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Maggie Nicols, Caroline Kraabel, Charlotte Hug.: On Dizziness
by John Eyles
Maggie Nicols, Caroline Kraabei and Charlotte Hug first came together as a trio in the autumn of 2000 when they played together in Nicols' front room. In May 2001 they came together again, playing a concert at the (now defunct) Freedom of the City festival in London's Conway Hall. At the same venue, on June 4th, 2001, they were recorded, without an audience, by Martin Davidson for his Emanem label. The resulting album, Transitions was released on the label in ...
read moreNoisy Women Return at Cafe Oto, London
by John Eyles
Noisy Women Return Cafe Oto London July 17, 2022 The title given to this Cafe Oto concertNoisy Women Returnprobably prompted the same response from many of those who attended: Return? They've never been away! However, the key to understanding that title probably lay two days before; Friday July 15th had seen the successful debut performance of The Noisy People's Improvising Orchestra at St. Paul's Church, jny: Cambridge, a multi-media event with a cast of dozens ...
read moreThe Noisy Women at Hundred Years Gallery
by John Eyles
The Noisy Women Hundred Years Gallery London January 16, 2022 Noisy Women was started in 2020 by multi-instrumentalist Faradena Afifi and Marion Treby who both joined Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra during lockdown. The Noisy Women Presents is a quartet of Afifi and Treby plus improvising visual artist & dancer Gwendolyn Kassenaar, and vocalist & dancer Maggie Nicols. (Pictured above, left to right: Sue Lynch, Gwendolyn Kassenaar, Faradena Afifi.) This was the inaugural concert of a free ...
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