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In this issue:
1. Events this weekend: Teddy
Afro, Day for Darfur, Jandek
2. Other events: Small World, Slim & Digging Roots, Wanda is back
3. Notes: Musical through your teeth, tough times, early African
recordings
1. EVENTS: THIS WEEKEND
Saturday: Teddy Afro
Teddy Afro, a huge star in
Ethiopian music will pack them in at the Kool Haus. Tickets are
$35 at the door. Get there late :-), the show isn't likely to
start till 11 or 12... A Coffee House production. For info call
416 953-5340. Tickets $35 at the door.
For more about him, see his website:
http://www.teddyafroonline.com/, Wikipedia's entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Afro, and some YouTube
videos here:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=%22teddy+afro%22&search=Search
Sunday: Day for Darfur
2:00 pm. Ramsden Park. (Yonge
St., across from the Rosedale subway station, a few blocks north
of Davenport).
See
http://www.dayfordarfur.org/Events/Toronto_Canada.htm
"This Sunday, around the world
there will be rallies, demonstrations and concerts to highlight
to governments and people everywhere the recognition of our
responsibility toward the people of Darfur."
The original organizers of the
Global Day are Aegis Trust, Amnesty International, Human Rights
First, Crisis Group International, International Refugee Rights
Initiative, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, The
American Jewish Committee and The Save Darfur Coalition.
In Toronto, the event is being
organized by Senator Romeo Dallaire's office (he is the author
of Shake Hands with the Devil - the Failure of Humanity in
Rwanda, and has been passionate about the need to avoid
"another Rwanda" in Darfur) in conjunction with numerous
Canadian NGO's.
Speakers include General
Dallaire, Ms Tragi Mustafa, an activist and Darfur refugee,
Justin Trudeau. Performers include
Bedouin Soundclash
and Muhtadi
Sunday: Jandek
The reclusive and mysterious
Jandek makes his first Canadian appearance at the Centre of
Gravity. 1300 Gerrard East, 7pm, Doors 6pm. Tickets $27
at Rotate This, Sam's, Circus Books and
www.ticketweb.ca
And on Monday night, writer Danen Jobe reads from his
forthcoming novel about Jandek (Niagra Blues: Slingerland) at
Circus Books, 253 Gerard E. See NOW's article this week.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-09-14/music_tonotes.php
2. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
See
www.to-music.ca/events.htm for a fuller list, but among the
highlights are:
The 5th annual Small World
Festival, Sep. 21-Oct. 1 looks terrific, with 16
performances over 11 nights including Natacha Atlas, Ravi
Chankar, Debashish Battacharya, Tanya Tagaq, African Guitar
Summit and a lot more. See
http://www.smallworldmusic.com/ for details, bios, audio
samples.
Sep. 23: Madagascar Slim &
Digging Roots will make a great double bill at the Silver
Dollar. 9pm. $10
Sep. 29-30: Wanda Jackson,
The Queen of Rock & Roll returns to the Cadillac Lounge
http://cadillaclounge.com/.
My review of her show from last year is at
http://www.to-music.ca/wanda.htm
3. NOTES:
Just don't try whistling while
you listen:
Need music everywhere, all the
time? The Tooth Tunes toothbrush must be for you. Two minutes of
music, transmitted through your teeth and jawbone while you
brush. You think I could make this up?
http://tinyurl.com/e8kn6
Early African recordings:
Rootsworld features an article
about Hugh Tracey, an Englishman who dedicated himself to
recording African musicians between 1929 and 1977. Many of these
recordings are being re-issued Colonial Dance Bands - Kenya,
Tanganyika, Portuguese East Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Belgian
Congo, 1950 and 1952 and Bulawayo Jazz - Southern Rhodesia,
1950, 51, 52. The article, with audic clips is available at:
http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/tracey06.shtml
Tough times for world music in
New York & The U.S.
a) Tower Records, one of the
largest music retailers, and a company that had an entire store
in Greenwich Village dedicated to world music has filed for
bankruptcy protection. See for example, "Tower Records
Bankruptcy Heralds Industry Changes" on PBS's website:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec06/music_08-23.html
b) Robert Christgau who wrote on pop, jazz, and more lately
world music for the Village Voice since 1969 was recently
dismissed with several other staff members (Ownership has
changed). Quoted by DubMC, a word music website, Christgau said
"I don't have any idea what will become of 'world music'
coverage at the Voice, except in the sense that an
autonomous voice with a taste for such things will be absent,
which can't be a plus."
John Leeson
www.to-music.ca
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