Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:30PM
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY
FREE!
A close-knit circle of Touareg musicians reveals the full range of the nomadic Saharan desert blues, shifting from Tartit’s looping traditional melodies to Imharhan’s increasingly dynamic, electric songs.
Aziz Sahmaoui, a founder of Orchestre National de Barbès and member of Joe Zawinul’s Syndicate, is a veteran of fusing North African traditions and cosmopolitan jazz. His University of Gnawa reshapes influences from West African migrants to the Maghreb into exuberant trance music.
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