The Akustika series of unplugged concerts has covered a
mixture of pop, rock, blues songs with a bit of a jazzy feel thrown in for good measure.
The third one in the series was held in the Music Room St. James Cavalier on 29th and 30th March 2008 at 8pm.
For me it was the first Akustika and I must say that it was a great experience. St. James Cavalier
really captures a great feeling of everything artistic and the acoustics of the room were very good.
During the two nights, the sound was very much balanced and you could hear all instruments
effortlessly. It was also very well attended and therefore we had everything we could wish for.
This time round, along with alternative versions of well-known songs,
a couple of my originals were performed live for the first time. This included “The Coffee Song”,
“Issa Tard Wisq” and “DIY Blues” which is just a blues number written for Justin and Isabel
(instead of playing some blues standard everyone seems to play in such concerts). We also played “Vain” which
we had already played last year at Poxx Bar. I also had the opportunity to sing live for the first time
during our acoustic rendition of "Echoes"... I'm not exactly a virtuoso so don't be too harsh in judging me :)
The Akustika 3 band (in alphabetical order):
Antonio Olivari - Guitars and vocals
Carlo Muscat - Saxophone
Isabel Zammit - Vocals
Justin Galea - Vocals and flute
Luke Vella Clark - Percussions
Malcolm Bonnici - Guitars and vocals
Mario Farrugia - Bass
Martina Falzon - Piano
This is the advert we used to promote the concert. The voice-over was done by Melanie Saliba:
For more information about ZHN, please click here.
If you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact me
on antonio@olivarionline.com.
Akustika 3 - Live Recordings
Righ-click on the following links and "Save Target As" to download the songs:
