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Join us on 14th December at the renowned Dingwalls in Camden for an unforgettable evening of music and celebration! We are beyond excited to showcase our brand new album 'Always Can't Go On Forever' .

Our latest album, is a collection of urgent, original songs in English and Greek which together tell of how the band have stepped away from the traditional music of their roots and towards something fresh and unexpected; music taut with an intention to meet the moment. The album is an explosive fusion drawing equally from a constellation of dance musics emerging from across the Mediterranean, deeply rooted rural folk traditions, and a plethora of rhythms that have always powered the UK’s dance floors. But, it’s also more than that, it’s a fierce commentary on the challenges that society faces today. From climate change to wealth inequality and myriad forms of prejudice, these songs serve as the band’s critical lens on many of the world's most pressing issues. And the radical transformation the band have undertaken is an embodiment of London's spirit—ever-evolving, diverse, and driven by a solidarity to transcend boundaries and borders.

Doors open at 19:00, with the incredible band "Intervention" taking the stage at 19:30 to kick off the night with their electrifying performance.

Intervention is a conversation between the organic and the electronic world. Created by London-based drummer-percussionist Lya Reis Guerrero, vocal-genius Plumm, and in collaboration with pianist-producer Eliane Correa. They are aiming to convey an unrepeatable journey where energy, euphoria, and eclectic sounds are transmitted through improvisation. Their music lives in a wide soundscape, influenced by latin, soul, and electronic that speaks to carnival and party culture.

https://www.instagram.com/intervention.music/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091409054695

So mark the date in your calendars and come and join us for a night that will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

See you there, ready to dance, sing, and celebrate with us!

When?
14.12.2023
Where?
Dingwalls Cambden, NW1 8AL
Time?
Doors open 19:00
First act ?
19:30
tickets : https://buytickets.at/donkipper/1013597

A wonderful free concert as part of the Southbank's Family Folk Club series, always a fantastic vibe!

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/142117-family-folk-club-don-kipper-2020

Don Kipper keeping it strictly local for one of our first gigs of 2020, expect relentless good vibes and plenty of new songs we'll be trying out, so come get it while it's hot!

The Ealing Jazz Festival returns to Ealing’s stunning Walpole Park with its most ambitious lineup to date, including helping Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club to celebrate 60 years with the legendary venue programming Sunday’s Main Stage proceedings.

Prominent James Brown co-writers and original "JB Horn" Pee Wee Ellis headlines the Ronnie Scott's takeover with a retrospective performance covering an illustrious 50-year career, with rising jazz star and virtuoso vocalist Judi Jackson, the wildly entertaining Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, club regulars the Andy Davies Quartet and hugely popular funk and soul ensemble W3 rounding things off.

Elsewhere, Sunday’s other stages and Saturday’s full line-up will feature the likes of brass misfits BYOB (Bring Your Own Brass),
Leeds-based jazz fusion collective Necktr and the energetic, globetrotting sounds of award-winning sextet Don Kipper.

Tix: https://www.ticketline.co.uk/ealing-jazz-festival?fbclid=IwAR0lAwchH9htIK5Hj3Gf2VB0GqzubN6DgSnebtGfavm1t8WaaRXcP69g-9s#tour

The Tsvey Kipperim, Daniel Gouly and Josh Middleton, are two members of Don Kipper – a multi award-winning ensemble playing a wide range of traditional musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London.

Separated from the shoal, these two breakaway Kippers delve deeply into the Neshama (spirit) of Jewish music. In their performances they take an audience on an odyssey through Eastern Europe, touching on many of the traditions which have influenced East European Jewish Music, such as Romani Music, and rural folk traditions from around the Balkans and the Mediterranean. From Greece to Moldova via a synagogue in Kiev they move with wit, joy, and sadness in equal measure. Through the intimate interplay between accordion and the clarinet, these two musicians explore the potentials that a deep working relationship, a shared love for the tradition, and a profound friendship can create.

Daniel Gouly has been described as a ‘stand out’ musician in the London scene according the Evening Standard and his soloing has been described as ‘transcendental’ by Songlines, while The Financial Times has claimed Josh Middleton ‘has played with every Klezmer musician in London.’ After some deliberation, the Tsvey Kipperim have decided that actually that’s probably true.

Gates open 6pm to give an opportunity to see the gardens and get food and drink.  Tsvey Kipperim’s first set will be at 6.30pm to 7.15pm. Interval 7.15pm to 7.45pm. Second set 7.45pm to about 8.30pm.

Get tickets here!
https://www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/event/gig-at-the-greenhouses-tsvey-kipperim/?fbclid=IwAR0BB_ica6WsIMpc8w9sOFRHXSr2_W-2ui_jBktQIiC9ZvMbRulz3I7Y6Ns

We love Essex and we’re delighted to be back there, supported by the fantastic Rev Simpkins, it promises to be a wonderful night!

Tix:
https://www.colchesterartscentre.com/events/gigs/don-kipper-rev-simpkins/?fbclid=IwAR0Z7S-d0zhVFVOZB4zpaPsXLygnYsneZKx8Q8RD7AON0bWljad1zF5pLrQ

We LOVE Bristol, and we’re over the moon to be back in this wonderful city for a gig at the Crofters Rights, we’ve never played here before so we’re really looking forward to it!

Tix:

https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2yaMPdvWNQZeIZhWNx_BjJGcdmfe5DtyAgvrVDuLEUch8z-H3_YhZu4hA#date=2019-06-07&event_id=52741

We’re delighted to be in Aldershot as part of our 2019 tour, so grab your dancing shoes!

tix: https://www.westendcentre.co.uk/event/don-kipper?fbclid=IwAR1UEFPdYg7ur_FlAPQhISosXEnt-06KqxmCvZIzSnKf2f2aIo8Hcdia2UM

We’re back at the Jazz Cafe for a headline show supported by the London folk legends The Langan Band, it’s one of only a couple of shows in London for 2019 so get tickets while you can!

We’ll be bringing some synth-heavy, unheard bangers to the dancefloor so watch out!

https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/don-kipper-the-langan-jazz-cafe-tickets/9193465?pl=JC

Tell your friends, family, partners, former lovers, old school teachers, acquaintances, well known local characters, minor criminals, and anyone with ears that we're coming to a stage near you soon!

Grab tix here:

https://neuaddogwen.com/events/gigs-don-kipper-dj/?fbclid=IwAR0vGmyUDX2-uVhpP3IrDzQJOCSObgPA7Xv5NVQrMGtcC0MeaIgHnfxAcJY

We’re delighted to be in Norwich as part of 2019 tour, so grab your dancing shoes!

Tix:
https://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/don-kipper/?fbclid=IwAR1ZYrbMpBEG2794gshWAKKjJ4Tqlr5XL0RoGsuqs2EJU5AXj4XcBqWso-o

We can’t wait to return to Spain supported by our wonderful colleagues Mapamundi Música and playing alongside the brilliant Melech Mechaya…

It will be a joyful evening with thrilling world music. See you there!

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

On tour in rural England supported by the National Rural Touring Forum, bringing our vibrant cosmopolitan music to England's green and pleasant land...

GLOBAL ACOUSTIC
AN AFTERNOON MINI-FEST FEATUING THE FINEST MUSIC FROM ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE


Time to kick back and celebrate Sunday with an easy going, culture-blending afternoon at North London’s friendliest and finest live music bar Balabam.
DJ and host Jamie Renton has handpicked a selection of the best musicians in town to play special acoustic sets throughout the afternoon.
Grab a drink and one of Balabam’s excellent burgers and get ready to enjoy the fiery Yiddish and Balkan sounds of The Don Kipper Duo, Trio Lokito’s mix of soukous and salsa, master of the 21-string West African kora harp Kadialy Kouyate, Colombian singer (and frontwoman of Latin big band Conjunto Sabroso) Luz-Elena Caicedo digging her roots in an acoustic trio and the UK’s finest blues guitarists Adam Blake and Ramon Goose (with special guest percussionist Hamid Mantu, from Transglobal Underground)
And in between all this, Jamie will be on the decks spinning global sounds to compliment the live sets


LIVE ON STAGE
DON KIPPER DUO
Amazing Klezmer clarinet & accordion
www.donkipper.com

TRIO LOKITO
Sizzling Congo-Cuban Sounds
www.grupolokito.co.uk

KADIALY KOUYATE
Senegalese Master of the Kora
kadialykouyate.com

LUZ ELENA CAICEDO & MATICES LATINOS
Folkloric melodies from Colombia
www.facebook.com/luzelena.caicedo.7

BLAKE & GOOSE
Blues guitar Maestros
www.facebook.com/ab77blues
ramongoose.wordpress.com

On the Decks:
JAMIE RENTON
The Best in Global Grooves
www.mixcloud.com/jamie-renton


£5 0n the door

It’s our last gig of 2018 on home turf, so turn up and nice up the place!

It’s an amazing new venue too, so don’t miss out…

grab your tix here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/don-kipper-tickets-50957299655?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR3V4gMygllNYw2NYz6d0B0lLHEeM5MSmDsdkOJuio1pd7TmwY8pITfJCUY

Don Kipper re a multi award-winning 7-piece ensemble playing and transforming a wide range of traditional musical forms reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London, frourkish and reek Folk Musics to omani music and lezme. eparated from the shoal, two breakaway Kippers, The Tsvey Kipperim, Daniel Gouly and Josh Middleton, delve deeply in the shama (spirit) of Jewish music. With wit, joy, and sadness in equal measure, they take an audience on an odyssey through the bridens, rkishers, eylekhs, a hoks at the very core of the Klezmer repertoire.

Through the intimate interplay between accordion and the clarinet, these two musicians explore the potentials that a deep working relationship, a shared love for the tradition, and a profound friendship can create.

Tix:
http://www.greennote.co.uk/production/tsvey-kipperim/

We're delighted to be part of the Roman River Festival that brings a mind-boggling variety of performers to informal and unexpected venues in Colchester, Stoke by Nayland and coastal Essex each September for a 10-day festival.

It’s back - the micro-festival down on the shores of the Exe Estuary! 

You’ll get to see six towering bands, with ska, folk, jazz, surf-rock, and klezmer all jostling for your attention. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s a cider bar, games, and food (from Oasis Falafel and Grill and La Cantina Street Kitchen). 

This event is all about the shimmering location on the water’s edge. So join us for a vibrant day of eclectic music and fun for only £12.

Adults £12 | Under 16s £6 | Family (2+2) £25

Join a fun-packed afternoon for all the family in one of London’s most beautiful parks with special guest presenter BBC Radio 3 DJ Max Reinhardt.

Programme
12:30PM Fran & Flora
1.15PM JMI Youth Big Band  & Sam Eastmond
2PM Shir & Debbie Charles
3PM The London Klezmer Quartet & Kadialy Kouyate
4PM 3yin & Camille Maalawy
5PM Don Kipper & TalkingDRUM

Following their sold-out album launch at Islington Assembly Hall in April, international legends The Turbans bring their unique vibe to Camden's iconic venue The Jazz Cafe for a late summer smash with long-time collaborators Woodburner, supported by the epic Don Kipper who sold out their own album launch at Wilton's in June.

THE TURBANS

International musical adventurers The Turbans bind together music from ‘manywhere’, igniting audiences with the bacchanalian spirit of the Eastern Mediterranean. Drawing on the rich cultural heritage of both the Levantine and Balkan regions, they create original music for the 21st century, inspired by ancient melodies.

Sonically huge and visually arresting, the interstellar live show embodies the skill, experience and passion of intrepid instrumental explorers from Turkey, Bulgaria, Israel, Iran, Spain, Greece and England, pooling their energy and creativity in a spirit of generosity and openness that is so needed in these troubled global times.

2 years in the making, mixed and mastered by legendary producer Jerry Boys (Ali Farka Toure, Everything But the Girl, The Beatles), their eponymous album was released on acclaimed US label Six Degrees Records in March 2018, when they featured live on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 4 and Jazz FM.

Opening the show will be Don Kipper, a multi award-winning 7-piece ensemble playing a wide range of traditional musical forms, reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London, from Turkish and Greek Folk Musics to Romani music and Klezmer.

DON KIPPER

Don Kipper are a multi award-winning 7-piece ensemble playing a wide range of traditional musical forms, reflecting the cultural diversity of North East London. From Turkish and Greek Folk Musics to Romani music and Klezmer. While we attempt to root ourselves deeply in the traditions that surround them, they also like to bring these musical cultures together in innovative, exciting, and unusual ways that mirror London’s vibrant, cosmopolitan energy. Equally happy taking an intimate audience on a musical journey through Europe as we are taking their feet on a frantic journey around the dancefloor, at home both on large outdoor stages playing to a crowd of ecstatic dancers, and in sweaty tents getting the throng jumping.

Since 2013, they have released two albums, been featured on BBC Introducing and the BBC World Service, played two European Tours, and won the titles of both the Moshe Beregovski Award for best Klezmer Newcomers and World Music Network’s Battle of the Bands.

Their new album 'Seven Sisters' is one that’ll grab you by your very soul and pull you halfway through London before it’s finished with you. It will be released on 22nd June through World Music Network's Riverboat Records.

https://youtu.be/f_0X9gN8dJ4

TICKETS

£12.50 Earlybird (until 14th May)
£15 Advance
£20 Dining

www.woodburner.tv
www.thejazzcafelondon.com