Carnegie Hall Presents in collaboration with
Harlem Stage / Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
A FREE Neighborhood Concert
with special guest artists
CHEIKH TAIROU M’BAYE AND SING SING RHYTHMS
Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 PM
Harlem Stage / Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
West 135th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY
This concert is FREE but reservations are required.
For reservations call Harlem Stage at 212-650-7100.
Making a rare New York appearance, Oumou Sangare is Mali’s great diva and one of the world’s greatest female vocalists. The best-known performer of the Malian popular music style known as Wassoulou, Sangare fronts an 11-piece band that draws on the sacred hunter’s music traditions of southern Mali. Known for lyrics that champion women’s rights supported by strong hypnotic grooves, Oumou Sangare is an icon in Mali and around the world. Also performing will be Cheikh Tairou M’Baye and Sing Sing Rhythms, an electrifying Harlem-based drum and dance company of Wolof griots that plays traditional Sabar music from Senegal.
Posted on November 20, 2006 by D. Bell