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CCTV Allstars @ Cross Club
Date/Time: Friday, August 27 @ 21:00
Entrance: Before 21:00 FREE ENTRY / After 21:00 70czk

CCTV Allstars are an international band that is based in Prague and has been playing together since the winter of 2008. Since that time, the band has played many shows and festivals around the Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Belgium. The group has also been interviewed by PragueTV, The Prague Post, Radio 1 (CZ), Radiowave.cz, and Stroud FM (UK). The bands diverse members and musical influences is how CCTV Allstars strive to create full rhythm music. " Being one of the hardest working music acts to come out of the local expats scene in recent years has certainly helped spread the group's popularity. But, along with an enthusiastic work ethic, it's CCTV's open approach to synthesizing metal, hip-hop, folk, ska and reggae into a rock gumbo with a serious jazz edge that keeps audiences coming back for more” (Prague Post 2010).

The group is fronted by British singer, guitarist, and songwriter Eddy Allen started the band as life brought him to the Czech Republic. Trombonist, Stepan Janousek, well known Czech for playing with many bands including Green Smatroll, and Milan Svoboda Big Band. From the U.S. playing trumpet is Tom Levecchia who has been a familiar face on the Prague music scene since 2007. Along with Mexican drummer Omar Rojas, who was teamed up with the Yellow Sisters, and Cherry Hill. On Bass, features Fredrik Janacek (SWE), from the great late -123min. Last year the band had their first independent release entitled “Just a Word”. A full length CD that gives the listener insight to their creative style. CCTV Allstars were also featured at many festivals including Mighty Sounds, Subculture Fest, Febio Fest, and Mighty Trojans vol 1.

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Justin Lavish @ Jazz Dock
Date/Time: Friday, August 27 @ 19:00
Entrance: 90czk

Justin Lavash is a musician who has taken blues, folk and jazz styles and fused them to create something truly original and driving. His solo tours of the last two years have put him in venues large and small all over the Czech Republic, France, Germany and Britain to great acclaim. Critics have praised him highly for his mastery of the guitar and powerful, soulful voice, but it is his songwriting which seems to speak to people the most. His compositions both embrace tradition and reinvent it. These are songs which can grow from a whisper to a howl and grab your attention with their pulsing rhythms and infectious melodies.

His concerts are mostly solo because, as one critic recently observed, he is an orchestra. He commands the guitar with breathtaking skill and has a voice to match. This is an act which is as much at home on a big club stage as it is in an intimate venue. Just read the reviews:

"Charismatic [...] with a roughened voice and fantastic solos...an exceptional combination of folk, blues and rock traditions"
Prazsky Denik 05/09/08

"A musician without equal"
Nord-Littoral 24/07/08

"There are moments when all the thunder of orchestras and rock groups can't come close to what one singer and a guitar can do. Case in point: Justin Lavash"