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Ta Mère

About Me

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Music:

Member Since: 13/10/2007
Band Website: http://www.tamere.co.uk
Band Members:

Sean MacGloin - Vocals, Violin & Harps

Wun Chan Yen - Double Bass & Vocals

John McCarthy- Drums & vocals
Christos Chatzispyrou - Guitar

Influences:
Escapism a la mode:
"Embrace the sultry evening, suffused with the hint of yesteryear and awash with a fresh undercurrent crackling and sparkling away. Champagne flutes fully charged, and the ice cubes clinking happily in their tumblers, dance those troubles away to the latest sensation. Spanning all from the slow grind, through jump jive and touching on the jazzy boogie and eclectic points in between, allow Ta Mère to escort you away from the mundane and sweep you up into a state of bubbling hilarity and joy as the joint gets jumpin'. Laissez les beaux temps rouler..."

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Testimony:
"Ta Mère - 4 guys-about-town, on the town, getting down and swinging hard. A creation by special request of the BBC for the 2007 Glasgow Film Festival, they've catapulted from these auspicious beginnings directly onto the London scene. Since then, Ta Mère has headlined at the London Burlesque Festival, and has "swung their stuff" at Glastonbury Festival, and for Channel 4, Sky TV, Matchbox Magazine and further BBC events."

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Music Styles:
Ta Mère bridges the generations between Prohibition-era style Swing Jazz and popular music reaching as far back as the 1920's with healthy doses of French Ball Musette, Gipsy Swing, Bluegrass, Classic Film Soundtracks, Cuban, Tango and Blues.

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What People say:
"Ta Mere exploded off the radar at Stranger Than Paradise on October 6th, 07 with their unique renditions of old style vaudeville gypsy romany and swing from the early 20th century, captivatingly cool, sleek and sexy, this string trio are well equipped to play sophisticated tea parties to dusty dance halls and transport you into another world... stranger than paradise."
(Amanda Rodgers, Club Promoter www.myspace.com/gypsymadness )

"Ta Mere rocked the Weird and Wonderful tent at the first ever BBC Film Festival in Glasgow on September 9th with their unique brand of gypsy swing jazz. Their colourful presence and cheerful demeanor easily won over the crowds - a gig not to be missed!"
(Katy Leech, BBC Associate Producer)




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Sounds Like: Popular music from the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's and 1940's, French Ball Musette, Gipsy Swing, Russian Traditionals, Bluegrass, Cuban, Tango, Blues, Trad Jazz, Foxtrot.
Record Label: www.tamere.co.uk
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

About Christos Chatzispyrou

Born and raised in Athens, Christos was exposed to the Greek rich music tradition at an early age. The sounds of classic and progressive rock drove him to pick up the guitar in order to find his natur...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:12:00 GMT

REVIEWS & PRESS & QUOTES

(Matchbox Aug 2008 issue  www.matchboxmag.com)"KINGS OF COOL"We couldn't stop tapping our feet to the beat of Ta Mère, a fantastic four-man band serving up a surprising mix of popular music from the ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:23:00 GMT

About Wun Yen Chan

WUN YEN CHAN(Bass, Doublebass, Hong Kong/England)British-born Chinese, yet lurking in the West Country until his teens, Wun Yen Chan experienced a fairly mixed musical upbringing. Introduced to the p...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:28:00 GMT

About John MacCarthy

JOHN MACCARTHY (DRUMS)John has been surrounded by music from a very early age. Brought up on an eclectic diet of jazz, rock, and classical music he took up piano at the age of seven under the watchful...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:14:00 GMT

About Sean MacGloin

SEAN MacGLOIN (Vocals, Violin, Harmonica, Bagpipes - Bronx New York)Bornand raised in the Bronx, Sean MacGloin is a first generation Irish American fiddler and Highland bagpiper. Sean began playing th...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:25:00 GMT