A very good day to you all,
here’s some great news from Mark and Mark:
For all of you who have not been able to get hold of all those great MB albums that have been released in Japan over the years, there is now a new “Best Of” release, that combine the most excellent tracks from those releases and bundles them in one great album. And it’s available from Itunes.
How cool is that?
The track list:
- Lost In You
- Sunshine Day
- Cha Cha Cuba
- Gypsy Lady
- Summer Samba
- Pasion Gitana
- River of Dreams
- Could You Be
- Echoes
- I Need You Now
- You and I
- Our Love
- Victim of Love
- Mood Swing
- Another Time Another Place
- A Day In Your Life
- Fire
Download it now!
D
Hi all,
good news: Mark and Mark now have an new and official MySpace site up and running. Excellent work. They are now also present on the following social networking sites:
Check them all out and don’t forget to see MB in 2 weeks in The Hague.
See you then,
Dirk
For all of us European based MB fans, there is some good news: Matt Bianco will be playing at The Hague Jazz Festival on 24.5.08.
This is an excellent festival sporting an impressive list of artists, and I expect to meet plenty of you there.
Cheers,
Dirk
Hi all,
I just had a message from Mark Fisher that the Jakarta gig (see below) has been cancelled due to organisational difficulties.
Sorry about that.
Dirk
Confirmed just a few days ago, Matt Bianco will be sharing a stage with Al Jareau, Incognito, Erykah Badu, Swing out Sister and many more top artists at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta in March. This sounds like an excellent place to be.
G’day all,
our Asian fans will again have the benefit of seeing Mark, Mark and the band live in action at the Bangkok Jazz Festival. According to the website the gig is on 8.12.07 at the Sanam Ror1 Pan 1 Ror Or(1st Battalion Regiment King’s Own Body Guard) Wiphawadi Rangsit Rd, between Veterans General Hospital and PTT Gas station.
Have fun,
Dirk
Just to remind you lucky Europeans that Matt Bianco will play at the Blue Note Milano on the 23rd and 24th of November, so just ten days away.
The perfect weekend gig, if you ask me.
Good news everyone,
Matt Bianco have just confirmed 4 dates at the Blue Note in Tokyo from the 17th to 21st January 2008.
Check out their exellent website here.
Our Japanese friends really have all the luck.
Hi,
Mark and Mark will be featuring on Italy’s Canale 5 network. The popular show, called ‘Ciao Darwin‘ is airing on 6.11.07 at 21:10 local time.
Have fun watching.
D
Published at September 16, 2007
in Dirkspeak.
Mark Reilly has announced that in between the work on the new Matt Bianco album due on JVC-Victor in 2008, he is back and forward to Seville, working on a solo project.
Here is he describes his inspiration for his new album:
I first came in contact with flamenco musicians while making the Matt Bianco album ” World go round ” , back in the mid 90s . We recorded with the flamenco/classical producer Jesus Bola , in his studio in Seville . I was taken by the whole experience , musically and culturally , most of all my friendship with Jesus and his family . Although the album was very successful in Japan , I thought we only touched the surface of what was on offer in a musical sense . I loved the open , acoustic sound of flamenco , the passion of its performers . I knew it was something I wanted to come back to. This is my first solo project as a performer , in collaboration with Jesus Bola. Many musicians in Seville and London have given their time on these songs , I thank you so much .
You can follow this exciting project on his Myspace site here.
