This year’s Ip-art festival includes a fair sprinkling
of music that will interest world and roots music fans. Early in the programme,
local duo Speakeasy (Terry Mackley and Paul 'Pappy' Watts) bring what they
describe as “laidback music inspired by the great age of jazz and
blues” to Pizza Express on 2nd and 9th July, while on 5th July you
can catch the rare ethnic grooves of DJ Suga Kann’s “Barefoot
Journey Into The Drumfields” at St Nicholas Centre. SK is a founder
member of the Afrogroove collective and is big on the London DJ scene.
However if you prefer your music live (and I confess I do), the following
weekend’s offerings stand out. On Friday 11th Atissou Loko Adjabel,
who you may remember from his recent New Wolsey show, is playing at The
Council Chamber. Paris based, with a Haitian mother, Adjabel studied the
tambour in his mother’s homeland and his band mixes African and Caribbean
influences with French songs, jazz, world music and rap. And on Saturday
12th, the Demon Barber Roadshow will take the Corn Exchange by storm. East
Suffolk Morris Men have collaborated with Peppery to mark their 50th anniversary
by promoting this high energy folk dance and music spectacular. The Barber’s
world famous show is based on English folk tunes with the added attitude
of ska and drum ‘n’ bass influences from a driving rhythm section.
If the weather’s fine, what better way to round off the weekend than
by taking in the South Asian food, music and dance at the Indian Summer
Mela in the park on Sunday 13th.
Howard Pugh (Peppery Productions)
Music Day in Christchurch Park on 6th July is one of the
main community events
of Ipswich’s year. This year there will be two classical stages. At The
Key, St Margaret’s Plain the programme is: 2pm Suffolk Festival; 2.30pm
Orwell Singers; 3pm Constable Classical Guitar Trio; 3.30pm Mellow Bellows and
4pm Decibelles.
At St Margaret’s Church: 2pm Suffolk Phoenix Brass; 2.30 Musicology; 3pm
Trianon Music Group and 3.30pm Co-op Ladies’ Choir.r.’
