A new queen of the blues comes to Basle: Grammy-nominated singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, who began her ambitious career in the nineties, has risen to fame with her powerful singing voice, fearless stage presence and her marriage to Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band. She is also known for the Soul Stew Revival, a conglomeration of both her band, that of The Derek Trucks Band, and other talented musicians.
Jethro Tull plays AVO Session
Formed in 1968 the music of Jethro Tull is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. Initially playing blues rock with an experimental flavour, they have, over the years, incorporated elements of classical, folk and ‘ethnic’ music, jazz and art rock. With 60 million albums sold and over 2500 concerts played in 40 countries, the band continue to record and perform, typically 100 shows to around 300,000 people each year throughout all the major rock and roll territories of the world. At AVO Session they play their most popular songs including the mega hit ‘Locomotive Breath’.
Roger Hodgson plays AVO Session
Roger Hodgson has been recognized as one of the most gifted composers, song writers and lyricists of our time. As the legendary voice of Supertramp and composer of the band’s greatest hits. His trademark way of setting beautiful introspective lyrics to upbeat melodies resonated and found its way into the hearts and minds of cultures around the world. His songs have remarkably stood the test of time and earned Roger and Supertramp an adoring world-wide following.
Hugh Masekela feat. Mahotella Queens plays AVO Session
Before jazz had a name and “world music” was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alongside some of the greatest icons in American music. Louis Armstrong sent him a trumpet. Harry Belafonte arranged for him to come to New York City to study music. That man, Hugh Masekela, born out of apartheid South Africa , has consistently toured worldwide and his genre-bending dynamism has led to his own icon status. The Mahotella Queens were far more than just a female chorus: their velvety voices, their charisma and their sense of show and stage were an essential element in the band.
Hubert von Goisern plays AVO Session
Austrian folk music mixed with rock’n roll: that makes the unique style of the Austrian singer/songwriter Hubert von Goisern. In the autumn of 2005, Hubert von Goisern presented his grandest project yet: the Linz Europe Tour 2007-2009. He travels along the waterways of Europe for three years on a specially adapted cargo ship, complete with a stage. A festival in the form of a large-scale concert event lasting several days and bringing together the artists of the Linz Europe Tour will be held to mark this occasion in the European Capital of Culture.
Patricia Kaas plays AVO Session
Patricia Kaas is one of the most successful French-speaking singers in the world. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, jazz and chanson. Since the appearance of her debut album Mademoiselle chante… in 1988 Kaas has sold more than 17 million records worldwide. Kaas is almost constantly on tour internationally. In 2002 Kaas had her film debut in And now… Ladies and Gentlemen beside Jeremy Irons.
Suzanne Vega plays Avo Session
On “Beauty & Crime”, the Manhattan native Suzanne Vega uses New York City as the backdrop for a collection of eleven new songs that juxtapose acoustic guitar-driven melodies with coolly synthesized beats. “Beauty & Crime” is her first new studio album in six years. The album has the warmth of analog but the technology of the digital world. Among the players joining Vega and members of her touring band are guitarists Gerry Leonard (David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright) and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth; Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall contributed background vocals and vocal arrangements.
Jacques Loussier plays Avo Session
In the early 50s Jacques Loussier started to play a Bach fugue in a fleet-footed, flowing style, and he started to improvise on it. A good fifty years have passed since then, and Jacques Loussier’s «Play Bach» concept has become a worldwide phenomenon. His set list for the AVO SESSION Basel looks something like this: Johann Sebastian Bach (trio), Frédérique Chopin (solo).
Solomon Burke plays Avo Session
Black R&B is now such an established part of the pop mainstream that hardly anyone remembers what is was like when black music – under the name of “Soul” – first exploded into the European charts. One of the pioneers of the movement was Solomon Burke, with songs such as “Everybody Needs Somebody” and “Tonight’s the Night”. With such willing European disciples as Tom Jones and Van Morrison, pure Soul became mainstream pop.