Music

Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, by now much has been said about Fantastic Negrito’s unique story: his early years growing up in an orthodox Muslim household, the failed major label deal that took him out of the music industry altogether, the near-fatal car accident that permanently damaged his guitar-playing hand, as well as the remarkable arc […]

1980s Britrockers ‘The Godfathers’ thrashed the crowd into a dance-floor frenzy last Thursday at ‘16 Toneladas’. Playing their charting 1988 LP ‘Birth, School, Work, Death’ in its entirety along with other favourites made for a really fun night. There was no empty filler or wavering lulls. A tight, high energy, guitar-driven sonic wave revved fans […]

Sara Dowling was voted ‘Best Vocalist’ at the British Jazz Awards 2019 and she has now become recognised as one of the UK’s most talented jazz singers.  She first trained as a cellist, before emerging as a powerful and expressive vocalist and composer. Her most important influences are Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan. With a […]

BAPTISTE BAILLY HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT, ‘LA FASCINANTE’ 24/7 Valencia:Tell us something about your musical background and experiences… Baptiste Bailly: I was born in France in the Lyon region in 1992. I was a drummer during childhood and I became interested, as a teenager, in playing the piano. After studies at the conservatory of […]

The American musician Evan Dando, leader of the legendary band ‘The Lemonheads’ played ‘Loco Club’ as a solo artist last night. In many ways, ‘The Lemonheads’ were one of the most melodic groups to come from the ‘grunge’ era. In the tradition of rock’n’roll outsiders, Evan Dando was never much of a careerist…more of a […]

Based in Valencia for many years and currently residing in Paris, Franco-Algerian singer, cellist songwriter Nesrine is a distinctive storyteller. Her new album “Kan Ya Makan” – the Arabic for “once upon a time” – has something of the aura of a modern ‘Tales from the Arabian Nights’. Her songs in Arabic, French and English have the […]

After a two-year absence from the stage, Valencian musician and composer Borja González-Ayllón returns with his solo project. The proceeds from this charity event, co-organised by the artist together with Sala Russafa, will go to the Plataforma del Voluntariat de la Comunitat Valenciana, which coordinates aid work for those affected by the DANA. Bob Lazy, […]

Andrés Belmonte studied classical and modern music at the Valencia Conservatory and Codarts in Rotterdam respectively. He later studied Turkish ney and Ottoman classical music with Ömer Erdoğdular, and Arabic ney at the Cairo Conservatory with Mahmoud Kamal and Mohamed Fouda. As a leader, he has published the recordings JAZZ-7 (2007) and TARIQ (2019) and […]

 Cadel’s new single ‘Le taire’ is out this week.  The musical, poetic and visual work focuses on one of the feelings most denied to women, the remorse of being a mother. Indeed, she tells us, that her project ‘m.a.t.e.r’ is a co-creation between women artists from different disciplines. It is articulated around artistic residencies where […]