I have to inform you that Kim Sanders, neyizin, gaida player, multi-instrumentalist ‘world music’ master, died on Tuesday 26 November of liver failure and associated complications. There is no funeral, but we will be holding an event to remember him, and play some music together. I hope you will join me and his family and […]
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Such was a celebration of various cultures through regional music, a reflection of the endless pursuit of diversity for Kim Sanders. Whilst performances sharing the theme of diversity have not gone un-acknowledged over the past decade, it felt to me like the shackles of the Howard monoculture had finally been broken during this performance which […]
Kim will be performing with Llew Kiek and Peter Kennard on Sat 9 May at: Fairlight Folk Acoustic lounge The William St Studios 3 William St Fairlight Sat 9th May 2009 Doors open 7:00 for 7:45 start Admission $15, $12 conc, $35 families. Also performing: Buck and Deanne Jodi Martin (SA) Fairlight Folk offers consistently high […]
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National Folk Festival
Kim will be performing as a soloist at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter at: Flute & Fiddle 8.50 pm Fri 10th April Palladium 3.30 pm Sunday 12th Merry Muse 10 am Monday 13th Kim will also be conducting a World Music workshop in Building E at 11.10am Sunday 12th
Kim Sanders & Friends had a great night at Qirkz underground venue on Saturday April 4. “We had a ball – the joint was jumpin!” said Kim.
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Touring with the Wizards of Odd
Kim had a successful tour with Wizards of Odd to Elliston in South Australia to play at the Sculptures by the Sea Festival. The band included Mark Blackwell (drums), Luis Franco (congas), Mark Szeto (fretless bass), Blair Greenberg (guitar, vocals, djembe, darabukka) and Llew Kiek (bouzouki, guitar). The band played two gigs and conducted workshops […]
Kim Sanders is one of those unsung Australian musical pioneers who is following his own vision to create his sound while acknowledging his Middle eastern influences. Bent Grooves is a wonderful collaboration, indicative of the remarkable musical talent to be found in Australia, far beyond anything created by the superficial or the idols so prominent […]
This album combines some of the old Kim with new Kim, fresh from a stint in Turkey you can hear the experimental combinations of saxophone and traditional Turkish instruments, unlike some of the older stuff this is really pushing the boundaries, so much so that one gets lost in the mix and you don’t know […]
This is an energetic and distinctive blend of virtuoso playing from multi-instrumentalist Kim Sanders, masterfully accompanied by Peter Kennard’s magic trunk of percussion… Trance’nDancin features several different fascinating musical styles – Sufi meditations, Turkish lullabies, trance music, folk tunes – as well as an enigmatic track, “Solitary Circumambulation”, which Sanders claims is the world’s first […]
Australian multi-instrumentalist and purveyor of contemporary world music Kim Sanders has once again gathered together some of his equally gifted musical friends for this exquisitely rendered collaboration. This collection draws on traditions of Turkish Sufi and folk music, Balkan Gypsy, West African grooves, Indian Classical music and world jazz-fusion, and weaves these flavours together seamlessly. […]