here’s a little headsup – there’s going to be a massive africa express gig happening next month! a huge free event in the centre of paris, part of the Festival FnacIndétendances.. will include 7 hours of jamming and improvised collaborations with some rather large names, both african and western. don’t miss out
http://www.myspace.com/fnacindetendances
Tags: africaexpress
August 4th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
For all the official content for tomorow’s show in Paris, you shouuld vivist the official blog (with all the information, photos and videos)
http://fnacindetendances.tumblr.com/
our Facebook :
http://www.facebook.com/FnacIndetendances
So far, the line-up for the Africa Express night contains : Damon Albarn, Amadou & Mariam, Roots Manuva, Tony Allen, Oumou Sangare, Mongrel, Rachid Taha, Bashy,The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Souad Massi, Vieux Farka Toure, Patrick Wolf, Konono No 1, The Magic Numbers, Ebony Bones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Speech Debelle, Ms Dynamite, Gruff Rhys and fellow Super Furry Animal, Guto Pryce, and Bassekou Kouyate !
Stay tuned on our blog and our facebook for more information before tomorow’s show!
August 4th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
[...] weekend working on the music for a dance piece, and now i’m just packing for paris for the africa express gig tomorrow which promises to feature spontaneous collaborations from Damon Albarn, Amadou & [...]