Event

ALBINO! in Concert

ALBINO!, Recently Honored as the SF Bay Area's Best Band, Returns to Nevada City, July 9th, 2010, at the Miners Foundry.

The award-winning ALBINO! is a San Francisco Bay Area-based 10-piece Afrobeat ensemble that honors the fiery legacy of Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti by melding tightly crafted arrangements and jazz-tinged harmony with propulsive, high energy grooves. Formed in 2003, ALBINO! has performed to capacity crowds up and down the West Coast and as far east as Montreal. Whenever this funk-fueled juggernaut performs, ALBINO! re-acquaints listeners with what it feels like to truly groove, and infuses audiences with an ecstatic energy that pours forth from the stage. The band's wild costumes and painted faces suggest a blend of Sun Ra's interstellar Arkestra or Parliament, part of the reason ALBINO! has become a favorite of the Burning Man community. Witnessing all ten members of this garish behemoth locking into choreographed step is as much of a feast for the eyes as the band's deliciously layered funk is for the ears. According to the SF Weekly, "This is world music that lives up to its name."

ALBINO! won the Best of the Bay award largely on the merit of its latest studio release, Peralta House. The band will offer the CD for only $5 at this Miners Foundry performance, a special discount to show appreciation for its Foothill area fans.

All ages event; no-host bar.