Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Behind the Scenes with Samba Mapangala, Banning Eyre, and The Afropop 25th Anniversary Gala
Breaking news! We are delighted to announce that Samba Mapangala has been invited to perform at Afropop Worldwide's 25th Anniversary Gala Concert, Thurs. Sept. 19 in NYC. He will do an acoustic "Samba Unplugged" set, backed by none other than the Hon. Banning Eyre on guitar.
Rehearsal clip of Samba and Banning practicing "Mongali" for the Afropop Gala. Tickets are still available for this benefit concert to support the continuing efforts of Afropop Worldwide, the premier showcase for African music.The lineup for Afropop’s 25th Anniversary Gala just keeps getting better! Joining the bill alongside Grammy Award nominee Bassekou Kouyate, Malian star Mamadou Kelly, and Sudanese vocalist Omer Ehsas is the Congolese master vocalist Samba Mapangala! Mapangala is one of the few musician from his golden period of Congolese music still actively performing, touring, and recording, and so it is with great joy that we announce that he has joined the bill of artists performing at the gala on the 19th of September.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga U.S. Tour Dates Summer 2013
Virunga Management is delighted to announce live performance
dates in June, July and August for East Africa's most-beloved singer Samba
Mapangala.
Photo by Bonnie Perkinson, courtesy of Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
JUNE 15 (SAT)
Songwriters and Poets 2013
Washington DC: Club Heaven, 2325 18th St. NW, Adams Morgan
district
9-11 pm. $10 adv./$15 at door. Age 21 +
Advance tickets online: http://www.districtsoundscene.com/shows/samba-mapangala-and-friends
JUNE 29 (SAT)
Charleston West Virginia: Wine and All That Jazz Festival
University of Charleston, 2300 Maccorkle Ave SE, Charleston,
WV
JULY 7 (SUN)
Detroit Michigan: Concert of Colors
Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit
AUGUST 23-25 (FRI-SUN)
Bangor, Maine: American Folk Festival
3 performances
July, August and September dates available: Contact Mel
Puljic, Folklore Productions melp@folkloreproductions.com
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