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SUMMARY:Mamer plus guests
DESCRIPTION:Chinagrass artist Mamer plays rare London show 1st 50 tick
 ets at special price of £8 - get yours now!Mamer, one of China's most
  innovative and influential young artists, is to return to the UK toge
 ther with his band for an 8-date tour, starting on 18 March 2010. Hail
 ing from Qitai County in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous R
 egion, Mamer (pronounced \"Ma-moor\") grew up, like every Kazakh child
 : on horsebacks and in the strong musical tradition of the Kazakhs his
  father and relatives taught him to sing folk songs and play the dombr
 a, a lute popular in Central Asia.\n\n\n'Eagle', Mamer's debut solo al
 bum, was released on Real World Records in 2009. The album features so
 ngs of the grasslands that are deeply rooted in traditional Kazakh mus
 ic, while incorporating influences from Western folk and rock. Mamer's
  deep voice is combined with dazzlingly fast plucking and strumming on
  guitar, dombra and other traditional instruments. This is lyrical tro
 ubadour folk infused with an alt.country sensibility.... also known as
  Chinagrass!\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-7hl4Q6IH4\nhttp://www.m
 yspace.com/mamermusic1\nhttp://www.realworldrecords.com/artists/mamer\
 n\n\nUK reactions to 'Eagle':\n\n\n\"'Eagle' is terrific, and question
 s every assumption about \"country\" and geography in popular music.\"
  **** Uncut (no. 76 in Uncut's 2009 top 100)\n\n\n\"Another surprise f
 rom the Far East ... unpretentious, open and no-nonsense.\" **** Mojo 
 (no. 9 in Mojo's World Music Albums of 2009)\n\n\n\"Irresistible.\" Th
 e Independent on Sunday\n\n\n\"A lovely, original and haunting creatio
 n.\" The Observer\n\n\n\"This is music for a road movie evoking endles
 s space and roaming horses.\" **** The Evening Standard\n\n\n\"'Eagle'
  sounds undeniably familiar, a record worthy of welcoming into the hom
 e each day, like an old friend you miss every moment they are away. An
  absolute triumph.\" The Line of Best Fit\n\n\n\"An intriguing album.\
 " *** The Guardian\n\n\n\"Other current obsession is Mamer 'Eagle'. As
 tounding eastern music. Never heard anything like it. Wonderful.\" Ste
 phen Fry (on Twitter)\n\n\n\"A wonderful record...mesmerizing...a beau
 tiful voice…trance-like melodies.\" Peter Gabriel\n\n\n\"A lovely an
 d deceptively simple album that reveals ever more of its layered charm
 s with each listen.\" fRoots (no. 18 in fRoots' New albums of 2009 Cri
 tics Poll)\n\n\n\"Another indication that the regional sounds of China
  are becoming cool.\" **** Songlines (Top of the World album)\n\n\n\"C
 hina may not seem an obvious homeland for Bluegrass, but the plains of
  Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region were grassy enough
  to inspire Mamer.\" **** Financial Times\n\n\n\"The production on thi
 s album is astounding... marvel at the rich sound of this Chinese gem.
 \" London Tourdates\n\n\n\"An already well-developed talent with a rum
 bling, resonant, gravel-encrusted bass voice that could trigger a seis
 mometer several hundred kilometres away.\" *** R2/ Rock'n'Reel\n\n\n\"
 There's a gentle dignity to Mamer's incantatory strumalongs, a quality
  evocative of American Country or even Scottish music.\" *** The Daily
  Telegraph\n\n\n\"Immediately accessible combination of programming an
 d organic instruments.\" Morning Star\n\n\n\"Highly original and acces
 sible music... [An] atmospheric solo debut, which has a vivid sense of
  place.\" BBC Music\n\n\n\"Glorious music.\" Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2\n
 \n\n\"A stunning album ... really atmospheric.\" Tom Robinson, BBC 6 M
 usic\n\n\n\"'Blackbird' [is] a haunting sing-song Kazakh-folk sing-alo
 ng with a nagging melody that feels like it's been around forever. You
 'll find yourself humming it for days after hearing it.\" Fly Global M
 usic\n\n\n\"A skilful blend of East and West, old and new.\" The Scots
 man\n\nFor more information visit http://www.entertainist.net/events/m
 amer-plus-guests
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20100323T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20100323T234500
CATEGORIES:concert
LOCATION:The Luminaire
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