Cultural Vibrations Takeover@ Nottingham Riviera Part 2.

Part two took part on Sunday 14th August. It was a more mellow vibe warmly welcomed after the UK Riots had reached our city on the Tuesday and Wednesday leading up to my showcase. 3pm-6pm.

Great live music from Marc Reeves, Lee Gough, Sara Louise, The G.O.A Choir, Ras Goodies & Ngoma Band and ending the show was Neo Soul Singer songwriter Saysay.

Here are some pics. Part 3 takes place on Wednesday 31st August 6pm-9pm.

Marc Reeves.

Lee Gough.

Sara Louise.

The G.O.A Choir.

My friend Sarah with my daughter.

Ras Goodies & Ngoma Band.

Nice vibes.

Crowd.

Saysay performs.

Cultural Vibrations Takeover@ Nottingham Riviera Part 1.

On Sunday July 24th I hosted a live music showcase in the heart of Nottingham City Centre as part of the free entertainment vibes at Nottingham Riviera. Last year was a huge success and I was happy to discover that the area had been improved and the stage placed in a more opened location.

I hosted the show for 4hrs from 3pm-7pm.
Here are some photos. FABULOUS DAY filled with amazing local talent.

Angie Niccals.

Danny Patrick.

Elena Hargreaves.

Emily Franklin.

Saint Raymond.

K-Classic

Marvin Brown.

Great crowd.

Stuck In 2nd.

Nottingham people enjoying the vibes.

St.Anns Holding Hands Unity Event. July 16th.

I hosted the St.Anns Holding Hands Unity event on Saturday July 16th. It was the first time I had taken part in this event which has been going on for approx 7yrs in the heart of St.Anns, inside and out side of the Chase Community Centre on Robin Hood Chase.

I turned up at 12pm expecting the stage and p.a system to be ready as my 1st acts were due on stage at 1pm. The Sound had not been set up and it was 1.40pm by the time I was able to announce the opening act which was the local church choir. We had to finish the stage show by 6pm and due to this setback with the p.a there were three acts who were unable to perform because there was just no time to fit them in. Once one thing is running late it becomes like a domino effect for everything else.
I held it together was I was not used working in such unprofessional conditions. There is more I could go into but lets just say I will not be taking part in this event again.

Highlight was bumping into the Mayor of Nottingham for the 3rd time this year.

My friends who took time out to come out and perform for the St.Anns community were in fine form. Big love to MuHa, Stuck in 2nd, Saysay, Janine Nicole, Spiit Starh, Ney Corte Real plus Ras Goodies & Ngoma Band alongside the community musicians.

Cultural Vibrations Interview presents at The NEAT11 Festival.

I was the live music programmer for the 1st ever Nottingham European Arts & Theatre Festival 2011 (NEAT11). I was given the opportunity to showcase four music acts that represented the diverse Nottingham music scene we have here. Venue was the Playroom at Nottingham Playhouse Theatre.

On May 31st Liam O'Kane performed alongside Jody Betts on the 1st night of my show. The style was a mixture of Acoustic folk, reggae and Indie.

On the 2nd of June Marvin Brown took to the stage with his fusion of Reggae,Soul and Dancehall. Supported by his wife Mrs.Brown and 'The Family' live band.

On the 7th June World Band MUHA took to the stage with their Ukrainian/Russian sound mixed with English and Hindi influences.

Final Cultural Vibrations performer was Mique who performed on Thursday 9th June with her guitarist Keiron. She sang a combination of covers and her own self-penned tracks. Mique sang Soul/R&B.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to be able to showcase a few of my rated Nottingham musicians at the NEAT11 Festival. Afterwards I was offered the main stage(700seats) for a full Cultural Vibrations Live&Local showcase on October16th. Exciting times!

Ladies Night---29th May--Cape Bar.

Cultural Vibrations held its first Ladies Night event on Sunday 29th May at Cape Bar in Hockley Nottingham.
The ladies who came along had a great time enjoying 'Belly dancing(Bellydancing world with Malika), live music from Mique, Mavin Brown and Ogga.
We also had dance competitions which were alot of fun and some amazing shapes were made on the dancefloor.
We also had an interactive session called 'Real Women..Real Talk' in which there was a panel of women including myself, Madame Fyffe, Sara Myers and Charley McKenzie(Kemet Radio) answered and discussed topical questions.
The night ended with a great set from Madama Fyffe behind the decks.
The next Ladies Night will be on August 16th. Hope you can make it!

I have since created a new group on facebook called 'Real Women..Real Talk!' please click on this link to join. You must be over 18 and female. Thanks.

Cultural Vibrations Interview for Left Lion Magazine.

Hey Everyone,

I am the only music promoter involved in Nottingham's 1st European Arts & Theatre Festival (NEAT11) which kicks off on 26th May for 2wks. There will be many events happening at various locations around Nottingham. I will be hosting 4 nights of music at Nottingham Playhouse. I hope you can all get involved and enjoy the vibes.

Click here for my latest interview, this time for LeftLion.co.uk. Here you will also be able to find links for the NEAT11 Festival.

Please also remember to click on my Facebook pages that are on the right-hand side of my Blog.

One Love!

Unity Nottingham Family event 2011. May 1st.

Last year I decided to create an event that would unite all my friends together. I named it 'Unity Nottingham'. I had a great turnout and feedback was very positive. So this year I decided to do it again but bigger and better than my 1st effort.

This year at Unity Nottingham there were four interactive workshops available to participate in.

These were 'Capoeira' demonstrated by my friends from Culturebox, Belly dancing demo and workshop by Malika from Bellydancingworld, Tribal drumming from Omajegba Drum leader Milla and Kizomba dancing from my good friend Ney Corte Real from Angola.


Here are some fabulous photos...

Capoeira demo from Culturebox

Capoeira Workshop

NEY CORTE REAL (ANGOLA)

TRIBAL DRUMMING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNH-tMYPpJ8&feature=related

BELLYDANCING

http://www.bellydanceworld.co.uk/

BELLYDANCING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdYxJ4HELMw&feature=channel_video_title

KIZOMBA DANCING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iahHngpL_-g&feature=relmfu

Then it was time for my 'Speed Networking' segment..which I encouraged my friends to get to know each other for 3mins then to do it all again with someone new. This went on for approx 15mins.

This was then followed by my prize raffle which included wines, chocolates, theatre tickets and meal for 2 and a bottle of wine from the venue I held the event at 'Cape bar'. My raffle raised money for Nottingham Refugee Forum.

SPEED NETWORKING

Then it was time for some live music..starting with Folk/Reggae singer songwriter LIAM O'KANE, followed by Neo-soul sensation SAYSAY then ending with Hip Hop artist K-Classic. Music throughout the day/night was provided by Hemulen Soundz playing Afro-Funk on Vinyl.

LIAM O'KANE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKSUfLdHWaw&feature=related

SAYSAY

K-CLASSIC

HEMULEN SOUNDZ