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On the same evening (Thursday<br />
22 September), at Union Chapel,<br />
Western Saharan singer Aziza Brahim<br />
presents her new album 'Abbar el<br />
Hamada' (Across the Hamada), a<br />
commanding and compassionate<br />
musical statement about, and for, the<br />
tumultuous age in which we live. Raised<br />
in a Saharawi refugee camp in the<br />
Algerian desert, and living in exile for<br />
more than two decades (first in Cuba<br />
and currently in Barcelona), Brahim’s life<br />
and music embodies both the tragedies<br />
and hopes of the present-day migrant<br />
and refugee experience.<br />
African Salsa Orchestra.<br />
9<br />
Trio AKA.<br />
Also at Union Chapel on Friday<br />
23 September, Trio AKA are kora master<br />
Seckou Keita from Senegal, guitar<br />
virtuoso Antonio Forcione from Italy and<br />
percussion visionary Adriano Adewale<br />
from Brazil. Adriano Adewale’s<br />
percussion sounds evoke the spirit of<br />
the forest one minute and the next his<br />
infectious grooves lay the foundation for<br />
Seckou Keita’s magical rhythms and the<br />
acoustic guitar of Antonio Forcione.<br />
The African Salsa Orchestra led by<br />
Michel Pinheiro is a dancing machine<br />
that makes you dance from Cotonou to<br />
Cuba. A journey in which the Manding<br />
rhythms, gospel, rhythm and blues and<br />
reggae associate with Cuban salsa.<br />
Salsa is a mixture of voodoo cults and<br />
Western music. Cubans have added<br />
piano and brass while the drum came<br />
from the Yoruba of Nigeria.<br />
Michel Pinheiro sings in French,<br />
English, Spanish, Yoruba, Fon, Dioula.<br />
All on the devilishly danceable rhythms.<br />
He created the explosive 10-piece<br />
African Salsa Orchestra in 2014 and they<br />
make their UK debut on 23 September at<br />
Hideaway, SW16, with infectious<br />
rhythms and blazing horns.<br />
Femi Temowo Nigerian-born British<br />
jazz guitarist, musical director, producer<br />
and broadcaster was nominated for the<br />
Best Jazz Act MOBO Award (2012). Over<br />
the years he has played with the likes of<br />
George Benson, Courtney Pine, Amy<br />
Winehouse, and The Roots, to name a<br />
few. He has developed a personal<br />
musical style that mixes jazz solos with<br />
African grooves that makes his music<br />
special. He plays from his new CD ‘The<br />
Music Is The Feeling’ at Canada Water<br />
Culture Space on Saturday 24 September.<br />
The 14th African Music Festival is<br />
produced by Biyi Adepegba and Barbara<br />
Pukwana at Joyful Noise. Further<br />
information at www.joyfulnoise.co.uk<br />
Femi Temowo.<br />
Namvula.<br />
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