Annika Rhea Body Medium Artist with John Haas and Ole Buchholz - Romi Hip Groove Concert @ Ostquai

Our friend, gallerist and art advisor John Haas was back in the studio with us after a five year hiatus.  This time, he was joined by Annika Rhea, a Brooklyn, New York based artist who is having an exhibition as part of the Art Basel events that started today.  Annika's art can best be described as a performance experience where she uses her body to paint through movement and dance.  Typically, her experiences and the art that is created has been commissioned by collectors.  She will have two performances open to the public this upcoming Thursday and Friday at Pförtnerhaus, a gallery collaboration space with Mind Studios and John Haas, and her pieces will be exhibited for the next three weeks.

Ole Buchholz is an engineer by day, and now a concert promoter - he stopped by The English Show to tell us about an upcoming show featuring the drums and piano/organ duo RoMi from Wuppertal (DE).  Their show, "Hip Groove Jazz" will be at OstQuai tomorrow evening. You might ask yourself what motivated an engineer to organize this concert, and from what he shared with us it sounds like RoMi's infectious style is guaranteed to get you out of your seat and dancing like it did for him.

Today's Musical Theme was Funk and Disco featuring the tracks:

Earth, Wind & Fire - "Shining Star"

Eddie Kendricks - "Keep on Truckin'"

Kool and the Gang - "Jungle Boogie"

Parliament - "Give Up The Funk"

The Jimmy Castor Bunch - "It's Just Begun"

The O'Jays - "For The Love Of Money"

The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"