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| HUGH MASEKELA | THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC LEGEND | ||
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Hugh
Masekela has covered the globe and
played with just
about
every top star you can think of - Masekela wrote
anumber
of international hits and sold several million CDs..The
single 'Grazing in the Grass' topped the Rolling Stones' Jumping
Jack
Flash in the US charts (and brought him a Grammy). His hit
"Bring
Him Back Home"
became the anthem
for
Nelson Mandala's
world tour
following his release from prison. His recent albums have all gone
platinum. "The man with the horn" is a living legend, a
genius
musician and great performer who is even getting better in his "old
days".
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 Tour periods 2011: summer including August and October November. Exclusive territory: Europe. Traveling Party: 11 |
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| CELEBRATE MAMA AFRIKA | SOUTH AFRICA`s TRIBUTE TO MAMA AFRIKA | ||
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A
unique and authentic musical tribute to Mama Afrika by and with Hugh Masekela Line up Juli tour 2011: Hugh Masekela & the Hugh Masekela Band Lira Thandiswa Vusi Mahlasela (on other occassions also with Zolani Mahola, Complete, The Mahotella Queens and/or Simphiwe Dana) |
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Dates July tour 2011: 2 July, Lugano - 8 July, Barcelona - 10 July, London, 11 July, second show London, 13 July, Stuttgart, 14 July Karslruhe, 15 July Jaen | |
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GRIOT toured the late Miriam Makeba for
several
years together with BPR. Please find more information about "Celebrate Mama Afrika" here - read more... |
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Tour periods 2011/2012: summer. Exclusive territory: the world. Traveling party: 15 (12 on stage) |
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| BOMBINO | AGADEZ - THE MUSIC AND THE REBELLION | ||
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Omar
Moctar - Bombino - is known as one of the great guitar players and
performers in the Sahel regions and has a cult like following.
Bombino`s new CD "Agadez"
is available on
Cumbancha Records. ZeroGravity features Bombino in a documentary about the Tuareg Culture of the Sahara Desert. Watch the Trailer here. Or see Bombino perform "Tar Hani" live. |
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Tour periods 2011: end of March, May/June - second half of July first half of August and end of October into November Exclusive territory: Europe. Traveling Party: 5 |
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| THE
MAHOTELLA QUEENS |
THE WORLD´s OLDEST GIRLSBAND | ||
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South
Africa´s legendary Mahotella Queens: Hilda Tloubatla,
Nobesuthu
Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola are indeed queens - The Mahotella Queens - 3
doyennes, who since the mid-sixties, have been singing, dancing and
selling-out shows worldwide. What is still making them so special ... Maybe 40-plus years of performing together, that makes it seem that these sisters have been doing it forever! As Hilda says: |
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Tour
periods 2011: summer and autumn. Exclusive
territory: Europe. Traveling Party: 9
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| MOZULUART | ZULU MUSIC MEETS MOZART | ||
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"If
Mozart was still alive he would have
been proud to see two cultures meeting together to celebrate his music
and bringing it to an audience that never imagined that one day they
will be sitting, nodding their heads and tapping their feet to his
compositions..." MoZuluArt caused a sensation when they first appeared in 2006 and opened the "Festwochen" in Vienna performing together with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in front of several hundred thousand people and live on TV. MoZuluArt tours together with Ambassade String Quartet - an ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. All concerts in the last three years ended with standing ovations ! MoZuluArt released two albums with Universal Music. |
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Tour periods
2011: main booking period summer – but MoZuluArt will tour
all year
long !
Special
Christmas programme in December and new CD ! Exclusive
territory: the world. Traveling party: 9
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| REGINA CARTER
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VIOLIN STAR PRESENTS "REVERSE THREAD" | ||
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“Regina
Carter creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly
intelligent and, at
times, breathtakingly daring…taking the listener into the
future of
jazz.” Time Magazine Regina Carter has repeatedly toured throughout the world, was the first jazz artist and African American to play Niccolo Paganini’s famed Guarneri “Cannon” violin, has been featured with several symphony orchestras and performed with artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Billy Joel, Wynton Marsalis, Casandra Wilson, and Mary J. Blige. Her collaborative album "Freefall" with Kenny Barron was nominated for a Grammy. |
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Tour
periods: April 2011, 10/11/12
June , end of July into
August 2011 and end of
October into November 2011
Exclusive
territory: GAS and
F Traveling party: 7 (5 musicians on stage)
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| VUSI MAHLASELA | "SAY AFRICA" | ||
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Vusi
Mahlasela, is simply known as "'The Voice" in his home-country, South
Africa, celebrated for his distinct, powerful voice and his poetic,
optimistic lyrics. His songs of hope connect Apartheid-scarred South
Africa with its promise for a better future. Vusi Mahlasela will present his new album "Say Africa" on tour. The album was produced by Taj Mahal. „Vusi Mahsasela sings as a bird does, in total response to being alive. Vusi’s music is here to stir and delight us. He is a national treasure“ (Nadine Gordimer) |
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Tour periods: May/June/July and October 2011. Exclusive territory: GAS. Traveling party: 1-6 |
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| VIEUX FARKA TOURE | FONDO | ||
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Vieux Farka Touré stepped out from his late father’s shadow: Ali Farka Touré proved – in case anyone ever doubted it – that the soul of the blues could be found in West Africa. Vieux is turning heads with a more radical idea: that those western Saharan roots can be heard in everything from the jam band scene to Jamaican dub... |
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Tour
periods: 8-28 April, 1-15 June, August & October/November.
Exclusive territory: GAS.
Traveling
party: 7 (5 on stage)
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| DIZZY GILLESPIE (tm) ALUMNI | featuring: THE HEATH BROTHERS | ||
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Fresh from
their Autumn Tour of the Far
East - enthralling and delighting audiences alike from the
Cotton Club of
Tokyo to the arenas of Taiwan and South Korea,
this world-class
group, led by bass player and Dizzy veteran John Lee and
featuring NEA
jazz master Jimmy Heath, continue the legacy of
America's national
treasure. "All I can say
is if you know Jimmy
Heath, you know Bop"
(Dizzy Gillespie) so was I" (Miles Davis) |
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Tour periods 2011: November. Exclusive territory: Europe (in cc with BPR)*. Traveling party: 6-7 |
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| RUBEN BLADÉS | AND ORCHESTRA DELGADO | ||
| Special tour offer: Ruben
Blades - summer 2011 (in co-operation with gkp) |
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