Exclusive Live World Music Concert LIGHTING THE FUSE IN FUSION!! RAFIKI JAZZ play More Big Muzik from Over There!
Their only Sheffield gig! Click here for booking details Rafiki Jazz are the UK’s fast-rising world music collective playing tracks from their acclaimed new debut album More Big Muzik from Over There!As a big & diverse family of star African & Latin diaspora musicians and outstanding local singers & music-makers, they stretch out together in an inspired fusion playing some gloriously ambitious contemporary global dance music. Fronted by an electrifying all-Yorkshire vocal trio featuring the fiery Swahili taarabReal World recording artist Mim Suleiman, alongside bossa-jazz singer Rosie Brown’s cool liquid stylings & newcomer Vanessa Chutturghoon’s sultry creole, their live shows deliver an ecstatic babble of voices, languages, melodies & rumbling rhythms. singing of Zanzibari Rafiki Jazz hail from a special place over there, where beatbox meets berimbau..and Brazil greets Banjul‘gorgeous music’ (Diz Heller, Arc Music International) ‘exciting & special!..comes across with a maturity and slow-burning beauty, to savour and enjoy’ (Debbie Golt: Resonance FM) ‘we’re loving the Rafiki Jazz album’ (Mary Ann Kennedy BBC World on 3) ‘a slinky global groove guaranteed to raise the temperature..a life affirming and uplifting celebration of multiculturalism’ (Dave Haslam; R2 Magazine) ‘big music indeed…elegant charm & rootsy authenticity’ (Howard Male: Songlines Magazine) a konimusic NuRootsLive! production
Booking Details See Rafiki Jazz live at their only Sheffield gig!Fri March 12th, 8pm£10 / £8 (Members) At Greentop Circus CentreSt Thomas Building, 74 Holywell Road, Sheffield, S4 8ASRafiki Jazz will be teaching an exclusive World Rhythms dance and music Workshop before the gig – there are strictly limited places, so book early! Workshop price: £4 each, family tickets available. Buy tickets, call: 0114 244 8828Info and directions: www.greentop.org |
