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“Seeing Jeff Lang was like being at church for three hours – a totally sacred event. He’s the man as far as I’m concerned.” John Butler
Australian roots rock and blues legend Jeff Lang has built up a reputation for startlingly original performances, working without a set list, allowing the unique energy of each night to shape the songs. Having previously toured with the likes of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Lang is coming back to shake up The Peoples Republic for a second time. Lang’s 2009 China tour won him a boatload of local fans blown away by his guitar-picking skills and soulful live performance. Now armed with a recently released album, Chimeradour, we should expect nothing less than something epic.
Rolling Stone praises Lang’s new albums as “[a] dizzying combination of deep folk, kaleidoscopic blues and Hendrixesque fuzzy rock, enough to blow most minds, leaving celebrated contemporaries for the dead.”
Chimeradour is a spectral and many-faceted sonic journey. A voracious musical explorer, Lang has absorbed and transformed many rich influences in the course of his collaborations with musicians from Mali to Mumbai.
The result — echoes of African desert blues reverberate in the rolling, hypnotic lap slide guitar work on South, whilst driving guitar rock of Slow Rooms and Half Blurred Faces suggests the ragged the ragged glory of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. The Australian remarks, “listening to a new Jeff Lang album is like a cinematic experience. Images from Lang’s latest album sear the brain and scour the soul.”
Jeff Lang 2010 China Tour Dates:
Suzhou
Aug 27, Friday
@ Cheers
Door Time: 8:30 pm
Address: 261, Fenghuang Lu
Price: 30 RMB
Wuxi
Aug 28, Saturday
@ Small Theatre
Door Time: 8:00 pm
Address: 3F, Building A, Beichangmen Life Art Center
Price: 30 RMB
Nanjing
Aug 29, Sunday
@ 61 House
Door Time: 8:00 pm
Address: 61 Hankou Xi Lu, Gulou District
Price: 35 RMB / 30 RMB (member)
Wuhan
Sep 1, Wednesday
@ Wuchang Vox Livehouse
Door Time: 9:00 pm
Address: 118 Lumo Lu, Guoguang Tower Bldg. B
Luxiang, Wuchang
Price: 30 RMB
Changsha
Sep 2, Thursday
@ Freedom House
Door Time: 8:00 pm
Address: 71 Tai Ping Jie, Tianxin District
Price: 30 RMB
Hangzhou
Sep 3, Friday
@ Metoo Café
Door Time: 9:00 pm
Address: Jinghua Lu, Gongshu District, opposite to Jingchang Wenhua Yuan
Price: 30 RMB
Shanghai
Sep 4, Saturday
@ Yuyintang
Door Time: 9:00 pm
Address: 851 Kaixuan Lu, near Yan’an Xi Lu
Price: 50 RMB / 40 RMB (with student ID)[:zh]
去年7月，澳大利亚根源音乐界的领军人物Jeff Lang在中国四大城市进行了巡演，他精湛的吉他技艺和极富感染力的现场水平，征服了每一站的现场观众。2010年的8月Split Works再次携手Jeff Lang，此次中国巡演将扩展到七个城市，让更多的中国歌迷感受到民谣布鲁斯的魅力。
作为澳大利亚国宝级根源音乐创作人，Jeff Lang被称为澳大利亚乡村摇滚和布鲁斯演奏界领军人物,《Chart》杂志曾称赞他“弹奏时的双手是货真价实的拨弹和毫无缺点的音符缝合的造物”。1996年和2005年，他的专辑《Native Dog Creek》和《You Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy》都被音乐杂志评选为了澳大利亚年度最佳布鲁斯专辑，2002年他和Bob Brozman的合作专辑也被澳大利亚唱片协会评委年度最佳根源布鲁斯专辑大奖。今年Jeff Lang的演出将在世博园区内举办，而且将激情献上新专辑《Chimeradour》中炙手可热的歌曲。
Jeff Lang的音乐受美国南部和英伦三岛的民谣音乐影响，词作极具澳大利亚特色，他的音乐将民谣、布鲁斯和摇滚结合的浑然天成。游移在原音吉他和电音Riff之间，Jeff Lang是为数不多几个可以达到这个标准的天才之一。这不仅仅因为他能够自如地弹奏多种乐器，将它们的声音进行美妙的组合，比如班卓琴、曼陀林、各种鼓和查姆布什（一种与班卓琴相似但有更多弦的乐器）。更是因为他自身高超的弹奏技巧配合着他如诗如诉的沙哑声音，才能创造出如此完美的表演。
Jeff Lang 中国巡演日期：
苏州 8月27日 星期五
@ Cheers
苏州沧浪区凤凰街261号
入场时间：晚8点
票价：30RMB
无锡 8月28日 星期六
@北仓门艺术中心小剧场
无锡市崇安区北仓门A库3楼
入场时间：晚8点
票价：30RMB
南京 8月29日 星期日
@61 House
南京市鼓楼区汉口西路61号
入场时间：晚8点
票价：30RMB（会员）/ 35RMB
武汉 9月1日 星期三
@ VOX （武昌店）
武昌洪山区武昌鲁磨路118号国光大厦Ｂ
入场时间：晚9点
票价：30RMB
长沙 9月2日 星期四
@ Freedom House
长沙天心区太平街新胜村71号
入场时间：晚8点
票价：30RMB
杭州 9月3日 星期五
@蜜桃咖啡馆
杭州拱墅区金华路锦昌文华苑69号对面(登云桥交叉口南100米)
入场时间：晚20:30
票价：30RMB
上海 9月4日 星期六
@ 育音堂
长宁区凯旋路851号 (近延安西路)
入场时间：晚9点
票价：50RMB/ 学生价：40RMB
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