Gallery - Reception - T R E W T H - an exhibition reflecting the veneer of life’s obsessions by James Caprell
June 24, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Summer extension / new work on display - James Caprell Gallery - Reception
Friday June 27th, 7-11pm at 1136 Abbot Kinney Boulevard Venice ca 90291- solo musical performance by Justin Hopkins, wine tasting by specialty cellars, hors d’oeuvres by sexyfoodcorp, RSVP to info@caprellcollection.com <mailto:info@caprellcollection.com> or 310.909.8645
http://www.caprellcollection.com
GILBERTO GIL & Broadband Band in concert in San Diego
June 19, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - G I L B E R TO G I L *** & Broadband Band (Banda Larga) *** Gil live with Bluetooth technology at 4th and B in San Diego - Gil is recording a new album, which will be entitled, “Banda Larga Cordel.” A 3-song single is slated for release on May 12th, with the full album coming out via WEA Latina on June 12th. – One of the great music icons of our time, a dominant force in contemporary Brazilian music GILBERTO GIL will perform live at 4th and B in San Diego on June 30 at 8pm.
Gilberto Gil’s upcoming North American tour will embrace his long-standing interest and support in the right of artists around the globe to openly distribute content through all forms of new media technology. His latest effort, follows last year’s highly successful European tour of “Broadband,” an interactive communal experience which invited the audience to record and share his music and message through social networks, webcasts, podcasts, and cellcasts. The audience at your venue will also be invited to record and document each concert for their own personal use. Gil’s interactive “Broadband” website will provide the opportunity for the audience to share and upload their photos, videos and comments in a collaborative forum with the artist. In response Gil and his band mates will share commentary and backstage footage of life on the road in a specially created tour blog (launching on June 1st).
This special concert is called GILBERTO GIL & Broadband Band (Banda Larga),as all electronic images captured by the audience during the show can be transferred via Bluetooth to a local internet station at the house mix position. This information will be transferred directly to Gilberto Gil’s web site www.gilbertogil.com <http://www.gilbertogil.com/> or the images can be uploaded to Gil’s site from remote by each person and made available to all.
Gil has created this show to dial into the immediacy and interconnectedness of the internet driven world that we live in. “I’ve always been a musician, and I have always tried to keep developing new ideas,” said Gil in an interview for O Sol De Oslo. “Since I see change as a natural process, I think I’ve always been changing and developing my music. It’s hard for me to state precisely which directions I took, but I have moved along using my feelings and intuition,” states Gil.
Grammy award-winning singer, composer and guitarist Gilberto Gil is renowned for his breezy tropicalia, bossa nova and sultry samba compositions. He is one of the most important singers, composers, and instrumentalists of modern Brazilian pop music. The Tropicalist genre he introduced alongside Caetano Veloso has secured his fame internationally as well as at home in Brazil, where he serves as minister of culture for the past four years.
Born in 1942 in Salvador, Bahia, Gil and his friend Caetano Veloso are credited with founding the Tropicalism movement, a blend of rock and bossa nova that influenced David Byrne, Paul Simon and Beck. The political content of its lyrics offended Brazil’s military dictatorship, and Gil and Veloso were jailed in 1968 and lived in London from 1969 to 1972. Today Mr. Gil is recognized as a pioneer in world music. His music fuses traditional Brazilian genres, like bossa nova, samba and the rhythms of north-eastern Brazil, with elements from pop, rock, reggae, and funk. The resulting mix, with its rich melodies and strong rhythms, reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Brazil’s culture and people. From Tropicalismo sprung Música Popular Brasileria (Brazilian Popular Music) or MPB, Gil is considered the first MPB musician to use an electric guitar.
Over a broad diaspora of musical bases and influences, Gil has tackled a wide variety of issues in his lyrics, pertinent always to the reality of the modern man in Brazil and in the world. From counter culture to African and Asian culture, from behavioral freedom to social inequality, from prejudice to racial miscegenation; from religious syncretism to scientific advance; from technology to ecology; from love to friendship. The mastership with which Gil explores these contents makes him one of the greatest Brazilian musician-poets.
In a career spanning four decades, at age 66, Gilberto Gil has to his credit 64 albums, 12 gold records and five platinum singles, and five million records sold. Among his greatest hits are “Domingo no Parque” “Aquele Abraço” “Expresso 2222″ “Xodó”, “Superhomem - a canção” “Não chore mais” (a version of the Bob Marley classic “No Woman, No Cry”), “Palco” “Drão”, “A novidade.” He has recorded or performed with artists such as João Gilberto, Sting, Pink Floyd, Yes, the Wailers, Stevie Wonder, and Jimmy Cliff. He has performed in the US, Japan, South America and Europe at festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival and also appeared on MTV Unplugged.
In recent years, he has been actively involved in social and environmental projects through a non-governmental organization he created, the Onda Azul Foundation.
In 1998, he won the Grammy Award for Best Album of World Music for “Quanta Gente Veio Ver”, and became a Knight of Arts and Letters (France) and was awarded Cruz da Ordem de Rio Branco (Brazil). Mr. Gil was honoured with the 2003 Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Person of the Year award in recognition of his professional, cultural and social accomplishments. In 2006 Gil won the Grammy Award for best contemporary world music album for Eletracustico.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Gilberto Gil has developed one of the most relevant and renown careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in both world and pop music. In a career that has spanned four decades, with over 30 albums released, Gil has six gold records, four platinum singles and five million records sold. The Tropicalist genre he introduced, alongside Caetano Veloso, has secured his fame internationally as well as at home in Brazil. His extensive and prolific catalogue of work has been covered and recorded by João Gilberto, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Sérgio Mendes, Ernie Watts, and Toots Thielmans. Over the years, his political and environmental activism gained prominence alongside his musical career and reached a new height in 2002 when he was appointed minister of culture for Brazil. As a musician and as a diplomat, Gil possesses a key role in the constant modernization of Brazilian popular music and culture throughout the world.
Brazilian Nites Productions was created to increase the awareness of Brazilian culture, music, art and dance in quality productions in Southern California. Brazilian Nites Productions has successfully promoted and produced events since 1989 in Los Angeles County and has been working and growing in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Arts Commission for the past 14 years. A scroll from the County of Los Angeles was awarded to them for being the leading producers of Brazilian artists and culture in Southern California. Some of the artists who have been part of these events are; Caetano Veloso, Flora Purim & Airto Moreira, Dori Caymi, Geraldo Azevedo, Tribute to Maestro Moacir Santos, Gal Costa, Olodum, Djavan, Moraes Moreira, Elba Ramalho, Maria Rita, Daniela Mercury, Beth Carvalho among others. Brazilian Nites Productions is headed by Patricia and Gilberto Leao of Burbank.
Sagatiba is the proud sponsor of Gilberto Gil’s concert. Experience Brazil’s national spirit, refined to perfection. Sagatiba, the world’s first premium Cachaça, is multidistilled to retain fresh cane characteristics with a soft aroma that’s smooth, lively, and delicate.
Due to its unmatched quality and smooth taste, Sagatiba is the most versatile Cachaça available in the market. Since its creation in 2004, Sagatiba has become Brazil’s leading premium Cachaça and has been embraced in key cocktail markets in 15 countries worldwide.
For photos, videos, interviews with the artist, and information contact Patricia Leao / shows@BrazilianNites.com Doors open at 7pm, show at 8pm - Tickets: $40 General Admission in advance ($45 at the door) and $50 seated ($55 at the door). Available at Ticketmaster or: www.ticketmaster.com – 21 and over. GIL COMES TO AMERICA: http://weblogs.variety.com/thesetlist/2008/04/gilberto-gil-le.html, http://www.livedaily.com/news/14131.html and see below samples of recent release of Gilberto Gil & Broadband Band on Warner label - GILBERTO GIL - ÁUDIO - Os Pais - http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmbrazil/gilbertogil_ospais.wma - GILBERTO GIL - ÁUDIO - Banda Larga Cordel, http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmbrazil/gilbertogil_bandalargacordel.wma
StandUp For Kids, Orange County announces today that they have teamed up with A Charity Affaire to create the first ever Orange County “Dancing with Our Stars.”
(Costa Mesa, CA) June 18, 2008, StandUp For Kids, Orange County announces today that they have teamed up with A Charity Affaire to create the first ever Orange County “Dancing with Our Stars.” This event was created by A Charity Affaire in 2006 to provide a multi-charity fundraising venue. Since that time, it has raised approximately $250,000 for 42 different charities.
Our event will feature couples raising thousands of dollars for their organizations all by tapping their toes, shaking their hips and swirling across the dance floor to the delight of 350 to 400 guests. Each “Star Dancer” is paired with a professional dancer and performs to earn dollar-value votes for their favorite non-profit. Proxy votes are encouraged so they don’t even have to see the performance in order to vote for their favorite charity or dancer. Can you imagine - no more auctions or raffles - just let your guests sit back and enjoy a fabulous dinner and the entertainment of the competition while you are raising thousands of dollars for your charity. Join us for this night of enchantment!
Your votes help Eric & Yanina support StandUp For Kids in our goal to win first place in this innovative fundraiser. Support your “Stars” by submitting your vote(s) priced at $20 each - no maximum! The “stars” with the most votes win 1st place.
If you would like to attend the competition on July 26 at 6:00 PM at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA. Tickets are $100; includes dinner & one vote. Please note: the dinner event itself is not a fundraising event, only the voting donations are tax deductible & $20 of the dinner ticket.
Both dinner tickets & votes may also be purchased via Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Discover online at http://www.oc.dancingwithourstars.net/dinner.html. Don’t forget to indicate STANDUP FOR KIDS as your Charity! For more information contact: justines@standupforkids.org or call (949)357-4298 or visit StandUp For Kids http://www.standupforkids.org/local/california/Orange%20County/
About “Dancing with Our Stars” - This event was created by A Charity Affaire in 2006 to provide a multi-charity fundraising venue. Since that time, it has raised approximately $250,000 for 42 different charities. Some charities participate multiple times. It is such a popular event that we have a Fall and Spring production in the Palm Springs area.
About STANDUP FOR KIDS - StandUp for Kids was founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth. StandUp for Kids is run almost entirely by volunteers, and has established more than thirty-seven outreach programs in twenty states. The mission of StandUp for Kids is to help homeless and street kids. The mission is carried out by a national volunteer force whose on-the-streets outreach efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids in their efforts to improve their lives. In addition to helping homeless and at-risk youth with immediate necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and personal hygiene, StandUp for Kids offers a wide array of services, including: assistance in finding housing; education assistance; vocational development; counseling; health services; transportation to self-help meetings; and legal assistance.