West African Dance in Boston

Friday, September 26, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Kissima Diabate Teaches Friday & Saturday

Kissima Diabate is in town this weekend, fresh from Senegal and ready to show you his latest moves! He will be teaching Pape N'Diaye's Friday class at the Cambridge YWCA at 7:30pm and Fatou N'Diaye's Saturday class at the Dance Complex.

Pape N'Diaye
Fridays 7:30-9:00pm

DJEMBE DANCE

at the YWCA of Cambridge

Fatou N'Diaye
Saturdays 4:30-6:00pm
DJEMBE DANCE

at the Dance Complex

(Don't miss Pape's regular Sabar Sunday
class at the Complex, 1:30-3pm)

LOCATIONS:

YWCA of Cambridge

7 Temple Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

Dance Complex

536 Massachusetts Ave

Cambridge, MA 02139

Take the Redline T to Central Square.

The Cambridge YWCA is one block west of Prospect St.

between Massachusetts Ave. and Bishop Allen St.

[Wadabo_updates] Fatou N'Diaye conference CORRECTION

CORRECTION OF ADDRESS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR

La Adeana Bantamba Courocoto

5th West African Dance & Music Conference

October 17th - 19th, 2008

To register with Pay Pal or credit card visit www.silimbo.com

(discount with registration through silimbo.com ONLY)

or send a money order with your first and last name, full address, phone #, email, and number of classes to:
Fatou N'Diaye,

43 Nazing Street, #1, Dorchester, MA 02121
Questions and more information: 617.427.5160

Re: [Wadabo_updates] Vieux Farka Toure playing Boston & Providence - This weekend

Another quick note on the Providence Vieux Farka Toure concert - if
you are from Mali (and other countries in West Africa), you can get in
at the door for $10, rather than the general admission price of $25. .
.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM, <wadabo_updates@wadabo.com> wrote:
> Hello all -
> Vieux Farka Toure is playing 2 shows in the area this week: PROVIDENCE &
> BOSTON
> Check him out, he puts on a great and fun show, you can hear his father (Ali
> Farka Toure) for sure, but he is also his own man. very enjoyable.
>
> Read on . . .
>
> FRIDAY - PROVIDENCE
> Come hear Vieux Farka Toure, called "Africa's Hendrix," blend traditional
> folk, reggae, and funk music! And-- help build a malaria clinic!
> WHO: Vieux Farka Toure, hailed a "remarkable debut" by Rolling Stone,
> praised by Billboard Magazine
> WHAT: Unbelievable concert and benefit
> WHEN: Friday, September 26th, 8 PM
> WHERE: Brown University's Alumni Hall, 194 Meeting Street
> WHY: All proceeds go to building a malaria clinic for 60,000 people in
> Vieux's home country of Mali!
> HOW: Buy online at http://www.malihealth.eventbrite.com or by calling 401
> 440 2396.
> General public $25, Students $10 suggested donation.
> More Info: 401 440 2396 or information@malihealth.org
>
> http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35056268335
>
> SATURDAY - BOSTON (Somerville actually, but . . . )
> Vieux plays the Somerville Theater @ 8 pm
>
> Somerville Theatre
> 55 Davis Square
> Somerville, 02145
> Reserved seating
> $30.00, $25.00 (includes Somerville Theatre $1.00 restoration fee)
>
> Vieux Farka Touré crafts Malian blues songs in the rich Sonrai tradition of
> his late father, famed guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Joined by a quintet, Vieux
> draws on haunting Saharan blues and traditional Malian melodies and infuses
> them with his own global influences to create an irresistible Afro-pop sound
> all his own.
>
> http://worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=683
>
> see you at the shows.
> peace.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Vieux Farka Toure, Times Deux

Hello all -
Vieux Farka Toure is playing 2 shows in the area this week: Providence
& Boston, so no matter where you are, you can check him out. The son
of Ali Farka Toure, Vieux certainly carries on the legacy proudly, yet
is also proudly his own musician. Returning to the area only a few
weeks after appearing as part of the African Tribute to James Brown
"Still Black, Still Proud" at the MFA, this time Vieux is bringing his
own band and his own music. A great time for sure.

First up is Providence on Friday:
This show is also a benefit. Here is their listing:

Come hear Vieux Farka Toure, called "Africa's Hendrix," blend
traditional folk, reggae, and funk music! And-- help build a malaria
clinic!

WHO: Vieux Farka Toure, hailed a "remarkable debut" by Rolling Stone,
praised by Billboard Magazine
WHAT: Unbelievable concert and benefit
WHEN: Friday, September 26th, 8 PM
WHERE: Brown University's Alumni Hall, 194 Meeting Street
WHY: All proceeds go to building a malaria clinic for 60,000 people in
Vieux's home country of Mali!
HOW: Get tickets at http://www.malihealth.eventbrite.com or by calling
401 440 2396.
General public $25, Students $10 suggested donation.
More Info: 401-440-2396 or information@malihealth.org

There is also a facebook page for this event:
http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35056268335

On Saturday, he comes up to Boston (Somerville actually, but . . . )
to play the Somerville Theater @ 8 pm

Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square
Somerville, 02145
Reserved seating
$30.00, $25.00 (includes Somerville Theatre $1.00 restoration fee)

World Music's Listing:
Vieux Farka Touré crafts Malian blues songs in the rich Sonrai
tradition of his late father, famed guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Joined
by a quintet, Vieux draws on haunting Saharan blues and traditional
Malian melodies and infuses them with his own global influences to
create an irresistible Afro-pop sound all his own.

And a link for them:
http://worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=683
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[Wadabo_updates] Vieux Farka Toure playing Boston & Providence - This weekend

Hello all -
Vieux Farka Toure is playing 2 shows in the area this week: PROVIDENCE & BOSTON
Check him out, he puts on a great and fun show, you can hear his father (Ali Farka Toure) for sure, but he is also his own man. very enjoyable.

Read on . . .

FRIDAY - PROVIDENCE
Come hear Vieux Farka Toure, called "Africa's Hendrix," blend traditional folk, reggae, and funk music! And-- help build a malaria clinic!
WHO: Vieux Farka Toure, hailed a "remarkable debut" by Rolling Stone, praised by Billboard Magazine
WHAT: Unbelievable concert and benefit
WHEN: Friday, September 26th, 8 PM
WHERE: Brown University's Alumni Hall, 194 Meeting Street
WHY: All proceeds go to building a malaria clinic for 60,000 people in Vieux's home country of Mali!
HOW: Buy online at http://www.malihealth.eventbrite.com or by calling 401 440 2396.
General public $25, Students $10 suggested donation.
More Info: 401 440 2396 or information@malihealth.org

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35056268335

SATURDAY - BOSTON (Somerville actually, but . . . )
Vieux plays the Somerville Theater @ 8 pm

Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square
Somerville, 02145
Reserved seating
$30.00, $25.00 (includes Somerville Theatre $1.00 restoration fee)

Vieux Farka Touré crafts Malian blues songs in the rich Sonrai tradition of his late father, famed guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Joined by a quintet, Vieux draws on haunting Saharan blues and traditional Malian melodies and infuses them with his own global influences to create an irresistible Afro-pop sound all his own.

http://worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=683

see you at the shows.
peace.

[Wadabo_updates] Vieux Farka Toure, Times Deux

Hello all -
Vieux Farka Toure is playing 2 shows in the area this week: PROVIDENCE & BOSTON

Read on . . .

FRIDAY - PROVIDENCE
Come hear Vieux Farka Toure, called "Africa's Hendrix," blend traditional folk, reggae, and funk music! And-- help build a malaria clinic!
WHO: Vieux Farka Toure, hailed a "remarkable debut" by Rolling Stone, praised by Billboard Magazine
WHAT: Unbelievable concert and benefit
WHEN: Friday, September 26th, 8 PM
WHERE: Brown University's Alumni Hall, 194 Meeting Street
WHY: All proceeds go to building a malaria clinic for 60,000 people in Vieux's home country of Mali!
HOW: Buy online at http://www.malihealth.eventbrite.com or by calling 401 440 2396.
General public $25, Students $10 suggested donation.
More Info: 401 440 2396 or information@malihealth.org

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35056268335

SATURDAY - BOSTON (Somerville actually, but . . . )
Vieux plays the Somerville Theater @ 8 pm

Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square
Somerville, 02145
Reserved seating
$30.00, $25.00 (includes Somerville Theatre $1.00 restoration fee)

Vieux Farka Touré crafts Malian blues songs in the rich Sonrai tradition of his late father, famed guitarist Ali Farka Touré. Joined by a quintet, Vieux draws on haunting Saharan blues and traditional Malian melodies and infuses them with his own global influences to create an irresistible Afro-pop sound all his own.

http://worldmusic.org/concerts_event_indiv.php?p_seq=683

[Wadabo_updates] Pre-Sale Tickets Available for Fatou's Conference - October 17-19, 2008

Greetings!
Pre-Sale Tickets are now available for the conference at:
http://fatoundiaye.eventbrite.com/

You can pay with PayPal or CreditCard. Simply present your name and your email address or the credit card you used to pay at the door of the conference to be admitted. This is the ONLY way to pre-register, save a little money, and ensure you get into the workshops.

Thanks!
-team fatou

Fatou N'Diaye presents

La Adeana Bantamba Courocoto

5th West African Dance & Music Conference

October 17th - 19th, 2008

The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA

Three days of workshops and performances in music and dance with world renown artists

from Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Haiti, the US, and more! See Class Schedule below...

Bringing together the finest dancers and drummers from West Africa and the African Diaspora to share their artistry and culture with the Boston area, the surrounding communities and beyond.

MASTER DANCE TEACHERS - Marie Basse, Youssouf Koumbassa, Rich Faye, Mariama Basse, Malang Bayo, Assane Konte, Babacar M'Baye,

Mouminatou Camara, Tenefig Dioubate', Adoulaye Sylla, Ousmane Sall, Babacar N'Diaye, Ouseynou & Assane (twins), Jean Appolon

MASTER DRUMMERS - Sekou Sylla, Cheik Tairou M'Baye, Moussa Traore, Maguette Sow, Samba Guisse, Mar Gueye, Joh Camara,

Sory Diobate, Boubacar Diabate, Seydou Coulibaly, Lamine Toure, Paa Seck, Mamadou "Lynx" N'Diaye, Mamadou Dioux,

JameMurrell Stanley, Thioho, Mamadou Guisse, Babacar Seck, Daniel Soumah

SPECIAL GUESTS - Sadio Diatte Rosche, Ramon Sylla, Seynabou Diouf, Demba Sane, Kissema Diabate, Cairo Diallo,

Maimouna Diallo, Yanhoda Mada, Lankandia Kouyate, Pape N'Diaye & more...

Schedule of Classes

(Schedule Subject to Change, Registration Information Below)

Friday, October 17, 2008

5:30-7:00 pm Malang Bayo (Kuitero Dance)

7:00-8:30 pm Abdoulaye Sylla (Guinea Dance)

7:00-8:30 pm Moussa Traore (Mali Drum)

8:30-10:00 pm Mariama Basse (Sabar Dance)

Saturday, October 18, 2008

9:30-11:00 am Ousmane Sall (Kuitero Dance)

11:00-12:30 pm Seydou Coulibaly (Mali Dance)

11:00-12:30 pm Babacar M'Baye (Sabar Dance)

12:30-2:00 pm Marie Basse (Djembe Dance)

12:30-2:00 pm Cheik M'Baye (Sabar Drum)

2:00-3:30 pm Assane Konte' (Djembe Dance)

2:00-3:00 pm Sadio Diatta Rosche (Kids Dance)

3:30-5:00 pm Rich Faye (Sabar Dance)

3:30-5:00 pm Jean Appolon (Hatian Dance)

5:00-6:30 pm Mar Gueye (Sabar Drum)

5:00-6:30 pm Youssouf Koumbassa (Guinea Dance)

8:00 pm – CONCERT - 8PM

Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at The Dance Complex, $20

10:00pm –SABAR PARTY – Location TBA

Sunday, October 19, 2008

10:30-12:00 pm Mouminatou Camara (Guinea Dance)

10:30-12:00 pm Ramon Sylla (Storytelling)

12:00-1:30 pm Ouseynou & Assane (Djembe Dance)

12:00-1:30 pm Tenefig Dioubate'(Djun Djun Drum)

1:30-3:00 pm Babacar N'Diaye (Sabar Dance)

1:30-3:00 pm Thioho (Drum)

3:00-4:30 pm Youssouf Koumbassa (Guinea Dance)

3:00-4:30 pm Joh Camara (Djun Djun Drum)

4:30-6:00 pm Assane Konte' (Kuitero Dance)

4:30-6:00 pm Lamine Toure' (Sabar Drum)

6:00-7:30 pm Babacar M'Baye (Sabar Dance)

6:00-7:30 pm Ouseynou & Assane (Dance)

Prices & Registration

Single class: $18.00

Children's Class: $8.00

15 Classes: $250.00

10 Classes: $170.00

7 Classes: $120.00

5 Classes: $85.00

Concert - Saturday, 10/18 at 8pm, $20/ticket at the door only.

Price of Sabar party admission TBA

Space is limited, pre-registration is recommended.

To register send a money order with your first and last name, full address, phone #, email, and number of classes to:

Fatou N'Diaye, 434 Nazing Street, #1, Dorchester, MA 02121

Questions and more information: 617.427.5160

Limited space is available for vendors. Call 617.427.5160 to reserve a space, $40/day fee.

Conference Site Information

ABOUT THE DANCE COMPLEX The conference will be held at The Dance Complex, located in Central Square, Cambridge, at 536 Massachusetts Ave., between Pearl and Brookline Streets. All workshops & African market will be in studios on the third floor: adult dance classes in studio #3, drum, song, storytelling & kids classes in studio #5, market studio #4. Restrooms, lockers & showers are available first & third floors. The performance will be held at the Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at The Dance Complex, first floor. The Dance Complex is not a fully handicap accessible facility. More information about The Dance Complex is online (www.DanceComplex.org or 617.547.9363 - Please, do NOT call for registration)

DIRECTIONS:

By Public Transportation - Take the Red Line to the Central Square MBTA station, exit toward Pearl Street / Main Street.

By Car - From Rt. 93 (North or South) take Storrow Drive to the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge exit (left hand exit), follow Massachusetts Avenue past MIT into Central Square. From Mass Pike (Rt 90 East) take Cambridge/Allston exit (left hand exit), after tolls stay right towards Cambridge, merge onto , follow Western Avenue over the bridge and straight until intersection with Massachusetts Avenue, take a right onto Massachusetts Avenue. From Boston, take Massachusetts Avenue over the bridge into Cambridge, past MIT into Central Square.

Parking - There are several metered municipal lots in the area, on-street metered parking, and free on-street parking after 6pm (Fri & Sat) and all day Sunday. Reduced rate parking ($1/hr) is available in the Green Street Garage, located on the corner of Pearl and Green Streets

About Fatou N'Diaye - Fatou N'Diaye is an accomplished dancer, choreographer, and performer from Senegal, West Africa. She is a former member of Ballet Nationale du Senegal. She was the founder and director of Ballet Silimbo in Senegal and the founder and director of Silimbo D'Adeane West African Dance Company in Boston, MA., where she currently resides. The company name Silimbo D'Adeane means " Sunrise over Adeane". Adeane is the village where Fatou was born in Casamance region of Senegal. Fatou teaches in the Cambridge and Boston area performing in local schools, colleges, and cultural arts events. She has dedicated herself to sharing her culture and heritage through dance, music, and storytelling. Her West African Drum and Dance Conferences furthers her mission and showcases the talents of fellow artists across the African Diaspora.

About Silimbo D'Adeane West African Dance Company - Silimbo D'Adeane Master Drummers are: Samba "Pape" Cisse, Musical & Artistic Director, Mamadou Cisse, Assistant Artistic Director, and Nko Small, Junior Assisstant. Silimbo D'Adeane Members are: Wendy Bivens, Harolyn Bowden, and Kilola Maisha.

Conference and Drum Coordinators - Malang Bayo, Mohammed "Joh" Camara, Lamine Diallo, Mamdou "Lynx" N'Diaye, and Sekou Sylla

A special thanks to the dance and drum community, the students, teachers, drummers and artists who provide support and share their artistic talent.

[Wadabo_updates] Dee Dee Bridgewater RED EARTH tour - win tickets!

Dee Dee Bridgewater brings her show "Red Earth: A Malian Journey" to the Regatta Bar in Cambridge, MA.

WADaBo was generously given 2 pairs of tickets for our list members (Thanks Regatta Bar!).
To win these, read on! Of course, there are also links to buy tickets to this great show.

Dee Dee has been an amazing Jazz artist performing since 1970. Her most recent project is, as she describes, "my ode to Mali and to Africa; it is the story of a lost child finding her way home. It is my reawakening. And I hope it stirs your spirit, that it inspires you to begin your own personal journey. "RED EARTH" - A Malian Journey is simply put, my journey home."

She will be performing will several Malian musicians in what promising to be a moving, fun, and spiritual performance.

Dee Dee and crew will perform 4 times in 2 days:
Friday October 3rd - 2 Shows!
7:30 pm and 10 pm

Saturday October 4th - 2 Shows!
7:30 pm and 10 pm

To buy tickets: 7:30 pm shows are $30 each, 10 pm shows are $28 each. Student tickets are $21 each. Buy them here: http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=1540

To win tickets to either 10 pm show, please send your answer to the following question to erichludwig [at] gmail [dot] com.
Question: To which organization does Dee Dee serve as Ambassador?
Answer: ????

The winners will be drawn randomly from all correct answers received by 11:59 pm on Friday, September 26th.

About Dee Dee:
http://www.deedeebridgewater.com/

About the show:
http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=1540

The Regatta Bar is on the third floor of The Charles Hotel at One Bennett Street in Cambridge, MA. For directions: http://www.regattabarjazz.com/about_us/

For Dee Dee's whole description of this project, read on:

With age comes wisdom, spritual awakenings. Taboos are shed. Women drape themselves in invisible clothes of beauty. We become enveloped in serenity. There is no more need to prove who we are, we simply ARE. This is where I find myself today. I have closed many chapters in my life. And this new chapter that I am writing is all about embracing my 'self', finding my 'roots', seeking out my heritage.

For so long, for so many women of color, we've been afraid to embrace our 'blackness' fully, whole-heartedly. We've waltzed around our color, the many hues of browns and beiges. But we are in the twenty-first century, where the world is upside down, where nothing is as it seems.

In these desperate times, I have felt the yearning to go back in time. I've felt the need to finally stand up and admit that my origins stem from the Motherland. Oh, sure, like so many of my brothers and sisters around the world, my lineage is of mixed bloods. We bear the traces of history itself. In my bloodline alone there is Chickasaw, Cherokee, Irish, German, and even Chinese. And those are just the 'lines' that can be traced.

However, until recent years there was an invisible line that few people of the darker hue chose to cross. It was as if we did we would be contaminated, condemned. But my spirit grew restless, my physical being began to make visible statements, my music began to turn to rhythms, to the drum. I instinctively knew it was time…time to find my way home. And so, as it is impossible for me, like so many of my sisters and brothers of the darker hue, to trace my past, I decided to let the musical universe be my guide. Africa was calling, but I was not sure which part of Africa. Not until I heard a particular music, from a particular land, did the call become distinctively clear.

The calling was so strong, so forceful, that I had to heed its inaudible cry. I took wing, and was guided to the land of my forefathers. The RED EARTH has always spoken to me, from the time of my birth in Memphis, Tennessee.

When I touched the red earth of Bamako, when I inhaled the Malian air, when I heard the tambours, and listened to the griots, I felt my spirit begin to dance.

I saw myself in the people; I saw that our customs were the same. I found the answers to long-standing questions about the 'how', the 'where', and the 'why'. I was invigorated and inspired; my soul was filled with an inexplicable peace.

This project is my ode to Mali and to Africa; it is the story of a lost child finding her way home. It is my reawakening. And I hope it stirs your spirit, that it inspires you to begin your own personal journey.

"RED EARTH" - A Malian Journey is simply put, my journey home.

— Dee Dee Bridgewater

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] reminder: FREE african music festival this friday-saturday in providence

Please come out to the FREE African Music Festival at Brown University this Friday and Saturday! Schedule and full details below!!

AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL AT BROWN UNIVERSITY

SCHEDULE:

(see http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Music/events/ for venue information; all events are FREE and do not require tickets):

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

12PM – KOETTING DIGITAL COLLECTION PRESENTATION (Grant Recital Hall)
Lecture and demonstrating of the James T. Koetting Ghana Field Recordings

3:45PM – GHANAIAN DRUMMING AND DANCING WORKSHOP AND PANEL (Salomon Center)
With Gideon F. Alorwoyie, Kwabena Boateng, Samuel Nyamuame, Sarah Botchway, and Martin Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng

8PM – TRADITIONAL GHANAIAN DRUM AND DANCE PERFORMANCE (Salomon Center)
Reception to follow

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

3:30PM – LECTURE AND FILM BY DR. CARL ATKINS (Salomon Center)
A lecture/presentation on processional and parade music in the African Diaspora, featuring the film "Didn't We Ramble On"

8PM – READING BY GHANAIAN AUTHOR AMA ATA AIDOO, LIVE PERFORMANCE BY KWAKU KWAAKYE OBENG AND BAND (Salomon Center)
Reception to follow

FESTIVAL INFORMATION:

Join traditional and contemporary performers and scholars from the African Diaspora at Brown University on September 19-20 for a FREE TWO-DAY AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL. The festival coincides with Professor Martin Obeng's twentieth year teaching at the university and with the completion of the James T. Koetting online archive of field recordings from Ghana (Orwig Music Library and the Center for Digital Initiatives). Festival events are free and open to the public and include workshops, lectures, and live performances of music of Africa and the Diaspora.

The African Music Festival will draw connections between African and Ghanaian traditions and a broader dispora of African-derived music making. Presentations and live performances will focus on the interrelationship between African traditions, Afropop, jazz, and funk. Hearing the music of traditional artists back to back with music that intertwines jazz and Afropop with traditional elements will help audiences understand the aesthetic and cultural similarities between African diasporic musics.

The festival will feature Gideon F. Alorwoyie, Kwabena Boateng, Sarah Botchway, Lydia Mankattaa, Samuel  Nyamuame, Martin Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Ama Adusei and others. Musicians will discuss the multiple roles they play as artists, composers, educators and scholars, and lead performances and workshops.

Public events include:

• A seminar on Ghanaian drumming, dancing, and singing that will engage participants in dialogue about the place of African musics in the contemporary world

• A live performance of traditional Ghanaian drumming and dance

• A reading by renowned Ghanaian author Ama Ata Aidoo (Brown University);

• A lecture with prominent jazz performer and scholar Professor Carl Atkins (Rochester Institute of Technology) on processional and parade music in the Diaspora, beginning in Africa and culminating in modern manifestations

• A full-band performance led by Kwaku Kwaakye (Martin) Obeng.

In addition to celebrating the dynamic forms of African music and the unique contributions of Martin Obeng and James Koetting to Brown University's African music program over the past 20 years , the festival will provide a framework from which to present the launch of Brown's online James T. Koetting Archive, a digitized collection of African field recordings by Koetting. The archive highlights Kasena music from Northern Ghana, a type of music that has received little scholarly attention since Koetting's work.

The African Music Festival is sponsored by the Brown University Department of Music, the Brown University Creative Arts Council, The Robert A. and Sara Reichley Concert Fund, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, and the Heimark Fund (Africana Studies).

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum TWO shows this weekend!

Hello friends!

Please come out for two great shows this weekend! The more you DANCE, the more we GROOVE!

LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th at 9:30 pm
at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge!

1667 Massachusetts Ave
between Harvard & Porter Squares
Just $10 * great food * great bar * room to dance!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th at 10:00 pm
at the Beehive Eatery & Bar

Corner of Tremont & Clarendon Streets in Boston
in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
Free Show! * great food * fabulous cocktails

UPCOMING SHOWS - SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 10:00pm at The Beehive
Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 9:30pm at The Lizard Lounge
Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 9:30pm at The Lizard Lounge

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck (sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Wusef (bass), Dai Miyazaki (lead guitar), Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Yujung Jung (keyboards), Erin Blatti (backing vocals), and Sarah Privler (trombone).

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

For venue info, visit
http://www.lizardloungeclub.com
http://www.beehiveboston.com

[Wadabo_updates] West African Dance & Drum Conference Boston - October 17-19, 2008