Great session tonight with Worldwise Samba Drummers. A few drummers have joined and sounded great.  People seemed to have enjoyed the videos Dad recorded at the weekend.

Also went to the Gujarat Hindu Society last night to observe a lecture which also included my Tabla teacher playing Harmonium alongside a tabla player. The person running the session (priest? Preacher? Guru?) seemed full of life, although he was speaking Gujurati so I had no idea what was being said.

Worldwise Samba Drummers

Lytham Kite Festival Gig

Yesterday i had the joy of playing with the Worldwise Samba Drummers in Preston City Centre. A great bunch of drummers with a set that is getting tighter and tighter. I've been playing with the WWSD for about a year now and I'm loving it.

Here's yesterday's setlist - follow the links to hear the pieces:

IJEXA
OYA
AGURE
Old Samba Funk
Bossa/ Samba/ New Samba Funk
Drum and Bass
Call & Response
Poverty Knock

I normally play Caixa with the band, although I've stood in for Jon Aveyard on one occasion and done the calling. Here's a couple of pictures from that day. We were playing at Avenham Parks annual Chinese Kite Festival.

Playing our set by the River

Play our set in the Sunshine

Photos by Cotton Gilly

And here's another photo from a recent gig at Big Drum Day 2013 in Astley Park. An absoutely fantastic event which I hope happens again next year

Photo by Pixel White