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Irie Révoltés in Barcelona
Possibly one of the most curious and interesting happenings on the European musical scene in the last ten years has been the appearance of the always surprising and refreshing band Irie Révoltés, who after nearly five years of elaboration, will present their latest album, ´Mouvement Mondial´, at the Apolo Theatre in Barcelona, on the upcoming Thursday, November 4th. (http://www.sala-apolo.com/localizacion.asp). The fact that it´s a band from Heidelberg made up by nine people, although the original band members were four, which makes vibrant music located in the genres which go from reggae/ska to dance hall going through ska and hip-hop, without excepting touches of punk and R&B, shouldn´t strike us as strange, as it shouldn´t their intense and heartfelt social commitment, especially in relation to the situation in Africa (their support for organizations such as Wheelchairs for Africa is well known), declaring as such in a series of rebel and libertarian lyrics as well as their constant appearance in festivals and concerts for solidarity and against racism. What makes them even more peculiar is the fact that, despite being a German band, most of their songs are written in French, a circumstance which goes to show both their multicultural nature as the rich and deep influence that the vigorous and prolific music and culture from the French banlieues has on them. French is also of course present in the name of the band (´Irie´ makes reference to the Jamaican word which designates a feeling of happiness and goodness identifiable with the connexion with divinity, and ´Révoltés´ is the plural for the French word for protester, angry or rebellious), whose members like...
FIAC: International Contemporary Art Fair Paris 2011
The International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris, known as the FIAC, invades the Grand Palais and other emblematic places of the French capital from the 20th to the 23rd of October 2011. Design, film, sculptures, installations, over 2800 international artists and 150 art galleries await in open air or in super arty places! The Tuileries Garden, the Jardin des Plantes, the auditorium of the Louvre and the Grand Palais are the favourite stages of this artistic event. Founded in 1974, the Paris International Contemporary Art Fair will exhibit visual arts from the 20th and 21st century and all the fields of artistic expression from today and the emerging ones, such as painting, digital arts and video arts, in a historical monument next to the Champs Elysées: the Grand Palais. This building was built in 1900 for the World Fair in Paris, and it characterizes itself for having the biggest glass ceiling in Europe, an industrial internal structure made of steel and a classic style stone façade. In total, over 70,000 sq metres which are walked on every year by over 90,000 visitors during the days of the FIAC. The artists´ films, the performances, the film, the music, the dance, the theatre and other artistic practices will find a place by day or by night in the FIAC´s programme, to fascinate the French and foreign crowd. As well as this fair, Paris offers you other artistic choices from which we recommend an exhibition of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch at the Centre Pompidou, a photography exhibition by Diane Arbus at the Jeu de Palme or, for the sculpture lovers,...CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival New York
During the third week of October, the CMJ Fiim and Music Festival takes place in New York.
Rialto Market in Venice
Provisioning in Venice, both for foreigners and locals, takes place in the Rialto Market: fruit, vegetables and, especially, fresh fish.
JazzFest Berlin
JazzFest in Berlín is one of the most famous jazz festivals in the world. It takes place at the beginning of November.
Tina-B Festival in Prague
Tina-B is the biggest contemporary art festival in the city of Prague.
Ganyc in New York
Ganyc proposal offers an extensive tour of the city of New York
Caspar David Friedrich: The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin
There are many persuasive claims which are capable of guiding our steps towards the splendid neoclassic building of Corinthian aspect which is where the Alte Nationalgalerie is in Berlin (http://www.smb.museum/smb/sammlungen/details.php?lang=en&objID=17&n=1&r=2). Among others, its own façade of red sandstone, built between 1866 and 1876 according to its design inspired by Schinkel, by the architects Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack, which had to be rebuilt, like the rest of the building, after the damage caused by Allied bombing during the Second World War, and the outstanding presence in its rooms of the ´Mill On The Couleuvre at Pontoise´, the first work by Cezanne which was exhibited in a museum, some splendid paintings by Manet and Degas, its excellent collection of scultpures and, most specially, its romantic painting section, where they shine with their own light, shall we say dark and golden, tumultuous and calm, the seventeen paintings of Caspar David Friedrich (1744-1840), one of the indisputable cult painters of the last two-hundred years, which is exhibited here. Referring to romantic paitning, David D´Angers coined the term ´The Landscape Tragedy´. Friedrich is probably the painter who best illustrates the whole extension and depth of this concept of his time. To understand this tragedy we have to remember that the romantic artist is permanently tormented by the conscience of rift, which characterized modernity like few other things did. A conscience which the conception of the landscape won´t be alienated at all, expressing with tears and an impossible melancholic feeling a nostalgia which is outside all measure for this entirety which, inevitably lost, it felt that it had sometime been a constitutive element of...
The Kooks in Barcelona
The Kooks were born in 2004 and soon became extremely famous, they filled stadiums with fans and sold thousands of copies around the world. All this was thanks to their song called “Naive” which was part of the InsideIn / Inside Out album. Then time made things happen, the boys became more and more famous and, after launching their second album, which bore the name of Konk, the third arrived, which was released only a few days ago(September 12) . Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Paul Garred and Peter Denton will be present themselves as those who currently are part of the group after one of its members left due to drug problems. Their first album left no less than 6 singles in the top 40 charts in Britain, and as it is known around the world, besides having one of the most important charts in the world, it is also one of the most complicated one to achieve success due to a more informed public. The second album, received a welcoming that few bands have had throughout the history of rock, and placed them first in the list of best selling albums in Britain with more than 65 000 copies sold in the first week. This time the group from Brighton, England, is touring to promote their third album and under this framework will be presented in Barcelona on October 23 at Sala Razzmatazz so all European country fans can enjoy of Junk the Heart, which is the name of their new album. More information:http://www.salarazzmatazz.com/op/conciertos/442 Razzmatazz: Carrer dels Almogàvers 122, 08018 Barcelona, España MiLK If you want to enjoy...Sevilla Guía, bicycle rental
At Sevilla Guía you´ll find a large variety of bicycles to ride around the city.
