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MUSIC/POP & JAZZ POP & JAZZ NONAME This Chicagoan singer's tunes are a musical mash-up of rap, hip-hop and slam poetry. She discovered her skills in spoken word through creative writing at school. After a slew of successful online videos, she managed to turn the heads of the likes of Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Sat 1 Jul, Bitterzoet, 20:30, €14.50 RODA DE SAMBA This festive Brazilian session led by guitarist Nelson Latif and his band features renowned guests from the Brazilian Summer Sessions, so get ready for one big brazen Brazil bash. There'll be piano, acoustic guitars and the classic ukelele-like cavaquinho. Hopefully they'll go easy on the caxirola, though... Sat 1 Jul, Bimhuis, 20:30, €12-€15 BRIAN WILSON – PET SOUNDS Brian Wilson – the legendary co-founder of The Beach Boys – will be playing through his magnum opus, the monumental 'Pet Sounds', at this concert. Luckily, he's got his former bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin to help him mark the half-century anniversary of the revered album. Mon 3 Jul, Royal Theater Carré, 20:00, €68-€98 KONRAD KOSELLECK BIG BAND An accomplished jazz pianist and graduate of both Hilversum and Amsterdam conservatories, Konrad Koselleck brings his passion, energy and humour to the fore as the bandleader of this ensemble. Their frequent adventures in Amsterdam's Bimhuis throw up everything imaginable: jazz, cabaret, musicals, pop, rock, funk, Latin and even classical music. Mon 3 Jul, Bimhuis, 20:30, €16 RESIDENTE This Puerto Rican rapper has made quite a name for himself in the music biz. Throughout his career, including his role as frontman for hip-hop group Calle 13, he's won a whopping 24 Grammy Awards – the most of any Latin artist. He recently released his eponymous debut solo advert
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album to favourable reviews. Tue 4 Jul, Melkweg, 19:30, €22.50
on Jamaican music mixes the melodic and energetic aspects of reggae and dancehall with the hard-hitting lyricism of hip-hop. ILE Fellow reggae and dancehall A special bonus for fans of Latin songsters Micah Shemaiah and hip-hop group Calle 13 (see DJ Madbwoy will also be Residente, above), this singperforming. er-songwriter from Puerto Rico Mon 10 July, Paradiso, was the female voice of the band 20:30, €22 until it went on hiatus. Just like THE UNDERACHIEVERS Residente, she's busy building a solo career and even picked up Comprised of rappers AK and a Grammy of her very own this Issa Gold, this East Coast hipyear for her debut solo album, hop duo are known for their 'Ilevitable'. Rightly so: her cool psychedelic musical concoctions mix of mid-tempo, folk-inspired that incorporate frantic rhymes songs are mesmeric. and heavy production. Expect Wed 5 Jul, Bimhuis, 20:30, some trippy new material from €15-€18 their 2017 album 'Renaissance' at this show. THE SHIVAS Thur 13 Jul, Melkweg, The Shivas grew up on psyche20:00, €18.50 delic tunes from the Sixties and FRIDOLIJN'S classic garage rock, and it really 'CATCHING CURRENTS' shows in their sound. The young Oregan-based trio's lo-fi tracks Fridolijn's doing extremely well blur the line between punk, surf for herself, with her jazz group and garage rock. They're promanaging to successfully make moting their latest release, last the tough leap into Japan and year's 'Better Off Dead'. China. Of course, she's still popThur 6 Jul, Sugarfactory, ular here in the Netherlands, 20:30, €9 and her latest album – 'Catching Currents' – proves why, showTUTU PUOANE MEETS casing the singer's beautiful JESSE VAN RULLER jazz-tinged folk voice. South African jazz singer Tutu Fri 14 Jul, Royal ConcertgePuoane is joining forces with bouw, 19:30 & 21:30, €20 Dutch jazz guitarist Jesse van WOLFMOTHER Ruller – the first European musician to win the prestigious Australia's coolest hard rockers Thelonious Monk Award. are finally returning to AmExpect goosebumps as Puoane's sterdam. While they're mostly warm, pure voice collides with known for their 2005 hit single, Van Ruller's full, twangy jazz 'Woman', the band's maintained playing. marriage of modern and classiFri 7 Jul, Royal Concertgecal rock has ensured their ongobouw, 19:30 & 21:30, €20 ing relevance. And given the raw passion of last year's 'Victorious', MATENROU OPERA these Aussies seem set to stay Despite the name, this band have in musical orbit for some time nothing to do with opera; in fact, to come. they're a Japanese Visual Kei metFri 14 Jul, Paradiso, al band. Think make-up, keytars, 20:30, €32.50 flamboyant costumes and – of BUSTA RHYMES course – big hair. Their tunes are a cheesy blend of symphonic metIt's been a while since this rap al and alternative rock, a genre legend paid a visit to the Neththat's generating a lot of buzz in erlands, but his eccentric style, the Far East's metal scene. fast-paced MCing and use of inSun 9 Jul, Melkweg, 19:00, ternal rhyme have warranted an €33 unwavering fan base. With nine solo albums and another in the KEVIN MORBY works (plus his recent reappearA key member of indie bands ance with A Tribe Called Quest), Woods and The Babies, Morby there'll be plenty of hits to pick has recently stepped out on from in this late-night gig. his own to release the emotive Sat 15 Jul, Paradiso, singer-songwriter record 'Sing01:00, €35 ing Saw', showing off his inner THE ORIGINAL JB'S Dylan. Imarhan is supporting, a band whose tunes draw inspiDuring the '70s and early '80s, ration from African funk, desert James Brown's band (The J.B.'s) rock and Seventies' pop. not only supported the monSun 9 Jul, Paradiso, umental artist on stage, but in 20:00, €15 the studio too. They even helped him record some of his biggest THE MAGPIE SALUTE hits, including 'Soul Power' and Formed by The Black Crowes' 'Super Bad'. Martha High, Danformer guitarist Rich Robinson, ny Ray and Cynthia Moore will The Magpie Salute hit the scene add vocal help for some unrelast year with their amalgamalenting soul and funk classics. tion of blues and southern rock. Sun 16 Jul, Paradiso, The band was originally meant 20:30, €27.50 to have a three-show run, but PET SHOP BOYS they decided to keep going due to popular demand. This electronic-pop duo have Mon 10 Jul, Paradiso, achieved quite a bit in their 20:30, €30 30-year musical career. Now on their 12th album, the boys KABAKA PYRAMID are listed in the Guinness Book This Kingston-based artist of Records for being the most and producer's refreshing take successful duo in UK music his-
TRIBUTE TO tory, and they've topped the US ELLA FITZGERALD Billboard Hot 100 to boot. They demonstrated their continued The late Ella Fitzgerald is widerelevance to the pop world with ly adored for her impeccable the release of last year's solid purity of tone, phrasing, dic'Super' - an energetic electronic tion, and intonation. Grammy collection, high on melody. Award-winning jazz singer Patti Tue 18 Jul, Royal Theater Austin, who credits Fitzgerald as Carré, 20:00, €62-€88 one of her greatest inspirations, will pay tribute to the legend at AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON this concert. This classically trained cellist Sat 29 Jul, Royal Concertgeand singer is celebrated within bouw, 21:00, €25 jazz circles for her towering INTIMATE FLAMENCO: technical artistry and self-asEDUARDO GUERRERO sured on-stage swagger. Her soulful fusion of jazz, blues and This concert sees renowned folk – reinforced by her unfetsolo dancer Eduardo Guerrero tered will to break the mould performing to a backdrop of fla– should appeal to fans of all menco music. Guerrero's charthese genres. ismatic, quirky and energetic Fri 21 Jul, Royal Concertgemoves are balanced by guitarist bouw, 19:30 & 21:30, €20 Javier Ibañez's skilful playing and Jesus Corbacho Vazquez SABRINA STARKE: IMAGINE and Manuel Soto's fiery vocals. This Surinamese-Dutch singThur 3 Aug, Royal Concertgeer-songwriter made quite the bouw, 20:00, €22 splash when she hit the scene JP HARRIS & back in 2008; she even secured THE TOUGH CHOICES the year's Edison Award for Best Newcomer. Today, the RotAmerican singer-songwriter terdam-based soul diva is still JP Harris pretentiously claims going strong with her delicate that he and his band don't play mixture of soul, folk, rhythm & Americana, roots or folk music – blues and jazz. just pure, old-fashioned country Sat 22 Jul, Royal Concertgemusic. It's actually Americana, bouw, 20:00, €22 though – and some good Americana at that. MONOPHONICS Thur 3 Aug, Q-Factory, These San Franciscan funk20:30, €10 sters are again strutting their RAMÓN VALLE stuff in dance music's favourite city. The psychedelic soul band Cuban jazz pianist and comproduce tunes that merge jazz, poser Ramón Valle came to the soul, Afrobeat and funk into Netherlands back in 1997 to try one danceable hybrid – one that to become a part of Europe's appeals to genre purists and vibrant jazz world. Twenty years newcomers alike. later, he's blown that goal out of Sat 22 Jul, Bitterzoet, the water. He's celebrating his 20:30, €15 doublet of Dutch decades with a special concert, showing all how MOON HOOCH he pushes and blurs the boundBrooklyn-based Moon Hooch aries of jazz, Latin and classical started off busking in stations music. across New York City Subway, Fri 4 Aug, Royal Concertgeat least until the NYPD banned bouw, 19:30 & 21:30, €20 them from doing so because PENNYWISE, FACE TO FACE their popular shows started AND GOOD RIDDANCE causing public disturbances. The band, comprised of two sax- This punkstravaganza features ophonists and a drummer, play three of the biggest hitters of the music that combines hook-laden '90s skate punk scene. Naturaljazz and energetic techno vibes. ly, you can expect an evening Tue 25 Jul, Paradiso, packed with the speediest, 20:00, €15 heaviest and catchiest tunes in the genre. Newcomers PEARS BAD RELIGION seem to be equally punktastic, After forming in Los Angeles in giving attendees some hardcore 1979, it took a few years for this to cleanse their punk palette. band to really gain infamy, but Sun 6 Aug, Melkweg, since 1993, they’ve been at the 17:00, €26 forefront of California's punk DON CARLOS scene. These days, they're one of the planet's most prolific punk This Jamaican singer and comoutfits, not only in terms of their poser has been at the forefront own output, but in how they of reggae for 45 years now. The mentor younger bands and muveteran began his career as sicians. They're also working on a founding member of Black a new record, so we'll likely hear Uhuru back in the early '70s. some new material at this show. He's been in and out of the Fri 28 Jul, Melkweg, band since then, but his warm, 19:30, €26.45 melodic voice has kept his loyal reggae fanbase right by his side. U2 Thur 10 Aug, Melkweg, It's been 30 years since the re20:30, €20 lease of U2's iconic fifth album, SLIGHTLY STOOPID 'The Joshua Tree'. To commemorate this special occasion, the Despite the band's name, Irish legends will be playing the these guys are actually pretty record and some bonus hits. damn clever. They've managed Sat 29 & Sun 30 Jul, to do the undoable: blending Amsterdam ArenA, 18:30, almost every genre under the €38.50-€190 sun – rock, hip-hop, funk, metal,