Inspiration – Shola https://sholamusic.com Music Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:31:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sholamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-radio-waves-32x32.png Inspiration – Shola https://sholamusic.com 32 32 Live Music Week in Paris https://sholamusic.com/2018/07/13/live-music-in-paris-july/ https://sholamusic.com/2018/07/13/live-music-in-paris-july/#respond Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:31:35 +0000 http://sholaadisafarrar.com/?p=950 I like spending my free time going to concerts; listening to live music. This week there is so much good music to hear, and great performers to see live in Paris. Already, I have had the pleasure of seeing my dear friend, multi-Grammy Award Winning Jazz Drummer, Ulysses Owens Jr. perform with Peter Martin (piano) and Viktor Nyberg (bass) at Sunside/Sunset  last Saturday night (July 7th).

MONDAY (July 9th), I headed north to La Petite Halle to watch 2x Grammy Nominated Drummer Nate Smith and his kinfolk, who included beautiful Brooklyn songstress Amma Whatt  and saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, perform a sold-out concert that made Parisians demand a double encore!

TONIGHT (July 13th), I’m going to the Duc du Lombards to see Christian Sands who will surely woo with his piano chops.  *See below the video I took of Christian that night. I was so lucky to be seated next to him to see his fingers glide across the keys up close and personal. What a talent.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY (July 14th & July 15th) I’m super excited to support AfroPunk Paris for the fourth year in a row and see Gary Clark Jr (I’ve been listening to him everyday for two weeks now), Davido, Damian Marley (both of whom I saw in concert last year), Maxwell and SZA.

What a great week to be a music lover in Paris.

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]]> https://sholamusic.com/2018/07/13/live-music-in-paris-july/feed/ 0 Photo Expo à Lyon: Au-delai du Jazz https://sholamusic.com/2018/04/16/expo-photo-au-delai-du-jazz-a-lyon/ https://sholamusic.com/2018/04/16/expo-photo-au-delai-du-jazz-a-lyon/#respond Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:49:18 +0000 http://sholaadisafarrar.com/?p=738 In 2015 I had the honor of being captured performing  at Jazz Mix at the Jazz à Vienne Festival by the talented Renaud Alouche. Renaud is sharing his photographs of Jazz Artists in his photo exposition “Au-delai du Jazz”  including this photo of me, in Lyon, France at Ninkasi Gerland (267 Rue Marcel Mérieux – 69007 Lyon) beginning April 16th!

For more information, visit: www.renaudalouche.fr

 

◣◣◣ L’EXPOSITION ◢◢◢

Vouée à retranscrire l’esprit du jazz et ses musiques connexes à travers les émotions, la transe et le groove, cette exposition comporte trois années de photo de scène. L’objectif est de proposer une vision du jazz sous ses nouvelles formes, à travers une sélection de clichés récoltés en 3 années de festivals et salles de concerts.
Pour proposer une lecture fluide de l’exposition, trois thématiques majeures sont proposées, permettant de lier les photographies sélectionnées par un fil conducteur :
◣ La place de la Femme dans le jazz
◣ L’émotion du monochrome
◣ Musique et transe

◣◣◣ INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES ◢◢◢

16 avril – 16 mai
Entrée libre
Ninkasi Gerland
267 Rue Marcel Mérieux – 69007 Lyon
Arrêt de Métro Stade de Gerland (Ligne B)

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Tell me what I should listen to next…

  •  “Tadow “- FKJ & Masego   *Watch the video – these two artists, together play 10 instruments! 

 

  • “Believer” – Emily King  

 

  • “The Thrill ” – Miguel

 

  • “Play” – Goapele

 

  •  “Self-Help Tape” – Moses Sumney
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