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| Moana & the Tribe to Play to Russia's 'Elite' by Sol de Sully Moana & the tribe are minus their bass player Pete Hoera as they fly out to Moscow tonigh, 17 October 2005. The band were invited by a wealthy businessman to play one 40 minute set at an exclusive party in one of Moscow's high market clubs, First Mansion for 500 of Russia's elite. 'We had already scheduled a series of performances into Europe for November and had been negotiating with promoters for performances in Moscow, when out of the blue, we got the call two weeks ago to just pop over for the weekend,' says Moana. 'So, the band land there on Thursday, we play on Saturday and fly out for N.Z on the Monday.' Pete Hoera, one of three musicians that accompany the vocal group, was a victim of Auckland weather yesterday afternoon. A freak gust of wind slammed the car door shut on his hand, breaking two fingers. 'Poor Pete was pleading with the doctor to sort him out for the weekend but was given a reality check.' It's doubtful whether the seasoned funk musician will be able to join the rest of the band when they return to Europe in early November to launch their album TORU and DVD 'Live & Proud' into the U.K., and then return to Russia. 'The U.K market is a challenging one and so having BMG/Sony pushing our album in there is a big plus,' says band manager Sol de Sully. Before the release (14 Nov 2005) will be several presentations and performances in the U.K.: 21 Oct - BBC London programme: BBC World Service Outlook, Interview with Deiniol Buxton. 27 Oct - Sage Gateshead WOMEX (worldmusic-festival and expo) / conference speaker: Moana Maniapoto conference session: Against the Flow - the role of music in decolonisation. 11 Nov - Brighton, Komedia Brighton: Live-performance. 13 Nov - London, Greenwich Picturehouse: Live-performance & documentary presentation 'Guarding the Family Silver' write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |