Roots music duo Bethany Yarrow & Rufus Cappadocia (Bethany & Rufus)
will be introducing their new extended band in a tour of clubs and
major jazz festivals throughout Germany and Italy over the summer. The
two new members add complex textures to the duo's infectious sound:
Gaston Jean-Baptiste, known as "Bonga", regarded as a master of the
Afro Haitian drum, and singer/flautist Yacouba Moumouni, leader of the
jazz-ethnic band from Niger, Mamar Kassey.
Here is a list of some of their upcoming gigs...
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 8:00 PM
Unterfahrt Club Munich, Germany
Einsteinstr. 42
+49 89 4482794
www.unterfahrt.de
A live music venue where the sounds of choice are... Jazz!
Saturday, June 27 - 28, 2009 - 8:00 PM
Suedtirol Jazz Festival Bolzano, Italy
http://www.suedtiroljazzfestival.com/news-jazzfestival/?lang1=en
10 days of music and summer atmosphere in South Tyrol, with 60
concerts all over the region
Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 12:00 PM
Radio Bremen Festival
Bremen, Germany
http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/330279
Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 12:00P
Oldenburg Outdoor Festival
Oldenburg, Germany
http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/330281
Having recently returned from the Festival Daoula in Bamako, Mali;
Bethany & Rufus have expanded their group formation to include
Yacouba Moumouni (Niger) and Haitian Percussionist 'Bonga' Jean-
Baptiste. The expanded group came into being on the occasion of the
10th anniversary of their Label Daqui. Yacouba was appearing with his
ground breaking group from Niger, Mamar Kassey, on the same stage as
Bethany and Rufus . Yacouba joined Bethany & Rufus for one of the
songs and the rest is the kind of magic chemistry that can never be
planed.
The following summer the expanded group along with Bonga was invited
to perform at Les Nuits Atypique and while doing a promotional spot on
Radio France for the festival they were invited to perform on the Live
a FIP radio series in March of 2009 that will be released as a Live CD
September 10 2009 as a co- production with Radio France and Daqui
Records.
It was in the process of rehearsing that the group really came into
focus. Bethany as the daughter of legendary 60's Folk singer Peter
Yarrow (Peter , Paul & Mary) draws from the many songs that her father
collected as part of the seminal folk movement of the 60s. Yacouba has
dug deeply into the folkloric Hausa, Djerma, Peul and Songhai
traditions of Niger and Bonga is the descendant of a very rich lineage
of Vodou ceremonial drumming and song. Bonga has also traveled
extensively through Haiti collecting and learning the different
manifestations of Haitian song and folklore. Rufus has taken the cello
into previously unknown realms and is noted for his collaborations in
African, Arabic, and American music forms and also has a solo CD Songs
for Cello on the Daqui label. Individually all of the members of the
group have been instrumental in expanding the role of traditional
forms in their respective musics. It is with this background that they
have come together to create a sound that although based around the
song forms of American traditional music reaches back to a common root
that has inspired everyone involved.
Check out their myspace @ http://www.myspace.com/bethanyandrufus for
an updated tour schedule.
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