IFANG BONDI - TOUR DATES 2000 - IFANG BONDI - TOUR DATES 2000 With the first 15,000 km under their belt touring Switzerland, UK, Holland & Germany - culminating in a show at London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall packed with fans - Gambia's legendary roots pioneers IFANG BONDI are now off to rock Scandinavia. Danish fans are in for a special treat: besides a concert in Vega on 4 Aug, Ifang Bondi will present a special 'unplugged' traditional show - billed as 'TIRAMAKHAN ENSEMBLE' at the Folkets Park on 5 Aug. The Tiramakhan Ensemble, featuring kora virtuoso Jali Momodou Suso, backed up by Badou Jobe on 2nd kora, finds the members of Ifang Bondi equally at home with their Manding classics. Riti wizard Juldeh Camara puts the audience under the spell of his Fulani magic whilst singer El Hadj Samb gives a sample of awesome Wolof vocalising from the pre-mbalax era. West African music tradition at its best and most beautiful! To complete the picture Ifang Bondi will do 2 street percussion shows - 'SABAR REK' - in which the band's ace percussionist Bassirou Mbaye takes his fellow musicians on a break-neck drive along Senegambia's devil rhythms. Aficionados of deep African grooves are warmly invited to come & dance at any of the following concerts: 4.8 DK Copenhagen / Vega (9 pm) <> 5.8 DK Copenhagen / DGI byen (Images of the World Festival) (3 pm) - Sabar Rek percussion <> Copenhagen / Folkets Park , Nørrebro (8 pm) - Tiramakhan Ensemble <> 6.8 DK Copenhagen / DGI byen (Images of the World Festival) (6 pm) - Sabar Rek percussion <> 10.8 S Gavle / City Fest (9 pm) <> 11.8 FI Mariehamn-Aland / Kulturnatten (9 pm) <> 12.8 S Stockholm / Fasching (9 pm) <> 15.8 S Malmo / Malmo Festival (8 pm) <> 18.8 D Hannover / Gambian Night venue & time tba <> 19.8 B Bredene / Afro-Caribean Festival Dahliade (7 pm) <> 23.8 B Antwerpen / Muziek in de Wijk - De Coninckplein (8 pm) <> 24.8 B Antwerpen / Muziek in de Wijk - Stuivenbergplein (8 pm) <> 25.8 B Antwerpen / Muziek in de Wijk - Dageraadsplaats (8 pm) <> 26.8 B Antwerpen / Muziek in de Wijk - Zandvliet (8 pm) <> 27.8 B Antwerpen / Muziek in de Wijk - Klein Dok-Merksem (4 pm) <> 4.9 NL Leiden / Pieterskerk - Opening Academical Year <> 5.9 NL Den Haag / Nieuwspoort - 50 Years African Studies Centre <> 8.9 CH Zurich / African Culture Festival 'Integration' (11.30 pm) <> 16.9 D Rottweil / Kulturfest <> 22.9 NL Eindhoven / Muziekcentrum Frits Philips (8 pm) <> Check also the following websites: http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara/cu.html http://www.fonline.de/music.and.action/ifangbondi.html http://www.dtours.org >>>\\\///\\\///\\\<<<<<< "Any one man, woman or child can be what they want to be; but be the right thing." -----Burning Spear------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------