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15th July 2024 CARLOS VIVES WILL PERFORM ON 18 JULY IN THE VIVEROS CONCERTS OF VALENCIA AS PART OF HIS TOUR “EL ROCK DE MI PUEBLO VIVE”
Carlos Vives, the world music star of Colombian music, will perform in Valencia as part of his European tour “El Rock De Mi Pueblo Vive”, a musical party to celebrate the Colombian sound he created more than 30 years ago and with which he crossed borders, forever changing the Latin music scene. Carlos Vives is […]
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14th July 2024 CEDRIC BURNSIDE AT ‘16 TONELADAS’ (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
Cedric Burnside took a seat and started playing licks on his acoustic guitar before greeting the crowd. A man, his voice. A guitar and the blues. No guitar pick, no pedals, no effects and no frills. The first song quickly settled into a hypnotic rhythm starting into the verses of The World Can be So […]
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11th July 2024 VALENCIA MUSIC… ‘RUSSELL VAN DEN BERG’ (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
Tell us something about your upbringing and musical background… I was born into a musical family and my dad has always been a serious jazz fan. So jazz was the first thing I heard and funk too, being born in 1975. I took up the clarinet aged 14 then the Sax. That was in Blackpool […]
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9th July 2024 ‘FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE VALÈNCIA’ 2024!
The Valencia Jazz Festival will take place from the 20th of June until the 28th of July in the Jardines del Palau, at the Palau de la Música, in the Sala Rodrigo and in the Sala Iturbi, as well as in several neighbourhoods of the city, focusing on Cuban and flamenco rhythms, designed as an […]
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8th July 2024 ROY ELLIS PLAYED ‘16 TONELADAS’ (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
The backing musicians, Bandits, a nine-member Spanish ska band, warmed up the crowd before Roy Ellis’s grand entrance. Donning a bright red suit, the gregarious living legend of ska, Ellis (a.k.a. Mr. Symarip) was glowing with enthusiasm. “Are You Ready to Rumble?” Ellis asked above the cheers. The house lit up. The whole venue bounced […]
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6th July 2024 ‘THE STEEPWATER BAND’ PLAYED ’16 TONELADAS’ (PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
The loud crunch of rhythm guitar and a crack of the snare drum on the downbeat was the evening call to order. The Steepwater Band is in the house, ready to rock the night away. Enter Please the Believer, a catchy, boogie rocker that started off the night. Stepping through Valencia on their six-date Spain […]
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5th July 2024 A NIGHT OF CHICAGO BLUES AT ITS BEST: BILLY BRANCH AND THE SONS OF BLUES LIVE AT ‘16 TONELADAS’
Monday night, the house was on fire. Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues band brought the windy city to Valencia on their way to perform on July 4th at The Cazorla Blues Festival. The groundswell opening chords noodled briefly as if warming up the engines…then a sharp stop. “We ARE the Son of the […]
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2nd July 2024 BIGSOUND FESTIVAL (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June – BIGSOUND Festival returned to ‘La Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències’ here in Valencia. Without a doubt, it is one of the most beautiful venues for music events in Valencia and the perfect location for a family feelgood festival weekender. The event was sold out over […]
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25th June 2024 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ‘MR SANCHEZ’
24/7 Valencia: Could you please tell us about how ‘Mr Sanchez’ were formed and your music career and influences too… Dario of ‘MR SANCHEZ’: The band was formed in London in 2017 by four Spanish musicians living there. We all came from different musical experiences and backgrounds, 90s rock being our common ground. In my […]
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24th June 2024 MUSIC LOVERS FLOCKED FROM ALL OVER SPAIN TO ATTEND THE FIRST EDITION OF MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘NITS VORAMAR’
Nits Voramar, a new open air musical festival at La Marina, has been extremely successful with its first edition. Held over three days on the 16th, 21st and 22nd of June, over 15,000 music fans attended the festival held at The Marina Norte Auditorium, witnessing a dynamic lineup of international and local musicians. The lineup […]
