Sing Out

Sing Out – June 30, 2010

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Brooklyn’s young Afrobeat big band Zongo Junction performs live in studio on Sing Out in Bay Area debut, before a sweep through local clubs. Led by Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble alum Charlie Ferguson (who studied music in Ghana during his college years), the 14-member horns-guitars-percussion group plays original music inspired by Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat and … Continued


Sing Out

Sing Out – June 2, 2010

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Live in-studio performance by Markus James & the Wassonrai, led by James on Malian-style blues guitar with African musicians on other strings and percussion, as a preview for Saturday, June 5, free Berkeley World Music Festival, and James’ concert that night at Ashkenaz.