Experience an intimate evening of acoustic music with Mighty Popo sharing the music of his native Rwanda. The show features a trio; Popo plus a second guitarist and a percussionist.

Mighty Popo, a Rwandan/Burundian refugee/survivor, has embarked on a new project inspired by many trips back to his native Rwanda and time spent studying the music of Rwanda’s indigenous Batwa people (Pygmies).  Popo explains that “the Batwa‘s sense of rhythm has no equal – it is simple and raw and amazingly complex in details… it is like a free form, yet organized jam session”. 

You could say that the Mighty Popo is a Rwandan/Burundian refugee/survivor whose music is steeped in African tradition, but you’d hardly be getting at the whole story of one of Canada’s greatest rising stars. You’d hardly be able to account for his effortless musicality as a member of the 2004 Juno Award winning African Guitar Summit, the kudos received for his genre-busting solo work, his performance for Live 8 or his brilliant return to New Orleans for CBC Radio’s Maple Leaf Mojo Meets New Orleans Gumbo benefit concert broadcast live across Canada.