BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130522T210402CEST-4908kVgkN3@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130522T190502Z DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join us tonight for a very special performance tonight by the uniquely talented group AZA.\nAZA unites traditional Tamazight (Be rber) music\, indigenous to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco\, with the glob al influences of its diverse members. Evocative of Saharan-African blues\, yet with an original style that truly defies categorization\, AZA&rsquo\; s stirring performances feature deep\, danceable rhythms\, intricate strin g melodies\, and soaring\, soulful vocals. Visually dynamic and engaging p erformers\, AZA has been inspiring international audiences for nearly seve n years.\nFounding members Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou are Berbers na tive to the High Atlas mountain region of Morocco\, where they played and studied music for over twenty-five years\, and are recognized as master mu sicians. They formed the sextet AZA in Santa Cruz\, California\, after mov ing to the United States eight years ago. The unique exchange between the High Atlas and Californian musicians has proved potent\; AZA has produced two albums of original compositions\, and performed at music festivals\, c lubs\, and universities around the United States and abroad. In 2006\, AZA was invited on its first of three annual summer tours to Morocco\, to per form at music festivals throughout the country.\nAZA&rsquo\;s endeavors ar e not limited to music. The Berbers\, or &ldquo\;Imazighen&rdquo\; (prefer red term)\, are the indigenous people of North Africa whose recorded histo ry dates back to 3300 years ago. Fattah and Mohamed have always been part of the Amazigh movement and struggle to revive a culture that has been mar ginalized for centuries. Through music and cultural events\, AZA continues to inspire awareness in people of all ages about the Amazigh culture\, th at it may be recognized and appreciated among the indigenous cultures of t he world.\nAZA performances feature an array of traditional North African instruments including banjo\, lotar\, oud\, sintir\, rebab\, bendir\, qara qib\, and other percussion.Other integral instruments include guitars\, ba ss\, drums\, saxophones\, clarinet\, flute\, penny whistle\, steel pan\, a nd tabla. Please join us for this singular\, not-to-be-missed evening at Y oshi's for some of the most uplifting\, intriguing music you've ever heard \, guaranteed to get your feet moving and your spirit soaring.\n"\;... .Fans of the band Tinariwen will hear the kinship between the music of the Atlas Mountain-dwelling Berbers and their Touareg cousins -- it's there i n the spacious compositions\, the loping rhythms\, the chanted refrains. B ut where Tinariwen skews rock\, Aza drops into jazz or gnawa music\, takin g your breath away with their ability to make it all work so well."\; - Sarah Bardeen\, Rhapsody.com\n___________________________\nChansons fran ç\;aises - or French cabaret songs - feed memories\,dreams and longi ngs. They include the dramatic songs of Edith Piaf and Josephine Baker\, a s well as the poetry and jazz flair of the great poets Jacques Prevert and Boris Vian made famous by Yves Montand and Jacques Brel. Betty Roi is an authentic Parisian chanteuse who shares her love of chansons franç\; aises with unabashed emotional intensity and riveting stage presence. She dazzles with an exquisite musical palette from the 30's to the 60's &ndash \; songs of love\, heartbreak\, betrayal and joie de vivre. She takes the stage tonight with her Kingtette trio of bass\, piano and drums.\nBetty ha s performed throughout the Bay Area at venues like the Tosca Café\;\ , the De Young Museum\, Herbst Theater\, Café\; Claude\, and Allianc e Francaise. As well as chansons\, she has explored diverse musical discip lines\, including jazz\, improvisation\, Hindustani Classical and other sa cred vocal traditions. Her CDs have met with wide acclaim\, and include En chanté\;\, a collection of jazz serenades\; La Chanteuse de Paris\, chansons franç\;aises celebrating the music that fed her dreams\, an d La Lumiè\;re du Son\, a mix of raga-style drones\, Sanskrit chants \, soundscapes\, jazz and classical inflections and the pure sonic qualiti es of the French language.\nwww.azamusic.com\nwww.bettyroimusique.com DTSTART:20130115T200000 DTEND:20130115T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:AZA
with Special Guest Betty Roi
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