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Odemba OK Jazz
DR CONGO
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd
Led by Dizzy Manjeku who like all the
band are veterans of legendary TPOK
Jazz, arguably Africa’s greatest ever
dance band.
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Body, Mind and Soul
MALAWI
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd
Young, talented musicians who
won the Southern African Band competition in 2007. The reward
is you get to hear just how good
these young Artists are.
www.myspace.com/bms2008 |
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Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
MALI
Saturday 21st
Have been getting huge profile and
praise all over the planet. Bassekou
plays a wee ngoni, (looks like a 2
foot canoe), and his father
played a big one. Wonderful stuff.
www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate
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Massukos
MOZAMBIQUE
Saturday 21st
A big, rolling band, thumping band
calling and responding in wonderful
songs.All these musicians give of
their time and very modest income to medical projects across their country.
www.myspace.com/massukos |
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Candido Fabre y Su Banda
CUBA
Sunday 22nd
Maybe, they say, all western popular
music got a helping hand from Africa.
Cuba certainly gave it a lift, and still
does as this great singer and
his band demonstrate.
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Bedouin Jerry Can Band
EGYPT
Saturday 21st
Masterly use old petrol cans to
compliment their traditional lyres
and hand percussion in a compelling,
rollicking mix. They sing great songs.
www.jerrycanband.com |
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Kenge Kenge
KENYA
Sunday 22nd
As far West as the country goes, go
the Luo people from whose wonderful
music these ‘reformed’ Tax Inspectors
come. Great stuff.. gongs, horns, one
stringed fiddles, (urutu), flutes and
raucous call-response. The ancient
turns modern here with class.
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Macka-B
UK/JAMAICA
Sunday 22nd
‘roots reggae’ it is.
www.myspace.com/mackab1 |
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