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Jorge Drexler
Uruguayan singer and songwriter, Jorge Drexler will perform with his customary passion at Lasal, a very hip, laid-back beach bar located some 20 minutes up the coast from Barcelona. Drexler will play songs from his fifth album and the third recorded in Spain, ‘Frontera’, a work which speaks of the indignities and oppression suffered under the military dictatorship in his country. After the concert, chill-out DJs will take over.
Ray Davis
The so-called godfather of Brit Pop, Ray Davis, makes a return visit to Dublin for two nights at the HQ. Selling out his dates 12 months ago, these will be probably be two of the most popular gigs at the venue all year. As one of the most successful and influential songwriters of the 60s, Davis is considered a legend by the likes of Blur. Along with brother Dave, Ray formed The Kinks in 1963 and if that wasn’t enough Ray Davis songs became hits for everyone from the Pretenders and Van Halen to the Jam and the Stranglers. Catch the legend at HQ.
Amália
The word kitsch springs irresistibly to mind when this smash hit musical about the life and work of the late, great fado diva Amália Rodrigues is mentioned. It offers a selection of the most famous songs of this exponent of Lisbon’s trademark soulful music, many of them written by Portugal’s leading poets and composers. Two actress-singers play Amália – one the rising star and the other the ageing icon. The show, put on in a pleasingly seedy theatre tucked round the back of the Avenida da Liberdade downtown, is packed out every night. Amália died last October, prompting three days of national mourning, but this show is just one sign that she is lives on in the hearts of Lisboetas. In Portugese.
Perejaume
Perejaume, a brilliant local artist who first achieved international fame in the 1980s, is getting the retrospective treatment dedicated to the last 20 years of his career. Perejaume combines different disciplines – such as theatre, installations, literature and photography – to create his unique works of art. He has also invented a few new disciplines of his own, such as ‘pessebrisme’ (the making of nativity-like scenes) or ‘oïsme’ (the division of sound and vision using glass screens). If you haven’t heard of him yet, this is the perfect opportunity to check him out.
The White Horse
The White Horse was one of those famous early houses in Dublin where, at ungodly hours of the day, you’d find taxi drivers and dockers finishing their night shifts or party-goers finishing theirs. Not so now in ‘Celtic Tiger’ Dublin. The White House has been revamped, rebuilt and repackaged as an airy modern bar with bright and friendly staff. Big, light and overlooking the quays, the White Horse is enough off the beaten track to let you esacep the crowds. And while it hasn’t retained any of the soul of its previous incarnation, it is quickly creating some of its own.
