S.O.B.'s African Concerts
Presents: KAKANDE special guest: MORY
KANTE Music
by: TBA
Doors:
7pm
Show:
8pm
Admission:
$25
in adv
$28 day of
Media
KAKANDE
MORY KANTE
Information
Sunday February 24th, S.O.B.’s welcomes
Kakande, a 9-piece West African band based out of NYC, celebrating
the release of their much anticipated album, Dununya (Jumbie
Records). The West African music scene has been steadily
growing in the U.S. in recent years and it is sure to explode
when this groundbreaking new disc hits stores. To venerate
Dununya’s release, African superstar Mory
Kante will
join Kakande on stage, in a rare U.S. appearance, and an once-in-a-lifetime
chance to see this legendary musician supporting another group.
Kakande is a 9-piece collective that demonstrates
how the balafone (xylophone) has electrified African music
for 800 years. Lush vocals, flutes, sinewy guitars, cellos
and countless melodic textures are propelled by the power of
Famoro Dioubate's balafon virtuosity. Layers of intricate melody
come together in Kakande to
create this explosive new groove. Mory
Kante’s support
for the group is remarkable, especially since he was the first
African artist to sell a million CDs (see www.MoryKante.com).
