ACOUSTIC AFRICA - AFROPEAN WOMAN
Serie : Grands Événements
514-563-1395
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Description of the concert:
After worldwide critical and commercial success in 2006 and 2011, the third installment of IMN’s exhilarating journey focuses on the richness of the African traditions of the voice and the song.Acoustic Africa will feature two of the continents up and coming vocal impresarios;
Dobet Gnahore, the Ivory Coast vocalist and dancer who has garnered a reputation as one of the most vibrant performers in world music, bassist and vocalist Manou Gallo, from the Ivory Coast, gained acclamation as the bassist for Zap Mama, whose own music draws on rhythms of West Africa as well as funk, R&B and Kareyce Fotso, a young Cameroonian singer whose music is an intriguing combination of Afro-pop, Blues, and traditional African music.
Leni Stern, the acclaimed American contemporary guitarist who gained increasingly wide acclaim since releasing four recordings of African influenced material, joins with musical direction. These exciting singers will be backed by an all-star band including Ivorians balafonist Aly Keita(Omar Sosa, Joe Zawinul)”
Dobet Gnahoré (Ivory Coast)
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Biography of the artist:
At age 12, Dobet Gnahoré had made up her mind to become an artist: “I’m not going back to school!” she told her father confidently. “I’m staying in the village, like you.” It must be said that the village in question, Ki-Yi M'Bock, is a rather special place. Located in the countryside outside Abidjan, it is an artists’ cooperative that is home to dancers, actors, sculptors and musicians. Dobet ...Kareyce Fotso (Cameroun)
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Biography of the artist:
Kareyce Fotso was born in the country of Bamiléké and was raised with the Béti. After studying successfully for a number of years (in biochemistry and a Brevet de Technicien Superieur, the equivalent of an Associate of Arts, in broadcasting), she won the right of engaging in her passion, singing. She debuted in the cabarets of Yaoundé et became a member of a chorus. She was noticed while in ...Manou Gallo (Côte d'Ivoire)
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