Thursday, July 14  8:30pm

Memorial Hall

 

A watershed moment in music was the 2004 Festival in the Desert near Timbuctou, Mali, which introduced ‘Desert’ or ‘Nomad’ Blues music to the world. This strongly traditional music is played on electric guitars and clearly shows the African origin of the Blues. 

From Niger, Etran Finatawa was formed for this festival, and consists of musicians from the Tuareg and Wodaabe-Fulani tribes.  They have travelled the wider world and have been to five continents, wearing their traditional long embroidered tunics, leather hose and turbans with ostrich feathers as they would at their annual desert festivals.  They adorn their faces with yellow spots and stripes.  In Niger their music has a huge following and their songs are sung by the young and school children all over the country.

Tickets: $25.00 ($22 till June 24); Senior/child $22.00 ($20 till June 24)

  

 

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