Thursday, September 18th, 2003

Wow, another newsletter already?

Well, yes, since it would be a disgrace not to focus a little bit on
Les Nuits Botaniques, the reknown festival in Brussels that features
stars from all over the world on five different stages.

The festival started yesterday and runs until the last weekend of
September, but we would like to focus on Thursday, September 25th.

Bai will perform in an accoustic setting with good ol' Eric Moens and
Thierry Rombaux in Les Grandes Serres, maybe one of the few times left
we'll see the Living Room Trio by themselves on a big stage, since it's
most likely that Bai will perform much more with his full band in the
near future (following the line of the Urban Gipsy record).



Bai will be opening for Little Axe, a band who's blues goes back to the
roots of Robert Johnson. Skip McDonald, the mind behind Little Axe,
sculpted this original black music into a style far beyond.
As an America guitarist living in the UK, he worked with artists like
Sinéad O'Connor, Living Color and George Clinton. He co-produced albums
for Lee 'Scratch' Perry, African Head Charge, Junior Delgado and the
masterpeace Miracle of Bim Sherman.
After experimenting with beats, noise en dub, in Tackhead, he founded
Little Axe in the early nineties.
All the influences can be heard in the music, with samples of blues
singers, dub, tablas and other exoctic percussion, going from funk and
hiphop to slow lounge, whith the all over presence of Skip's mysterious
guitar play.



Also on the playbill is Badmarsh & Shri Sound System.

The concert starts at 20:00.
Go for more information, tickets and directions to the festival's website:
www.aisbe.com/botanique/nuits2003.htm

Les Nuits Botanique (Grandes Serres)
Address: Koningsstraat - 236 - rue Royale, 1210 BRUSSELS
Pre-sale: info.ticket@botanique.be or call 02 218 37 32

Of course... if you REALLY can't make it, for other concerts, just go to the current listing on Bai's website.

That's all for now... hope to see you soon!