Dr_Moe
14-Feb-07, 18:59
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Salam all
I wrote about the African Soul Rebels tour 12 months ago when Suad Massi, Amoudi & Mariam and our own :flag: Emmanuel Jal :flag: toured the UK in 2006. Last year's tour was a great success and the organisers have decided to keep going with the tour (with a different line-up) for the third year in a row.
This year's line up is great:
Femi Kuti ** Ba Cissoko ** Akli D
Nigerian bandleader and saxophonist Femi Kuti is the undisputed heavyweight of West Africa's funkiest music, Afrobeat.
Algerian singer-songwriter Akli D brings together a wide range of influences, from reggae, blues, rock and folk to the trance-like Berber rhythms of North Africa.
Ba Cissoko and his band bring a vibrant and hip edge to age-old traditions with an electro jazz-reggae-rock beat driven by frenetic percussion and funky bass guitar.
Click on this link to listen to a show case of the featured artists:
http://www.totallyradio.com/stream/gateway_direct.php?file=76211
DATES
February 2007
14 Leicester De Montfort Hall (http://www.demontforthall.co.uk/) 0116 233 3111
15 London Barbican Centre (http://www.barbican.org.uk/) 020 7638 8891
16 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (http://www.liverpoolphil.com/) 0151 709 3789
18 Edinburgh Usher Hall (http://www.usherhall.co.uk/) 0131 228 1155
19 Manchester Bridgewater Hall (http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/admin/www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk) 0161 907 9000
20 Gateshead The Sage Gateshead (http://www.thesagegateshead.org/) 0191 443 4661
21 Northampton Royal & Derngate (http://www.royalandderngate.com/) 01604 624811
22 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre (http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/) 024 7652 4524
23 Poole Lighthouse (http://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/) 08700 668 701
24 Basingstoke The Anvil (http://www.theanvil.org.uk/) 01256 844244
26 Brighton Dome Concert Hall (http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/admin/www.brighton-dome.org.uk) 01273 709 709
27 Bristol Colston Hall (http://www.colstonhall.org.uk/) 0117 922 3686
Dr_Moe
Salam all
I wrote about the African Soul Rebels tour 12 months ago when Suad Massi, Amoudi & Mariam and our own :flag: Emmanuel Jal :flag: toured the UK in 2006. Last year's tour was a great success and the organisers have decided to keep going with the tour (with a different line-up) for the third year in a row.
This year's line up is great:
Femi Kuti ** Ba Cissoko ** Akli D
Nigerian bandleader and saxophonist Femi Kuti is the undisputed heavyweight of West Africa's funkiest music, Afrobeat.
Algerian singer-songwriter Akli D brings together a wide range of influences, from reggae, blues, rock and folk to the trance-like Berber rhythms of North Africa.
Ba Cissoko and his band bring a vibrant and hip edge to age-old traditions with an electro jazz-reggae-rock beat driven by frenetic percussion and funky bass guitar.
Click on this link to listen to a show case of the featured artists:
http://www.totallyradio.com/stream/gateway_direct.php?file=76211
DATES
February 2007
14 Leicester De Montfort Hall (http://www.demontforthall.co.uk/) 0116 233 3111
15 London Barbican Centre (http://www.barbican.org.uk/) 020 7638 8891
16 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (http://www.liverpoolphil.com/) 0151 709 3789
18 Edinburgh Usher Hall (http://www.usherhall.co.uk/) 0131 228 1155
19 Manchester Bridgewater Hall (http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/admin/www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk) 0161 907 9000
20 Gateshead The Sage Gateshead (http://www.thesagegateshead.org/) 0191 443 4661
21 Northampton Royal & Derngate (http://www.royalandderngate.com/) 01604 624811
22 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre (http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/) 024 7652 4524
23 Poole Lighthouse (http://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/) 08700 668 701
24 Basingstoke The Anvil (http://www.theanvil.org.uk/) 01256 844244
26 Brighton Dome Concert Hall (http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/admin/www.brighton-dome.org.uk) 01273 709 709
27 Bristol Colston Hall (http://www.colstonhall.org.uk/) 0117 922 3686
Dr_Moe