The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (in Italian: Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere or JBCM) is an international and inter-generational collective based in Southern Tuscany, close to the border of the Grosseto and Pisa provinces. This is an area where rural issues, geothermal energy, and decommissioned mining sites characterize one of the lesser known parts of … Continue reading -10 Days to the Launch of the Metalliferous Hills Jug Band Geomusical Tour →
The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (or Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere, JBCM, in Italian) is an international and inter-generational collective proposing a combination of music and environmental practice, where melody, rhythm, storytelling and outreach are merged in one situation. The JBCM is based in one of the lesser known parts of Tuscany, the Metalliferous Hills, … Continue reading Who are we? →
[editor’s note: links are currently to the Italian version of the pages. to be updated] The “mapperitivo” is a format for entertainment and audience engagement event based on activities to (re)discover territories starting from maps. The structure of the event has been developing since 2008. We started with the m(‘)appare Milano project, combining it in … Continue reading Mapperitivo →
[TO BE TRANSLATED] Il primo novembre 2018 alla Festa della castagna di Sassofortino, frazione di Roccastrada (GR) esordiva sulle scene la Jug Band Colline Metallifere: Da allora sono passati cinque anni piuttosto fitti, con in mezzo una serie di lockdown che non hanno interrotto il progetto. In particolare tra il marzo e il maggio 2020 … Continue reading Nov 1, 2023: Happy Fifth Anniversary Jug Band Colline Metallifere →
One of the stories that we like to tell during our gigs, concerning Wolfgang “The Wolf” Scheibe is that he has seen Jimi Hendrix live. Not once, twice. And not over months or years, but two evenings in a row. Man: these experiences are bound to open your mind, as another James said! A couple … Continue reading Have you ever seen Jimi Hendrix? →
[TO BE TRANSLATED] Questo è un testo nato a metà dicembre 2021, da un’idea di novembre. E’ la sintesi di anni di soggiorni temporanei in case di campagna poco usate, e quindi tendenzialmente fredde d’inverno. Mentre i prezzi dell’energia salgono alle stelle e l’umano ingegno inizia a valutare modi (tendenzialmente già usati in passato) per … Continue reading Local Warming (Motivations, Lyrics, and Groove) →
[TO BE TRANSLATED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PLEASE WRITE TO MICALOSAPEVO@PIBINKO.ORG] Ieri, dopo quasi 10 gg di missione tra Milano, Valdera e Golfo del Sole, Jack O’Malley e Mauro Tirannosauro hanno fatto ritorno a Tatti, frazione di Massa Marittima, da non confondere con la Foresta di Tatti vicino a Volterra. Tatti è il … Continue reading From the Metalliferous Hills to Milano, and back. Ep. 11, Howling Wolves →
..at the end of a nice outing at Parco delle Biancane (a report about this is in the works) to prepare the next steps approaching the lunch concert at Altrimondi (Follonica) on Sat., Oct. 23 (see the link). For more information and booking: jugbandcm@pibinko.org or +393317539228
Klaus der Geiger arrived in the Metalliferous Hills today…what will appear? You need to connect the dots…see you at the latest on October 23 in Follonica (Tuscany).
…during a pause in the preparation of the mid-May event on Participatory Lithology. In Manhattan, NY, where he was born, plots for gardening are not abundant. So Mauro is taking lessns from Wolfgang, who, in addition to being the one-string bass player for the Jug Band C.M. has been working since the Seventies on biodynamic … Continue reading Mauro T-Rex in his Garden… →
