Arts Diary
Audacious Mo
Mo El-Kadey has a mini exhibition in the Milk and Hustle café in St Leonards.
Mo’s art is “bold, vibrant and captivating. The striking colours of the family textile business, the hustle and bustle of the streets of Cairo and renowned Artist Samah Said for an uncle provide the background for Mo’s self-taught ability to tell stories through captivating, courageous, audacious artwork, with a fondness for oil painting.”
• See www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/arts/renewed-talent-and-life-expressed
Mali Music
Habib Koité, one of West Africa’s leading guitarists, plays a rare show in Hastings on 26 November at Sussex Hall, White Rock Theatre, with full band, as part of Afrikaba Festival. Habib has an enduring fascination with Mali’s rich musical traditions and instrumentation, while embracing a variety of styles including blues, flamenco and Afro-Cuban. Supporting Habib are Gambian kora masters Sura Susso and Jally Kebba Susso, and Hastings-based Juliet Russell, who will be performing new work inspired by Mali’s Lake Debe created in collaboration with Martyn Baker.
• NB This gig has moved from St Mary in the Castle, but those tickets will be honoured. whiterocktheatre.org.uk
Piano Trios
St Leonards Concerts will be welcoming star cellist and BBC Young Musician Laura van der Heijden back to St Leonards along with the wonderful pianist Ljubica Stojanovic for an evening of piano trios by Shostakovich, Handel, and Mendelssohn. Max Baillie – violin, Laura van der Heijden – cello, Ljubica Stojanovic – piano
• 7.30pm. Monday 5 December. Christ Church
Tavern in Town
Classical tavern band ZRI is back in the UK and are coming to St Leonards’ Crown House on the seafront on Monday 12 December to launch their third album— the Cellar Sessions. This is a celebration of music from Vienna’s after-hours, where Viennese Hungarian folk tunes danced into the night with Bach and Brahms, Solange and Donna Summer.
• 7pm, 12 December Crown House, Marina, St Leonards
Two Watts
Trevor Watts, composer and saxophonist, has two bands – both will be playing in Hastings and St Leonards in the next few weeks … Eternal Triangle with Veryan Weston, Nord Keyboard and Jamie Harris, Congas/Percussion is influenced by Watts’ interest in rhythm. ET have played several concerts in Europe,
and they’re at the Kino in St Leonards on Friday 25 November. His second band is JaMaTre with Mark Hewins, guitar and Jamie Harris, congas and percussion. Their completely improvised music can be sampled at The Nest in Hastings Old Town Thursday 8 December.
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