Category: Concerts

Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña Tiny Desk Concert

Nicole Neal2 Comments

G’day folks!

A great little post today sharing a fantastic little concert I stumbled across online this week. NPR Music, a US-based public radio offering current and archival podcasts, live concert webcasts, reviews, music lists, news, studio sessions, and interviews, have a series of video podcast concerts under the banner Tiny Desk Concerts.

The concerts feature literally all types of musicians and genres of music – classical, jazz, pop, rock, country, electronic and everything else in between.

And on this wonderful goldmine of musical nuggets I came across a 20 minute concert featuring two giants of the guitar world – Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña. The concert features them playing Scarlatti and BAch before moving into some flamenco including a Peña-penned piece.

Check it out here:

http://www.npr.org/event/music/321681133/eliot-fisk-and-paco-pe-a-tiny-desk-concert?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20140617

And be sure to head back this way early next week for my review of Joseph Tawadros’ Melbourne Recital Centre concert this Saturday night.

Oud Virtuoso Joseph Tawadros – Solo Live & Intimate at MRC March 28th

Nicole Neal1 Comment

Howdy folks! Apologies for being off the radar a bit recently – I’ve been a tad on the busy side travelling, setting up my new music room in my new house, building gates, cleaning out ponds and the like! I’ve not forgotten about you (or my own practice for that matter!) and things will be getting back on track in the next week or two.

Aaaaanyhoo, on with the show! There’s a very exciting event coming up the weekend after next in Melbourne. The ARIA award-winning, mind-bogglingly virtuousic (and wearer of a glorious moustache!) oud player Joseph Tawadros is playing an intimate solo recital at the Melbourne Recital Centre on March 28th (4pm and 8pm).

Tawadros’ latest recording, Permission to Evaporate, has been hailed as ‘a masterpiece’ (5 stars) in The Australian and earned a 2014 Independent Music Award nomination. And did I mention he’s won an ARIA award or three? Joseph won ‘Best World Music Album’ in 2012, 2013 and 2014,  not to mention 11 ARIA-nominated albums. Not too shabby eh?

The March 28th gig will be a very rare opportunity to hear Joseph up close and intimate in the Salon. And I promise you, if you’re in Melbourne you need to check it out!!

Head here for more info and tickets:

http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2015/joseph-tawadros/

Joseph is somewhat prolific too. He has another new recording coming out April 17. For a little taste of Joseph’s amazing playing (and a taste of his new album) check this out: