In 1998, Saa Andrew Gbongbor was forced out of his village in Sierra Leone, West Africa because of diamond-fueled civil war. He moved to a crowded refugee camp in Gambia, where he slept on a tarp and survived on cornmeal. It was here at the age of 15 that he began singing the reggae songs […]
A self-taught Toronto-based bass player, Rich Brown glides seamlessly from jazz and funk to Latin, Arabic and Asian music. He has played with autorickshaw, Carol Welsman, Jane Siberry, Bruce Cockburn and many more fine artists. His latest project is his own rinsethealgorithm, and he recently joined Rudresh Mahanthappa’s new group Gamak on their European tour.
Derek Andrews has been contributing to Toronto’s blues, jazz, folk and world music scenes for over 30 years in a range of capacities. Today he is an arts consultant, manager, concert producer and music festival programmer. He is Music Curator at the Luminato Festival, the president of the Toronto Blues Society, chair of the JUNO […]
Golden Tale of Djungle Bouti at Musideum, Feb. 15, 8pm
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