Rock this Sunday!

News from Ajay:

Rock Show at Saint John's Amphitheatre, Koramangala! (Enter from gate opposite Koramangala BDA Complex)

Band: Stomp
Date: 1st May, Sunday
Time: 5.30 PM
Entry Free!

Thanks, Ajay!

Watch Sonali Bendre and Farooque Shaikh in "Aapki Soniya"

ndia Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is proud to bring the premiere of
the sequel to the much appreciated play "Tumhari Amrita". On May 13th
at 7 pm at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore will experience
"Aapki Soniya" featuring Farooque Shaikh and Sonali Bendre, performing
in support of IFA.

Written by Javed Siddiqi it is directed by Salim Arif, the art
direction has been done by Sharmishta Roy well known for her work in
films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, Mohabbatein, Kuch Kuch Hota
Hai, Kal Ho Na Ho.

While Airtel, 3M, The Park, ING Vysya Mutual Funds and Café Coffee Day
have come forward to support this effort, IFA will raise funds for its
grantmaking by selling donor passes for the performances.

Pre order your Donor passes for Rs 1000, Rs 500 and Rs 300 NOW at the
following link on Fabmall by clicking on this link
Click Here

You can place pre orders by phone too by calling Narinder at 51303030
between 9 am to 6.30 pm Monday to Saturday.

For more information check our site at http://www.indiaifa.org

Watch Sonali Bendre and Farooque Sheikh in "Aapki Soniya" on May 13 at
7 pm at Chowdiah. Click for tickets NOW!!!

Arundhati Ghosh
Consultant

India Foundation for the Arts
L1, Tharangini, 12th Cross,
Raj Mahal Vilas Extension,
Bangalore - 560080,
India.

arundhatighosh@indiaifa.org
www.indiaifa.org

tel: 91-80-23610583/4
fax: 91-80-23610583
mobile: 9845033197

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Acting Workshop by Rathan Thakore Grant!

Info from Ajay Shenoy:

Acting Workshop by Rathan Thakore Grant
-----------------------------------------
The Acting Workshop starts this Friday, 29 April 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

Those of you who would still like to register, please call Anita on 98450-72710. There will be 10 sessions spread over a month (about 3 sessions a week).

Sessions will be held from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at a central location.

Prior experience in acting not essential. At the end of the workshop, participants will get opportunities to script, direct and act in MiSF!T productions.

For info about Rathan, MiSF!T and productions staged, visit our site at
www.highlightevents.com

MiSF!T - My Interest Stays Firmly In Theatre
Ph: 91-80-25592131
Mobile: 98450-72710
Email: misfitgroup@yahoo.com
Website: www.highlightevents.com

Thanks, Ajay!

P.S: Have been for one of his short-term workshops - was great fun!

Reminder: Films this weekend!

Collective Chaos in association with
WorldSpace Satellite Radio presents

FILMS ON FILMS

Co- sponsored by:
Dept. of Youth Services & Sports
Govt. of Karnataka


13 International film makers explore in
10 award winning films:
"What is cinema?"


22nd 23rd & 24th April
at Gurunanak Bhavan


Click on the name of the film to read synopsis of the film.
or visit: http://www.collectivechaos.org/ff


Fri 22 April

5:30 pm: Man With A Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov

7:15 pm: Camera Buff - Krzystof Kieslowski

Sat 23 April

11:30 am: Man Bites Dog - Belvaux / Bonzel / Poelvoords

2:00 pm: Cinema Paradiso - Giuseppe Tornatore

5:15 pm: Five Obstructions - Lars Von Trier, jorgen Leth

7:30 pm: Close-up - Abbas Kiarostami

Sun 24 April

11:30 am: 10 on Ten - Abbas Kiarostami

2:00 pm: 8 1/2 - Federico Fellini

5:15 pm: Salam Cinema - Mohsen Makhmalbaf

7:30 pm: Rashomon - Akira Kurasawa


Limited Edition
t-shirts
with famous film quotes
available at the venue.

Launching the Reference Section of DVD's,
Open only for members. Details available at the venue.

For details log on to: www.collectivechaos.org
Or call: 5765 3858 or 98443 58234

Young Musicians of the World!

Meet Young Musicians of the World ! Help, volunteer, do something along the same lines, spread the word - or just know!

Their father owns Saint-Amour, a well-known restaurant in Québec. Mathieu and Blaise Fortier run a school for local children in a small village named Kalkeri near Dharwar in North Karnataka, where Hindustani Classical music is the most important subject.

Mathieu's 3 little daughters and wife Agathe also live on the school campus, as well as numerous foreign and Indian visitors who stay for short periods to teach what they can to the children, and tell them stories from across the world. Life is simple, with few luxuries, but the days are full of music and the conviction that "a better world is possible".

Visit them here: http://www.youngmusiciansoftheworld.org/

Or better still, visit them at Kalkeri!

Face-To-Face with Tenzin Tsundue

Collective Chaos and Friends of Tibet invite you for a 'Face-To-Face' with Tibetan poet and activist Tenzin Tsundue, who recently surprised us with a daring protest in Bangalore when the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited the city.

Tenzin will recite some of his latest poems on Tibet and share his experiences as an activist in the Tibetan freedom movement.

The session will be followed by the screening of the documentary film:

'Sentenced to Die'

Directed by Elinore Burke and Tsering Ngodup;
Duration: 60min on April 25, 2005 (Monday) at 6.45pm
at Centre for Film and Drama5th Floor, Sona Towers71, Millers Road, Bangalore.

Entry Open to all.

More about Tenzin Tsundue: http://www.friendsoftibet.org/tenzin/

More about 'Sentenced To Die': http://www.el42.com/

http://www.collectivechaos.org

Bangalore's first International Marathon happening on May 15th!

Bangalore's first International Marathon happening on May 15th! Let's run for it!

Or at least run for 5 mins-then pant-puff-gasp-wheeze-say amma! appa! bhagwan! etc. -sweat-walk - and then run again!!!

The 7 km celebration run should be easily do-able, though you could aim for the 42.195-km marathon and the 21.1-km half-marathon too!

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr142005/sports2018532005413.asp

Please note: "Beginning April 15, we plan to conduct free training camps, guiding people on how to approach a marathon." More details should appear in all the newspapers in the next few days.

So start practising!

Music of the Andes

Try out this compilation of mostly-instrumental amazing music from the Andes mountains! Lives up to the description - "...a music that is emotive, profound and searingly beautiful." Uses mostly native South American Indian instruments - their flutes especially are fabulous!

Listen to samples at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005GWP/002-5545770-0712068?v=glance

Cd/cassette: Music of the Andes, by Hemisphere records.

Available in the World Music section of Planet M and Music World.

By the way, the World Music section in these stores comes out with really great finds at times! Music from across the world recorded at the best studios, sometimes in fusion, sometimes pure.

Read more if you are interested:

"The ragged peaks of the mountainous Cordillera de los Andes etch the spine of South America. It is a column stretching between the northern tip of Columbia and the southernmost reaches of Chile, across the strait from Antarctica. Centuries ago, the stretch between Ecuador and Chile, these high fertile valleys and plateaus, formed the domain of the great Inca empire, whose territories and culture were nearly obliterated by the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in the early 16th century.

The Conquistadores arrived with the Cross, arquebuses, horses and armor, poised to rape a rich land of its gold. Fixed on by the quest of a Lost Paradise, they were blind to the other riches that lay before them: a unique and extraordinarily advanced civilization. As history has recorded in the case of other great civilizations, cities like Athens, Flanders and Naples, the conquerors were in many ways themselves the conquered. Little of the Spanish influence remains on the high reaches of the Andes where the Quechua and Aymara communities that were spawned by the Incan Empire have maintained unaltered their customs, their ethnic purity and their land. Today these descendants are scattered predominantly among the highlands of Peru and Bolivia.

The conquistadores tried to destroy a culture, but centuries later the soul of a people still remains. This melancholy soul-is it history or terrain that makes it so? - found expression through artistry and a music that is emotive, profound and searingly beautiful."

Bhoomi Jatre is here again!

News from Jax:

Music.Food.Dance.Music.Film.Music.Craft.Music: Bhoomi Jatre - an all night cultural event!

Details at: http://www.fire-flies.net/Bhoomi%20Jathre%202003

Date: Saturday 23rd April

Entrance fees : Rs. 200

Venue: Fireflies, an eco-ashram on Kanakpura Road

Thanks, Jax!

Collective Chaos' Second Anniversary Celebrations!

And how!

http://www.collectivechaos.org/ff/

Film Festival: Voices from the Waters

We cordially invite you to Voices from the Waters an international film festival on water organised by Bangalore Film Society and Water Journeys, in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise from April 13 - 16, 2005 at the Alliance Francaise, Bangalore.

SCHEDULE

Day I - April 13 - Water and Life (4 - 8.30 pm)

1. Jean De Florette by Claude Berri (1 hr 56 mins)
2. Ganga by Paris Viswanadhan Part I excerpt (5 mins)
3. Inauguration by Anita Nair and MS Satyu (30 mins)
4. Manon Des Sources by Claude Berri (1 hr 49 mins)

Day II - April 14 - Water Struggles (4 - 8.30 pm)

1. Flueve Senegal: les eaux du partage by Isabel Santos and Marcel Dalaise (51 mins)
2. Another Revolt by Shriprakash (40 mins)
3. Words on Water by Sanjay Kak (1 hr 26 mins)

Water and Life

4. Mee Koli by Miriam Chandy (30 mins)
5. Ganga by Paris Viswanadhan (50 mins) Part I

Day III - April 15 - Water Management (4 - 8 pm)

1. Small is Beautiful by Abhivyakti (19 mins)
2. G.L.I.S by Saraswati Kavula (25 mins)
3. Water India: Four Engineers and a Manager by Centre for Science and Environment (22 mins)

Water and Life

4. Ganga by Paris Viswanadhan (50 mins) Part II
5. Jalamarmaram by T K Rajeev Kumar (Whisper of Waters) (1 hr 13 mins)

Water and Migration

6. River Taming Mantras by Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal (31 mins)
7. Hunting Down Water by Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal (32 mins)

Day IV - April 16 - Water and its Control (2.30 - 8 pm)

1. Ganga by Paris Viswanadhan Part III (50 mins)
2. A Silent Killer by Dananjoy Mandal (23 mins)
3. Outside Mercy by ALF and Pedestrian Pictures (30 mins)
4. Source of Life for Sale by K.P.Sasi (58 mins)
5. Whose Water by Krishnendu Bose (30 mins)
6. Thirst by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman (1 hr 2 mins)
7. Panel Discussion (1 hr)

Note: The Schedule is tentative and is subject to change depending on availability and quality of print

Nature Admire: Summer Adventures!

Nature Admire presents various adventure sports.....

1.P A R A S A I L I N G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: 17 Apr 05
Venue: Jakkur Air field.
Time: 8.30 a.m.- 6.0 p.m
Tariff: Rs 299/- per launch;
Groups -5- 5%; above 10- 10%


2. R O C K C L I M B I N G~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: 16th Apr 05
Venue: sholay Rock climbing institute, Ramanagram,
tariff:Rs 349/- for children above 8 and below 16yrs; Rs 399/-
Curriculum:Introduction to Rock climbing techniques, communication, equipments,
safety, Free climbing, bouldering, Rappelling, Face climbing.


3.T R E K K I N G ~~~ KODAI TO MUNNAR
Trekking for 60kms for three days from Berijham lake to Munnar's highest point. Trek
is at moderate terrain amidst the pine wooded forest.
Date:21,22, 23, 24 April 05.
Tariff: Rs 3499/-
Includes: Simple hygienic vegetarian meals, instructor charges, forest entry fees, accommo
dation-in tents. Inter state taxes, Transportation.


4. H I M A L A Y A N T R E K K I N G

DZONGRI- GOECHALA TREK, SIKKIM.
Trek in one of the most pristine valleys of Himalayas, Test your limits at the 4950mts,
challenge yourself, endavor...
Dates:21 May 2005
Days:10
Tariff:Rs 1499/- (Yuksom to Yuksom)
Includes: Veg and non-veg food, Accommodation-Tents/hut, Forest entry fees, Porters, guides,
cook and yaks, Kancehnjunga National Park fees, Trekking permit.
Foreigners: US $ 50/-
Groups: above 5- 5%; above- 10- 10%.



LADAKH
Situated at an altitude ranging above 11000ft. Ladakh is a land synonymous with arid landscapes,
contrasting barren mountains, High passes, green valleys, clear blue sky and azure blue lakes.The
region falls between the great Himalayan Range and the vast tibetan plateau.
Dates: 21 May 05
Days:10
Tariff:Rs 9999/- (NEW DELHI TO NEW DELHI)
INcludes;Includes: Veg food, Accommodation-Tents/hut, Forest entry fees, Porters, guides,
cook and yaks,Trekking permit.
Foreigners: US $ 50/-
Groups: above 5- 5%; above- 10- 10%.


SKIING ~~ PARA GLIDING ~~~~ TREKKING ~~~ CAMPING ~~~~ SIGHT SEEING.
ROHTANG PASS, MANALI AND KULU....
Dates: 21 May 05
Days: 6
Tariff: Rs 7499/- (New Delhi to New Delhi)
Includes: Veg food, Accommodation-Tents/hut, Forest entry fees, Porters, guides,
cook and yaks, Allt he acitivites charges, Trekking permit.
Foreigners: US $ 50/-
Groups: above 5- 5%; above- 10- 10%.


Please feel free to contact us for any further clarifications at: 080-23340065, 51280989,
9845079414 or email us back...

Thanking you,

Sincerely,

Nature Admire Team

Latin American Film Festival!

Dear Friends,

Teamworks presents Latin American Films Festival - first of its kind in Bangalore. The festival is from Friday, 15th April to Sunday, 17th April 2005.
Venue is Suchitra Film Society Auditorium (Banashankari).

There will be 6 films with 3 repeats (total 9 screenings). Films of renowned directors such as Luis Bunuel, Costa Gavras, Thomas Alea, Glauber Rocha & Walter Salles.

For films list, schedule and other details visit: www.lacefilms.org

Donor passes are available at the festival venue before the screening.

Contact Nos: Suchitra Office (26711785), Rajendra (9845181250) & Chandru (9880660101)

Do come for the festival. With thanks and regards,

For Teamworks,
- Prashant Pandit

Please note that seating capacity at Suchitra is limited and hence grab your passes at the earliest!

Volunteer for Janaagraha!

Janaagraha, Ramesh Ramanathan's organization for participatory democracy, needs volunteers Urgently!

For information on Janaagraha, see http://www.janaagraha.org

Link to Volunteer Requirements page: http://www.janaagraha.org/vol_reg1.htm

VOICES presents Dattani's Final Solutions!

Vignesh sent us this:

VOICES in association with Souhardha Ookuta and supported by ActionAid India
Presents

Mahesh Dattani's
'Final Solutions '

A powerful plea for tolerance and equality, Final Solutions - was written in 1992 and won the Sahitya Akademi award. Set against a backdrop of communal riots, Final Solutions is timeless and has a message for all of us.

By purchasing a ticket you will be supporting the Disability Information Resource Centre.

Venues - Nani Arena - 16th and 17th April 2005 (Rs.100),
Rangashankara 21st April and 3rd May 2005 (Rs.49)

Tickets - contact 25213901, 25213902 or 25213903
e-mail: voices@vsnl.com, voices2@vsnl.com or voices3@vsnl.com

VOICES - Over the past 10 years, VOICES has worked with rural and urban poor, people with disabilities, street children and developed communication mechanisms to help them improve their lives. Through these efforts, education, health and income generation initiatives have been introduced both at the urban and rural levels.

The VOICES Information Resource Centre for People with Disabilities – a partnership between VOICES and the Office of the Commissioner for Disabilities is the first of its kind in the country. It comprises a daily help line that provides information related to access, health and employment issues. In doing so, it works to make the Equal Opportunities Act for Persons with Disabilities a reality. The Centre also provides call centre and vocational ICT training for people with disabilities.

VOICES - # 165, 9th Cross, Indiranagar First Stage, Bangalore - 560 038
Ph: +91 80 25213902,903 e-mail: voices@vsnl.com
web: www.voicesforall.org

Thanks, Vignesh!

Books!

News from Vaishnavi:

Book Fair with huge discounts at Indian Institute of Engineers, Queen's Circle, near M.G. Road!

Also Khitab Khazana (BTM – near Udupi Garden) has a huge new shipment of books!

Thanks, Vaish!

Salsa Night!

News from Vaishnavi:

STUDIO 5678

Presents

SALSA NIGHT

WORKSHOP...PERFORMANCE...SALSA MUSIC

Get ready to Salsa as we play for you some of the latest Salsa tunes and get you into the Salsa mood. Come down and experience a unique salsa party on 10th april 2005.

Party is strictly for former and existing students of all our dance centers and their guests. Party commences at 8 p.m. Guests keen on learning the basics of Salsa can come to the venue at 7 p.m and take a free lesson. Prizes will be given for Best dancing couple, best dressed male and female.

Date : sunday april 10th 2005
Venue : SPARKS (raheja chancery,brigade road)
Time : 7 p.m
Rates : 200/- per head (inclusive of Rs. 100 /- COVER CHARGE )

(Passes to be collected before hand and will not be available at the venue since we can accommodate only 200 people on first come first serve basis)

For passes contact

PRAVEEN- 98863 35767

Thanks, Vaish!

Play by Girish Karnad

News from Vaishnavi:

A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES

Written & Directed by Girish Karnad

After a successful run of the premiere shows, the play is on again at Ranga Shankara and begin at 7.30 p.m. sharp. (Please note that latecomers will not be allowed into the auditorium.)

Arundhati Raja in the English version: 12, 13, 14 April

( Tickets: Rs. 100/- )(available at Shankar’s – The Book People, Madras Bank Road and at Ranga Shankara)

Arundhati Rao (Nag) in the Kannada version: 15, 16, 17 April (Tickets: Rs. 49/-)

Thanks, Vaish!

BLT's Summer Theatre SPOT!

News from Vaishnavi:

It’s that time of the year ….
Bangalore’s most reputed theatre workshop is here again.
SPOT 2005

BANGALORE LITTLE THEATRE
announces the annual Summer Project On Theatre : SPOT

SPOT 2005 is being held in association with Rotary Club Bangalore Cantonment. This workshop for theatre enthusiasts was started by BLT in the late ‘seventies. Since the mid ‘eighties it has become a regular annual event. A great many of the theatre community in Bangalore have been through BLT’s training and workshop productions.

SPOT is
? a training-cum-production project spread over about three months
? reputed for its end productions
? an opportunity for self discovery and expansion of range
? or anybody with interest in the theatre, from 16 to 60, reasonably fit
? but only for those committed to staying with the workshop for its entire duration

SPOT is the only world class training workshop in Bangalore that is also absolutely free – a reflection of BLT’s commitment to the promotion of the dramatic arts. The workshop is developed along scientific lines, incorporating the best training methods. The founder of SPOT is an internationally accredited professional trainer in the behavioural sciences and has specialized interest in training trainers.

The working pattern of SPOT is to devote full Sundays for the training sessions and to work on the chosen production project over the weekdays.

SPOT 2005 will open on the first Sunday of May. Enrolment will be limited, on a first-come-served basis, and finalized a week before the start. Applicants should be prepared to attend an orientation session, if needed, before the workshop commences. All interested should get in touch with the workshop coordinator with the following information as soon as possible:
Full name and address
Gender and age
Occupation – class, if a student
Any theatre experience
E-mail ID
Telephone numbers

This information should be sent by e-mail to: vijaypadaki@vsnl.net
No phone calls.

Thanks, Vaish!

Summer Camp for students!

Sonali Bhatia, Phyllis Farias and Lekha R.
In Association with Schola Consulting Services
Have pleasure in announcing

SUMMER CAMP 2005
For students in the age group 9 – 16 years.

1. FOR 9 TO 11 YEAR OLDS: READING ENRICHMENT AND INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
April 18 – 29 (Ten Days, Monday to Friday.), 10 AM to 12.30 PM.
Fees: Rs. 900 per student inclusive of all materials, snack and soft drink.
Venue: 44 Cline Road, Cooke Town, Bangalore – 560 005.
PLEASE NOTE: Only twenty students on a first come first served basis.

2. FOR 12 TO 16 YEAR OLDS: A BASIC COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
April 18 – 30 (Twelve Days, Monday to Saturday.), 3 PM to 5.30 PM
Fees: Rs. 1,500 per student inclusive of all materials, snack and soft drink.
Venue: 44 Cline Road, Cooke Town, Bangalore – 560 005.

PLEASE NOTE: Only twenty students on a first come first served basis.
For Enquiries or To Enrol: Please email phyllis.farias@gmail.com
or Phone 2547 2241.

Summer Workshop & Production 2005!

Info from Vaishnavi:

From: Zubin [mailto:zubin@nettigritty.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 3:24 PM
To: theatreroom@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [theatreroom] Summer Workshop & Production 2005

Artistes' Repertory Theatre
Youth Summer Workshop & Production 2005

The workshop will be run by Sophie Martin, a qualified teacher of Drama and English from the UK with 13 years teaching and work experience. The workshop is based on the script of the youth production: Eclipse by Simon Armitage which will be performed in July at Ranga Shankara.

ECLIPSE by Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage is a well known poet in the U.K. He weaves prose and poetry together to make an exciting script.Eclipse is set in August 1999, on the day of a total eclipse of the sun. Six friends are called to the police station to give evidence about the appearance and disappearance of the strange Lucy Lime—“I’m a walking Universe, I am”—whom they met out on the beach beneath the cliffs on the day of the eclipse. Their soliloquies are interwoven with the scenes on that day.This play is part of an anthology of plays for young people brought out as part of the Shell Connections project in association with the National Theatre and the Foyle Foundation.

Date: 11 to 23 April 2005
Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Place: Maha-Maya, 7/2A, II Main Chandavarkar LayoutPalace Cross Road
Age Group: 14 to 18 Years
Course fee: Rs. 1500/-
To register email: art@jagrititheatre.com(with ARTY 2005 in the subject line)

Thanks, Vaish!

Blueberry Cheesecake!

Vaishnavi's Suggestion! -

"You MUST try this Blueberry Cheesecake which is so completely TO DIE FOR!

It's available in two places as far as I know:(1) Miller's 46 on Miller's Road and(2) At Moevenpick at Forum (the store at the extreme left in Transit). A little expensive but SO worth it!
Must Try! I bet you'll thank me! ;)"

Will do, Vaish! Thanks!

STUDIO 5678 ANNUAL SUMMER DANCE CAMP!

STUDIO 5678 ANNUAL SUMMER DANCE CAMP

STUDIO 5678 CONDUCTS AN INTENSIVE 15 DAYS DANCE WORKSHOP FOR KIDS & ADULTS.

KIDS BATCH COMMENCES APRIL 12TH

DANCE STYLES FOR KIDS : FREESTYLE , BOLLYWOOD & FUNKY MOVES

ADULTS BATCH COMMENCES MAY 3RD

DANCE STYLES FOR ADULTS : SALSA , MERENGUE , JIVE & CHA - CHA


VENUES : FIGURINE FITNESS , Indiranagar and m.g road
FITNESS MANTRA , koramangla
PLATINUM BODIES , jayanagar


FOR REGISTRATION AND DETAILS CALL

PRAVEEN : 98863 35767

NIRANJAN : 98861 33339

Swedish musician Stellan Wahlström in city!

Aditi sent us this info:

Stellan Wahlström
at
"Opus"
Off Palace Cross Road,
(Near Windsor Manor Bridge)
Phone: 23442580
Friday, April 1, 9 pm
(Cover Charge of Rs. 250/- per head is adjustable against bill)

and at

"The Sunday Jam"
Open-air Amphitheatre, Behind St. John's Auditorium, Opposite BDA Complex, Koramangala
Sunday, April 3, 6 pm onwards
Free Entry

Stellan Wahlström, Swedish songwriter and musician, started out in the eighties, touring Europe and the USA with the garage rock band The Wylde Mammoths, and releasing records on the legendary Crypt Records label.

He is now out of the garage and does what could be described as modern big-city folk rock, a kind of slow and sombre rock with singer/songwriter roots, with his band the Stellan Wahlström Drift Band.
Based in New York during the last half of the nineties, Stellan did lots of live shows at clubs like CBGB's, Gaslight and Sidewalk, and recorded the album 'Time leaves you behind'. Returning to Sweden he reformed the band, released the "So this is what the end looks like"-EP, and started playing live again in Stockholm (as well as a small acoustic tour in India in 2003).

Stellan's new album "The Excitable Gift" takes his music further towards folk rock - lots of piano, acoustic guitar, violin and an electric Hagström 12-string can be heard on the warm-sounding analogue recording. The lyrics are rich with imagery and tell the story of the way towards endings and break-up.

"The Excitable Gift" is an exciting and varied effort, an album about love and the loss of it.

Thanks, Aditi!