Global Music: Rock the Casbah & An African PromBela Fleck (USA), Bassekou Kouyate (Mali), Tony Allen (Nigeria), Rachid Taha (Algeria)
This event's updated schedule is as follows:
Rock the Casbah
- 2:30 pm - Lo'Jo (France)
- 3:15 pm - Maryem Tollar Ensemble
- 4:15 pm - Karim Saada (Monteal, Canada)
- 5:15 pm - Rachid Taha (Algeria)
An African Prom
- 8:00 pm - Tony Allen (Nigeria)
- 9:30 pm - Bela Fleck / The Africa Project (USA) featuring Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (Mali)
Please note: Mr. Something Something will not perform during this event, but will perform in Luminato’s World Music Celebration in Queen’s Park on Sunday, June 20, 2010.
Reflecting this year's East/West theme, this opening weekend day of music is sure to stir your body and soul. Rock the Casbah includes performances by Montreal banjo maestro Karim Saada, as well as the Maryem Tollar Ensemble, and culminates in a sizzling set by Algerian-born rocker Rachid Taha, whose ferociously energetic musical style infuses his North African roots with the rebellious spirit of punk.
The evening segues into An African Prom, which includes the Toronto debut of Nigeria's Tony Allen, one of the founding fathers of Afrobeat, plus the onstage reunion of two musical collaborators from different continents: Mali's Bassekou Kouyate and American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck. Renowned for his mastery of the ngoni, the banjo's African ancestor, Kouyate was one of several contributors to Fleck's film and recording project Throw Down Your Heart - a screening of which you can catch the same day at the Isabel Bader Theatre.
Food and drink are available throughout the day at the on-site Mill Street Pub - so come early and stay late.
FULL PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Rock the Casbah
1:00 pm - Lo'Jo (France)
2:00 pm - Maryem Tollar Ensemble
3:00 pm - Karim Saada (Monteal, Canada)
4:00 pm - Rachid Taha (Algeria)
An African Prom
6:30 pm - Mr. Something Something (Canada)
7:30 pm - Tony Allen (Nigeria)
9:00 pm - Bela Fleck / The Africa Project (USA) featuring Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (Mali)
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Throw Down Your Heart
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COMMENTS
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minks said: On June 13, 2010 11:04am
saw this last night, well, from Tony Allen on and it was awesome. Tony was great, had the place poppin, can't believe it was his Toronto debut. Come back Tony!!!
Bela is a master and it was a real treat but when he and Bassekou Kouyate were jamming together (after they finally fixed the feedback problem) it was at another level of greatness. I've been disappointed by the concert listings for this summer but this was a real treat.
AFROBEAT!