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In this issue:
1. Solomon Burke - July 8
2. Photos
3. Upcoming events\
4. Links and Internet resources
5. Ali Farka Toure: his masterwork?
6. Charlie Gillett: update, WOMAD and world music guide
7. Libyan journal: the conclusion
Hope you've all had a great musical July. The
Toronto music scene has been terrific; fortunately or unfortunately,
it's been too busy to catch up with these newsletters or concert
photos. But here is quick note on some past and future items of
interest.
1. Solomon Burke - July 8
In the midst of a great Afrofest, I left Queen's
Park on Saturday evening, to catch the greatest soul singer in
the world. It may have been the first show I've been to in the
last couple of years I didn't photograph, but I did come away
with a great story.
www.to-music.ca/solomon.htm
2. Photos
More to come soon, but recent shows posted
include Salif Keita, Jamaica to Toronto, Femi Abosede and Amadou
& Mariam
www.to-music.ca/photos.htm
3. Upcoming Events
Check
www.to-music.ca/events.htm for more details. Some shows of
note include:
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Jamaica Day Jul 29-30 at Keelesdale Park.
CIUT broadcasts live Saturday, 2-11pm
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Jul. 28: Harry Manx and V.M. Bhatt concert
broadcasts on CBC Radio 2, 8pm
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Latin Fridays, beginning Aug. 4 at the Lula,
including Eliana Cuevas and Armanda Martinez. Check
www.lula.ca
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Island Soul at Harbourfront, including The
Mighty Sparrow on Aug. 3
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Aug. 14: Thomas Mapfumo, Donne Roberts and
Soul Influence at Harbourfront Centre as part of the
International AIDS Conference
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Aug. 20: Night for Billy Bryans at the Lula
with a LONG list of perfomers
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Aug. 27: The annual Bana Y'Africa festival
(free).
4. Links
I have begun expanding my links page (www.to-music.ca/links.htm)
with a number of links to music resources and Internet radio
sites. There will be a lot more coming over the next while, as I
will try to exploit a little of the wealth of information,
sounds and visuals available. Please send any thoughts or links.
(And thanks to Don from Music Africa who has collected a wealth
of African music links; I used a few on my page. If you're a
member, check the February and May African Drum issues for lots
more!
5. Ali Farka Toure - his final CD
Savane
His collaboration with kora player Toumane Diabate won a Grammy
earlier this year. This CD has just been released this week in
North America. European reviews have been superb. Nigel
Williamson in Songlines magazine wrote "Savane genuinely
does sound like the best album I've ever heard". Charlie Gillett
in a review called it Toure's "masterwork"
http://www.charliegillett.com/rotm.php?date=july06
Afropop Worldwide has an interview with AFT's procucer, Nick
Gold here
http://tinyurl.com/ogt44, and a review of the album:
http://www.afropop.org/explore/album_review/ID/3102/Savane
6. Charlie Gillett
The British DJ and world music figure has made numerous
appearances in this newsletter and on my website, including my
appreciation page on learning that his health problems have
resulted in his leaving his wonderful radio show, "The Sound of
the World".
However, he will likely be back for one final show this week,
broadcasting live from the WOMAD festival in England.
Ironically, his show may end with the same perfomer who was his
guest on his final studio show: the Somali-Toronto artist,
K'Naan.
Go to
www.soundoftheworld.com and look for the "Listen Again" link
for Radio London. The WOMAD show should be available beginning
Saturday 8pm (UK time), for a week.
An update on his health
http://tinyurl.com/nsuyr. Also, in preparation for this
week's WOMAD, he published a "Beginners guide to world music" in
The Independent newspaper.
http://tinyurl.com/nxght
7. Last note:
For anyone who checked the first
installment of my Libyan photo-journal, the 2nd (and final) week
is now posted at
www.jookjoint.ca/libya
John Leeson
www.to-music.ca
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