SOUND CULTURE PRESENTS
Khaïra Arby (Mali) & Kenge Kenge (Kenya) with DJ Mwelwa Musambacine
Logan Square Auditorium
Chicago, IL
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Khaïra Arby (Mali) & Kenge Kenge (Kenya) with DJ Mwelwa Musambacine
Sound Culture Center for Global Arts
partners with Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
as part of World Music Festival Chicago 2010

Monday, September 27 2010
Khaïra Arby (Mali) & Kenge Kenge (Kenya)
with DJ Mwelwa Musambacine
7:30 PM • $12 in advance, $15 at door • 21+ • Cash Bar
Logan Square Auditorium 2539 N. Kedzie Blvd. Chicago IL
Free parking behind Banco Popular after 6pm

Khaïra Arby (Mali)

Mali's beloved Khaïra Arby (pronounced: Hī-ra Arbē) was born in the village of Agouni in the Sahara Desert north of Timbuktu. Since the 1980's, Khaïra has focused all her energies on her music, working beside such Malian stars as her cousin, Ali Farka Touré and the influential Fissa Maïga. Khaïra's music takes the listener on an audio journey across the essence of Mali - a meeting of compass points, religions, cultures, past and present. She expresses her pride in the history and struggles of her desert homeland and its people, and sings in Songhai, Tamashek, French, and Arabic. Her instrumentation and rhythms are just as varied, with electric guitar and bass, calabash, ngoni, traditional violin, and percussion creating a complex mixture of sound and structure. www.myspace.com/khairaarby


Kenge Kenge (Kenya)

Kenge Kenge (meaning "fusion of small, exhilarating instruments,") explore the origins of benga, a style popular in Kenya comparable to rumba in Congo or highlife in Nigeria. Kenge Kenge play roots music from the JoLuo community of Western Kenya, with lyrical arrangements that reflect influences from the popular Benga pop-music style. Dense textures of rhythm and chant are overlaid with an unusual assortment of self-made traditional instruments including the Nyatiti lyre, Bul drums, the Nyangile sound box, Ongeng'o metal rings, Asili flute, and the Oporo horn.
www.myspace.com/kengekenge

DJ Mwelwa Musambacine will be spinning a mix of African dance tracks to get the party started!

Location

Logan Square Auditorium
2539 N. Kedzie Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60647
United States

Categories

Music

Minimum Age: 21
Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No

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Owner: Sound Culture
On BPT Since: Jan 20, 2010
 
www.soundculturechicago.co...