Date: 10/30/12
Ages: AD
Address: 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144
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Description: After worldwide critical and commercial success in 2006 and 2011, the third installment of IMN's exhilarating Acoustic Africa Tour focuses on the richness of the African traditions of the voice and the song. The 2012 iteration of the tour will feature three of the African continent's up-and-coming vocal impresarios: Dobet Gnahore, the Ivory Coast vocalist and dancer who has garnered a reputation as one of the most vibrant performers in world music; Kareyce Fotso, a young Cameroonian singer whose music is an intriguing combination of Afro-pop, blues, and traditional African music; and Manou Gallo, an Ivory Coast bassist and vocalist who gained acclamation as the bassist for Zap Mama, and whose own music draws on rhythms of West Africa as well as funk and R&B.