Upcoming Events
ETRAN DE L’AIR – Desert Blues of Niger – Victoria
Etran de L’Aïr welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock in Niger. Playing for over 25 years, Etran has emerged as stars of the local wedding circuit. Beloved for their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun blazed melodies, Etran stakes out a place for Agadez guitar music and Desert Blues rock.
ETRAN DE L’AIR – Saharan Blues from Niger – Vancouver
Etran de L’Aïr welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock in Niger. Playing for over 25 years, Etran has emerged as stars of the local wedding circuit. Beloved for their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun blazed melodies, Etran stakes out a place for Agadez guitar music and Desert Blues rock.
THE ZAWOSE QUEENS – from Tanzania
There is spirit and fire in the music of The Zawose Queens, coming direct from Tanzania! There's the vibrations of the ancestors, coming through on traditional instruments — soaring chizeze fiddle, buzzing illimba thumb piano, ngoma drums that chatter and thunder — and voices that go deep, high and out there. There's the connection to nature, to ceremony and ritual, in their dance-inspired fusion, their blend of the organic, harmonic and modern-day electronic. There are lyrics that tell, in their native kigogo, of the passion for music, the wonders of life. Of pride in environment, in tradition. In their East African roots.