Here comes the third and final part of my series of posts about 10 days of intensive gig attendance I undertook at the end of last month. (Part 1 here and part 2 here). My friend Sarah and I went to see Jason Mraz at The Junction in Cambridge. OK, so the title is a bit misleading – Jason’s music is not exactly funk. But there’s definitely elements of funk, and I find Jason Mraz hard to categorise.
You’ve probably never heard of Jason Mraz (at least if you’re reading in the UK), though he’s aiming to change that soon I think. For the uninitiated, he’s an avocado farmer in California. Read the rest of this entry »
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Phew, I’m still alive. (Confused? Read this.) So I shall continue with my trilogy of gig posts (part 1 here and part 3 here) and tell you about my recent trip to see Bon Jovi. This one wasn’t in such a glamorous location as the John Mayer gig, but Twickenham Stadium was nonetheless impressive, packing in well over 50,000 people.
The view wasn’t so great as at John Mayer either. Instead of having 5 or so people in front of us, we had closer to 5000! We were seated in the stands at the far end to the stage, so we were a long way away, but did have a head-on view which was great. Seeing a rock band who’ve been around for 25 years in a stadium of 50,000 people with speaker stacks the size of small tower blocks is an incredible experience. If you’ve never been to a stadium gig, choose a band you don’t mind and give it a go. I promise it’s worth it. Read the rest of this entry »
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As I mentioned in my last post, I recently went to Amsterdam for a long weekend with an extra special reason – seeing John Mayer (and others) at Picnic in the Park in the Hague. Read the rest of this entry »
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Occasionally on my blog I post some drivel about what music I’m listening to at the moment, but I always feel that these posts are a little rubbish. Yet in the next few weeks I’m very excited to be going to 3 gigs (John Mayer, Bon Jovi and Jason Mraz) so I wanted to share my enthusiasm. Therefore I came up with the idea of producing some top-10 style guides to my favourite artists, particularly those of whom you may not have heard. So we begin with the great Jason Mraz. I’ve put together 10 of my favourite tracks as an iTunes iMix, which you can see below. I’ve recently been getting into his new(est) album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. and particularly the tracks Butterfly and Coyotes. I’ve mixed these with tracks from Mr A-Z, the first Jason Mraz album I owned (after a 2am iTunes shopping spree) and Waiting For My Rocket To Come, his first album. Read the rest of this entry »
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Here comes the third and final part of my series of posts about 10 days of intensive gig attendance I undertook at the end of last month. (Part 1 here and part 2 here). My friend Sarah and I went to see Jason Mraz at The Junction in Cambridge. OK, so the title is a bit misleading – Jason’s music is not exactly funk. But there’s definitely elements of funk, and I find Jason Mraz hard to categorise.
