Archive for June, 2008

There are new ‘Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra’ t-shirts available to buy now from the AFTM Shop, featuring specially commissioned artwork from illustrator/spy Eleanor Meredith.

Southbank have invited me back for another year as Artist in Residence. This is great, as it means I’ll be based there at least until next Summer.

Jane from the Southbank Centre asked me who I would like to collaborate with for “unconventional means” next year. I said Stevie Wonder. She said why not. Then she asked me to write a “brain-dump” list of artists starting with Stevie. Here’s the list so far (it’s not quite finished yet).

- Stevie Wonder
- Paul Simon
- Joni Mitchell
- Keith Jarrett
- Peter Gabriel
- Sting
- Bebel Gilberto
- Björk
- Nitin Sawhney
- Ozomatli
- John Scofield
- Sigur Ros
- Mariza
- Squarepusher
- The Prodigy
- Unkle/ James Lavelle
- Van Morrison
- Alex Turner
- Thom Yorke
- Bobby McFerrin
- Damian Marley
- Danger Mouse
- Easy Star Allstars
- DJ Shadow
- Eels
- Four hero
- Roni Size
- Alex Kapranos
- Fat Freddy’s Drop
- Portishead
- Imogen Heap
- Lauren Hill
- Gilles Peterson
- Heritage Orchestra
- Ojos De Brujo
- Tinariwen
- Susheela Raman
- Mike Patton
- Gonzales
- Gotan Project
- Herbie Hancock
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Matmos
- De La Soul
- Annie Lennox
- The Specials
- Brian Eno
- Candi Staton
- Camille
- Baaba Maal
- Anoushka Shankar
- Tony Allen