Roxana Pope

GOL playing as part of Scottish jazz expo at Edinburgh festival

roxana — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:11:36 +0000

we are playing on Thursday night, 5th august 10pm at Voodoo Rooms.

Dear Friends,

We’re excited to announce that GOL has been selected to be part of the Scottish Jazz Expo at the Festival this year and we will be playing a one off special gig.

Date/time: Thursday 5th August, 10pm
Venue: Voodoo Rooms West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA

We’ve set up a special discount for friends

there is 20% off the ticket price if you quote the code GOL5Aug when booking tickets through the Hub ticket line 0131 473 2000.

there are student tickets for £6 available half hour before the gig.

We will performing as the full seven piece and

we’ll be showcasing material from our brand album.

We’d love to see you there!

http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/index.php?pageID=142#date2010-08-05

http://www.scottishjazzexpo.com/programme.php

www.myspace.com/golmusic

“GOL are an utterly unique proposition, theres musical elements of Persia, dub, jazz, funk and North Africa that combine so well its testament to the skill of the bands members and the music itself. Most importantly though, GOL have a groove that anyone can lock into.” ( Chris Knight)

Band Members:

Roxana Pope (Vocals - Persian and English)

Yann Seznec (Keyboards & live sampling)

Allan Ferguson (Bass)

Bouda Vosough Ahmadi (Iranian Santur)

Iordanis A Kalaitzoglou (Saxophone, Clarinet, Turkish Ney and Greek Kaval)

Mat Clements (Congas & Percussion)

Pete Vilk (Drum kit & samples)

my new film ASHURA at Edinburgh International Film Festival

roxana — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:49:14 +0000

they will be screening my new film ASHURA, on the 19th June and there are industry screenings on the 18th of June.

Tehran Backyard screening in london on 27th April

roxana — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:16:29 +0000

they’ll be a screening of my film Tehran Backyard in london next week on tuesday night before ”Ashkan, The Charmed Ring and Other Stories” directed by Shahram Mokri

at Cinema Farang, westbourne studios, come on down..

Red Burqa selected for competition at Creteil Film Festival

roxana — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:44:57 +0000

Just heard last night that Red Burqa has been selected in the competition section of

Creteil Women’s FIlm Festival in Paris. . It will be screened on the April 4th and April 7th. There is more info on the website.

Really excited!

exhibition of new work

roxana — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:00:05 +0000

hi I’ll be exhibiting new work at the end of next week ( 30th and 31st of january) at the Hidden Door festival

here is an article in the paper about my work and background. hope you can make it !

GOL EP Launch Party

roxana — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:21:36 +0000

GOL “Roots” EP

RELEASE NIGHT FRIDAY 27th November 2009
DOORS open 9pm
TICKETS £3 (£2 concession) – available on the door only
AT THE BALLROOM, VOODOO ROOMS above Cafe Royale Edinburgh
http://www.thevoodoorooms.com
www.myspace.com/golmusic
http://www.youtube.com/GOLMUSICVIDEOS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/GOL

Artist Residency

roxana — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:42:03 +0000

I’m artist in residence with the MELA with the New Work scheme. Over the next 12 months I will be blogging about my residency, creating a virtual scrap book of the process at . Artist in Resident blogging the process

By the end of the 12 month I aim to have created a new film and sound instillation piece.

Busy summer …GOL performing at the MELA

roxana — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:35:20 +0000

It’s been a busy summer of music and festivals. Our band GOL was commissioned by the MELA organisation to create a new piece called Mixed Up, with music and film for the festival in Edinburgh in August.here is the link to watch a 3 minute clip of the piece on BBC Persian

GOL performing at MELA on BBC Persian

we start performing at around 7 minutes into the program.

Now we are just setting up the studio to begin the process of recording more tracks and organising a tour of the band.

GOL ( the band Roxana sings with) to play BIG TENT festival

roxana — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:41 +0000

GOL ( Iranian UK jazz electronica pop) will be performing at the BIG TENT festival in Fife

on Sunday the 26th July 8pm. They will play an hour long set of new music from their EP.

Roxana’s film Red Burqa selected for London Doc film festival

roxana — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:44:05 +0000

Red Burqa will be screening on 1 st of April 2009 as part of the London International Documentary Film Festival.