> Roots music duo Bethany Yarrow & Rufus Cappadocia (Bethany & Rufus)
> have made the hop across the Atlantic to Bamako, Mali, where they have
> been invited to perform at the 3rd Edition Daoula Festival on Saturday
> March 7th from 11:00PM - 3:00AM (Mali time). The Daoula Festival
> "Rencontres Autour du Cotton (Meeting around Cotton)" is committed to
> helping raise awareness of the problems faced by the African cotton
> sector. The festival, now in its third edition, takes place March 6-8
> and welcomes artists from all backgrounds, including Bono, Tiken Jah
> Fakoly, Quincy Jones and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
>
> "It is a tremendous opportunity for us, and we are planning to record,
> both sonically and visually," noted Bethany Yarrow. "Our journey of
> singing these old folk songs - most of them African American - back in
> West Africa, which is, ultimately, their origin."
>
> Bethany & Rufus will be performing alongside some of Africa's greatest
> Baptiste and singer and flautist Yacouba Moumouni, leader of jazz-pop-
> ethnic band Mamar Kassey, one of the few Nigerien musical acts known
> internationally, and much beloved in their home country.
>
> Prior to their trip to Mali, Bethany was joined by her father Peter
> Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) for a memorial concert for Odetta Holmes,
> known simply as Odetta (December 31, 1930 - December 2, 2008). They
> were joined on February 24th at New York's Riverside Church by a who's
> who of people influenced by her - including David Amram, Maya Angelou,
> Harry Belefonte, Oscar Brand, Tom Chapin, Wavy Gravy, Maria Muldaur,
> Bernice Reagon, Pete Seeger, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Josh White Jr.
> and Peter Yarrow, among many others.
>
> Bethany & Rufus with Bonga also gathered on February 21st at Carole
> Hart's home for a house concert in honor of her deceased husband Bruce
> Hart. An award-winning television and film producer/writer, Carole
> Hart is the brainchild behind the "For the Next 7 Generations" movie,
> whose soundtrack Bethany & Rufus have been collaborating on.
>
> The full-length documentary tells the story of 13 Indigenous
> Grandmothers from around the globe - the Arctic Circle, North, Central
> & South America, Asia and Africa - who have come together because they
> were told in prophecy that their ancestral ways of prayer, peace-
> making and healing are vitally needed in the world today.
Sorry, forgot to post where you can check out more of Bethany & Rufus:
http://www.bethanyandrufus.com/
http://www.itunes.com/bethanyandrufus
http://www.myspace.com/bethanyandrufus
http://www.youtube.com/bethanyandrufus
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