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14th October 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC…’Thaïs Morell’ plays Valencia on October 17th!
##She was based in Valencia for a good number of years and returns regularly to the city. Thaïs Morell was born and brought up in Curitiba, a city in the South of Brazil. Her most recent album was recorded in Valencia and released on local record label ‘Sedajazz’ records. 24/7 VALENCIA: 1. Tell us something […]
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6th May 2021 Ensems festival in Comunitat Valenciana! May 7-16 / September 15 -26
##This is the oldest experimental music festival in Spain. The programme will open with a performance by Alberto Bernal and Frames Percussion. Trio Zukan, Colectivo Mortero and Luis Tabuenca are the first artistic proposals of the festival. The Austrian Schallfeld Ensemble will stage the premiere of the work MAAT ME. Ensems, the festival dedicated to […]
Music 
25th April 2021 VALENCIA PEOPLE … MUSICIAN & PHOTOGRAPHER / FILM MAKER SIMON MARK TAYLOR
##24/7 VALENCIA:1. Please tell us something about your background in music I started playing piano at the age of twelve, and then gave up! A few years later I discovered the saxophone and that was it! I was hooked. I went back to piano lessons again and at the age of 18 went to study […]
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5th March 2021 VALENCIA MUSIC… LEGENDARY HARMONICA PLAYER ‘ANTONIO SERRANO’ (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
##Based in the Valencia region, Antonio Serrano is one of the greatest harmonica players in the world. He has been awarded a Latin Grammy and also Masters of Mediterranean Music in Jazz Flamenco by Berklee Mediterranean Music Institute. He has played all over the world, including classical orchestras, and with musicians like Larry Adler, Chaka […]
Editorial 
1st January 2021 SERGENT GARCIA INTERVIEW
##24/7 Valencia: Tell us about your experience of travelling from the port of Valencia to the Caribbean in a sailing boat. Was it for musical reasons? SERGENT GARCIA: I have been travelling for more than 20 years to Latin America and the Caribbean to work and investigate Afro-Caribbean music. I have worked in Mexico, Cuba, […]
Editorial 
1st June 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…’NAIMA’
1. How did ‘Naima’ begin ? Naima began in 2004 with the intention of making music, influenced by jazz but not in any way bound to its rules and regulations. With the risk of being in no man’s land, where no-one can box us into a category, we prefer to develop our creativity with our […]
Music 
31st May 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…MARK TAIT OF 5th AND PONTIAC
Tell us something about your background and experiences. I spent my formative years on the island of South Uist. It is located off the west coast of Scotland, way up north. Everybody seemed to sing or play an instrument. It might have been because there was only one television station and I may be wrong […]
Editorial 
20th April 2020 Exclusive The Stone Roses Interview (IN VALENCIA)
##It’s been a long, strange trip. ’24/7 Valencia’ magazine’s relationship with The Stone Roses stretches back to 1989, when resident ’24/7 Valencia’ photographer Kaiko witnessed and shot photos at their legendary gig at the Barraca club in Sueca in the Valencia region. Between 2002 and up to the present day, the ’24/7 Valencia’ editor has […]
Music 
20th September 2016 Manu Khalwa
Tell us something about your background. I come from a family of musicians from Rajasthan in India. I am a musician and singer and my aim is to make Indian music more familiar to the ears of Westerners. Music has been in my family for 12 generations. Our ancestors used to perform at the […]
Nightlife 
31st July 2016 Gong
These days GONG is indeed a rare bird in the Valencia nightlife world. Crossing the door’s entrance and entering is like being inside a time machine and travelling to that time when Valencia was synonymous with good music and an underground scene. It’s one of those secret places that you get taken to one night […]
Music 31st July 2016 Manu Khalwa
Tell us something about your background. I come from a family of musicians from Rajasthan in India. I am a musician and singer and my aim is to make Indian music more familiar to the ears of Westerners. Music has been in my family for 12 generations. Our ancestors used to perform at the […]
History 
25th July 2016 Valencia Nightlife
A Valencia Nightlife History Part 1 Juanjo Almendral has been an integral part of Valencian nightlife for nearly two decades. Since 1988, he’s run La Marxa, the last call spot in the Carmen for high-energy night owls, and in 1996 opened La Edad de Oro, a regular bar catering more to movida veterans behind Café […]
