Redmonkeyliepaja

19/10/2024

Hi to all musician friends,
the call for artists for Tallinn Music Week 2025 is still open until 7th November.
I program two stages ('Africa NOW' for music from Africa and the diaspora + 'Cindy&Kate' a showcase for Baltic artists) but there are many more amazing stages welcoming all genres.

The 17th "festival for tomorrow's music arts and ideas", Tallinn Music Week takes place on 3 – 6 April 2025. TMW welcomes artists from every genre across the globe to apply for a chance to play at one of the most acclaimed international music discovery festivals in Europe.

During TMW around 175 artists from various genres and scenes from all over Europe and beyond in Tallinn’s best venues play to an audience of around 15,000 people and to 1,000 music industry professionals from international markets and Baltic-Nordic region.

All artists/artist collective members and their representatives will also get a TMW PRO Pass that enables participation in both the TMW music festival and conference that includes the artist education programme of workshops and mentoring sessions.

Tallinn Music Week
Apply here: Terms, conditions and submission form
https://tmw.ee/artist-applications

Deadline: 4 November 2024

TMW welcomes artists from every genre across the globe to apply for a chance to play at one of the most acclaimed international music discovery festivals in Europe. TMW 2025 main dates: Around 175…

01/08/2024

Šodien 01/08: Liepājā durvis ver jauna kultūrvieta – Tipogrāfijas radošais kvartāls

Ceturtdien, 1. augustā, durvis ver jauns radošais kvartāls Liepājā, kas tiek veidots bijušajā Tipogrāfijas ēkā. Uzņēmums beidza savu pastāvēšanu iepriekšējā desmitgadē, bet ēka un pagalms ir ar senu v...

15/07/2024

Wednesday 17. July
After rocking the stage of Mūzikas un mākslas festivāls LABA DABA at their first show in the Baltic, don't miss the opportunity to see our friends from Tanzania: Abeneko & The Positive Mind - live on the beach of Liepaja @ Mermaid Liepāja.
Starts 20:00 / Free entrance


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11/07/2024

Šovakar!!
Tonight!!

29/06/2024

Looking forward to our Sicilian friends Quartetto Areasud performing today in Liepaja at 18.00 at Rose Square / 18.00 Rožu laukumā.

Quartetto Areasud was born for fun and recreation to perform traditional music mainly related to the southern Italian and Sicilian cultures, not to mention that these territories are at the heart of the Mediterranean, a great “soup” in which the musical ingredients are cooked, with people who share a similar fate and tradition.

The four musicians come from the well-known groups of world music such as Nakaira and Oi Dipnoi, with the union of folk-singer Maurizio Cuzzocrea, who built his fortune over the years by participating in major festivals in Italy.

Although the instruments used exclusively a traditional origin and sought in the selection of the best builders, the performance of the songs is not strictly philological, but leaves room for personal interpretation and therefore the process of permanent settlement and re-creation that is characteristic of the music of oral tradition, for a rich repertoire of tarantella, in which the protagonist is friscalettu (the typical small Sicilian cane-flute, left by the ancient Greek culture), alongside chants, and serenades that tell stories through sounds and native languages of a piece of history and musicians who left a strong mark in Sicily before them.

Maurizio Cuzzocrea (guitar battente, tambourine, voice)
Franco Barbanera (bagpipes, friscalett, clarinet)
Mario Gulisano (tambourine, jew’s harp, vocals)
Marco Carnemolla (contrabass)

16/05/2024

See you in Palermo, Catania and Testa Dell'Acqua (Noto) for the 2024 edition of Sicily Music Conference.

22 & 23 May in Palermo @ Teatro Garibaldi Di Palermo

24 & 25 May in Catania @ Palazzo Della Cultura Catania

26 May Closing Brunch at Testa Dell'Acqua

Check the program and download the app on https://www.sicilymusicconference.com/

Looking forward to seeing old and new friends, listening to some good music and discussing about the subject of artistic residencies.

26/03/2024

Looking forward to seeing old and new friends at one of my absolute favourite events of the year - Tallinn Music Week/ Tallinn Music Week 2024.

On Thursday 4th April we will be hosting the TMW 2024: Africa NOW! stage at Fotografiska Tallinn with our friends Afro Chill.
Music, Snacks, South African Wine tasting, Art books and more with
19:00–19:30 Afro Chill DJs (Nigeria/Tanzania/EE)
19:30–20:10 Poundo (France/Senegal)
20:30–21:10 Sinzere (Canada)
21:30–22:10 Scúru Fitchádu (Cape Verde/PT)
22:30–23:10 Guedra Guedra - كدرة كدرة (Morocco)
23:30–00:10 HHY & The Kampala Unit/NYEGE NYEGE (Ugand/Portugal/Congo)
00:30–01:10 Must Rousnam (Egypt)
01:10–02:00 Afrochill closing set

Friday 5th April it will be the turn of the Cindy & Kate team to host the TMW 2024: Cindy & Kate Baltic showcase at Kivi Paber Käärid with:
19:30–20:10 Waterflower (LV)
20:30–21:10 Maris Pihlap (EE)
21:30–22:10 MEGAMEGA SUPERSTAR (EE)
22:30–23:10 Akli (LT)
23:30–00:10 Oranžās Brīvdienas (LV)
00:30–01:10 punktò (LT)
C&K will be having internal meetings during TMW and is supported by the Nordic Culture Fund mobility program/Nordisk kulturkontakt and made possible by the work odfMusic Estonia, UCE Agency, Kaņepes Kultūras centrs, M/Darbnīca, OLDMAN Kaunas, OLDMAN Parkas - I Love Palanga, Kirtimų kultūros centras, Paavli Kultuurivabrik, Kultuuriklubi Tempel, HUNGR, and many more!

Don’t miss out the Dirty Deal Audio Ambisonic dome at the Independent dance stage at Telliskivi Loomelinnak both on Thursday and Friday.

So many, countless, other great music showcases, conference and art program, afterparties and more - I 100% recommend that you check tmw.ee and consider joining :)

Thanks for the trust and support to Helen Sildna, Eva Johanna Lepikov, Ingrid Kohtla, Taavi Esperk, Indrek Migur and rest of the stellar team.

Ps: for those arriving early let’s meet for drinks at the mighty Paavli Kultuurivabrik on wed evening.

01/03/2024

Well, I let the cat out of the bag - we have moved to Sicily, are working on a very exciting new project here, and in the future will be living between here and the Baltics!

We look forward to seeing our friends Laima and for four shows on the Island in a few weeks!
A few more artists are lined up for April and May, more to be confirmed.

We'll be back in Latvia and Estonia from the end of March to mid-April and look forward to Tallinn Music Week where we will be hosting TMW 2024: Africa NOW! on Thursday 4th April and TMW 2024: Cindy & Kate on Friday 5th April.
The team of Cindy&Kate will be meeting in Tallinn and public announcements about this project supported by the Nordisk Kulturfond will be made afterwards.

22-25 May will be the turn of Sicily Music Conference, this year adding Catania to Palermo. One of the focus subjects will be 'art residencies' and we can't wait to meet the speakers and stakeholders to brainstorm about ideas.
(Stay tuned for info and expect some interesting surprises).