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Douglas Linton’s Caravan of Songs
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As a continuation of this year's sold-out show “Douglas Linton's Caravan of Songs”, we will come together again next year for the second annual benefit concert for the Vinzirast emergency shelter. It will be a very special evening for a good cause.
The singer-songwriter from Texas, Douglas Linton, who lives in Vienna, plays his own songs covering a broad spectrum of Americana music. The Kurier described him as a “brilliant songwriter” and “secret cultural ambassador of the USA”. His music stays true to the folk, soul, blues and songster tradition, but at the same time carries this tradition forward with vivid storytelling and an undeniable rhythmic pulse.
All proceeds from the concert will go to the VinziRast emergency shelter. VinziRast is an independent, non-profit organization that has been working with homeless people since 2003. People who live or have lived on the margins of society are supported and cared for in eight different projects. People affected by poverty, homeless people, people with a refugee background, people with experience of addiction, people who live in precarious circumstances and often suffer from social isolation find a place of humanity again. VinziRast provides shelter, time and attention and a dignified life in community. Everyone can do something. We all belong together.
Although you never know exactly who will join the musical journey, Vienna-based blues legends Hans Theessink and Erik Trauner, as well as the incredible multi-instrumentalist Helmut Mitteregger and the shimmering vocals of Anja Klipic and Ina Eckhard, are most definitely on board. Also performing are Claudia Fenzl (violin), Ben Brokke (piano), Heli Schiefer (drums, percussion), Matthias Ihrybauer (accordion, bagpipes) and Andrea Fränzel (bass) as well as the multi-talented Robin Gillard, the spiritual godfather of these concerts.
Program and cast
Douglas Linton: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Robin Gillard: drums, vocals
Anja Klipic: vocals
Ina Eckhard: vocals
Helmut Mitteregger: mandolin
Claudia Fenzl: violin
Ben Brokke: piano
Matthias Ihrybauer: accordion, bagpipes
Heli Schiefer: percussion
Andrea Fränzel: bass
with very special guests:
Hans Theessink: guitar, mandolin, vocals
Erik Trauner: guitar
PORGY and BESS Jazzclub
Porgy & Bess (actually, Jazz and Music Club Porgy & Bess ) is a jazz club in the Riemergasse 11 in the 1st district of Vienna. The club , founded in 1993 is considered " the most important jazz organizer and trendy meeting point " of the Austrian capital .
The program of Porgy & Bess speaks to a very large audience , about 70,000 guests a year ; is accordingly Jazz " understood very pluralistic ," and the program " even in fringe areas , such as electronic music , contemporary music and world music penetrated . " Many international artists , particularly from the U.S. space , see also Austrian musician here an opportunity to perform . The club also offers the stage for events, such as the award of the Austrian World Music Award.
Musicologist Christian Scheib According to the Porgy & Bess " at the same time essential for the development of the musical ( jazz ) reality of a City" and needs and uses ' plain commonplace as urban space music. " It creates itself " through artistic preferences, acoustic quality , capacity and real capacity, the necessary exclusion of other clubs. " Here, the different areas of the jazz clubs allow - the area in front of the stage with tables, upstairs gallery , a lateral area with a bar at counter - different intense concentration on the concert scene . For Jazzthetik Porgy & Bess is even a " traditional club . "
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