For Images
visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian/pressimages.html
roots/round/about, the
regional touring consortium present
and
Atongo
Zimba
Friday 17 October
7.45pm
Gulbenkian Theatre,
Experience the sound
of Congo villages with a fresh-twist and afro fusion from the savannahs of
Kasai
Masai
return to the Gulbenkian after their fabulous concert last February celebrating
10 years of Music for Change. This time charismatic band leader Nickens Nkoso
brings djembe and saxophone to their five piece line up mix. Playing ancestral
music, their sound is rooted in the healing power of percussion and chanting
combined with the majestic Congolese folk guitar and jazz sax. Last time the
audience found it impossible to stand still in the presence of such absorbing
African rhythms.
Ghanaian
singer and guitarist Atongo Zimba,
opens the concert with his distinctive
voice, alternately praising, cajoling, poking fun, and caressing. Atongo Zimba
plays the Koloko, a kind of West African banjo and sings in the language of the
Fra Fra tribe from
Tickets £13
11+
Booking Office 01227
769075
On line bookings www.gulbenkiantheatre.co.uk
Ends.
Press Contact: mark_at_musicforchange_dot_org