Southern Africa

A magical concert experience with a mission: to end illegal logging in the rainforests of Madagascar.

FEATURING:
Jaojoby -- Madagascar's most popular singer, "The King of Selegy"
Razia Said -- Singer, songwriter and environmental activist
Charles Kely -- Virtuoso guitarist from the highland plateaus
Saramba -- A female collective presenting upbeat songs and vibrant dance moves

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Father Creeper, the second album by Johannesburg's Spoek Mathambo (real name: Nthato Mokgata), makes the Afro-futurists look old school. Live drumming and rock guitars intertwine with cyborg drum machine beats, video game bleeps, soulful singing and rap choruses. Lyrically, Father Creeper embraces a deep sensitivity for a traumatized society where the turmoil is real, the optimism stubborn and the booty ripe. Father Creeper shows us a musician hitting his stride with the confidence and vision to craft songs as robust and challenging and attractive as life in our electrified, apocalyptic 2012.

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With a career spanning three decades, Johnny Clegg pioneered a new, unique sound combining Western rock with Zulu rhythms and became one of South Africa’s most prolific musicians and an international superstar. He has sold over five million albums of his brand of crossover music worldwide and wowed vast audiences with his audacious live shows and won national and international awards for his outspoken views on apartheid, his perspectives on migrant workers in South Africa.

Known for his lively, energetic stage performances, the Johnny Clegg Band returns to The Cedar after a stellar performance last year.

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Johnny Clegg is one of South Africa’s most celebrated sons. He is a singer, songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and musical activist whose infectious and vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms exploded onto the international scene and broke through barriers in his own country. Over three decades, Johnny Clegg has sold over five million albums of his brand of crossover music worldwide. He has wowed vast audiences with his audacious live shows and won national and international awards for his outspoken views on apartheid, his perspectives on migrant workers in South Africa and his music. Johnny Clegg’s history is as bold, colorful and dashing as the rainbow country, which he has called home for more than 40 years.

This second installment of the exhilarating musical journey to Acoustic Africa focuses on the richness of the African guitar tradition. Tonight's show features Habib Koité, the Malian superstar whose exciting concerts have endeared him to audiences worldwide, Oliver Mtukudzi, a national hero in his home country of Zimbabwe, and Afel Bocoum, a gentle and unassuming guitarist, singer, and composer from Mali--and a long-time musical partner (and nephew) of the late, great Ali Farka Toure. The three artists, backed by a traditional African band, unite in song in a collaborative performance that honors their African heritage while simultaneously pushing at contemporary musical boundaries.

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