[Wadabo_updates] Kakande with Mory Kante! @ Johnny D's Feb 21

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Greetings all -
In addition to the big shows that come through town, there are often 
chances for us to see some great acts in more intimate settings. 
Thursday, February 21st will be one of those nights.
Kakande will be playing Johnny D's featuring a guest appearance by Mory 
Kante! This concert is a CD Release Party for much anticipated new album 
Dununya.

Mory Kante is an international super star from Guinea, West Africa, and 
rarely backs anyone up. However, Kakande (led by Famoro Dioubate from 
Guinea) has touched Mory so much that he'll be appearing with them for 
this show.

"Kakande takes a unique approach to Mande music—acoustic, kinetic, 
textured and grooving. Dioubate’s virtuosic balafon riffing is rightly 
front and center, backed harmonically by a sweet blend of electric 
guitar (Mamady Kouyate), cello (Raoul Rothblatt), flute (Sylvain Leroux) 
and sax (Avram Fefer). These players step out occasionally, but mostly 
hang with the crisp rhythm section, creating textures that work as well 
in a dark, roiling jam like “Paya Paya,” as on a slow, mellifluous 
praise song like “Mariama Traoré.”"
- Afropop Worldwide's Review of Kakande's album "Dununya" 
(http://www.afropop.org/explore/album_review/ID/3433/

Come on out and have a great time! More details below.

Press Release:
On Thursday February 21th, Johnny D’s presents Kakande, a 9-piece West 
African band based out of NYC, celebrating the release of their much 
anticipated album, Dununya (http://www.JumbieRecords.com). 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 balafon 
(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 
http://www.MoryKante.com).

February 21th will be a historic chance to join Kakande and Mory Kante 
as Boston writes a new chapter in the history of griot music.

Who: Kakande with special guest Mory Kante

What: CD release for new album Dununya

Where: Johnny D’s
17 Holland St.
Somerville, MA 02144
617-776-2004

When: Thursday Feb. 21, 2008

Price: $15 advance/$18 door
Advance Tickets at: http://kakande.eventbrite.com/
More Information: Contact Raul Rothblatt - Raul [at] JumbieRecords.com / 
718-857-3150 / 646-498-6093