artists
amar
Jazz Café
Friday 26 October
London-based Asian singer Amar, the daughter of Bhangra royalty Mangal Singh, attracted the attention of hip hop heavyweight Timbaland. She appears on remixes of Nelly Furtado's 'Maneater' and 'Promiscuous Girl' singing in both Hindi and English. For the Electric Proms, she performed songs from her upcoming and much anitcipated album at the Jazz Café.
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Sorry, we were only able to keep performance videos online for a week after the festival. But you can still watch an interview with Amar.
on the bbc
- Asian Network
- Asian Network hosted Amar as part of their night at the Jazz Café.
set list
- Sometimes It Snow (featuring MC Rankin)
- Dil Ruba
- Teri Bahon
- Sweetest Taboo (featuring Bill Pettaway)
- You're The Only One
- Jaana Hai Humne
- Jaan
- Bombay (featuring Jim Beanz)
- Goodbye (featuring Mangal Singh)
- In The Air Tonight
what happened
Minute by minute report via text message by the BBC's Manish Pradhan.
- 21:37 - There's so much love for Amar. She looks amazing, dressed in black and gold.
- 21:38 - MC Rankin joins her on stage for 'Sometimes'.
- 21:42 - Next up, one from the new album, 'Dil Ruba'. An exclusive.
- 21:45 - Jim Beanz on the guest vocals. He's not singing in Hindi though. Lovely track.
- 21:47 - Just spotted Lemar in the house.
also at bbc electric proms
- Performed alongside Amar:
- The Riff Raff and Riz MC
- Other performances:
- Kano presents London Town
- Estelle
line-up
- Mark Ronson with special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra
- Paul McCartney
- Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold
- Bloc Party
- Ray Davies and friends
- Agaskodo Teliverek
- Amar
- Amplifier
- Battles
- Ben Westbeech
- Basquiat Strings
- The Beatles: Help!
- Blanche
- Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror
- Breed 77
- Charlie Louvin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cold War Kids
- The Coral
- Daft Punk: Electroma
- Duke Special
- Durrty Goodz
- Editors
- Edwyn Collins
- The Enemy
- Estelle
- The Flaming Lips:
UFOs at the Zoo - Ghetto
- Hadouken!
- Justice
- Kano presents London Town
- Kid Harpoon
- Noah and the Whale
- Once in a Blue Moon:
A tribute to Lal Waterson - Maps
- The Metros
- New Cassettes
- Radio Luxembourg
- Reverend and the Makers
- The Riff Raff and Riz MC
- Sam Isaac
- Sigur Rós: Heima
- Siouxsie
- SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS with Jamie Cullum
- Taio Cruz
audience review
rohit raval
We patiently waited outside the venue from 6.30pm, there was no need, no one turned up to the gig. Riz MC was too, too sick, he's a true natural born professional performer. Riff Raff wicked also, Amar very good set also, but Riz, for the few minutes he was on stage - he blew it up, standard! Crowd - mixed, posh hooray henry idiots and muppits alike talking over Riz & Amar's sets - what's the point? Stand outside in front of bus and die and leave all of us in peace to watch the skills of Amar and RizMC.Pity Bishi wasn't there though.