06/01/09

"Gentle Tuesday, Sad and lonely eyes, Gentle Tuesday, See yourself tonight." Or if you'd prefer your Tuesday to be a little less gentle, see someone other than yourself...
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Balázs Elemér Group (Concert)

Nyitott Műhely, 6th January, 19:30, 1200Ft
Ráth György utca 4 [map]
Buda, XIII, Déli Palyaudvar (M2), 2 min

For a group to be named after the drummer, the drummer's got to be pretty good.

Pat Metheny, for one, thinks that Balázs Elemér is about the best there is. With some really distinctive vocals from Gábor Winand and Hajdu Klára, the jazz trickles like a mountain stream over smooth pebbles of Hungarian Folk, Renaissance and Baroque. Liquid Jazz; website here.

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Or how about...?

Besh o Drom (Concert), Morrison's 2 [map], 6th January, 21:30
(free entry before 21:00)
Not just another Balkan, Transylvanian, Egyptian, Jewish, Armenian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek and Afghan hybrid. Website here.

Zimmermann & de Perrot (Contemporary Circus)
Trafó [map] until 7th January, 20.00, 2500Ft (1900Ft - student)
Martin Zimmermann's world's still in spin. Revolving cardboard cut-out theatre, soundtracked by DJ Dimitri de Perrot's dual turntable 'live' set. Weird and Swiss. More details and taster here.

Rekontra (Concert)
Pótkulcs [map], 21:00, 6th January, free
What can we say about Rekontra that we haven't said before? Nothing, so we'll say it again: breathe more life into traditional Hungarian folk music than you might think possible. The cimbalom is king! Listen here.

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