Aneesa Chaudhry

Upcoming Gigs & Events

Katherine — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:20:23 +0000

DIVA MAGAZINE – BLISS ART homecoming gig at St Nicholas Church, Brighton

Katherine — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:00:25 +0000

Bliss Art at St Nicholas Church, Brighton

Katherine — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:09:34 +0000

Walking through the graveyard to this extraordinary venue made me feel like I was stepping back in time. Once the audience were seated and the lights dimmed, Aneesa was introduced. The gig began with Moondance, a lovely bouncy warm tonal invitation to relax. Then classic after classic poured fourth. Aneesa has a lovely voice and is clearly a highly accomplished singer. Equally at home in her bottom notes and head her range and approach is refreshing and relaxing. Piano and flute were also top of the range players. Not a note out of place and reassuringly rhythmically consistent, with plenty of pace, good full tone and melody. During the second half we were treated to some original compositions. All more than excellent. However, the pinnacle of the set was an incredible rendition of Tera Chera in Urdu. Introducing my ears to the enormous amount of space that apparently exists between one full tone and another. In this place, musically Bliss Art are in their own beautiful country. You don’t need a passport to visit, just a ticket to their next gig.

Nicky Mitchell musician/vocalist/songwriter & Live Music events organiser

Big Band Boogie & Saatchi Gallery Success

AneesaToo — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:36:32 +0000

What a lovely couple of days. First a wonderful Big Band gig at the Brick Layers Arms on Friday night and then a great BLISS ART gig at the Saatchi Gallery on Tuesday evening’s fundraiser for the K&C Foundation;

Dear Aneesa

You and your band were indeed terrific, and thank you so much for singing our party out on such a high note. Many, many compliments on your performance were received!

Jeremy Raphaely, Co-Director at FOCUS K&C Foundation, 27th Sept 2011

Gigs in Greece

AneesaToo — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:55:25 +0000

Gearing up for no fewer than 4 gigs and a singing workshop at the Womens Festival in Greece next week. I’ll be singing at the following venues:

Greek Taverna, Skala Erresos venue TBC
Fri Sep 02 @ 18:00 PM
Sappho Garden of the Arts, Lesvos, Greece
Sun Sep 04 @ 21:00 PM
Sappho Garden of the Arts – Singing Workshop & Cabaret night
Tue Sep 06 @12:00 PM and then cabaret night performance of participants @ 21:00
PARASOL- Sunset gig by the beach
Wed Sep 07 @ 21:00 PM

Really looking forward to entertaining the lovely European ladies of our planet! Will be taking along my Big Band CD, ‘4 Inch Heels, Lipstick & A Frock’ with favourite tunes such as Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets. Also my Eastern Flavours band CD, DUENDE with the beautiful song, ‘Tera Chera’ and of course the limited edition of our BLISS ART CD, ‘On The Edge’.

Looking forward to meeting some good friends from my first time singing there last September and meeting new fans too!

BLISS ART GIGS in Edinburgh

AneesaToo — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:55:41 +0000

Sisters are doing it for themselves!

Well, I’m finally back in the Sunny South and have to say, whilst there were challenges, I loved singing in Edinburgh. Having liaised with the festival prior to our gigs I realise you can never be too prepared. The challenges we faced included the following: Gig 1: Being given a 5 octave keyboard having booked an 8 octave digital piano! Gig 2: Had our set cut short from 40 mins to 12 mins after the compere got a serious bout of verbal diarrhoea and started doing her own skit instead of simply introducing us! We finished on a high of the audience wanting MORE! MORE! Just sad we weren’t permitted to give them more that day. Gig 3: Arrived to a football game so had to wait 90mins for the game to end. To play or not to play! Grrrr! We played a great gig after some initial moments of feeling totally under valued. Lessons learned all around! Again, finished on a big high and loud cheers from the audience but I’m a diva and it took me a little time to pick myself back up. I seriously thought about using my heels to cause some damage that night….but I wouldn’t want to ruin them! Thank Goodness we love what we do! Aneesa

BLISS ART meet Slovenian Consul General

AneesaToo — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:35:32 +0000

Slovenian Guest at BLISS ART gig

Fri 12^th BLOG

BLISS ART meet Slovenian Consul General

After our gig at the Blind Poet, we packed ourselves off to the Consulate of Slovenia in Edinburgh. The afternoon was extremely relaxing with cake and tea. I was really happy to learn that the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Slovenia in Scotland, Ana Wersun also loves Alpsko Mleko (milk) whilst Monti was treated to some tasty Slovenian wine!

Ana and her husband took the time to support us at our gig and we are very grateful to them for making us feel so at home. There was a lot of laughter and stories that day. Thank you Ana & Alec for such a warm reception. Aneesa

Edinburgh Festival, Leith here we come!

AneesaToo — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:54:15 +0000

This time next week i’ll be on my way to Edinburgh with my BLISS ART girls to play 3 gigs and to run a community singing workshop! Can’t wait. Rehearsals are well underway and i’ve been in touch with all sorts of potential fans including the lovely James @Edinburgh Badminton Club & Slovenian Consulate! Who knows what audience we’ll get! Our gigs are at the following venues & times:

2-14 Aug
- Fri 12, 2-4pm @The Blind Poet, West Nicolson Street
- Sat 13, 21.15-21.45 @ Out of the Blue
- Sun 14, 11.45-12.45 Singing Workshop & Gig 4.30-6pm @The Blind Poet
Gigs: http://www.leithonthefringe.com/the-shows/live-in-leith/

Workshop: http://www.leithonthefringe.com/workshops/aneesas-vocal-workshop/

Been writing furiously to reviewers and even got in touch with an old pal who reviewed me about 10 yrs ago when i sang at the Fringe for the first time thanks to my good friend @Ali Adolph of the @short&Girlies!

New Website + Dragon’s Den

Aneesa — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:58:40 +0000

Helllooo one and all. So, things have been pretty full on the last couple of months. I project managed a hugely successful Social Enterprise Dragons Den event for Charities in Kensington & Chelsea and want to just blow my own trumpet for a moment or two…..and now I’ll sit quietly. I loved the project management involved and seeing things turn out well was so hugely satisfying. I know a lot of people got loads out of attending the event and I love organising things that make a difference to people.

After a chilled out afternoon on the allotment with my friends Lev Pedro & Sofia Roupakia, I eventually made it home to a hot bath and a chance to start thinking forward to my musical life. Today I’m working on a total revamp of my website with Anthony and boy is it good to Spring clean! Alongside my main webman Warren Jacques, I feel like I’m in very capable hands. It’s good to know people who can understand the diva way my brain works. During the week I’m going to be working on designing the online booking forms for my Kensington Community Choir and Community Voices project and working hard to make booking up as easy as possible.

So, before long you’re going to be able to leave comments about my gigs and CD’s on my snazzy new look website. Watch this space!

Love Aneesa X

Where’s the time flying?!

Aneesa — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:19:03 +0000

: Munich Christmas Markets

Helloo peeps!

Things are sooo ridiculously busy at the moment that I have decided to write a quick blog and not worry about it being all nice and perfect!

So here goes, I am in Munich with my twin sister, daddy, and younger brother. My twin Aisha has made such a lovely effort to create a true family Christmas vibe. I am very lucky she loves to cook delicious food!

Prior to coming here I have spent several speedy weeks with the most amazing friends & musicians putting together gigs and concerts, the most exciting of which is my first ever tour to Slovenia with the amazingly talented Jana Cadez Amali & Mojca Monte. Together with the rockin talented Nadine Baker (and lots of other contributions from friends that are still on the go), we have written, performed and just recorded (all in the space of about 2 months), 4 original songs!

We are taking the album which we are calling ‘On The Edge’ to Slovenia on Wednesday and have a plan A, plan B and plan C in case any of our airports, bus terminals and train stops are closed to make sure we make the gig in the capital on 30th Dec!

Tickets are selling fast with the help of Jana & Mojca’s amazing people in Slovenia and our fingers are crossed that we will sell lots of tickets and CD’s. If you fancy a great gig, come along! Details are in the gigs and shows section! And, if you would like to buy a CD, please let me know asap. All support appreciated and of course we think the tunes are great. There are also a few secret surprises on the CD, not mentioned on the artwork for those of you who buy one! You can buy them from £10 from us at: www.aneesachaudhry.com/payments (just click on gig tickets as I haven’t had a chance to set up a payment option on the CD page yet!).

Well, we need to get ready for the day now!

More from me hopefully again before too long. I’ve been a little snowed under with tooooo much to do lately so haven’t got Hootsuite back on my mobile yet. When it’s back, you’ll know about it because i’ll be bombarding you all with my progress!

Big Festive snowy, -11 degree hug from Munich!
Love
Aneesa xx