[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum Boston & Beyond...

Lamine Touré & Group Saloum announce their Summer '07 Northeast
 Tour! FIVE shows. FOUR cities. TWO weeks.  DON'T MISS IT!

 FRIDAY, JULY 13 in  Boston, join Group Saloum as they kick off the 
32nd  Bastille Day Street Dance!  

Sponsored by the French Library of  Boston, the Street Dance features a
taste of France in Boston's Back Bay.  Group Saloum takes the outdoor
stage at 6:30!  The Street Dance takes place on Marlborough Street
between  Berkeley & Clarendon Streets.  Other acts include Emeline
 Michel and Ricardo Lemvo + Makina Loca. Info and tickets ($30 advance/$35
 door) at  http://www.worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=622 


SATURDAY, JULY 14, Lamine Touré & Group Saloum kick it in 
 BROOKLYN ...Senegal Style!

We are thrilled to announce that the legendary percussionist for Baaba
Maal, BADA SECK, will be joining us for what is shaping up to be an 
unforgettable night!

It starts happening at 10 pm at the hip cafe/concert venue ZEBULON, 258
Wythe ave (Btw. N. 3rd  and Metropolitan) in  Brooklyn.  There's NO
COVER!! [but donations are welcome!]  Venue details at
http://www.zebuloncafeconcert.com 


THURSDAY, JULY 19, Lamine Touré & Group Saloum will play a FREE
  outdoor concert at Battery Park in  BURLINGTON, VT, 
on the shores of beautiful  Lake Champlain.  
The music starts at 6:30, and Group Saloum will play
two sets!  FREE!


 SATURDAY, JULY 21, Lamine Touré & Group Saloum will play the main
outdoor stage at the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NUITS D'AFRIQUE in the
  heart of  MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC!  
It's an incredible honor to be sharing the stage with so many artists from the African diaspora.   
This outdoor concert is also 100% FREE!  Festival information at
http://www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com


 FRIDAY, JULY 27, the band comes home to Cambridge, playing at 10 pm at
 the Lizard Lounge. 
 If you've seen Group Saloum light up the basement at
the Lizard Lounge, you know how much fun these shows are!  Cover is
 only $10. 


Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck
 (sabar),
Moha Seck (sabar),  Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar),
Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid
 Zairi
(bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah
Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing 
 vocals),
John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit 
http://www.laminetoure.com/  or 
http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum