Entries tagged with: Africa
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Tinariwen win an award, announce tour dates ++ upcoming King Sunny Ade, Rokia Traore & Bassekou Kouyate shows too
by Andrew Frisicano Tinariwen @ (Le) Poisson Rouge in April (more by Tim Griffin) Malian band Tinariwen recently won the 2009 Uncut Music Award for best album (given by Uncut Mag) for their record Imidiwan:Companions. The 11 member jury, which...
Posted on November 17, 2009 11:52 AM
Extra Golden & Meta @ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC - pics
words & photos & by Jacob Blickenstaff New Africa Live presented a concert at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on Saturday (4/11). The show featured a short film by Nikyatu Jusu, a solo acoustic set from Meta Dia and a...
Posted on April 13, 2009 9:01 PM
Extra Golden played KF (pics), African Guitar Fest is Sunday
photos by Lori Baily Live, the fusionish nature of the music become apparent very quickly. The benga influence is indeed obvious, with the group's three guitarists playing catchy melodies in syncopated, danceable rhythms. But the rock came through aggressively as...
Posted on August 1, 2008 3:08 PM
Summerstage - Born Ruffians pics & free Vieux Farka Toure
photos by Ryan Muir This post is the last in a three-part series on a free show that happened at Central Park Summerstage in NYC on June 14th. It started with Vampire Weekend. Then came Kid Sister. And now the...
Posted on June 27, 2008 2:28 PM
Orchestra Baobab - 2008 Tour Dates (2 free NYC shows)
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban, Son, and Pachanga band. Organized in 1970, as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, Orchestre Baobab adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music (growing out of the Congolese Soukous style) in West Africa to...
Posted on June 24, 2008 1:01 PM
Extra Golden - 2008 tour dates, free shows, The Ex & WFMU
DOWNLOAD: Extra Golden - Obama (MP3) Extra Golden is a band that started as an inter-continental collaboration between Kenyan and American musicians. The music they've developed over two albums is of a style all their own, an innovative combination of...
Posted on May 15, 2008 7:15 PM
Cat Power to Africa soon, presale now
CHARITY ROUTING CHANGED: NOW, WE'RE GOING TO ETHIOPIA, KENYA, INDIA, BANGLADESH, AND SOME OTHER PLACES THAT I PROBABLY COULD NEVER SPELL CORRECTLY, BY 4X4 IN BETWEEN THOSE SAID CITIES JUST KEEPIN WHO'S INTERESTED, IN THE LOOP HERE- JUST BOUGHT ALL...
Posted on December 19, 2007 6:40 PM
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