Wake Up Madagascar
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
Singer, songwriter and environmental activist Razia Said spent her childhood in the vanilla-growing region of Madagascar’s northeast coast. After years of living abroad, she returned to discover her country’s landscape ravaged by illegal logging, slash and burn agriculture and the impact of climate change. In an effort to raise awareness at the local and international level, Razia organized the Mifohaza Masoala (Wake Up Masoala) music/environmental festival which took place at the edge of the Masoala Rainforest in October 2011. Before the concert a total of 20,000 trees were planted by the local inhabitants.
The concert featured some of Madagascar’s most exciting performers, and the festival was a huge success. The participants agreed that the next step was to take the music and the message to the world.
The Wake Up Madagascar Tour will showcase the same outstanding musicians and dancers who create an uplifting celebration of salegy music. The music that makes Madagascar dance with its heart pounding rhythms, rippling guitars, lush vocal harmonies, bouncy accordion and hip-shaking dance moves, salegy represents the soul and spirit of the island. The featured artists will be supported by an all-star lineup that will total 13 musicians onstage.
Never-before has the amazing music and dance of Madagascar been presented to the world with a concert event this ambitious...and this imperative.
The Cedar is now air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!
Ticket options and info
- On sale date: now
- Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($2 fee per ticket)
- In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
- Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
- All Cedar shows are all ages.
- Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.
Singer and songwriter Razia Said’s nomadic life has taken her across Africa to France, Italy, Ibiza, Bali and New York City, but despite these wanderings, her heart and soul remains inexorably tethered to Madagascar, the land of her birth. Her musical...
Sunny songs with irresistible grooves by a virtuoso guitarist from Madagascar; a mix of Malagasy music with bossa, jazz and funk!Born in Madagascar as Jean Charles Razanakoto Kely, Charles Kely is an author, composer and singer, and guitar virtuoso.At 4 years...
Eusèbe Jaojoby, commonly known by his surname Jaojoby, is a composer and singer of salegy, a musical style of northwestern Madagascar. He is considered one of the originators of the salegy style that emerged in the 1970s and has been credited with...
Major Funders
This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.
Missed the concert
by Anonymous Sat, 07/07/2012 - 4:43pmI am very interested in hearing the music of this group. How would I access your music?
Do you have any more tours in the USA? The College of St. John's in Collegeville is well respected for performances, as is The College of St. Benedict and the Historic Paramount Theatre in St. Cloud; which was also built by Sheldon of The Cedar Cultural Center.
Lastly, I am aghast at the stripping of beautiful Madagascar's landscape! Can't any piece of land stay untouched? This is more than upsetting to me. My aunt spent seventeen years in differents parts of Madagascar,as a nurse and would be heartbroken. She had showen us, as children many photos of the lanscape and the people she lived with. My heart breaks. Thank you for being an activist for Madagascar.
Mary Ellen H.