Our next show...
Peppery present the return of
LO’JO
Ipswich
Caribbean Club Friday 5th June 2009. Door open 8pm
The
much anticipated return of this BBC World Music Award nominated French
band!
The
band hails from Anger, on the banks of the
river Loire, but their music shows kaleidoscopic global influences. Lo’Jo has an
international reputation generated by a mesmerising live act and a string of fine recorded
performances on their nine excellent albums.
Travelling
is part of the creative process for Lo'Jo and the group have roamed the four corners of
the earth performing and more importantly meeting and collaborating with sympathetic
souls. In 2001 they helped to organise the first Festival in the Desert in the Sahara, an
event which has since taken on an almost mythical status. They have also appeared in
prestigious WOMAD festivals all over the world.
The
songs, hot from the pen of lead singer and one-off gallic visionary Denis Péan, are
snappily dressed in a polyglot mixture of French musette, chanson, African, Arabic, gypsy,
dub, funk and jazzy sounds that makes Lo'Jo's music so unique and indefinable. The Nid el
Mourid sisters, Nadia and Yamina, add superbly atmospheric vocals, and the band is
completed by the by the rhythm section of Nicholas 'Kham' Meslien on bass and Matthieu
Rousseau on drums. Their show in ’08 at The New Wolsey Theatre was, by common
consent, one of the finest live music events ever seen in the town.
Lo’Jo’s
new CD ‘Cosmophono’ is set for
release in Spring 2009.
"Probably
one of the best live bands in the world right now." The Independent
"Lo’Jo should be playing big stadiums and
festivals. Anyone able to catch them in a small club should count themselves very
lucky." The Guardian
"Lo'Jo
has the power to mesmerise and delight with every tune." Billboard
"If
they come within a hundred miles of your town, you must go and see them." Charlie
Gillett (BBC)
Tickets
are now on sale from The New Wolsey Theatre Box Office on 01473 295900.
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About Peppery
Productions
Peppery Productions is a not-for-profit
collaboration which aims to bring the best in world music to your doorstep in Suffolk, at
a price you can afford. Any surplus we make is used to keep our ticket prices
down.
Founded in 2001, Peppery Productions has
hosted 65 gigs (with 73 bands) and some of the biggest names in world music. Click
for information about past events.
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Peppery Radio
There
are two Internet radio shows on Ipswich Community Radio (ICRfm) which feature mainly world
and roots music.
Our
very own Peppery Show from 2pm until 4pm on
Tuesday afternoons, has Martin at the controls playing the best of world, folk and jazz;
also up to date information on all the latest Peppery gigs and concerts.
'Global
Beats' every
Wednesday between 7.00pm and 8.30pm on Ipswich Community Radio features DJ’s Derek
Neil and Susan with an eclectic mix which specialises in dance and jazzy rhythms.
For
more info and to listen online simply go to www.icrfm.co.uk
Peppery
Productions - the home of world
music in East Anglia
