World Music Double Bill at Camelot Kim Sanders with Bobby Singh, and Horse and Wood feature in a double bill at 7.30 at Camelot on Sunday May 5. Kim Sanders (ney, kaval, duduk, gaidas) has always avoided the shallow pastiche approach so prevalent in World Music. A pioneer of World Music since the late seventies, […]
Friday June 29 will be a night of Balkan Gypsy brass-band madness – and that ain’t all! There will also be Persian reggae, African grooves and strange uncategorisable originals. Kim has spent a lot of time in The Balkans and Turkey studying and playing with Romani musicians. “Those guys can really play!” says Kim. “And […]
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KOOCH (Persian meaning journey or migration): An extrordinary music event celebrating the migration of Gypsy people around the globe. Davood Tabrizi is an accomplished composer and performer from Iran. Trained in Western Classical and Persian Classical music, he has written, recorded and performed music extensively in Australia, Iran, Canada and the USA. Tonight Davood brings […]
On Friday August 5th Kim will be participating in Kooch, a programme celebrating the migration of Gypsy peoples around the globe. Musicians are Davood Tabrizi: kemanche and percussion Bobby Singh: tabla Suki Singh: harmonium Kim Sanders: gayda, tenor sax Boyd: baritone sax Metin Yilmaz: kaval, zurna Mustafa Karami: daf, darabuka, doholl Rafael Alceola: vocals Greg […]
Performance details for Kim Sanders & Friends at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter are as follows: Friday 22 April, Cat & Fiddle, 5.30pm Saturday 23 April, Brindabella, 10am Sunday 24 April, Marquee, 9.30pm …but check your programme! Line-up for NFF 2011 is: Kim Sanders (ney, mey, kaval, gaida, sax) Llew Kiek (bouzouki, […]
KIM SANDERS & FRIENDS will follow their stunning gig at Peats Ridge Festival on New Years Eve with a more expansive performance at Camelot in Marrickville on Sunday February 27. Line-up this time will be Kim Sanders: ney,kaval, mey, tenor sax Llew Kiek: bouzouki, baglama, oud Mark Szeto: double bass Bobby Singh: tabla “It’s great […]
Kim Sanders & Friends bring their unique blend of serene Sufi meditations, deranged Balkan Gypsy dance rhythms, magical Indian wizardry, Persian reggae and seriously bent Afro-jazz grooves to the Chapel by the Sea in Bondi on Friday September 18. Kim will be joined by Sandy Evans, Steve Elphick and Bobby Singh. “There is a pool […]
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 […]