Month: September 2018

East meets West with Sanskriti Shrestha

Sanskriti Shrestha blends Asian music traditions with western musical forms like jazz and electronics – an experience in both sound and technique. Watch her intimate concert at Thea and Arves place in Marcus Thrane’s street in Drammen. Sanskriti Shrestha (1990) is an Oslo-based Nepalese musician who plays Tabla (drums with roots in North Indian Music… Read more »

Soul and pop with Beharie

The first concert in the Open Living Room series will take place Monday, September 17th: Experience the amazing soul voice of Beharie in an intimate concert in Kim and Ann Margritts living room on Muusøya in Drammen. The 24-year-old musician, pianist, composer, songwriter and singer Christian Beharie is a unique singing talent. He studies performing… Read more »

Gabacho Maroc – surpassing boundaries

Set up by drummer Vincent Thomas in San Sebastian in 2013, Gabacho Maroc has developed its own flair, using Afrojazz as the stock in a stew that’s spiked with ingredients from Moroccan, Arabic and Western music. The compositions of Gabacho Maroc are inspired by the gnawa heritage, musical style of sub-Saharan reminiscences practiced by Muslim… Read more »