Music

Great Buffalo Blues began with two players who just wanted to write and play songs that told the true stories, and then they expanded into a three piece electric blues band. Dooder brought his cajon, his guitar and his soul man style.

Kamau brought his guitar and vocals. Together, the duo started crafting songs that weaved funk rhythms and blues to bring to stage songs like "If I Told You I loved You," "Dream Song," "7th Floor," and "While We Were Sleeping."

They bring the funk. They bring the fire. They bring the feeling that you're feeling in your bones as you're reading through their bio.

The Canzilians are everything you expect from a two-man acoustic band: groove!

With a touch of R&B on Rod's vocals and a hell lot of funky beat on Sonny's cajon, the band brings their unique music to the lands of China. The Canzilian's music is a blend of Canadian tones and Brazilian rhythms combined with pop covers turned into peculiar versions, as well as their original tracks that vivify this phenomenal cultural mix. See both bands live for free on April 20th. For more information, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51209

Tom Tom Magazine brings Chinese Riot Grrrl bands to Temple Bar for a free show on April 19th. Catch bands and solo acts like punks Waisted Laika, math rocker Rhonda, punk rockers Duff Beer and hard core act Xiao Wang.

For more information, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/49144

Vancouver-based hip hop artist Sean Zh. appears at Yue Space on April 28th in support of his new EP, 6+1=7. The artist is signed with Canada’s Cloudy Tunnel and is touring with Peatle, one of Taiwan’s best known rappers.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/a5APZU59r2FDRrgxvvYY1Q

Satoshi Kataoka is a guitarist, composer and arranger living in New York City. He attended the Jazz Performance program at The City College of New York where he studied with world acknowledged musicians like, John Patittuci,Mike Holober, Scott Reeves and many others.Satoshi has had opportunities to play with some great players such as John McNeil (Horace Silver,Tom Harrell, Billy Hart, Bob Brookmeyer), Joe Martin (Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch,

Maria Schneider), Jochen Rueckert (Mark Turner, Marc Copland, Pat Metheny, Sam Yahel) and many more.

In 2015, he has released his first album, “Fall Into the Place” which consists of all his original pieces from the Surca music. The album recorded with Adam Kolker (Billy Hart, Paul Motian), Pablo Menares (Melissa Aldana’s Crush trio, Claudia Acuna) and Allan Mednard (Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks).

He has been actively playing in the city since the college years at the venues such as Iridium, Smalls, Fatcat, Cornelia St Cafe,ShapeShifter Lab and many other places. He also has been invited to play some jazz festivals in China such as Hangzhou jazz festival, and given masterclasses in Beijing, Shanghai.

He's been playing in some different groups with musicians such as Allan Mednard, Pablo Menares, Glenn Zaleski(current pianist in Ravi Coltrane’s), Simona Premazzi(current pianist in Greg Osby’s and Jeremy Pelt’) and many more,as well as his own trio, quartet, quintet and larger ensemble. Catch him at Jianghu on April 19th with a great backing band.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/51326

Soaring harmonies, high energy instrumentals, and heartfelt originals punctuate each performance of the Eastman String Band. Tim and Savannah Finch began playing music together at the Friday night jams once held at Tim’s music store, “Good Deale Bluegrass” in Deale, Md. After they married in 2003, they went on to play multiple private events, weddings, and now perform at some of the Mid-Atlantic’s most prominent venues. Together they have released 2 all original albums.

See them live at Jianghu on April 18th. For more information or for tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/50650

After Work, every Wednesday in SIDE STREET from 6.30. Need to relax after a day of work? Need some cool vibes, meet nice people or want to enjoy amazing burgers and having a glass? Go to SIDE STREET. Feat DJ Peter Stone. Nine gates/Boxing cat/Vedett Blonde at 30RMB. See You Wednesday

Satoshi Kataoka is a guitarist, composer and arranger living in New York City. He attended the Jazz Performance program at The City College of New York where he studied with world acknowledged musicians like, John Patittuci, Mike Holober, Scott Reeves and many others. Satoshi has had opportunities to play with some great players such as John McNeil (Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart, Bob Brookmeyer), Joe Martin (Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Maria Schneider), Jochen Rueckert (Mark Turner, Marc Copland, Pat Metheny, Sam Yahel) and many more. In 2015, he has released his first album, “Fall Into the Place” which consists of all his original pieces from the Surca music. The album recorded with Adam Kolker(Billy Hart, Paul Motian), Pablo Menares(Melissa Aldana’s Crush trio, Claudia Acuna) and Allan Mednard(Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks)

He has been actively playing in the city since the college years at the venues such as Iridium, Smalls, Fatcat, ShapeShifter Lab and many other places. He's been playing in some different groups as well as his own trio, quartet, quintet and larger ensemble.

Parakeet is a group of musicians from all over the world that met in Beijing and started playing together. Their style is a mix of jazz, blues and pop music. They are inspired by mostly classical jazz music with most of them having played jazz for many years .

Parakeet brings you a cabaret of jazz fusion experience. With musicians from every corner of the planet, they play all of your favourites with a jazzy twist. From their striking front woman to their amazing local bassist, they have created a musical style that Beijing has never seen before. Their passion shines through in their solos, on-stage dance moves, and encores. Join us at Modernista THIS FRIDAY, April 13th and experience the pure joy of a show with Parakeet.

If you have ever seen any of their shows, then you know that Parakeet takes you back in time. Picture a smoky bar, vinyl records, drinking dry martinis, and swing dancers in their loose neck ties. Every song is both familiar and unique.

Line Up:

Vocals 歌手 - Kim

Keys 钢琴家 - Thierry

Bass 贝斯手 - Bae

Guitar 吉他手 - Roberto

Violin 小提琴手 - Samuel

Drums 鼓手 - Taylor

Join us for a very special World Music Thursday feat renowed Italian singer and improviser Elisabetta Maulo and her Jazz quartet. She was born in Montegranaro (FM), a small town located in the region of Marche (Italy). She discovered her passion for music when she was a child and she started out by learning piano and singing. As an artist she remarkably matured at the age of 19 when she moved to Pisa, where she attended seminars of scat and jazz singing hosted by notorius singers such as Marta Raviglia, Petra Magoni and Titta Nesti. In 2013 she met Kaya Anderson (Roy Art Theater) and attended her seminar “Human voice”. Fascinated by the innate bond between body and voice, she started to get interested in acting in theater plays. She played the role of Gian Burrasca in the play “Gian Burrasca and Pinocchio” directed by Erika Gori at the Verdi theater in Pisa and she participated to the play “Gli Oscillanti” at the Bruno Maderna Convervatory of Cesena. Today she is active in blues and jazz music, being the singer of the band Betta Blues Society, that released three albums (“Betta Blues Society”, “Roots” and “Let them out”). In 2018 they entered the final phase of the “International Blues Challenge” in Memphis (USA), placing in the first 8 bands of the competition. She has a duo with the internationally renowned blues guitar player Roberto Luti. She released an album as co-leader with Piergiorgio Pirro (“More Sundays”, 2015) and she sings jazz in her “Elisabetta Maulo Belgian Quartet” with Piergiorgio Pirro, Nicola Lancerotti and Jakob Warmenbol.

FREE ENTRANCE!

The Beijing Beatles are Beijing’s foremost Beatles cover band. Dressed in full Beatles regalia, John, Paul, George and Gringo perform all the hits from every Beatles era, from Beatlemania to the White Album hippie period. See them for a free show at Temple Bar on Sunday, April 29th. No reservations are necessary.