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2017.08.28 12:04

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WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE


presents three African shows in September:

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

with Super Yamba Band

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Brooklyn Bowl

61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn
Part of WMI's Masters of African Music series

Seun Kuti continues the political ethos of his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, as the leader of his father’s band Egypt 80, adding his own twist to the music and digging into African traditions to reflect the continent's struggles and traditions.

Tickets $20, Standing room only

Co-presented with Brooklyn Bowl 

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Mdou Moctar 

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Street, Manhattan
Part of WMI's Desert Blues series

New York debut of Moctar and his band 
The Tuareg guitarist with the unconventional style is one of the few original singer/songwriters willing to experiment and push the boundaries of the genre.

Free Admission; Limited unreserved seating

Presented in collaboration with Lincoln Center

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Group Doueh 

with Innov Gnawa 


Friday, September 29, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

(le) poisson rouge

158 Bleecker St, Manhattan
Part of WMI's Desert Blues series
 
Group Doueh's second only United States tour
The legendary Group Doueh was founded in the '80s and has been playing in and around their native Dakhla, the capital of the Moroccan administrative region
Dakla-Oued Ed-Dahad in the Western Sahara, ever since.
NY-based Moroccan collective Innov Gnawa opens the show.  

$30 advance/$35 day of show | 18+ 
Standing room only with limited unreserved seating

From World Music Institute Artistic Director Par Neiburger:

"We continue our Masters of African Music and Desert Blues concert series with Seun Kuti, the son of Afrobeat legendary Fela Kuti, leading his father's band Egypt 80; the second ever New York concert from the Saharawi music of Group Doueh; and the first ever New York concert from Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar and his band. All three of these artists present some of the best music the African continent has to offer. We continue to bring established artists, artists that are rarely seen by New York audiences, and artists that we have the distinct pleasure of bringing here for the first time." 
Masters of African Music
Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 8:00 p.m.

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
with Super Yamba Band

Opening act: Super Yamba Band
Co-presented with Brooklyn Bowl 

“…ample room for joy, humor and exuberance amid the darkness and fury;
the sweat, funk and beat dictate that right from the start.”  — NPR
 
Seun Kuti is the youngest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. At the age of nine, Seun expressed the wish to sing to his father. A short while later, Seun started performing with his father and his band, until his father’s untimely death in 1997. Seun, then only 14 years old, assumed the role as lead singer of his late father’s band, Egypt 80. Ever since then, Seun has followed the political and social ethos of his father, adding his own twist to the music and digging deep into various African traditions to reflect the continent's struggles and traditions. Seun has since toured the world and released multiple acclaimed albums. About three quarters of the current Egypt 80 line-up consists of musicians that not only played with Fela Kuti, but also often were arrested and harassed alongside the founder of the Afrobeat movement as they forged their way through political turmoil to become one of the most legendary bands in the history of African music.

Brooklyn's Super Yamba Band, the opening act, comprises a unique blend of inspiration born of 70s/80s West-African Afrobeat and Psychedelic Funk, with a live energy that moves everyone in the room to dance.