Chasing Pandora's Running In Circles has been featured in the latest edition of The Hit Sheet

On 15th November 2009 Chasing Pandora will be the featured artist of the week on Aled Jones 'Good Morning Sunday' show. 

This four-track CD of bittersweet folk-pop is a near-perfect introduction to Malta’s latest and greatest musical hope. It’s not traditional Maltese music, but a contemporary anglophone sound driven by classy melodies, aching human emotion and considerable musicianship. Melissa Portelli exorcises her personal demons by writing and singing from the heart, while talented multi-instrumentalist Keith Anthony swirls music around her in flurries of melodic highs and lows. His guitar fronts his one-man orchestra, and although it’s sensitively played and neatly harmonised, it’s only the clean production that keeps it in check. Repeated listening brings its own reward, and once it hooks itself into your ear you’ll find it pleasantly and harmlessly addictive.

Graham Hazelwood

click here to read the latest issue of Acoustic Magazine
 


 

Chasing Pandora are back with another series of Jack Daniels Presents Acoustic Roots at Chiaroscuro, Strait Street, Valletta.  Doors open at 9pm.  Music starts around 9.45pm.  The finest singer/songwriters in Malta join Chasing Pandora  on stage. Dates - 13th March - Carrie Haber, 20th March - Daniel Genuis, 27th March - Airport Impressions, 3rd April - Grimaud, 10th April - Closed - Good Friday, 17th April - Uncharted, 24th April - Bikkuni. For more info contact sam@tickety-boo.com

ACOUSTIC ROOTS - CHASING PANDORA AND FRIENDS

During the summer Chasing Pandora performed several London concerts to great critical acclaim.

They were so impressed with the attentive audiences and creative ambiance of the venues that they returned to Malta determined to find a place where they and their friends could play in an atmosphere conducive to acoustic music.


After much searching they found Labyrinth now ChiaroScuro in Valletta, which has performance area that is separate from the bar and comfortably accommodates an audience of 200.

Jack Daniels whisky has kindly offered to sponsor the first 7 concerts Acoustic Roots which will take place every Friday starting on

November 7th, 9-11pm.

Chasing Pandora have confirmed some of Malta finest and most respected artists to join them on stage to collaborate on interpretations of their own songs as well as favorites by other writers. In addition to the very special guests each week, they will provide a platform for new aspiring musicians to play their own compositions.Hoping to give new talent a platform to show their ability.


There will be a nominal entrance fee of Eu2 and the concerts will not follow any set format and could include anything from spontaneous jamming to poetry reading.

We don't know if there is an audience for this type of music in Malta, but we are sure going to have fun finding out. Please support us in this new venture - we are passionate about music and hope and believe that in some small way we will be providing an arena for music appreciation that has not previously been available on our island.

Each week we will release which artists are lined up for the coming Friday's Acoustic RootsDon't be surprised to see some of Malta's most well known artists appearing who simply want to share their love of music.

In addition to the main guest artists we are asking for all singer/songwriters to send a demo into the Tickety-boo management office and we will choose a new and aspiring artist to perform at the Friday event each week.

Please contact Sam at Tickety-boo 21556166 or email sam@tickety-boo.com

Please note that we have cancelled all Playrock Gigs as we did not think it was a suitable venue for acoustic music , we have been looking for a suitable venue for quite some time and now have found ChiaroScuro.

Chasing Pandora will be performing live at the ElectroAcoustic Club @ the Slaughetered Lamb in London on the 12th August.

Showtime : 8.40 pm
Entrance fee - GBP 5
Venue : Clerkenwell ElectroAcoustic Club @ The Slaughtered Lamb
34-35 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V0DX

visit their website http://www. electroacousticclub. com/ for further information on the venue

Tickets can be purchased from We Got Tickets Box office tel: 0870 600 100 or from their website http://www. wegottickets. com/promoter/page/2/546

Chasing Pandora will be performing live at the Regal Rooms in Hammersmith London on August 13th.

Show starts at : 8.30 pm
Free entrance
Doors open at 7.30 pm 
Venue :
The Regal Rooms
The Distillers
64 Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London W6 9PH

Chasing Pandora will be playing support to LIOR at The Borderline in London on the 15th of August.

Showtime : 8.15 pm
Entrance Fee : GBP 10 at the door GBP 12
Capacity 275
Venue:
THe Borderline
Orange Yard
Off Manette Street
London