September 17th, 2009 by Khyam | Posted in General | Comments Off
Dear Friends,
With so much going on in the last few months it’s been hard keeping everyone up to date. The Supersonic Festival in Birmingham back in July went far better than I could have imagined, in particular the impromptu ‘Ud solo version of Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath! A lengthy interview I did at the festival with the Strange Glue webzine will be published soon, possibly serialised as two parts. In the meantime, there are a couple of short reviews on my facebook page here and photos here.
Since then all has been study and preparation for the coming months.
There are a handful of performances coming up in September and October (click here for details), the most exciting of which is the performance with Stevie Wishart and her group Sinfonye at the Southbank in London, which will hopefully be particularly beautiful. We will be performing an as yet unreleased work of her composition titled Transients. I am very exited about it; three female voices, Harp, ‘Ud, Hurdy Gurdy and Percussion… I wish I could make you all hear it now!!!
Beyond these couple of months, I am happy to let you know that I will have a residency with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a live musician in their production of Arabian Nights as part of their 2009/2010 season. We will be performing 8 times a week throughout December and January at their Courtyard Theater in Stratford-Upon-Avon, so there’ll be many chances for you to join us!
Many thanks to all of you again for the continued support. Please join the mailing list (on the right) if you’d like to be informed about future shows and plans. Hope to see some of you at one of the upcoming shows!