28.12.12

Sat Jan 5 Oxley: Pt Rabindra Narayan Goswami (sitar), Vinod Prasanna (bansuri), Shen Flindell (tabla)

Hi folks,
 
I hope you've been having a wonderful holidays. If you are up at Woodford, Taro and I will be performing in Folklorica Monday morning 1030am and Tuesday afternoon 1230pm, as well as participating in the New Year's Dawn Hilltop concert.

 On Thursday I was fortunate to be invited to accompany two great musicians from my Indian hometown, Varanasi - Pt Rabindra Narayan Goswami (sitar) and Vinod Prasanna (bansuri) - who are performing at Woodford this week. If you missed Woodford, or enjoyed them and would like to hear them playing in a more focused intimate setting, please come to our concert at The Light House on Sat Jan 5 (they're also performing Jan 4 in Ocean Shores). 

Coming up on Jan 26/27 (Indian Republic Day/Australia Day long weekend) we have "United Nations of Indian Classical Music" featuring 7 great artists in Mullumbimby and Brisbane. We're bringing brilliant tabla player Maharshi Raval up from Sydney especially to join all the other very talented musicians on the bill. Please help spread the word!!!


SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
FRIENDS' NEWS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/

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12.12.12

Sun Dec 16 Sunnybank: Swara Mohini End of Year Concert 2012 - Saikat Bhattacharya (sitar), Taro Terahara (bansuri), Shen Flindell (tabla)

Hi folks,

Well the Tibet2Timbuk2 Music is Life tour was loads of fun and quite successful. Taro really does add a magical element to the band, and we really bonded over the last 8 concerts. As usual I'm late with blogging... Brisbane folks will get the chance to hear our magic at the Festival of Tibet on 1st Feb. In the meantime why not buy our CD as a Christmas gift for someone you love?

Meanwhile this Sunday Taro and I will join sitarist Saikat Bhattacharya for Swara Mohini's end of year concert in Sunnybank.

Please note some big dates in January for beautiful Indian music - Jan 5 we'll be hosting Pt Rabindra Narayan Goswami (sitar) and Vinod Prasanna (bansuri) at the Light House. Then on Jan 26/27 we have "United Nations of Indian Classical Music" featuring 7 great artists in Mullumbimby and Brisbane.


SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
FRIENDS' NEWS - COMING UP

SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/

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4.12.12

This weekend Nerang, Nimbin, Ocean Shores - Tibet2Timbuk2 Music is Life Tour

Hi folks,

Tibet2Timbuk2 have been having a blast touring Sunshine Coast and central NSW the last two weeks. Our special guest Taro Terahara adds a magical final element to complete a delicious and heady brew of sounds from Tibet, India and further west. Our tour closes this weekend with shows in Gold Coast on Friday, Nimbin on Saturday, and Ocean Shores on Sunday. Hope to see all you NNSW and Gold Coast folks there!

 I also want to encourage Brisbane folks to go see Jaadu with Taro Terahara at the Judith Wright Centre this Thursday. Our home concert last Sunday was really enjoyable, smooth and cruisy. 

SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
FRIENDS' NEWS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP

SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/

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18.11.12

Sunshine Coast: Tibet2Timbuk2 "Music is Life" tour this Fri/Sat

Hi folks,
Whoopee, it's Tibet2Timbuk2 tour time! We're kicking off with shows on the Sunshine Coast this weekend - in Doonan (Noosa) on Friday and Chenrezig on Saturday.
Also this weekend on Sunday afternoon from 2pm Taro and I will be joining jazz group Jaadu for a chilled garden concert in Woolloongabba.  Robert Welsh's beautiful piano, his son Ravi's smooth guitar, in collaboration with Indian vocalist Ranjini, Taro on bansuri, Shen on tabla and Nathan on percussion. Yum. 
Further ahead for Tibet2Timbuk2 tour: Nerang, Nimbin and Ocean Shores (and further south in NSW) - details at tibet2timbuk2.com


If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/
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7.11.12

This weekend in Woombye, Oxley, Myocum: Bamboo Bliss - Indian classical flute home concerts with Taro and Shen

Hi folks,

Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed the sublime sarod concert by Steve Oda and Ty Burhoe at The Light House last Saturday. This week we have another beautiful Indian classical home concert on in Oxley, with  bansuri master Taro Terahara here in Brisbane on Sat 10th. We are also performing in Sunshine Coast (Fri Nov 9) and Byron (Sun 11th). 

Later this month we'll be going on tour with Tibet2Timbuk2. Unfortunately there are no shows in Brisbane but you will be able to catch us in Doonan, Chenrezig, Nerang, Nimbin and Ocean Shores - details at tibet2timbuk2.com

Please note that contrary to prior announcements, Tenzin, Taro and I will not be performing with Ani Choying Drolma in her shows next week. The organisers have decided to bring two musicians from Melbourne on the whole tour, which will no doubt be divine.



If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/
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17.10.12

Sun Oct 21 Westlake: Tamil Saraswati Puja home concert featuring tabla students of ABMTS

Hi folks,


This Sunday we will have a devotional home concert in Westlake from 3pm, as part of Navratri ("Nine Nights of the Goddess"). There will be 3 items with all tabla accompaniment provided by my students or myself. The final item will be a Dhrupad vocal performance by Yuki, which will be your last chance to hear her before she goes back to Japan next week to await her Australian visa. Please contact me for the address if you'd like to come.


Coming up, I'll be hosting some great Indian classical musicians at our home in Oxley - senior student of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Sri Steve Oda, with student of tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, Sri Ty Burhoe. These are big names and along with that goes genuine quality musicianship and devotion. I highly recommend their early afternoon concert on Saturday Nov 3. They are also performing in Byron on the 2nd and around Australia - flier attached.

Then we have bansuri master Taro Terahara here from Japan for 3 months, up until Festival of Tibet in early February 2013. We're starting with a round of Indian classical home concerts in Sunshine Coast (Fri Nov 9), Brisbane (Sat 10th) and Byron (Sun 11th).

SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
FRIENDS' NEWS - COMING UP
SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/

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2.10.12

This Saturday! Amazing Butoh, Odissi Dance events

Hi folks,

There are some special dance events going on in Brisbane this weekend. This Saturday afternoon, Yuki and Megan are presenting their last BUTOH and Oki-do Workshop of the year at our studio in Oxley, and this time I'll be providing some live music on... piano! Yes I've been practising lots of classical and some jazz piano pieces in the last couple of months, so let's see what happens...

Then on Saturday night there is the first performance at the new QLD Multicultural Centre in Kangaroo Point, entitled "Intensely Soul - Transformational Odissi Dance". Odissi dance is my favourite form of Indian classical dance, very beautiful and feminine, so I highly recommend this concert and the workshop the following morning. I'm attaching the event flier to this email.

Coming up, I'll be hosting some great Indian classical musicians at our home in Oxley - senior student of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Sri Steve Oda, with student of tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, Sri Ty Burhoe. These are big names and along with that goes genuine quality musicianship and devotion. I highly recommend their early afternoon concert on Saturday Nov 2. Then through November and December we're all looking forward to some classical and collaborative concerts with bansuri master Sri Taro Terahara.


SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
FRIENDS' NEWS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
FRIENDS' NEWS - COMING UP
 SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/

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11.9.12

Butoh and Odissi dance events in Brisbane

Hi folks,

There are some special dance events going on in Brisbane in the next month. Yuki is giving weekly butoh dance sessions at our home in Oxley on Thursday evenings in September. For those of you with an image of butoh as an ugly, fearsome dance, please bear in mind that butoh expresses both "light" and "dark". Yuki comes from the "light" side of the butoh tradition as exemplified by Kazuo Ohno, and we would describe these workshops as "sublime dance expression".

Coming up in early October is the first performance at the new QLD Multicultural Centre in Kangaroo Point, entitled "Intensely Soul - Transformational Odissi Dance". Odissi dance is my favourite form of Indian classical dance, very beautiful and feminine, so I highly recommend this concert and the workshop the following morning. I'm attaching the event flier to this email. (Please email me to join my email list.)



This weekend my tabla students and I will be performing at the Gold Coast Multicultural Festival from 1130am, before Tenzin and I head down to Mullumbimby for a small concert there. (Contact Tenzin for details on that one)

I've finally caught up on the last few months' blogging, with posts on our 5th annual tabla school concert, some Tibet2Timbuk2 shows, and the recently completed Masters of Sarangi tour.


SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK
FRIENDS' NEWS - THIS WEEK
SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
FRIENDS' NEWS - COMING UP
SHEN'S RECENT BLOGS
If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/
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28.7.12

Sat 4 Aug: Global Soul Music + Butoh Workshop + Aug 17-26: Masters of Sarangi

Hi folks,

Shen's News: We have some very special events coming up in August, starting with two different events next Saturday August 4th. I will be launching a new band with Sudanese minstrel Asim Gorashi and jazz guitarist Ravi Welsh with a concert at Crystal Waters Eco Village from 1pm after the monthly markets there. Meanwhile back at our home in Oxley Yuki and Megan are launching our event space with a BUTOH and Oki-do Workshop on Saturday August 4th. Later in August we have several concerts with visiting sarangi masters Pts Santosh and Sangeet Mishra (details at the bottom of this email).


SHEN'S GIGS - THIS WEEK

FRIENDS' NEWS - THIS WEEK

SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
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“Masters of Sarangi” Concert Tour

7th and 8th generation sarangi masters from the ancient city of Varanasi, Pandit Santosh Mishra and his son Sangeet Mishra will be performing around Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and NNSW with Brisbane's leading classical tabla player Shen Flindell and special guests Yuki Taniguchi Flindell (mantras, Dhrupad) and Shrabani Choudhury (sitar - August 26 only).

Indian classical music is a diamond of global culture, a timeless spiritual vibration with unmatched opportunities for improvisation and expression, transporting listeners into realms of sound. This tour brings together musicians from India, Australia and Japan to evoke the peaceful sounds of Planet Earth.

Sarangi is an Indian bowed instrument with about 50 strings. Its sound is considered to match the human voice most closely, and its name literally means "hundred colours", reflecting the wide range of tones and moods it can evoke. An extremely difficult instrument, the art of sarangi is slowly dying. The sound is that of ancient spiritual India. Santosh and Sangeet Mishra come from a long lineage of sarangi players from India's holiest city, Varanasi, and have performed with leading artists all around India and the world.

2012 Tour Schedule

7pm Fri Aug 17 Woombye (home concert)
245 Kiel Mountain Rd, Woombye. Bookings Sim 0754423136, 0407890417

7pm Sat Aug 18 Bracken Ridge Hall
cnr Barrett & Bracken Streets, Bracken Ridge. Bookings Jitendra 0411798012

5pm Sun Aug 19 Oxley (home concert)
36 Kingsgate St, Oxley. Bookings Shen 0415106428
* ALSO Workshop from 2pm

7pm Fri Aug 24 Nimbin School of Arts Hall
47 Cullen Street, Nimbin. Bookings Dana 0428539232

7pm Sat Aug 25 Ocean Shores (home concert)
6 Goolara Ct, Ocean Shores
* ALSO Workshop from 3pm

4pm Sun Aug 26 Mt Gravatt Progress Hall
1873 Logan Road, Upper Mt Gravatt.
“Strings of India 2012”
with Shrabani Choudhury (sitar)

Further info: www.ethnosuperlounge.com/sangeet or phone Shen on 0415106428


Pandit Santosh Mishra

Pandit Santosh Mishra of Benaras tradition, learnt music from his uncle Maestro Narayan Das Mishra and his father Maestro Bhagwan Das Mishra. An A Grade artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Pandit Mishra has performed in numerous prestigious music festivals, both in India and abroad.

Sri Sangeet Mishra

Young Maestro Sangeet Mishra has learnt music from his father Pandit Santosh Mishra. He has also received advanced training from his paternal and maternal grandfathers Maestro Bhagwan Das and Maestro Narayan Das Mishra respectively. Sangeet has performed on several music platforms in India and overseas. Sangeet is a talented musician and a capable exponent of the Benaras tradition.

Sri Shen Flindell

Shen Flindell started learning tabla in Melbourne from Sri Debapriya Bhattacharya in 1994. He went to Varanasi in India to study under Pt. Kaviraj Ashutosh Bhattacharya, a great tabla master of the Benares Gharana. Based in Brisbane, Shen spends several months of each year in Japan and India. Within the realm of Indian classical music, Shen is capable in the four fields of vocal accompaniment, instrumental accompaniment, Kathak dance accompaniment and tabla solo. Shen has also given successful accompaniment in South Indian music and dance performances.

Srimati Yuki Taniguchi Flindell

Through Mantra, Kirtan and Indian Classical Music, Yuki became interested in the power of sound. She studies Mantra Yoga in Rishikesh and Dhrupad (Indian Classical Vocal) and Sanskrit in Varanasi. She regularly travels and gives workshops and concerts in India, Japan, and Australia.

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8.7.12

Sat Jul 14 Grange: 5th Annual Ashu Babu Memorial Tabla School Concert

Hi folks,

Shen's News: Yuki and I have spent the last few weeks moving and settling in to our new house in Oxley. It has a great space for events and yoga classes. Please get in touch if you'd like to take part in Yuki's yoga classes. The first event here will be a BUTOH and Oki-do Workshop with Yuki and Megan on Saturday August 4th, and then later in August we'll have a home concert with visiting sarangi masters Pts Santosh and Sangeet Mishra (details coming soon).


But first, this Saturday it's one of my year's big highlights - the 5th Annual Ashu Babu Memorial Tabla School Concert, at Grange Progress Hall. About a dozen of my students will be presenting tabla solos and group performances in dedication to our lineage of tabla gurus in the Benares Gharana.  There's always a wonderful atmosphere of love and happiness so please come along and enjoy the night while supporting Brisbane's upcoming tabla players.


If the links above don't work please go direct to the EthnoSuperLounge Events page: http://ethnosuperlounge.com/news/events.htm, and also my personal blogs http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/ and http://shenweb.blogspot.com/
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16.6.12

Thu Jun 21 Brisbane Powerhouse: Tibet2Timbuk2, Lotus Star and IJIMP

Hi folks,

Shen's News: I'm back in Brisbane after 4 months in India and Japan, having various wonderful experiences including a tihai of weddings with my lovely bride Yuki. We are now looking for a new home but at the same time looking forward to some excellent concerts in the next few weeks, including my tabla school's 5th annual student concert on July 14. Coming up in August - Pt Santosh Mishra and Sangeet Mishra (sarangi duo).



If you'd like to get discount tickets for this Thursday's Tibet2Timbuk2 concert at Brisbane Powerhouse, they are offering specially priced $20 tickets to our friends who book online at their website - quote FRIENDS.


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SHEN'S NEWS - COMING UP
FRIENDS' NEWS - COMING UP

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