Friend 'n Fellow - The Sound Of Bluesoul

  

FRIEND 'N FELLOW - the masters of intense musical dialogue and Europes top vocal/guitar duo released the new album LADY in spring 2009.

Constanze Friend and Thomas Fellow performed more than 1000 concerts together and travelled from BEIJING (China Millenium Park) to SHANGHAI (Anting New Town Open Air), from MALAYSIA (Kuala Lumpur/Penang Jazz Festival) to NEW YORK (World Trade Center) and from PARIS (Elyssees Montmartre) to LONDON (The 100 Club) and shared the stage with legends as RAY CHARLES, LUTHER ALLISON and AL JARREAU. Meanwhile they became one of the most successful acoustic acts in the junction where BLUES, JAZZ and SOUL meet. Their music combines the intensity of the blues with the freedom of jazz and the sound of soul in inimitable fashion.


"You knocked me out with your playing" – Bill Evans
"I really enjoy your work" – Al Jarreau
"Killing! It absolutely sounds like a whole band" – Tommy Emmanuel
"A top-notch duo" Welt am Sonntag
"The sound of the new century" Luther Allison
"The voice of an angel" Keb' Mo'


Concerts in London, Paris, New York, Peking, Vienna, Zurich, Lucerne Festival (Lucerne, Switzerland), Tollwood-Festival Munich, Festival Internacional de la Porta Ferrada (Spain), 1st Blues & Soul Weekend (Zurich, Switzerland), Simmen Lörrach, Jazzrally Dusseldorf with Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Simply Red, Marianne Faithful, Maceo Parker.
 

  


Constanze Friend started her musical career in the band "Mr. Adapoe" with performances at international top festivals and as the support act to James Brown and others.


Thomas Fellow won several prizes at international competitions for classical guitar and played concerts in India, South America and the USA. Prof. Thomas Fellow is the head of the education "ACOUSTIC GUITAR (concert music/worldmusic/jazz) at the Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden (Germany) and "WORLDMUSIC" at the Hochschule für Musik Weimar and lead masterclasses at different conservatories and festivals in Europe and the USA. He is also the artistic director of the STRING SPRING FESTIVAL DRESDEN and the EUROPEAN GUITAR AWARD, one of the most prestigious competitions for creativ guitarplayers (next time spring 2012). He developed a comprehensive schoolbook for the guitar as a comping instrument (FELLOWBOOK). Release date: October 2009 SCHOTT MUSIC (German language)
 

1995 Fairy Godmother
1997 Home (Ruf Records-Ruf 1011)
1998 Purple Rose (Ruf Records-Ruf 1029)
2001 Taxi (Ruf Records-Ruf 1072)
2003 "Live" DVD/2CD (Ruf 3004/ Ruf 1062)
2005 Covered (Ruf 1089)
2006 Crystal (Ruf 1118)
2009 Lady (Ruf 1148)


  Releases

(CH) Soul- und Bluesweekend Zürich, 1999
(CH) AVO Session Basel, 1998
(D) Das Fest/ Karlsruhe, Sommer 1999
(D) Stimmen Festival/ Lörrach, 1999, 2003
(D) Kulturarena/ Jena, 1997, 1998, 1999
(D) Rother Blues Tage, 1999
(D) Bardentreffen/ Nürnberg, 2000
(D) Tollwood Festival/ München, 2002
(CH) Lucerne Festival, 2003
(E) Festival Internacional de la Porta Ferrada, 2003
(D) Jazz Rally Düsseldorf, 2003
(D) Leverkusener Jazztage, 2004
(A) Gitarrenfest Wien, 2004


 Festivals (selection)

BERLIN -Tempodrom
WIEN - Radiokulturhaus
ZÜRICH - Volkshaus
PARIS - Elysses Montmartre
LONDON - The 100 Club
NEW YORK - World Trade Center
BEIJING - China Millenium Park,
SHANGHAI - Anting New Town Open Air

  Live Performances

MDR "artour" | WDR "Mittwoch Live";"Crossroads- Blues im Subway" | ZDF "aspekte" | ONYX "Jazzonyx"| ARD/ ZDF Kinderkanal "Mega-Box" | MDR "Thüringen Journal", "Thüringen Privat" | Deutschlandfunk- "Liederladen" MDR- Kultur "MDR- Kultur- Café" | Chinese TV


  TV

Deutschlandfunk- "Liederladen" | MDR- Kultur " | MDR- Kultur- Café" | MDR Kultur "Figaro trifft..." | Many german radio stations play music of Friend ´n Fellow.


  Radio

FRIEND 'N FELLOW
MANAGEMENT AND CONTACT
contact(at-Zeichen)friendnfellow.com
+49 (0)173 / 89 252 73

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND TOURS
Musikbüro Gert Pfankuch in cooperation with
DML Productions
pfankuch(at-Zeichen)aol.com
ddmeylau(at-Zeichen)aol.com
+49 (0)6192 / 901372
www.musikbuero-pfankuch.de

technical support & promotion
adapoe EVENT- UND STUDIOTECHNIK GmbH
Frau Inka Junghans
Eduard-Rosenthal-Str. 45
99423 Weimar

fon: +49 (0)3643 / 81 11 30
fax: +49 (0)3643 / 81 11 40
info(at-Zeichen)adapoe.de
www.adapoe.de

Label
Ruf Records
www.rufrecords.de

website Thomas Fellow
www.thomasfellow.de