Jun 22

Primavera Sound Festival 2012 at Barcelona, Spain

Posted on June 22, 2012 by lebrecht

A stunning set of images of the latest edition of the international music festival Primavera Sound held in Barcelona is now available at our site www.lebrecht.co.uk.

This exciting event took place during the first weekend of June and our photographers managed to capture the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The Drums, Veronica Falls, Baxter Dury, Beirut, Kings Of Convenience, Yann Tiersen, Justice, The Rapture, The XX, Marianne Faithfull, the legendary The Cure, and Brit Awards winner Laura Marling among many others.

Festival field at Primavera Sound 2012.
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Robert Smith of The Cure.
© Dosfotos/Lebrecht Music & Arts

Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand.
© Dosfotos/Lebrecht Music & Arts

Baxter Dury.
© Dosfotos/Lebrecht Music & Arts

May 01

Picture of the Day: Tango dancers in Toulouse

Posted on May 1, 2012 by lebrecht

Lebrecht photographer Sallie Erichson’s image of Tango dancers during the Rio Festival in Toulouse in 2011. The couples danced an impromptu tango with recorded music to an audience of passers-by on the plaza in front of the Opera House.

For more of Sallie’s images visit www.lebrecht.co.uk

Apr 17

Images of Cuba at Lebrecht!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by lebrecht

Come to www.lebrecht.co.uk to see our recently launched collection of photographs, paintings and old postcards that chart Cuba’s history, explorers and rulers.

The unique collection includes 20th century images showing Cubans looking at new buildings, driving cars, working in the sugar cane fields and a quiet bay called Guantanamo. We also have pictures of modern day ballet dancers and Soviet Russia’s view of its ally and leader Fidel Castro.

Jul 26

New Lebrecht collection: World Music Archive

Posted on July 26, 2011 by lebrecht

Lebrecht is proud to represent an extensive archive of over 2000 images of traditional musicians supplied by our specialist partner agency in Japan, Haga. Available to view on www.lebrecht.co.uk, the collection covers music from around the globe including performances in France, Korea, Indonesia, Ecuador, China, Bulgaria, Zambia, Fiji, Mongolia, Papua, New Guinea and many more countries.

Instruments photographed alone include the ghijak, tar and sheng and the diverse events covered include a Korean fan dance and a New Orleans Jazz Funeral.