Kim Sanders & Friends will present a tribute and farewell to long-time bassist Steve Elphick at the Sound Lounge on Friday December 9. A regular performer with the band for more than ten years, Steve is moving to Melbourne in January. “The thing about Steve is, wherever the music takes us – and in this […]
Kim will be joined by Peter Kennard to perform and talk about Turkish and Middle-Eastern music for the Oriental Society of Australia at the Efendy Turkish restaurant in Balmain on December 9.
Something new and exciting will be going down at the Empire Hotel in Annandale on Sunday 30th October. There will be plenty of seriously bent Balkan Gypsy-style brass-band music amongst the band’s unique mix of Sufi meditations, Afro-grooves and dance tunes of Middle-Eastern appearance. Following their rapturously-received duo gig in Enmore in September, Kim Sanders […]
KOOCH (Persian meaning journey or migration): An extrordinary music event celebrating the migration of Gypsy people around the globe. Davood Tabrizi is an accomplished composer and performer from Iran. Trained in Western Classical and Persian Classical music, he has written, recorded and performed music extensively in Australia, Iran, Canada and the USA. Tonight Davood brings […]
World Music masters Kim Sanders and Bobby Singh will be exploring music from Turkey to India in an unplugged concert at St Luke’s Church Hall in Enmore on Sunday September 4. The “jugalbandi” (literally “entwined twins”, if you are in India) or “muhabbet” (a relaxed chat, if in Turkey) is a musical conversation between two […]
Kim’s CD’s “Trance’n’Dancin” (with Peter Kennard) and Kim Sanders & Friends’ CDs “You Can’t get There From Here” and “Bent Grooves” are now available online from iHear Music. You can download single tracks or whole albums. Brassov’s classic CD “Chronic Rhythmosis” (sold out in disc form) is now also available on iHear Music. iHear […]
Kim will be performing solo as a “Wandering Minstrel” from 2 – 5pm at the Festival of the Winds at Bondi Beach on Sunday Sept 11. Music, dancers, stilt-walkers and food from round the world. And kites, naturally. Bring the Kids. Presented by the Bondi Pavilion in association with The Australian Kite flyers Society. Info […]
On Friday August 5th Kim will be participating in Kooch, a programme celebrating the migration of Gypsy peoples around the globe. Musicians are Davood Tabrizi: kemanche and percussion Bobby Singh: tabla Suki Singh: harmonium Kim Sanders: gayda, tenor sax Boyd: baritone sax Metin Yilmaz: kaval, zurna Mustafa Karami: daf, darabuka, doholl Rafael Alceola: vocals Greg […]
Russian-born Inessa has released her first album, featuring Kim Sanders on duduk. For details, see www.innessamusic.com
Kim has just completed a recording session (on ney and kaval) with composer Amanda Brown for a documentary on divorce in the Muslim community in Australia. The film will be shown on the ABC’s “Compass” programme later in the year.