ADVANCE: $15
DAY OF SHOW: $18
DAY OF SHOW: $18
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
Minimum Age:
18+Doors Open:
7:00 PMShow Time:
8:00 PMDescription:
Happy hour from 7pm to 8pm
This is a general admission, standing event.
This is a general admission, standing event.
Artists
Bombino
Born in Agadez, a dusty desert outpost on the great Saharan camel caravan, Omara "Bombino" Moctar, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter, was raised during an era of armed struggles for independence and violent suppression by government forces. His electrifying jams capture the spirit of resistance and rebellion while echoing with guitar riffs reminiscent of fellow Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré not to mention rock and blues icons such as Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page.
"It is the new sound of Niger." - Afropop Worldwide
"I can't imagine any album being better than this in 2011" - Huffington Post
"Blisteringly brilliant, Agadez is a must have album" - Gondwana Sound "Bombino is a young Tuareg singer and a guitar wizard whose riffs echo Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker." - KCRW
"[Agadez} is an excellent album and an early contender for one of the year’s best." - Roots World
"[Bombino's] playing positively slays." - Pitchfork
"It is the new sound of Niger." - Afropop Worldwide
"I can't imagine any album being better than this in 2011" - Huffington Post
"Blisteringly brilliant, Agadez is a must have album" - Gondwana Sound "Bombino is a young Tuareg singer and a guitar wizard whose riffs echo Jimi Hendrix and John Lee Hooker." - KCRW
"[Agadez} is an excellent album and an early contender for one of the year’s best." - Roots World
"[Bombino's] playing positively slays." - Pitchfork
Oran Etkin's Kelenia
Oran Ektin has been described as a "great clarinet player" and "an excellent improviser" by the New York Times' jazz critic Ben Ratliff and a "woodwind maestro" by PRI's internationally syndicated show, Afropop Worldwide. He has performed around the world with musicians ranging from jazz guitarist Mike Stern to rapper Wyclef Jean. His latest album, Kelenia (Motema Music), fuses traditional Malian and Jewish music with modern jazz creating what the Boston Globe dubbed a "hypnotic balance between straight-ahead jazz and world music". Kelenia won "Best World Beat Album" at the Independent Music Awards.