2003-04 past tourdates

here's a smattering of places around the globe where we've performed in the last year and a half.........i'm hearing now there's more action in the works for fall, so stay tuned for more news in the update section of this site.

2003 URSULA RUCKER + TIM MOTZER ON TOUR
02.21 Montreal @ La Salla Rosa
02.22 Burlington, VT @ Metronome
02.28 Venice, ITALY @ Marina Club
03.02 Paris, FRANCE @ La Scene
03.04 Stockholm, SWEDEN @ Soder Teatern
03.05 Gothenberg, SWEDEN @ Neffertti
03.07 Oporto, PORTUGAL @ the Hard Club
03.08 Lisbon. PORTUGAL @ San Luiz municipal
03.15 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
03.22 Philadelphia, PA @ Transit
03.20 NYC @ SOB's
04.04 Philadelphia @ Freedom Theatre
04.18 Philadelpia @ Tritone w/ vicky miles
05.04 Washington, DC @ the Black Cat
06.13 Hultsfred Festival, SWEDEN w/ massive attack, etc...
06.14 Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS @ Luxor
06.15 Rimini, ITALY @ Cocorico/MorphineRoom
06.16 Modena, ITALY @ Caffe Concerto
06.20 Rome, ITALY @ Herzz Summer Stage Villa Ada with Dego of 4HERO
06.21 Catania, SICILY @ Mercati Generali
06.24 Naples, ITALY @ Lo Squardo di Ulisse Festival
07.12 Cincinnati, OH @ festival for change
09.18 Barcelona, SPAIN @ BAM festival w/ mad professor and lee 'scratch' perry
09.19 Brussels, BELGIUM @ Les tuits festival w/ alex kidd
10.08 London - JazzCafe
10.18 Philadelphia - poetry + music workshop
10.18 Philadelphia Painted Bride - theatreshow
11.05 Washington DC @ the Black Cat
11.07 San Francisco - Studio Z (www.studioz.tv)
11.08 Los Angeles - Temple Bar w/ Saul Williams
11.14.Graz, AUSTRIA @ BBC
11.15.Mannheim, GER @ Enjoy Jazz Festival w/ marc mac of 4 HERO
11.16.Stuttgart, GER @ Manufactur
11.17. Hamburg, GER @ Fabrik
11.18.Berlin, GER @ Quasimodo
11.19.Cologne, GER @ Stadtgarten
11.20.Liege, BELGIUM @ Soundstation
11.21.Brugge, BELGIUM @ Cactusclub
11.22.Frankfurt, GER @ Nordisk Club
11.24.Munich, GER @ Atomic Cafe
11.26.Lisbon, PORTUGAL @ Lux
11.27.Lisbon, PORTUGAL @ Lux
11.28.Rome, ITALY @ La Palma
11.29.Reggio Emilia, ITALY @ Maffia Club
12.05. Transmusicales Festival, Rennes,FRANCE
12.06. Oporto, PORTUGAL @Teatro sa da Bandeira
12.14. Chicago, Illinois @ Little Funky Buddha

2004 URSULA RUCKER + TIM MOTZER ON TOUR

01.24 Brooklyn, NY @ the Five Spot
01.29. Philadelphia, PA @ Beyond
02.04. Los Angeles, CA @ UCLA (tentative)
02.11. New York, NY @ the Knitting Factory
03.17 London, UK @ the JazzCafe w/ the Society
03.18 London, UK @ the JazzCafe
03.20 Zurich, SWITZERLAND @ Moods
03.23 Karlsruhe,GER @ Tollhaus
03.24 Berlin, GER @ Quasimodo
03.25 Vienna, AUS @ Flex
03.27 Warsaw, POL @ Iguana Lounge
03.28 Aachen, BDR @ Jacobshof
03.29 Paris, FRA @ Tryptique w/ marc mac of 4 HERO
03.30 Brussels, BELGIUM @ Botanique
03.31 Oporto, PORTUGAL @ Rivoli
04.02 Lisbon, PORTUGAL @ Sao Luiz Theatro
04.03 Fideruera da Foz Centro, PORTUGAL @ de Artes e Espectaculos
04.06 Stockholm, SWEDEN @ Södra Teatern
04.11 Capetown, SOUTH AFRICA @ North Sea Jazz Festival
04.23 UC Berkeley California w/ umar bin hussan of the last poets
07.16 Skytop, PA @ skytop (poconos)
09.05 Seattle, WA @ bumbershoot arts festival
www.bumbershoot.com
09.11 Pittsburgh, PA @ shadow lounge
Sat 10.30. Brugge, BELGUIM @ CactusClub
Tue 11.02. London, UK @ Jazz Café
Thu 11.04. Moscow, RUSSIA @ tabula rasa
Moscow State Gogol's Theatre/ Livestage
Fri 11.05 Viseu, PORTUGAL @ Teatro Viriato
2005
Fri 01.28 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
co-headlining with Vernon Reid + Sonja Sanchez
Fri 02.18 Washington,DC @Black Cat w/ Julie Dexter
Sat 04.30 New York, NY @ Columbia University
Sun 05.01 Baltimore, MD @ Fletchers
Fri 06.03 New York City, NY @ Joe's Pub
Sat 06.24 Philadelphia @ Art Museum 4 Aids Awareness
Tue 07.12 Brooklyn, NY @ Ft. Greene Park Concert Series
Mon 07.18 Providence,RI @ Exxodus Cafe
Fri 07.29 Toronto, Ontario @ Harbour Front
Amnesty International Australia-New Zealand Tour 05
Thu. 09.22 - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Fri. 09.23 - Platform One, Melbourne
Sat. 09.24 - Civic Hotel, Sydney
Sun. 09.25 - Tilley's, Canberra
Thu. 09.26 - Above Siren's Restaurant, Hobart
Fri. 09.30 - The Zoo, Brisbane
Sun. 10.02 - Matterhorn, Wellington - New Zealand
Thu. 10.06 - Tris Elies, Katoomba
Fri. 10.07 - The Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Sat. 10.08 - Crown & Sceptre Hotel, Adelaide
Sun. 10.09 - Opera House Studio, Sydney
Sun 11.01 - Brownstone, Columbus, Ohio
Sat 11.12 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia





photo from lo Squardo di Ulisse Festival - Naples, Italy (from digital video frame)

northsea jazzfest capetown

morning: showday.
travel with ursula and derek to waterfront + greenpoint market - acquired some beautiful artwork and a handpainted t-shirt to wear on stage tonite...i was superstressed tonite cause generally at festivals there is no soundcheck, just a line check...so i only have 30 minutes to set up all my gear and make sure it all works before playing the show...my nervous system is pretty much wrecked upon going on stage...we had to rush a bit to get all the songs played in the 1:15 slot @ 11pm...as it turned out it was a great set although i felt destroyed inside....we played to 1000-1500 people - and it was absolutely amazing!!!! highlights: what a woman must do!!!, adventures, freepoem, q+a...
watching this enthralled audience listen and respond to ursula's words with loud cheers and applause and screams of delight...this was ursula's night and i'm not sure she even introduced us...upon reflection...it was a stunning set and probably one of the heaviest sets on the entire festival...if only from my perspective. so many of the artists there TY, tumi,
soweto kinch etc expressed how blown away they were of our performance and also amazed at the guitar and all the roles musically that i played in ursula's project...it's always good to hear this after such hard work of trying to make something original and lasting...many new friends were made here - warm beautiful people -
aftershow wind down:
checked femi kuti (awesome) then off to hotel to the afterhang jam on the 3rd floor. hung with femi temono, david okumo, dr. phil from TY...all my new london homies 'at the door'. we were the doormen...haha..david okumo was hilarious like an old soul brother i've known for years...we laughed for hours messin with people...he reminded me of Foley (bassist from Miles)...many laughs and good times...lots of wine tonite. no need to sleep as we leave tomorrow. better to crash out on the airplane flights...stayed up til 7:30am...met alot of people who saw the show that came up to me to say hello and say how much they enjoyed the performance...slept for 2 hours then went to mountains (table rock) with some performers from TY...it was beyond breathtaking...no words to describe this really...first time i ever felt vertigo. we were so high up in the cable car and close to the edge...ahhhh....only a few hours before we leave back towards the states after being away for a month...it's gonna be strange bein back...here's how it all broke down goin home:
2 hour wait at capetown airport
11 hour flight to heathrow airport, london
2 hour van drive to gatwick airport
2 hours layover in gatwick airport
8.5 hour flight to philadelphia international airport
2 days....
exhausted, burnt, wrecked, and home.

capetown, south africa

holiday inn capetown room 2608
what a view from this room. next door are the dancers from femi kuti's band. all the musicians
from the northsea fest stay at the same hotel...so
you never know who you may run into...

arrive early am...greeted by festival hosts for northsea...ursula has some passport issues so we wait for awhile before moving on to hotel. as soon as we arrive we head for cafeteria to have some breakfast cause we are starving and run into dr. lonnie smith, james moody, and lou donaldson who will be performing later that evening...a long sleep
after breakfast until 4:30pm...head to venue and see casandra wilson perform, soweto kinsch and TY...

stockholm to south africa

our tickets somehow are wrong and as it is such we have to stay at stockholms airport for 5 hours....so boring...any airport is...heathrow is a bit better cause at least there's shopping and restaurants...finally arrive at heathrow (for 1 hour)..then a 10 hour flight into capetown....i watched 'raging bull' - i hadn't seen it in a long time...what a brilliant film....try to sleep

stockholm sweden 2

sun is shining. blue sky. and much warmer today.
a wonderful day to walk around stockholm
tonite (wednesday) will see Granada and Tiny
play at soder teatern where we played last night.
it's nice having some time off here in sweden...i really love stockholm...went and picked up my gear
at the theatre...checking on ebs pedal...airport says
my case has arrived and will be at the hotel that night...yea!!!!!!! all is intact!!! 6pm i have a swedish massage (whadya expect?)...really wonderful...and relieving all that stress from travel, lost gear....spent day alone at various cafes and walking the city...sitting at the window watching the street and life on it pass me by - lots of baby carriages - must of been a bit of a baby boom here - with smiling and some not smiling mothers - tall blonds in motion - lots of kids here -
concert is good - tiny is very bjorkish or iceland-ish...enjoyable...granada - very byrdish and after awhile sounds monotonous so leave and have beers at soder bar...then off to a swedish hiphop club...tomorrow we leave for an exhausting journey to south africa for the northsea jazzfestival in capetown...we'll have a 5 hour layover at heathrow before continuing onto s.a.

stockholm sweden

hotel sojfartenhotellen room 450
i like this hotel alot, we've stayed here before...the
people here a great...cozy...nite 1 relax after all the
travel...and try to calm my nerves from losing my gear...day two: scramble to replace gear so we can make the show happen tonite. hokan hooks it up...and finds most of the essential gear i'll need:volume pedal, looper, octaver, etc....i'm a bit worried but the show goes great really. i was missing certain sounds that i had developed but
it came off great anyway. the audience was fantastic.
this was our fourth time playing to the swedish and they are all so warm and open minded towards our music...just amazing. highlight: time, damned if i do...afterwards a hang at the soderthetern club. it's reggae night...beers with jeremy, catarina, and rob...nice hang. spoke to many people who loved the show and asked many questions about how i achieved certain sounds...it seems even though i was missing half of my gear, it still reached them...
i'm still worried about my gear...will call airport tomorrow again to see if they've found it yet...

philly 1kstudio july-aug2004

it's been both hot humid and wet wet wet = flooding conditions in philadelphia...what gives with all this moisture? anyway...my studio did indeed take water from overstressed sewer drains and a week later a blown hotwater heater, but happy to report things are back on schedule....projects, projects, projects::: lots on the recording plate at the
moment...finished some hot remixes with king britt that will be released soon: george duke's tzania which i was enthralled to play two tracks of acoustic and bwds electric guitar...check it out soon...yesterday completed tracking for the curtis mayfield reworking of little child running wild from superfly...5 tracks of guitar parts to be sent to king britt for some scuba-fying....gonna be a great one for the headphones,,,,next up some more collabs with music friends from overseas, and continuing on
many of my own songs and compositions....if you're around philly in august and are a dancer...check out
susan hess dance co on 2030sansom street. i'll be accompanying these master classes mon-friday until
september3rd with polish choreographer jacek luminski.....lastly, the burnt friedman + jaki leibezeit album that i tracked guitars on should be mixed this month in cologne germany at nonplace...and japan vocalist david sylvian has contributed to the album as well...it's becoming a monster of a group...more news to come on this exciting project and collaboration....liveperformances: aug25thphilly, i'll be joining fractal ark at silk city, sept 5th w/ ursula rucker at bumbershoot festival in seattle, and sept11 in pittsburgh pa....more to come.....