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Channel dedicated to amazing vocalist and music personality: Magda Piskorczyk.
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About Me:
(pronounce: peas-CORE-chick)
is a singer with a mature, low and unusual voice timbre. Described in France as "la voix noire et au costume blanc" (Black voice in a white costume). She is a guitar, bass guitar and percussion player, as well as a song writer. Magda performs music of Afro-American and African heritage. She is a two-time Semifinalist of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, USA. Readers of the Polish blues quarterly chose her the Female Vocalist of the Year 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2009.
Magda has released five CDs including:
"Mahalia" - studio album prepered in Honor of Mahalia Jackson celebrating the 100th Birthday Anniversary of the Queen of Gospel; "Afro Groove" - double live CD feat. Billy Gibson from Memphis, harmonica virtuoso, with lots of world music flavor; "Magda Live" (nominated to the Fryderyk Award, the most prestigious award of the Polish Phonographic Industry); "Blues Travelling" feat. Michal Urbaniak, a renowned jazz violinist and "Live at Satyrblues" with Swedish musician Slidin' Slim.
Magda Piskorczyk regularly performs with her band and has given shows at many festivals almost all over Europe. In 2009 she was invited to play with Konoba, an international band performing traditional West African music.Magda has performed with many famous musicians, such as Bob Margolin, Bob Brozman, Seckou Keita, Greg Zlap, Slidin' Slim and Engerling group.
In Autumn 2011 Magda prepared a special gospel program "In Honor of Mahalia Jackson" with her versions of songs known from Mahalia's records. She has performed gospel and spiritual songs many times in Poland, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and France. In 2008 she gave a series of concerts with her band at the City Sings Gospel Festival in Liverpool. There she performed also at the Hope Street Festival and during the final concert in the Metropolitan Cathedral, broadcast by the BBC Radio.
myspace.com/magdapiskorczyk
www.magdapiskorczyk.com
Influences:
All traditional Afro-American and ethnic music from many parts of the world.
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MAGDA!!!
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This is an old video that has some defects in it, so I did my best to cover them up to make it look more presentable. Mahalia Jackson sang this son...
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Music from CD of Magda Piskorczyk: „Afro Groove". Magda Piskorczyk - vocal & bass guitar, arrangement; Billy Gibson - harmonica; Aleksandr...
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Event Dates
April 14, 2012 07:00 PM
Kulturverein weitblick
Mühlengraben, Dorfstrasse 47
Bugewitz DE
Bugewitz DE
Special project for the 10th anniversary of the venue. Magda and a few other artsists. Bugewitz near Anklam
April 19, 2012 08:30 PM
Jazzclub Armer Konrad
Weinstadt - Beutelsbach www.jak-weinstadt.de
April 20, 2012 12:50 AM
Jazzclub Ludwigsburg - Podium
www.jazzpages.com/JazzclubLudw
April 21, 2012 08:00 PM
Cafe Leinmüller
Magda with her band
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