Category: music
April 17th, 2013 — 11:19am
The colourful and cosmopolitan island of Penang was the perfect setting for the recent world music event. Held in the beautiful Botanical Gardens at Quarry Park, the Penang World Music Festival 2013 featured a diverse line-up of great bands from Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, Philippines, Iran, Japan, Bulgaria, and more, plus homegrown Malaysian talent. The crowd that
January 11th, 2013 — 5:01am
Music lovers in South East Asia, mark your calendar. The Penang World Music Festival 2013 has just been confirmed for March 30 and 31. Once again, the colourful event will be held at Quarry Park in the Penang Botanic Gardens. Organised by Penang Tourism, this year 12 bands will perform including Mu from Portugal, Kimi
November 8th, 2012 — 3:24pm
It’s been several years since I had the oppurtunity to photograph a Ngiew or Chinese opera so when they were in town for the vegetarian festival I paid a visit. As welcoming as ever, they invited me backstage to take a few snaps of them getting ready for a five hour performance. I certainly
July 20th, 2012 — 9:20am
I have some good news to share. I’m delighted to say that my photography is now represented by Gallery Stock. I signed with them a few months ago but of course it’s a lengthy process getting these things up and running but my work is slowly coming online. The first batch of images can be
February 27th, 2012 — 12:05pm
Here’s a bit of good news for lovers of quality live music. If you are anywhere in Southeast Asia at the end of March it’ll be well worth making a detour and heading over to Penang in Malaysia. The Penang World Music Festival returns after a hiatus of three years. It will be held from
December 28th, 2011 — 10:34am
Here’re another couple of moments captured at the fantastic Penang Island Jazz Festival. The first is of the extremely photogenic Eva Bjerga Haugen. She was the finalist in the prestigious Norwegian jazz competition “Jazz Intro”. At the Penang Island Jazz Festival she was supported by the Espen Eriksen Trio with Espen Eriksen on piano, Lars
December 23rd, 2011 — 10:35am
One of the highlights for me at the recent Penang Island Jazz Festival in Malaysia was the Austrian trumpeter and vocalist, Michaela Rabitsch, and her partner, composer and guitarist, Robert Pawlik. The jazz repertoire is pretty standard but Michaela’s approach and Robert’s distinctive playing give it a touch of funk and fusion. You can find
December 8th, 2011 — 6:53pm
I have to confess that as a long-term expat there are few things that I miss about my past life in the UK. The first is good beer, and by that I mean real ale, and a few very particular foods such as stilton, and…errr…decent bacon. Everything else, I fear, is pure nostalgia and probably
July 21st, 2011 — 10:45am
Another highlight of the Rainforest World Music Festival this year was the Iranian singer Mamak Khadem. A former member of the cross-cultural fusion ensemble, Axiom of Choice, Mamak is now based in the USA. She continues to draw on her roots in Persian classical music and infuse it with Western musical traditions. The result is
July 17th, 2011 — 2:49pm
It may be a vibrant and colourful event but to my eye several of the acts at this year’s Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak called for a black and white treatment. One of those was the brilliant Blue Canyon Boys from the USA. The quartet of talented musicians cooks up an infectious brew of Colorado
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