Sonic Migration
Wunmi at the New Parish Oakland May 12
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Wednesday May 12th The People Live presents Wunmi @ the New Parish 579 18th Street, Oakland. Doors open @ 9pm $10 advance.
UPDATE: Wunmi at New Parish was great. She is fun to watch on stage as she is an excellent dancer and has got some attitude. She was very charming and playful with the audience. It was great! She chastised the audience for standing around and not dancing telling the audience something along the lines of ‘they told me this was house party! what are doing just standing there, not dancing?’ Hysterical!
In our defense, some of us were dancing but at some point i had to stop and watch Wunmi sing, dance and do her thing. She has a really great engaging stage presence and personality. She came on stage wearing a silver lame cape type thing and rocking a cool look with her hair braided and shaped to a mohawk look.
Her band provided an awesome sound seamlessly going from afrobeat to house and dub sometimes in the span of one song. She sang a really good cover of the Police’s Message in a Bottle. She shared with the audience that The Police was one of her favorite bands growing up in London. I think one of my favorites that night was “Crossover”. The video is below.
As always with a show in Oakland, there were a lot of artists in the audience. At one point she asked local artist Valentino to join her on stage. While he was up on the stage, she took the opportunity to get down with audience and dance. There was, of course, a professional dancer or two. A circle of dancers formed and each one danced showing off their moves whether they were African dance, house or breaker. It was damn entertaining. In short, it was a dynamic show. The Crossover video below does not do her justice. Her live show is full of energy. If you enjoy this music, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to see her the next time she comes through town which is hopefully soon.
The Music Connection
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Hey Kids!! Getting to talk about music on The Morning Show was fun.
Here is a listing of club and live music events talked about the Morning Show along with others not mentioned on air.
If you get the chance, listen to the most recent archives of Off the Beaten Path on KPFA. The playlists are below this post. I really dig the song that started off the program on April 26: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60571
May 3: http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60762
I am sitting in for Sep June 21, 28 & July 12 & 19. Off the Beaten Path airs every Monday 10pm to Midnight on KPFA 94.1 FM.
LISTINGS
FRI MAY 7 Worldly Cheb i Sabbah, Mighty Dub Killaz, Janaka Selekta, DJ Dragonfly, DJ Amar SupperClub 657 Harrison SF
FRI MAY 7 10pm Braza! at Som., 2925 16th St., SF; (415) 558-8521., $10. Once a month, the Braza! crew will take you on a musical trip around Brazil to explore the rhythms and sounds of Samba, Funk, Batucada, MPB, Broken Beat, and much much more.
FRI MAY 7 8PM Carlos Varela performs Friday at Ramekins Event Center, 450 W. Spain St., Sonoma
FRI MAY 7 8 PM Anna Estada & Almasferas at La Pena in Berkeley (3105 Berkeley) (Brazilian & Latin Jazz)
SAT MAY 8 Gaudi at Hopmonk in Sebastopol
SAT MAY 8 10pm Tromenta Tropical with DJ Orion, Oro 11 & Disco Shawn at the Elbo Room SF
SAT MAY 8 9PM Ritmos Sin Fronteras with Be Brown and Hakobo at SOM SF
SAT & SUN MAY 8 & 9 Carlos Varela at Yoshis Oakland
SUN MAY 9 Gaudi at How Weird, San Francisco
WED MAY 12 Wunmi at the New Parish in Oakland
MAY 13 Gaudi at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz
MAY 13 7PM Meklit Hadero at Bimbos 365 Club
MAY 16 BANG DATA @ UC SANTA CRUZ
THURS MAY 13 9PM Yoruba Dance Sessions with Carlos Mena & DJ Cecil the Bench & Bar on 510 17th Street in Oakland
MAY 21 BANG DATA @ SOUTH 1ST BILLIARDS IN SAN JOSE
MAY 22 BANG DATA WITH MALECO COLLECTIVE & KOOL KYLE @ LA PENA, Berkeley
MAY 28 Fuga at the New Parish in Oakland
Ana Tijoux at La Pena
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Ana Tijoux is performing Thursday, March 25 at La Pena in Berkeley. Check out her sound and 1977 video:
Omar Sosa & NDR BigBand ‘Ceremony’
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This video features interviews with Sosa, Morelenbaum and NDR members as well snippets of the recording sessions. It is always a good idea to go to see Omar Sosa perform when the opportunity comes up. It is always a great pleasure to see him in concert. Speaking of – he will be at Yoshi’s Oakland April 16th to 18th with Marque Gilmore (drums), Childo Tomas (electric bass) Mola Sylla (vocals), Peter Apfelbaum (saxophones).
Undersea Poem
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Six Degrees Records artist. Interesting name. Pretty music. Interesting lyrics. Check it out. See what you think.
Click here: http://vimeo.com/9505545
Bayonics Free Concert
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Sunday, August 30, Bayonics play for free in San Francisco’s Union Square.
Check out their myspace to hear the music and for details for times and park rules for click here.
Tonight on KPFA
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Tune in to Off the Beaten Path at www.kpfa.org. I am subbing for DJ Sep tonight and interviewing Santero.
Janelle Monae
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is amazing. She is chubby checkers, chuck berry, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, even a touch of Grace Jones and so much more. Her love of Broadway and Judy Garland comes through in her performances. Her music is alive with invigorating energy; it is theatrical and fun. And the lyrics can be powerful and relevant.
I caught the tail end of her opening performance for Raphael Saadiq at Bimbo’s 365. The last bit i caught was amazing. She was rocking hard and then she went for the stage dive. It was great. Unfortunately, some of the audience seem like they didn’t know what to do with her. Its okay though, after touring with erykah badu and working the summer festival circuit, folks have a opportunity to check her out and warm up to her.
To learn more about her, check out the interview with Terry Gross.
K’naan – Somalia Video
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check out knaan’s new video called Somalia. He grew up in Somalia until his family was able to obtain US visas to escape the war and its violence. Also check out his hardcore video. It is great to see him call out the hardcore wannabies from the US with ‘what hardcore? really? are you hardcore?’ the alexander dumases need to be called out. In general, we the people in the US need to have our priveleged properous spoiled asses called out. both videos are a good start.
Somalia
hardcore
Surya Dub Sept. 27 with The Bug & Warrior Queen
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Surya Dub brings The Bug and Warrior Queen to SF along with Maga Bo. I will miss but it doesn’t mean you have to miss it…who knows maybe there are still $10 advance tix.
