Afro Pop @ Johnny D's July9

When:
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2014 8:00p -
Thursday, Jul 10, 2014 1:00a

Where:
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant and Music Club
17 Holland St
Somerville, MA 02144

Admission:
$8

Categories:
Music, Nightlife
Event website:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5144015&pl=jds

M'bolo plays mbalax, the high energy music of Senegal. "M'bolo" means "together" in Wolof, a language spoken in Senegal. Cheikh Ngom, lead singer and songwriter, was born and raised in Kaolack, a city on the coast of Senegal. He has been singing, dancing, and playing sabar drums all his life. He has performed throughout Africa, Europe and the U.S. Dillon Zahner, Galen Gregory Willett, and Beza "bayz" Gebre, M'bolo's guitarist, bass player, and drummer met at Boston's Berklee College of Music. They share a love of West African rhythms. When they heard Cheikh perform at a Cambridge Club, they joined him and formed M'bolo. M'bolo has been performing for about three years.

http://www.mboloband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cheikhmbolo

Led by Nani Agbeli, a master drummer and dancer from Ghana and current faculty member at Tufts where he teaches Ghanaian art traditions for the Kiniwe ensemble, and community-based Agbekor Drum and Dance Society. Red Red is an Afro-pop, jazz and hip hop fusion group that layers traditional rhythms from Ghana onto various instruments including cello, bass, saxophone, drum set and percussion. The original music is inspired by traditional Ghanaian melodies combined with rapping and harmonies. This complex, beautiful, exciting and powerful music with have you dancing! Other members of the band include Jane Carter, Dylan Sherry, Francis Mensah, Christiana Usenza and Allison Stamiris.

DJ Afro-Marc speaks the universal language of funk.
http://djafromarc.podomatic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Afro-Marc/157817194231173