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| Bob Dylan to hold Skopje concert on June 4
Popular Culture : (MIA, 06.05.2010) - Legendary U.S. singer Bob Dylan will hold a concert in Skopje-based "Metropolis Arena" on June 4.
The concert is organized by "Avalon" production, supported by the Ministry of Culture.
Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska said at Thursday's press conference the concert would be a glamorous herald of the 50th Ohrid Summer festival. She stressed Bob Dylan is a cult figure in popular music, uniting many generations in the last five decades.
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| | Gjoko Taneski Wins National Eurosong Contest
Popular Culture : (MIA, 21.02.2010) - Gjoko Taneski is the winner of the Skopje Festival, which is the national contest for a song going to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Winning a total of 22 points, Tanevski with his song "I Have The Strength" - written by Kristijan Gabrovski and Darko Tasevski - became the tenth representative of Macedonia to compete at the festival, which this year will be held in Oslo, Norway.
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| | Garo Tavitjan Promotes New Album
Popular Culture : (Dnevnik, 15.12.2009) – Macedonian distinguished musician Garabet Tavitjan will promote his new album at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet lobby on 17th December. Some great musicians from the former Yugoslav music stage including Josipa Lisac, Zeljko Bebek, Hari Varesanovic, Masimo Savic, Tereza Kesovija, Aki Rahimovski, Esma Redepova, Karolina and Miki Jovanovski-Dzafer are performing as guest musicians in the new CD.
The album also includes Macedonian traditional songs performed by Balkan renowned singers. The project is produced by Diran and Garo Tavitjan.
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| Kavadarci – Jazz and Blues Concert
Popular Culture : (Vecer, 17.11.2009) – A jazz and blues concert with professors and students of the Faculty of Music Art in Stip will be held in Ivan Mazov – Klime Culture Centre in Kavadarci at 8.00 p.m. today. Renowned jazz musician Toni Kitanovski will also perform within the concert organized as part of the 2009 Kavadarci Cultural Autumn.
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| | At Youth Cultural Centre Yesterday – Kokan Dimusevski’s CD “Dream” Promoted
Popular Culture : (Vecer, 12.11.2009) – “Dreams” is a third music CD in Kokan Dimusevski’s collection “Relax Music” that was promoted at the Youth Cultural Centre yesterday.
At the promotion, Dimusevski said that beside author’s compositions, the CD contains arranged folk themes from our areas.
“The CD is an ambiance one and may be listened to constantly without making the listener tired or bored,” he said.
The producer, Vojo Zivoinovic, said this was a little different album from the previous ones and was intended for foreign markets. The album will be sold in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
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| Jazz Evening in “Magor”
Popular Culture : (Vecer, 06.11.2009) - A jazz evening of “Jordan Kostov Trio” will be held in book-café “Magor” on Friday evening at 22,00h.
The band is comprised of Jordan Kostov on accordion, Filip Stevanovski on trombone, Vasko Bojadziski on saxophone and Oliver Josifovski on contrabass.
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| | Mitan Releases Second Album
Popular Culture : (MIA, 28.10.2009) - World music band Mitan released Tuesday its second album "Tale of a Girl" following its concert promotion in August at Ohrid Summer Festival.
The album contains 12 renditions of traditional Macedonian love songs, made by top musicians from Macedonia. Vlatko Stefanovski is a special guest on the album.
- "Tale of a Girl" is a result of a year-long labour with love.
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| ZZ TOP at Boris Trajkovski Hall
Popular Culture : (Dnevnik, 22.10.2009) - The Texan blues-trio ZZ TOP is having a debut to Skopje audience at Boris Trajkovski Hall 9.00 p.m. today. Their concert is a part of a tour “Double Down Live”. They are coming to Macedonia with their complete equipment. The organizer of the concert, “Avalon Production”, reveals that in unofficial conversations the members of ZZ TOP mentioned on a few occasions that they wanted to play in East Europe and could not wait for the concert in Skopje.
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| | Time to Make Things Right, New Album by Bei The Fish
Popular Culture : (Utrinski vesnik, 05.08.2009) – “Time to Make Things Right” is the title of a new album by the Macedonian band Bei The Fish that has been released recently. Currently, the four members of the band, Ognen Anastasovski, Valentina Minovska, Nenad Tonkin and Vladimir Nastevski are touring Macedonia after their successful concert at the Havana Club in Skopje...
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| Kumanovo – Concert of Baklava Ethno Band
Popular Culture : (www.culture.in.mk, 26.06.2009) – An evening-long concert by the Baklava band will be held at Trajko Prokopiev Culture Centre in Kumanovo at 8.00 p.m. today. The Baklava has recently promoted its second album, “Kalemar” at the Universal Hall in Skopje and this is continuation of the mini tour.
“Kalemar” was recorded in June 2008 in the production of the band members with Oliver Belopeta's executive producer signature.
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| | Album Promotion - “Incubator” by Project Zlust
Popular Culture : (Utrinski vesnik, 01.06.2009) – Macedonian modern acoustic band Project Zlust is promoting their latest, fifth CD, "Incubator” (production of the Skopje Jazz Festival) in the Mala Stanica Cultural Centre at 9:00 p.m. today. The album features ten latest compositions of Project Zlust whose authors are Ivan Bejkov, Emin Dzijan and Olivier Samuilan.
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| Legendary Santana Comes to Skopje
Popular Culture : (Utrinski vesnik, 07.05.2009) – The legend of the world music stage, guitarist Carlos Santana is coming to Skopje where he will play to Macedonian audience at the Skopje City Stadium in a concert organized by Avalon Production. The concert is a part of the great musician’s world summer tour.
The winner of ten Grammy awards, Santana is seen as one of the best guitar players in the world who has played rock, blues and pop music beside Latin sound.
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| | Macedonian Jazz Songs in “Magor”
Popular Culture : (Vecer, 20.03.2009) - New band of jazz pianist Simon Kiselicki “Acoustic Band” will perform its project “Jamajla” in book-café “Magor” on Friday evening at 22,15h.
Besides the band’s own songs, “Jamajla” also contains adaptations-variations of several famous Macedonian folk songs.
“Acoustic Band” is comprised of Simon Kiselicki on piano, Aleksandar Ikonomov on contrabass, Alek Sekulovski on drums and Petar Hristov on soprano saxophone.
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| Promotion – Soundtrack for “Marat/Sade”
Popular Culture : (Vecer, 13.03.2009) – The Indy Pub is the venue of an interesting promotion of the soundtrack for “Marat/Sade” theatre production at 11.00 p.m. today. Some music numbers, by Bei The Fish, will be performed exclusively within the promotion in somewhat changed composition: Ognen Anastasovski (bass), Nenad Tonkin (keyboards), and a novelty is Vladimir Nastevski – Cevka (electronic drums). Instead of the band’s vocal, Valentina Minovska, vocals will be sung by actors taking part in the play: Jordan Simonov, Zaklina Stefkovska, Kiril Pop Hristov, Sasko Kocev, Igor Angelov, Sofija Nasevska, and other.
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| | “Baklava” to Promote Album in Universal Hall
Popular Culture : (www.culture.in.mk, 25.02.2009) - Ethno-band “Baklava” will promote its latest album titled “Kalemar”, released by the Skopje Jazz Festival, in the Universal Hall on Sunday evening at 20,30h.
The band is comprised of Elena Hristova, Dejan Sibinovski, Nikola Nikolov and Vladimir Martinovski.
“Baklava” will also hold series of concerts throughout Macedonia.
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