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Like Jazz? Love Rome? Then your in for a treat this october in the eternal city. A very talented young lady by the name of Tess Amodeo-Vickery will be performing in The Cotton Club on the 20^th and in Mahalia on the 26th October.

Tess’ tantalising voice will keep you in your seat for hours. She flirts with her audience and keeps the room alive. Don’t miss her, you will enjoy it.

The Cotton club is located at via Bellinzona 2, near Bologna square. Mahalia  is on via Illa 12, near the subway station Furio Camillo (red subway line).

Contact us at Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel to get the best of Rome at the most affordable rates.

Our blogger today: Liam

– A legion of great rockers will visit Rome starting next month: an experience that the city is waiting in anticipacion.

Here in Rome we are getting ready to start a great summer full of rock at the Ipodromo Cappanelle

Like every single year some of the most famous rockers in the world will be visiting the Eternal City to shake it to its foundations.Here’s a selection of the acts we are looking forward to the most: Korn on June 29, The Chemical Brothers on July 13, Ben Harper and Robert Plant on July 19, Skunk Anansie on July the 20th, Jamiriquai on July 22, Moby on July 24, and Slash on July 29. When it comes to Italian rockers our advice goes to the Afterhours on july 6, Fabri Fibra on July 9 or Caparezza on July 16.

“When it comes to Italian rockers our advice goes to the Afterhours on july 6, Fabri Fibra on July 9 or Caparezza on July 16.”

Fibra is the latest rap sensation in Italy. You are able to check his most recent hit “Tranne te” (”But You”) by playing the video on this post.

Every single day of the festival will be different: It’s gong to be really fun experience. To enjoy the greatest summer ever in Rome make a reservation at Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes!

Our Blogger: Angelo

This July the Eternal City will be visited by the royalty of Rock and Roll: Ringo Starr, drummer of the Beatles and beloved living legend of popular music.

Ok, DRUMS!!! ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR: The next  4th July  you have another good reason to visit this wonderful city full of surprises. And the reason is Ringo Starr and his ‘’All Starr Band’’..

Never old fashioned, never could be. Flowing energy from the man who was responsible of the beat with Beatles, Ringo Starr hits the stage once again at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome

Ringo represents the character of the middle man with a natural sympathy who provided the nexus between   strong personalities like those of John and Paul while George, the Benjamin of the group went the mystic road.

But is not all about Beatles (which is not little to say). Ringo solo carrier includes Studio albums Sentimental Journey (1970), Beaucoups of Blues (1970), Ringo (1973), Goodnight Vienna (1974), Ringo’s Rotogravure (1976), Ringo the 4th (1977), Bad Boy (1978), Stop and Smell the Roses (1981), Old Wave (1983), Time Takes Time (1992), Vertical Man (1998), I Wanna Be Santa Claus (1999), Ringo Rama (2003), Choose Love (2005), Liverpool 8 (2008), Y Not (2010) The unforgettable Good Night Vienna written by Lennon  himself has a version of the single sung by John . ‘’You are sixteen’’ It’s probably one of the best covers of all times.

The ‘’All Starr Band’’ includes among its members: Ringo Starr – drums, vocals Wally Palmar – guitar, harmonica, vocals Rick Derringer – guitar, vocals Edgar Winter – keyboards, saxophone, vocals Gary Wright – keyboards, vocals  Richard Page – bass, vocals Gregg Bissonette – drums, vocals

A rock and roll legend. Still in good shape and in rocking mood. A musician beyond time in a timeless City.

-Sir Elton will be visiting Rome to offer one of the most remarkable concerts to take place this year in the Eternal City.

Exceptional side by side concert at the Auditorium of Rome. Mark your calendars, on the 19th and 20th of September 2010, Elton John will be performing, the artist who for four decades has been charming the entire world. Aside from Elton John himself, Ray Cooper, a spectacular percussionist, will be joining him on stage.

 Elton John, born as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He la… read moreter auditioned (unsuccessfully) as lead singer for the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Gentle Giant. In the early 1970s he recorded the concept album “Tumbleweed Connection”. He became the most successful pop artist of the 1970s and he has survived many different pop fads including punk, the New Romantics and Britpop to remain one of Britain’s most internationally acclaimed musicians. Elton John announced he was a bisexual in 1976 and in 1984 he married Renate Blauel. The marriage lasted four years. He is well known as a campaigner for AIDS research and he keeps his finger on the pulse of modern music. He was knighted in 1997.

 Ray Cooper on the other hand had began violin lessons since he was a child, soon after switching to drums. His musical career began at the age of 14 with his first professional engagements being in and around Birmingham, England. At 18 he was called up into the Army and was posted to the North Staffordshire Regimental Band, touring for three and a half years in India and parts of Burma. Ray arrived in the United States in 1966 and worked in Miami Florida for four years. From there to Las Vegas, working at major hotels accompanying the Russ Morgan, Ray McKinley and Larry Elgart Orchestras. Ray then formed a trio called “The Dam Limeys” performing in Las Vegas as well as for the opening of the London Bridge in Lake Havasu Arizona.

 At the late ‘70s they went took on a tour in pairs – Cooper/John. It was described as one of the most memorable concerts of all time. First stop was in Russia in 1979. Then followed by the ones in Europe and South America. And then, the rest of the world.  

Tickets in sale beginning from Monday 21 December 2009 with prices ranges from 50 to 200 euros, and reduction price of 20% for younger crowd with less than 26 years of age.

Our Blogger: Joseph

ROME, ITALY – Confirmations of big names has arrived for yet another great edition 2010 of “Rock in Roma”  , one of the most successful rock event within the most important  European musical events, that gathers thousands of people every evening in the historic city of Rome l   at the Rome Cappannelle. Summer in Rome is going to be filled with good music !

Right after Ska-p, 99 Posse, Skunk Anansie and The Cult, a new line up of artists has been announced for the much anticipated rock event of the year – Rock In Rome 2010 . Famous names includes the British singer Mika . A multi-platinum artist who  released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion in 2007 which sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and  got the artist to win a Brit Award and receive a Grammy award nomination.

Also in the line-up includes the band – Gossip (formerly The Gossip) who is an American indie-rock band fronted by Beth Ditto. The band was relatively unknown until they hit success with their third studio album, “Standing in the Way of Control”. Their style has been described as “a soul or gospel” voice with “a sort of funky punk soundtrack”. The band stated a liking for post-punk bands birthday-party but also for other genres like dance and hip-hop.

Finally, ZZ Top – an American blues rock trio, formed in 1969 in Texas . ZZ Top is ranked number 44 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”. The trio is one of the longest running rock bands to retain the same line-up. ZZ Top was inducted by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the annual ceremony on March 15, 2004. Cub Koda wrote, “As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers; Gibbons is one of America’s finest blues guitarists working in the hard rock idiom … while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm section support.”

Other related blog about Rock in Roma

Tickets in pre-sale for “ROCK IN ROMA 2010”  (28 June – 28 July).

MIKA (July 6)

GOSSIP (July 7)

ZZ TOP (July 12)

SKA-P + 99 POSSE (July 13)

SKUNK ANANSIE (July 15)

THE CULT + Special Guest (July 26)

Where:

Ippodromo delle Cappannelle – Via Appia Nuova, 1245 – Roma

Information on : Tel. 06-45496305

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Our blogger : JOSEPH

Our Blogger: Rhodora

The origins of Michael Bublè are Italian: his Grandmother Yolanda is from Carrubo, a small town in Abruzzi, and his  Grandfather is from Teviso in Veneto region. It’s his Grandfather that make Michael closer to classic jazz and swing music of the 40s and 50s, the Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin Ella Fitzgerald. Encouraged, Michael learns the ‘’sacred texts’’ of swing and participates in several youth competitions. To open him a way to a major label, however, is the former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who has always been fan of pop music, to introduced him to the producer David Foster, winner of numerous Grammy and Executive Director of the labels that are managed by Warner. Bublé amazed him singing Mack the knife to the wedding of Mulroney’s daughter, after that he finally obtained a contract and in 2003, he published his first album under his name, first in America and then in Europe, he became one of the most singers all over the world. After the big success, in  2005 he appeared with another successful album called it’s time followed two years later by Call me Irresponsible.

In 2009 the new album Crazy Love Michael opens the door of his private emotions to the world. You can see may facets of a man: the boy always happy and optimistic, the angry lover refused, the perfect boyfriend, the not-so-perfect pretender or the only man in a crowded room. In this album you can also hear him singing the eternal friendship that give consolation after a sentimental break in the song written by himself called “hold on” or a story of a couple born under an unlucky star on At this moment.

After almost two and a half years since the last tour in Italy, the great Canadian singer returns to Rome on October 23^rd 2010 for a great concert, to sing for all his fans songs of his new album and some of his greatest hits.

Our Blogger: Raul

-Next July pianist Keith Jarrett and his legendary trio (Jarrett, plus Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette) will visit the Eternal City: an occassion not to be missed for those who love great music.

When you think of the European jazz capitals of the world, Paris and Amsterdam come immmediatly to mind. But every summer Rome hosts a number of increasingly important jazz events that reveal the growing interest of Italian audiences in improvised music.

Slowly the Eternal City is gaining cachet as a jazz city and this status will be crowned next July with the visit of Keith Jarrett, probably the most talented and well-known jazz musician alive.

Jarrett started his career with the George Lloyd quartet and then jumped to public notoriety through his performances with Miles Davis. Jarrett can be seen as the substitute leading figure in the jazz world after Davis’ dismissal. Jarrett brought jazz back to its acoustic roots after a period of electric experimentation renewing in the process the American songbook with new renditions of jazz standards. Besides his song performances, Jarret is also widely acclaimed for his ability to create long improvisations on which jazz, classical musical and even folk and gospel music blend in an omogeneous and usually astonishingly beautiful result.

But not everything is milk and honey with Jarret, as Italian audiences attending the Perugia Jazz Festival a few years ago can confirm. On that occasion Jarrett snipped at the public after what he thought was a misrespect on their side: in fact, the musician finds the slightest sounds from the audience, as coughs or whispers to be highly distracting and has no qualms about letting the audience know how he feels. In fact the organizers of his concert hand cough drops to the public before every performance.

If you will find yourself in Rome during July this is a great opportunity to attend a concert of magnificent music. At Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes we are at your disposition for all your accomodation needs in Rome.

Our Blogger: Angelo

A critic once wrote, “Thaks god there’s Gianna Nannini. Without her there would be in Italy a void as big as the genre ‘female rock’”. This seasoned singer, the female counterpart of Italian rockstar Vasco Rossi, manages to surprise Italians every year with songs about passion, lost love and feminine strenght.

For those who love Gianna or are only curious to meet her, the date to remember is  October the 30^th 2009, when the singer will offer a concert in the Palalottomatica arena in Rome.

It will be all about great Italian music and an excuse to showcase some of the songs of Gianna’s new album, called “Gianna Dream”.

This concert will make go out of your mind, you’ll find a lot of great people and with Gianna’s songs you will find someone who can make you feel really important.

The concert start at 20:30pm. The tickets you may acquire them at the Palalottomatica Roma before getting in or either online www.thicketone.it .

We are sure you don’t want to miss this great concert.To enjoy the best of Rome there’s nothing like Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes, its great location and helpful staff are what you need to have a fantastic holiday!

For more info please call

infoline: 06/45496305

Our Blogger: Joseph

Singer, song-writer and pianist Tori Amos returns to Rome for the first Italian date of her Sinful Attraction Tour in which she will introduce new tracks off from her new released album entitled Abnormally Attracted To Sin. Amos, also known as the “the goddess of rock” for the die hard fans, is one of the most important figures in contemporary music scene; anyone who has followed her music career, will be able to recognize the overturns from her music in the 90’s thanks to intense activities like Little Earthquakes (1992), Under the Pink (1994) and From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998).

Known for her emotional concerts, Amos will be doing some new covers from her previous albums.. Amos have performed in beyond 1,000 dates in the theatres and prestigious well-know concert venues all over the world. Her last world tour in 2007, has been defined by BBC as "The return of Tori Amos as she had defined herself as well… beyond its end". In the peak of her career Amos has done covers of classic rock tracks such as Angie by the Rolling Stones, Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, Thank You by Led Zeppelin, I am on fire by Bruce Springsteen and New Age by Lou Reed.

Here at Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes we’ll be glad to help you in every way we can to enjoy this and many other great events in the city.

30 September 2009 – Auditorium Parco della Musica                                                  

Tickets:

Plateau 45 euros;                                                                             First Gallery 35 euros;                                                                     Second Gallery 25 euros.

Our Blogger: Jona

U2 is an Irish rock band formed in 1976. They have sold approximately 140 million  records worldwide, and the group has beenn awarded a high number of Grammy Awards. With over 30 year career behind, U2 are among the most important bands on the international stage.

From the beginning of their career, an important part of the band’s identity has been the interest in psychological and social themes. Also in these early albums is present the theme of the death of Bono’s mother, deceased when the singer was only 13 years old. The Irish question was first mentioned on the song Sunday Bloody Sunday. While with the song Silver and Gold the group tackles international problems with a song expressing their position against the policy of apartheid in South Africa. With Walk on instead supported Aung San Suu Kyi in her struggle for free elections in Burma.

As for the tour this year,  U2 has two dates booked in Italy at the San Siro stadium in Milan on the  7th and 8th of July. In their concert will present the songs of their latest album titled No Line on the Horizon which is ranked first in the  British, Irish, French, German, Finnish, and even Japanese charts. The tour was titled "360 Tour" due to the 360 degrees design of the scenery that offers the public a perfect vision of the band. The 2009 tour of U2 will begin in Barcelona on 30 June 2009 with stops in 14 European cities

And if you are planning to go to Milan, why not come to Rome, to enjoy a spectacular display of history and culture after seeing a spectacular band? In the Eternal City you won’t find a better place to stay than Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes!