{"id":58189,"date":"2013-06-22T14:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T14:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=58189"},"modified":"2013-06-22T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T14:36:41","slug":"ladysmith-black-mambazo-headlines-celebrate-brooklyn-african-music-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=58189","title":{"rendered":"Ladysmith Black Mambazo headlines Celebrate Brooklyn! African Music Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joseph Shabala and his South African multiple Grammy Award winning choral group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo that first gained worldwide prominence from their collaboration with Paul Simon on his 1986 Graceland album, will perform a free concert Friday, June 28 in commemoration of Celebrate Brooklyn! 35th<\/sup> anniversary at Prospect Park in New York.\u00a0 (Photo: Grammy nominated duo Amadou & Mariam (popularly known as the blind couple from Mali)<\/em><\/p>\n

They will share Prospect Park\u2019s Bandshell stage with Garifuna guitarist and soulful singer Aurelio Martinez who blends African and Latin acoustic roots.\u00a0 Martinez, the first black member of Honduras National Congress is widely known for his composition \u201cAfrica\u2019 a duet with the late Belizean Punta Rocker Andy Palacio.<\/p>\n

29 performances embodying a variety of genres and artists from around the world including Brooklyn and across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Africa are\u00a0 presented at this year\u2019s special 35th<\/sup> anniversary\u2019s festivities that began June 5 \u2013 August 10.<\/p>\n

A majority of the performances \u2013 24 including 20 music concerts are free (a $3 donation is suggested) and 5 shows are reasonably priced benefit concerts.<\/p>\n

\u201cCelebrate Brooklyn! Is an artistically curated performing arts festival that draws on our mission of presenting world-class emerging and established performers that reflect and attract Brooklyn’s diverse communities, \u201csaid Jack Walsh, Brooklyn Information & Culture (BRIC) Director of Performing Arts and Executive Producer of Celebrate Brooklyn! adding, \u201cThere is no application process.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the year 2000 up to 2010, Celebrate Brooklyn showcased African music festivals that featured an all day line-up of artists from different regions of the continent in addition to an African marketplace with over 50 vendors selling food, arts and crafts and clothing.<\/p>\n

However, according to Walsh \u201cas the number of park users climbed each summer the event logistics became problematic as the only location for the marketplace was on the park drive, which had become dangerously congested with cyclists, vehicles for marketplace deliveries, festival attendees and other park users.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walsh said though the African music festival survived, it has been downsized \u201cWorking with Prospect Park and NYPD, BRIC decided to retire the “festival” concept without eliminating Celebrate Brooklyn!’s annual tradition of at least one world class, free African music concert. We are delighted that in this, our 35th year, the Celebrate Brooklyn! Line-up includes two African music performances featuring four amazing artists from the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grammy nominated duo Amadou & Mariam (popularly known as the blind couple from Mali) with opening act Tuareg guitarist Bombino will perform on Friday, June 21 at 7:30 pm as the first of two African music performances this season.<\/p>\n

On Friday, August 9, electro hip-hop artist TK Wonder will open for dance hall reggae most commercially, successful artist Shaggy for an evening of Caribbean cultural delight followed by the festival\u2019s conclusion on Saturday August 10 with native Brooklyn duo They Might Be Giants (TMBG) and Moon Hooch.<\/p>\n

By Dennis Kabatto<\/i><\/p>\n

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