Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 pm
MOGAUWANE MAHLOELE (South African multi-instrumentalist)
THARO (Mogauwane Mahloele with jazz masters Bobby Zankel, saxophone
and D. Hotep, guitar)
at Calvary Church, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue
Mogauwane Mahloele was born in Storomo and raised in Mamelodi ya
Tshwane, South Africa. He is accomplished in both the making and
playing of Dikonokono drums, Dundun, Stolotolo (mouth harps), Dipela
(Kalimba), flutes, Kora, Doussin Gouni, Birimbau, Balafone, Algaita
(traditional trumpet) and is also a sculptor and painter. He now lives
in the Philadelphia area and performs regularly throughout North
America, Africa, and Europe. A recipient of the prestigious Pew
Fellowship in the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, he
has worked with Folklore Projects in Arts education residencies and
the Philadelphia Folklore Project’s programs “Philly Dance Africa,”
and “Folk Arts of Social Change.”
Mahloele has lived in Philadelphia since 1976 and in the absence of
other musicians from South Africa, he has begun to nurture an ensemble
of diverse African and African American musicians, teaching them
traditional music and his own compositions. During the second half of
the set, he will perform with his trio Tharo, which also includes jazz
musicians D. Hotep (the guitarist from the Sun Ra Arkestra) and alto
saxophonist/composer and fellow Pew recipient Bobby Zankel.
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=35
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Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA: HINDUSTANI SLIDE GUITAR
at Calvary Church, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue
"You will likely never hear better acoustic slide playing than this.
Using the centuries-old raga tradition, Bhattacharya takes the
listener to a place of deep emotional expression beyond the boundaries
of time." Henry Kaiser, Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=30
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MORE CONCERTS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
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For more information on Crossroads Music:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-729-1028
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Crossroads Music's programming is in part supported by grants from the
5-County Arts Fund, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Samuel S.
Fels Fund.
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