KL SING SONG 2009: The 5th Annual Showcase of Malaysian Singer Songwriters Music Concert

Date: Fri 30 & Sat 31 Oct, 8.30pm & Sun 1 Nov, 3pm
Venue: The Annexe Gallery
Address: 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel +603-2070 1137
www.annexegallery.com
Presented by Troubadours Enterprise
Admission: RM25 (Presale), RM30 (Door)
Passes available online at http://www.applause.org

Troubadours Enterprise is proud to present KL Sing Song, an annual showcase of the best of Malaysian singer songwriters. Now in its 5th year, KL Sing Song 2009 presents yet another smashing instalment of soulful and endearing songs of love, life and survival as written and performed by our very own modern troubadours. This year we’re featuring 19 singer songwriters performing in three concerts held over three days at our new venue, The Annexe Gallery, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. This year’s list of stellar performers include Najwa, Nick Davis, Wani Ardy, Esam Salleh @ Slowjaxx and Nik who will be performing in KL Sing Song for the first time. Also featured are KL Sing Song stalwarts Pete Teo, Shanon Shah, Meor, Liyana Fizi (from Estrella), and Karen Nunis Blackstone. We also welcome back to KL Sing Song our favourites Yuna, Melina William, Rendra Zawawi, Edwin & Albert, Paolo Delfino, Sharidir & Nizam P, Otam and special guest David Knight.

Passes for KL Sing Song 2009 will be available for sale online at http://www.applause.org.my starting 26 September 2009.

+ FRI 30 OCT, 8.30pm
Melina William, Rendra Zawawi, Paolo Delfino, Nick Davis, Izzy Mohamed, Wani Ardy

+SAT 31 OCT, 8.30pm
Pete Teo, Karen Nunis Blackstone, Liyana Fizi (from Estrella), Meor, Slowjaxx, Edwin & Albert

+SUN 1 NOV, 3pm
Shanon Shah, Yuna, Najwa, Otam, Sharidir & Nizam P, Nik, David Knight

Poster designed by Shahril Nizam

Yep. It's just one week away. We've been working hard to get the word out. But we always need a bit of help. Tell all your friends about it! Send them links to the poster above! :-)

For all the information you need about KL Sing Song 2007. Who, what, where and how--just go to our blog at troubadourskl.blogspot.com

And you may have noticed the Poptopus player we've loaded onto this page. It's done in collaboration with Popfolio, one of our media partners. You can load the player onto your page too if you want. Just copy the link.

Troubadours is back! After months of searching, we finally settled on The Attic as Troubadours' new home. Our first gig of 2007 will be on 17 May 2007. Subsequent gigs at The Attic will happen every third Thursday of the month.

List of performing artistes for our comeback gig will be out soon.

Here's a link to check out The Attic.

In other news, we might also score a monthly night at another venue in KL. But we'll see what happens first.

TROUBADOURS/OPEN DOORS is happening on Sunday 20th August 2006 (3pm-5.30pm) @ Indicine KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) in Sentul West. Entry is RM 12 (check out our blogspot for the flyer).

 

Yesterday we found out that La Bodega KL is closing down in mid-September.

We'll be having three more shows to end the Troubaganger series of gigs at this wonderful little place that has been our home since June 2005.

30th August - Merdeka 2007 Special
3rd September - Voices From Next Door CD Launch

and one more to be confirmed...

Finally it's OUT! We present to you "VOICES FROM NEXT DOOR"



That's what the cover of the CD looks like. For those who don't know what it's all about, it's the compilation CD we've been working on for the past few months, featuring 24 songs by 24 solo singer songwriters and bands, most of who have played at our shows previously. We're so happy to finally get it yesterday from the CD printers. Yippee!

We previewed some of the tracks off it on the Sunday night Clash radio show on Red FM 104.9, with Daryl Goh and Zack Yusof the past two weekends. Those of you who heard it will know that it's choc-ful of goodies! Yes!

For now, it's available personally from the three Troubadours (Azmyl, Jerome and Sei Hon) for RM30 each. We'll update you when it'll be available in the stores - we're still sorting our distribution. If you don't know us, come to any of the Troubadours gigs. We'll be there!

The tracklisting for the CD is as such:

CD1

01. Broken Scar Venus In September
02. Izzy Mohamed Pelangi
03. Yuri Red Dress
04. Sherry Sighyoung
05. Jasemaine Gan Syurga Di Bumi
06. Rizal Hefni Some Time For Yourself
07. Fathulistiwa Soundscapes Sendiri
08. Jerome Kugan Song For The Service Industry
09. Meor Hari-Hari Autistik
10. Warren Chan I Wont Forget
11. Rhapsody So Scared
12. Ian Chow Its OK

CD2
13. Mei Chern Do You See Me Like You
14. Tan Sei Hon These Days
15. Zack Yusof 24 Hours
16. Izuan Shah Endless Summer
17. Azmyl Yunor Flesh
18. Oddstar Andai
19. Nightlife Camera No Pretending
20. Estrella Take It Slow
21. Imam I Dont Know What It Is
22. Ariff Akhir When I Am King
23. Ida Lisa Breakthrough
24. Reza Salleh A Relic Is What I Live In

Also, please also look out for the official CD launch party... we haven't got a date yet for now... but soon! 

Phew! We've been in over our heads trying to prepare everything in order for KL Sing Song 2006, the Troubaganger and Troubadours/Open Doors shows, and Voices From Next Door comp CD. All are going well... we think...

You can check out our gig schedule to find out what's happening.

We're all really busy with stuff to do. Sei Hon's trying to get the permit applications sorted and chasing after last minute things for the compilation. Azmyl's helping out with the gigs and getting people to play. Jerome's trying to get the posters done and getting information out there. And our friend Jasmine Low (with Nikki and Tia) who co-organises the Troubaganger shows been busy handling media stuff and trying to get our backs in line. Meanwhile, Ian Chow over at KLPAC's trying to prep everything come July. Norman Teh is busy designing our poster and flyer. We've got the KL Sing Song blogspot site up and running.

We're very tired. But excited at the same time. So our advance apologies we send out if we seem less energetic than usual. It's not easy trying to do this and hold down dayjobs at the same time...

The compilation CD is almost ready. Ariff Akhir is finishing up some mastering for us. Chan Wan is helping us design the sleeve. We're very happy about that. We got some news that other compilation CDs might be getting released soon. Ow... hopefully that's not gonna hurt our sales... we're trying to sell as many as possible so we can get a bit of money to pump back into more Troubadours projects. Hope the CD will get interest overseas. We have our fingers crossed. If you're curious to know who's on the compilation, pop over to our TroubadoursKL blogspot site. We're aiming for an early July release!

We need to come up with a name for our record label imprint. Our minds are blank at the moment.... any suggestions?