A restaurant & bar / coffee shop / live music space in Beijing, China.
Next Performance: Saturday 3rd April 2010 – 10:30pm (Free B4 9:30pm. 30 RMB after incl. a free drink)
Beijing’s all-Chinese salsa band, Hummingbird fuses latin rhythms and jazz sensibilities with traditional Kazakh influences for a singular salsa sound! Bring your dancing shoes and your dancing friends and dance the night away!
Join us at Ginkgo on Tuesday 17th March for our St. Patrick’s Day party when a taste of Ireland comes to Beijing! We will have great live music from “The Dublingers” playing Irish folk music featuring guitar, fiddle and a squeeze box! Furthermore, we will also have Guinness on draught for only 40 RMB a pint. Please spread the word and join us for a great night of live music!
Unless you have been lost in the hutongs for the past few months, you would be have hard pushed not to have seen the YouTube video from “Lions of Puxi” where they have taken Sting’s “Englishman in New York” (see below) and given it a Shanghai make-over, with hilarious results! The Lions will be heading to Beijing this March for a one week tour so be sure not to miss them when they play at Ginkgo on Friday 13th March. Free Entry!
The Lions of Puxi are a pride of musicians from other habitats who saw a gap in the Shanghai music scene and took a bite. These handsome predators create a funky reggae style groove over unexpected songs, lyrics or rap. Sometimes in English, Sometimes in French but don’t be alarmed when you reccognize an English song and realize that its sung in Chinese!
The Lions of Puxi are:
Gauthier Roubichou (Lead Vocal-France)
Gilbert Kuppussami (Vocal and Percussions-Mauritius)
Vladimir Le (Guitar-France)
Quentin Paquignon (Saxophones-France)
Johnny Joseph (Drums-Mauritius)
Alain Couronne (Bass-Mauritius)
Jason (Keys-China)
“If music be the food of life”, then ‘The Lions of Puxi’ should prey on!
You can check out their website here: www.puxi.me
Here’s the clip that everyone has been talking about:
Join us this Saturday night for our Gypsy Jazz Valentine’s Day Party featuring live music from 10:00pm with the “No Name Trio”.
The dynamic guitar duo of New Yorker Dan Brustman and Frenchman Nico Torrese, together with Chinese accordionist Wang Yi (Zoe), play fast-fingered gypsy jazz incorporating Manouche and American jazz standards. Their repertoire features music popularised by many famous artists ranging from Django Reijnhart to Yann Tiersen. The talented trio has a great reputation in the Beijing music scene for their skilled playing and vibrant execution, always putting a smile on your face and a spring in your step.
More info about them can be seen here.
Reservations for this event are strongly recommended. Please call the restaurant to book: 6402 7532
Chocho Maldito (a.k.a. Checo Fernandez) plays his own compositions as well as interesting interpretations and reworkings of established classics.
Chocho Maldito was born out of a need… The name makes a playful reference to that compulsive pursuit of every generation – the exploration of the mind through the use of narcotics (legal or illegal), as well as the repression of feelings through the same means, the apathy that invades us, and the decadence of a civilization. Decadence is the central theme for Checo, the ill-fated founder and composer of the stories for Chocho Maldito.
What better way to understand decadence and demand social change than with dark chords, hypnotic rhythms (interrupted at times by harmonics), and cynical, sarcastic, sinister lyrics!
Please see the ‘Upcoming Events’ box on the right of our web page for his next performance. Seen him play before? Please give him a star rating below. Post your reviews in the comments.
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Next Performance: Saturday 6th March 2010 – 10:30pm (Free B4 9:30pm. 30 RMB after incl. a free drink)
In March 2007, Michael Dallin asked Kris Liu to join him on stage for his final show in his home town of Salt Lake City, before moving to Phoenix to work on expanding his abilities as a musician and singer. While in Phoenix, Michael couldn’t get Kris’s rocking guitar riffs out of his head, so in August he booked yet another show in Salt Lake City and has been seen rocking next to Kris ever since. In October 2007 the duo was given the name “Bad Apples” by close friend singer/songwriter Ashlee K who had been responsible for introducing the duo three years prior.
Bad Apples brings you soulful rock tunes with storyteller lyrics and melodies that will ring in your ears – an eclectic combination of rock, reggae and blues that will keep you shaking until late in the evening.
You can check out their MySpace Music page here: http://www.myspace.com/musicbadapples
Their website is here: http://www.badapplesrock.com/
Delivering the joy of music in a multi-cultural, multi-continental package, the musicians of The Incredible JSB! hail from three continents on an ambassadorial mission to create acoustically driven songs and improvisations. Fronted by their illustrious President, Jean-Seb Hery, their diverse backgrounds make for a blend of rock, jazz, reggae, folk, world, and blues music unique to any place across the globe.
These guys have trail-blazed a path across Beijing’s musical landscape for several years and for good reason – this uplifting ensemble never fails to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step!
You can view Jean-Seb’s MySpace page here. His albums are available on Amazon here.
Please see the ‘Upcoming Events’ box on the right of our web page for their next performance. Seen them play before? Please give them a star rating below. Post your reviews in the comments.
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Next Performance: Saturday 20th March 2010 (Free B4 9:30pm. 30 RMB after incl. a free drink)
With a Brazillian power-house on Guitar and vocals, an extraordinary Cuban guitarist, a well-known and respected Chinese drummer, and a groove-centred Bass player from the island Dominica, “Mama Funker” play Brazilian funk, Latin and English tunes, with a bit of Reggae, pop-rock thrown in for good measure.
Mama Funker…. the name chosen by the guitarist and singer of the band was at first rejected by the other band members. However, it soon became the name on so many lips, who would laugh at first, and then grow to love since it so perfectly embodied the band Mama Funker!!! In the words of one anonymous individual, Mama Funker “breaks down the place” and leave the crowd wanting more every time they perform. From time to time the band are joined by the undeniably soulful energetic and “crowd wooing” female vocalist by the name of Marrion Musgrove.
Videos from of them can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/mamafunker
