phil baber

Music:

Member Since: 17/09/2007
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/phil_baber
Band Members: Solo chansonniere & contributing song-writer & percussionist for others.
Influences: World music/Eurobeats. Especially Gypsy, Arab, Flamenco, Sephardic,East European, Balkan, Russian, Steppes and Deserts.
Singing in four languages - French, Spanish, Polish and English. But adding more all the time!
Began playing in New Wave/Punk bands at age 15. Stalwart of numerous Irish sessions. Been a collector of Ethnic Musics for 20+ years, and soaked it all up like a sponge. Now it’s flowing out through my songs.
As well as solo performance, i’m a musical whore and play with The Ambling Band (Street Fanfare Band), and Laienda.
What am i currently enamoured by?
LaXula, Jasmin Levy,Lila Downs, The Warsaw Village Band, Los Desterrados, 3Mustaphas3, Iva Nova, Part of Speech,Quarteto,Darko Rundek, Boris Kovac, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Radio Tarifa, Goran Bregovic, The Musical Foundation of Kresow, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Acquaragia Drom, El Tanbura, Souad Massi, Rachid Taha, Cheb Mami, Les Negresses Vertes, In Taberna, Mari Boine Persen, Earth Wheel Sky Band, Gypsy Kings, Camaron de la Isla, Vladimir Wycowsky, Yat-Kha, Huun Huur Tu, Jacques Brel, Ute Lemper singing Brecht, Natacha Atlas (always!), Cheb Khaled, Eliza Carthy, Julie Fowlis, Mariza, Los Lobos, The Klezmatics, Boban Markowic Orkestar, Kayah, De Dannan, Kocani Orkestar,Planxty, Patrick Street, Bellowhead, Paco Pena, Paco De Lucia, Francoise Hardy, Carla Bruni, Gogol Bordello, Mory Kante, Salif Keita, Tomatito,Balkan Beat Box, Titi (Thierry) Robin, Marta Sebestyen, Muzsikas,Ofra Haza, Transglobal Underground, Nitin Sahwney,Jane Birkin, Anna Maria Jopek, Chango Spasiuk, Camaron de la Isla, Tournast, Budowitz, Max Raabe und der Palaast Orkest,Sebnem Ferah, Varttina, Anna-Kaisa Liedes, Eleni Vitali, Kostas Pavlidas, Paivi Arling, Band from Maramures, Csik Band,Daniele Sepe, Jadronka Stajakovic & Natsuki Kido Duo, Esma Redzepora, Tinariwen, Ojos de Brujo,Les Boukakes, Oi Va Voi,Transkapela,Sevdalinka, Aman Aman, Yasmin Levy, The Go!Team, Hedningarna, Emma Harper, Jack Bird,Marek Grechuta,Laienda,Scott Walker,Siouxsie Sioux, Beethoven, Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Chopin, The Slits, The Ramones, The Strokes, Bare Naked Ladies,Iggy Pop, The Buzzcocks, Kraftwerk, The (original) Human League, Fromage En Feu, La Boutifanfare, Fanfare Zebalize,The Ambling Band, Phil Baber.
Sounds Like: Phil Baber
Record Label: none