Live at SoUndSo Festival, Wels, Austria

Armin Metz - 6-string bass, composition
Steve Shehan - percussion
Nadishana - hybrid kaval

Steve Shehan, essential composer and percussionist, member of the Hadouk Trio, signs here a new challenge: AWALIN, (my promise), an album born from his encounter with the Tuareg musician Nabil Othmani, son of late great poet of the desert, Baly Othmani. "Awalin" symbolizes the evidence of a continuation, a relay, of the trust of a father reiterated by his son in respect and friendship.  Steve Shehan gave his word, his promise, during his last trip to Djanet as he did throughout his years of collaboration with Nabil??s father. The commitment, the pleasure to continue innovating enable to convey Tuareg culture and oral collective memory, nowadays very compromised by the invasive presence of television. It was a new challenge to highlight the "word", Tuareg poetry by incorporating Nabil Othman??s and Steve Shehan??s creativity together with the taste and vitality of this new generation. Banjo, pedal steel guitar, dobro, classical guitar, duduk, angklung, hang, futujara, hu-lu-si, kaval, dumdum, berimbau, strings, tar, saz, Kamantche, piano, mingle with the sound of the lute and folk guitar, and with a new more African flair that Nabil offers with his sweet and clear voice.

Steve Shehan expresses once again his love of Tuareg music by surrounding himself with modern, electronic, shamanic, Berber, Brazilian, Middle Eastern, Cuban, and especially African movements, bringing together Tuareg culture and the generous universality of music. He is also surrounded by prestigious guests such as Vladiswar Nadishana, Ibrahim Maalouf, Didier Malherbe, Claude Samard, Nono Belkrief, who, beyond their friendship, bring a unique and original flavor.

The outstanding guitarist Ian Melrose chose a frolicsome reference to Jules Vernes's classic novel ???Around The World In 80 Days??? as the title of his new album. The CD is a musical homage to the multicultural flair of his chosen hometown, Berlin, where this sociable Scotsman has lived for 28 years now.This agile acoustic guitarist discovered a virtually endless selection of genres, styles and musical colors right outside his home and merged them into an unusually kaleidoscopic album. Ian Melrose already worked as a valued sideman, author and arranger for artists and bands such as Reinhard Mey, Clannad and Paul Joses. On his new album, he presents Celtic instrumentals, echoes from Africa, Nordic folklore, Indian resonance and the mysterious atmospheres of the Orient. On the way, he picked up traveling companions such as the Turkish baglama virtuoso Taner Akyol, the Hungarian fiddle player Tam??s Szarka, the multi-instrumentalist Vladiswar Nadishana and the Norwegian singer and guitarist Kerstin Blodig. It's fascinating how Ian Melrose ??? also known as the protagonist in projects such as Kelpie, Talking Water and Norland Wind ??? manages to apply his fine fingerstyle guitar playing to create a harmonious dialogue amongst the styles, instruments and tonal colors of a wide variety of cultures. This makes ???Around The Corner In 80 Minutes (... More Or Less)??? an extremely agreeable musical journey around the world. First-class, no doubt about it.

Pyrography on cedar wood

A new video is out now, where the world of Ancient Kuzhebar is presented with pyrography art of Julia Surba in a beautiful accompanying of music of Vladiswar Nadishana. Please Enjoy:

http://nadishana.com/Rus/MainEng2.htm
this video was made at Steve Shehan's studio ( http://steveshehan.com ).
I'm playing on one of his instruments custom made for him. It's called Space Drum. This is my first try on this instrument.