends Nazareth to hold concert in Romania next year

Scottish rock band Nazareth will hold a concert in Romania in April next year, as part of a tour to promote the band’s latest release, ‘The Neuz,’ which was launched in February this year.

The concert will be held on April 26, at Bucharest’s Arenele Romane, according to the organizers of the event, Kompas Events.

‘The Neuz’ tour, marking the 40th anniversary of the band, started in Sweden this year and has already included concerts in 18 countries.

Nazareth was formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland, by vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. The band moved to London, England in 1970, and released their self-titled debut album in 1971.

The second release, ‘Exercises’ gathered more attention and so did the band’s third album, ‘Razamanaz,’ in early 1973. This was followed by ‘Loud ‘N’ Proud’ in late 1973, ‘Rampant,’ in 1974, ‘Hair of the Dog,’ in 1975, ‘No Mean City’ and ‘Malice in Wonderland’ in 1979.

In 1999, while touring the U.S., original drummer Darrell Sweet died at age 51 of a heart attack. The current members of the band are Dan McCafferty (vocals), Jimmy Murrison (guitar), Pete Agnew (bass) and Lee Agnew (voice).

Nine O’Clock

Festivalul Artelor Bucureşti

Asociaţia pentru Viitorul European al României, Agenţia de Spectacole De Alvare Consulting şi Asociaţia Culturală Maria Domina, organizează în perioada 2 – 9 Noiembrie, Festivalul Artelor Bucureşti, primul festival particular, ce îşi propune să realizeze un discurs cultural coerent, punînd accentul pe adevăratul spirit al românilor, cultura, valorile, obiceiurile şi tradiţiile lor.

Preşedintele festivalului, domnul Pepino Popescu, Preşedintele Onorific, Maestrul Radu Beligan alături de comitetul organizatoric, format din profesionişti în domeniu, au decis ca această sărbătoare a artelor să se desfăşoare din doi în doi ani, oferind publicului posibilitatea de a cunoaşte şi înţelege valorile tradiţionale spirituale incontestabile.

Programul ediţiei din acest an, se adresează în special melomanilor şi iubitorilor de artă, şi cuprinde evenimente muzicale tradiţionale, clasice, piese de teatru, operă, operetă, recitaluri instrumentale, lansare de carte, expoziţii de fotografie, pictură şi artă iconoclastică.

Pe scenele Teatrului Naţional de Operetă, al Operei Naţionale din Bucureşti, la Sala Radio sau în Sala Mare a Palatului vor evolua artişti precum, dirijorul Misha Katz, pianistul Dan Grigore, Corul de Camera Madrigal, maestrul Tudor Gheorghe, actorul Florin Piersic, violonistul Alexandru Tomescu, actorul Dan Puric, Corul Patriarhiei Romane, Orchestra Naţională Radio, actorul Dorel Vişan.

Biletele s-au pus în vînzare la Magazinul VreauBilet din Unirea Shopping Center et.2, Sala Palatului, în reţeaua Eventim (Germanos), Magazinul Muzica, sau pot fi rezervate online pe www.vreaubilet.ro, www.blt.ro sau www.bilete.ro.

Dan Grigore and Misha Katz to open the Bucharest Arts Festival

The event will include a week of traditional and classical concerts, theatre, opera, operetta and visual arts.

The 2008 edition of the Bucharest Arts Festival is dedicated to music lovers and art fans who will be thus provided an opportunity to enjoy a week of traditional and classical music shows, theatre, opera and operetta performances, instrumental recitals and visual arts. The program of the festival will take place during November 2 – 9 and will be opened by the concert performed by the pianist Dan Grigore in the company of the Radio Orchestra conducted by Misha Katz.

The first privately sponsored Romanian festival intends to promote the Romanian culture, both by a historical perspective, represented by the traditional values, as well as the contemporary tendencies, the art movements and ideas of the latest decades.

The stages of the Bucharest cultural institutions (The National Operetta Theatre, The National Romanian Opera, The Radio Hall, The Palace Grand Hall and the Palace Chamber Hall) will host famous artists such as the great conductor Misha Katz, the pianist Dan Grigore, the Madrigal Chamber Choir, the musician and actor Tudor Gheorghe, the actor Florin Piersic, the violinist Alexandru Tomescu, the actor Dan Puric, the Romanian Patriarchy Choir, the National Radio Orchestra, the actor Dorel Visan and others. Moreover, the performance halls’ foyers will host photography, paintings and icons exhibitions. The President of the Festival, Mister Pepino Popescu, the Honorary President, the great actor Radu Beligan, as well as the Organizers’ Committee, including professionals of these cultural fields, decided that this ceremony of arts would take place biannually, offering the audience an opportunity to get acquainted and a thorough comprehension of the undoubtedly valuable traditional spiritual values.

The Bucharest Festival of Arts is organized by the Association for Romania’s European Future, the De Alvare Consulting Performance Agency and by the Maria Domina Cultural Association. The prices of the tickets range depending on the seat category, from RON 40 to 130 (the VIP category.) Customers may book their tickets on www.vreaubilet.ro, or book subscriptions for the shows to take place at the Palace Grand Hall. These subscriptions cost from RON 200 to 400, and pupils, students, as well as pensioners are offered great price cuts, so that a subscription for these categories would cost RON 80.

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