Canadian pop star Bryan Adams headed back to Kyiv; A capella groups at Vocal Zone festival
Canadian pop singer and songwriter Bryan Adams arrives in Kyiv once gain to wow his Ukrainian fans in Kyiv with hits like “Cuts Like a Knife,” “Please Forgive Me” and “Everything I Do (I Do It For You).”
Bryan Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario to British parents, and moved with them throughout Europe and the Middle East. Adams was given his first guitar at 10, and at 15 he left school and joined a band as a singer. He earned a living washing dishes, selling pet food and working in record stores, until his meeting with drummer Jim Vallance in a Vancouver music store led to a song-writing partnership continuing to this day. Since then Bryan Adams has released 14 albums. One of his most successful ones was “Waking Up the Neighbors” (1991,) featuring the ballad “Everything I Do (I Do It for You).” Many of his other huge hits were included in movie soundtracks, like “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” from the film “Don Juan de Marco,” and “All For Love” from “The Three Musketeers,” performed with Rod Stewart and Sting.
Since the 1980s, Bryan Adams has been a noted social activist, to this day participating in concerts and other activities to help raise money or awareness for a variety of different causes.
On Jan. 2006, Adams became the first western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan, in conjunction with a benefit concert to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school.
Lately, Adams has also taken a serious interest in photography. In June 2005 he published his first book of photos in the US with Calvin Klein, called “American Women.” As a photographer, the Canadian singer has worked with many of his musical peers, including Robert Plant, Joss Stone, Placido Domingo, Celine Dion, Amy Winehouse and Moby. In 2002, Adams was invited, along with other photographers from the Commonwealth, to photograph Queen Elizabeth II during her Golden Jubilee.
Currently Bryan Adams is working on a new album while touring. He announced that the new album, whose working title is “11,” will be released in the spring of next year.
Palats Sportu (Palats Sportu metro station, 246-7406). Nov. 30, 7 p.m. Tickets from Hr 150 to Hr 780
The second International vocal a capella Festival named Vocal Zone 2007 will take place from Nov. 30 – 1 Dec. in the hall of the National Music Academy. Ukrainian a capella sextet ManSound is organizing Vocal Zone festival in memory of Vladimir Mikhnovetsky, the founder of the group.
ManSound a cappella sextet from Kyiv first appeared in 1994 as an idea of composer and arranger Vladimir Mikhnovetsky. The group got a hearty welcome at jazz festivals and concerts throughout the country – anyone who ever heard ManSound agrees that these artists can perform anything – jazz standards, Afro-American soul music (gospel and spiritual), soul music from the repertoire of George Benson and Stevie Wonder, immortal masterpieces of the Beatles, famous hits of Adriano Celentano, songs from American musicals, Ukrainian folk songs and more. Just recently, ManSound signed a contract with the recording company Comp Music, representing the EMI in Ukraine.
This year’s Vocal Zone festival has extended its geographical boarders. The audience will be able to see and hear such famous vocal groups as Affabre Concinui from Poland, Stouxingers from Germany, Rock 4 from the Netherlands, UniVox from Moldova, as well as Beauty Band and ManSound from Ukraine. The musical palette of the Vocal Zone festival ranges from classics and jazz to funk and soul, folk and gospel, pop and rock.
National Music Academy (1-3/11 Gorodetskoho, 287-8787). From Nov. 30 – till Dec.1, 8 p.m. Tickets from Hr 60 to Hr 180
