BBC Jazz Awards |
Ah yes, alas it has been a little while since we were nominated for any major music prizes but the BBC Jazz Awards have saved us! Hooray! We are nominated in the Innovation category. Seeing as w...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Sat, 31 May 2008 08:24:00 PST |
TOUR BLOG |
Hello,We're on tour and I'm posting photos/videos/stories from our gigs and travels here:http://www.royalartistclub.com/basquiatstringsOr click on the little box below our biog and slideshow.Just so y...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:43:00 PST |
Sunday Times no.1 Jazz album of 2007! |
...Is Basquiat Strings! Hooray for us!
Here's what it says:
1 BASQUIAT STRINGS Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford (Fire) Mercury-prize jazz nominations usually have a whiff of tokenism about them, but...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:50:00 PST |
Guardian 1000 Albums |
Yay! We have made it into the Guardian's '1000 albums to hear before you die', the first part of which came out yesterday. There we are, under 'B', naturally, and it reads:
"Ben Davis's string quintet...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:17:00 PST |
A special account of our BBC Electric Prom... |
In case you missed our Electric Prom, here's a handy minute by minute account that somone has posted up on the BBC website. Strange to imagine that a man was sitting in the audience somewhere feverish...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:03:00 PST |
ALBUM and LIVE REVIEWS |
TIME OUT, OCTOBER 2007:"Where a lot of string players can sound like sonic tourists wandering around lost with only a bad guide book (a dodgy score) to lead them, the BS swing, groove and improvise wi...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:12:00 PST |
Amusing things people write about us |
Whilst browsing many strange and varied blogs about the Mercury Prize, I came across this amusing and most sarcastic description of Basquiat Strings:"Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford: Basquiat Strin...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:04:00 PST |
MERCURY PRIZE NOMINATION |
Well, it seems our album has been nominated for the Mercury Prize.HOOORRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!Nice.Now all of you go out and buy it. Go on.(please)x...
Posted by Basquiat Strings on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:21:00 PST |
