Basic Information
Management: brickworklizards@gmail.com
Members: Louisa Lyne - Cello, Tarik Beshir - Oud/Vocals, Spencer Williams - Guitar, Ian Wilde - Guitar/Banjo/Bass, Tom O'Hawk - Vocals, Steve Preston - Keys & Horns, Gil
Brickwork Lizards
Oxford, UK
World / Blues / Jazz
Bio
Brickwork Lizards is an 8-piece Oxford band featuring oud, cello, guitars, banjo, keys, trumpet and percussion under the silky Arabic vocals of Tarik Bashir and the wise words of MC Tomohawk.
The songs always hinge around strong melodies, courtesy of a broad range of styles and influences, sometimes recalling the music of the 30s and 40s. These songs are then made contemporary with beats, grooves and raps. Finally over this melange is woven the essence of Middle Eastern music with the oud an...
Comments
Zaelon:
Love your music, your recapturing a sound that's been lost for a while, keep it coming we need more music like yours to remind us that there's something other than pop,rap,garage etc
out there, keep up the good work.
keep ...
Dec 07
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Nov 10
Press
“I can honestly say I have never heard anything like them before. 'Higher' starts with melancholy cello and ominous keys, segues into something like 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' diverts into Russian folk, hops over to Egypt via singer Tarik's oud, banjos and drums wrestle skiffle into jazz, before trumpets arrive and it finally bursts into Tom O'Hawks's rhythm and rap. Parts of it sound like Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherezade' mashed up with Public Enemy. No, but really. Every single instrument and vocal works. Pindrop? Jaw drop. Awesome.”
Artist Stats
Fans: 917
Song Plays: 712
Visits: 1,490
Video Plays: 64
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Status
Status:
Brickwork Lizards has a show on 2012-02-11 at 20:30 @ The Cellar in Oxford http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/87667850 #concert
Artist Favorites
World / African
London, UK
London, UK
