Trilok Gurtu, Jan Garbarek, Bela Fleck, Tony Allen, Baloji, Carmen Linares and Evangelists festival advance will be held from 20 to 28 July
The Cartagena Festival La Mar de Musicas turns its way to Africa in 2012 and scheduled a special on the new sounds on the African continent are brewing.
Furthermore, first prize will be awarded on La Mar de Musicas, a figure that combines a major career with a great work in defense of human rights.
This first edition Oumou Sangare, the queen of Africa, is the winner.
To celebrate this African diva tribute act twice in a festival to be held from 20 to 28 July, along with Bela Fleck, July 23, and Jan Garbarek and Trilok Gurtu, July 24 day will be given the award .
Besides the festival anticipates that Tony Allen, Carmen Linares, The Evangelists, and Baloji poster will be in its eighteenth edition.
Cartel, whose design has been produced by The Gardener and will be presented next Tuesday, April 3.
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A new look at Africa
The Sea of ​​Music gives a twist.
At a time when much of the pop groups have approached the African sounds, rediscovering instruments and sounds, making up the movement called "Afropop", the festival wants to get closer to the root, the origin, and publicize the sounds from there are doing new talent and based on their musical roots to incorporate new view their creations.
Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Damon Albarn, Vampire Weekend have made a bridge for many years between the Anglo and African music.
Since the festival is to change the direction of the bridge and take Africa as the origin and destined for the West.
And is that the programming will focus on cultural interaction that part of Africa to the West, and as has always been magical results.
An example of this is the tribute that will be at the festival to the great diva Oumou Sangare African, First Prize La Mar de Musicas, for his passionate defense in international forums the rights of African women and the fight against hunger the continent.
The queen of African music act doubly and give an example of connecting cultures.
His two performances are premieres and unique concert in Spain.
First sample, Monday July 23 along with Bela Fleck.
Bela Fleck banjo is considered the best in the world.
One such exceptional musicians that appear only once in a while.
Oumou Sangare is one of the greatest singers of all time Africa, puts it with conviction and with an irrepressible energy and magical.
The collaboration between the two begins in 2005 when Bela travels to Africa for the African origins of the banjo and partners with some of the greatest musicians of the continent, which gave rise to the disk and repeatedly awarded documentary "Throw Down Your Heart".
Transcending language and cultural barriers, and Bela Oumou made an exclusive European tour during the month of July, which will pass through Cartagena, in the festival La Mar de Musicas.
A unique experience that also has Will Calhoun on drums (Living Colour) and 3 other excellent musicians from Mali.
A day later, on July 24, the day you receive the award, Oumou will be with Jan Garbarek and Trilok Gurtu in a combination of Asia, Africa and Europe.
The Indian Trilok Gurtu, considered one of the best drummers in the world, has always been known for his open mind to new ways of fusing different musical styles, from his tradition and Indian classical training as a musician.
It started with John McLaughlin in whose trio was a soloist for four years, then worked with other greats like Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans, Pharaoh Sanders and Dave Holland, all attracted by its excellent sense of rhythm.
This time, this inexhaustible creator, and accompanied by his band, with two guests how much high-rise: Oumou Sangare and Jan Garbarek.
From the hand of the king of the table we go into this feast for the senses, a mosaic of ragas, jazz and African hues, with the collaboration of the queen of African music and that is certainly one of the best saxophonists of the music history.
Africa, on Saturday July 21 will also be one of the best drummers in the world, Tony Allen, Afrobeat exponent live music and an avid experimenter.
Allen will be in La Mar de Musicas presenting his new project Black Series "From Detroit to Lagos."
Perhaps the best drummer ever, he said a few years ago Brian Eno Allen.
"Sounds like four" said Fela Kuti.
It is true that Allen has an amazing ability for each hand and each foot autonomous flow.
Also four music (highlife, jazz, funk, Yoruba) are broth in Afrobeat, the Nigerian unstoppable style Kuti founded with the late sixties and in which Allen was serving as music director.
Apart from his legend, the battery will be in Cartagena to present his new work that will be joined by soul singer Amp Fiddler and British rapper Ty.
A new project that will premiere in Spain.
Africa, new sounds.
Hip-hop is allied with ndombolo, the soukouss …
with Baloji.
Born in the Congo.
The harsh reality of his country took his father into exile, to settle with the stem in the apparent calm of Belgium, and shortly after, found the roads Baloji rap, hip-hop and Afro-European culture from an early age.
It took years to establish itself as a respectable performer, until in 2008 came out his debut album.
Unsatisfied, he was faithful to many of the stories of his countrymen: Find your seed, which led him back to the Congo.
They reviewed the sounds of his debut and began working with giants of the African scene.
"Kinshasa Succursale" is the result of this search which involves a round spirit, capable of uniting his countrymen while crossing borders.
Baloji is at the center of culture exchange.
Come to La Mar de Musicas also Carmen Linares, in the night "The Sea Mining" festival dedicated to brother's singing mine with a new show "Test 2012" where accompanied by piano, guitars, percussion and dancer Belén Maya interpret verses of Spanish poets contemporaries Valente Ortiz Nuevo and Miguel Hernandez.
Carmen Linares will also participate in the tribute that the Evangelists (Planets and Lizard Nick) yield to Enrique Morente and which also involved his daughter, Solea Morente.
The festival will feature parallel activities to be submitted along with the rest of programming, more than 25 groups.
On Tuesday April 3rd festival poster presentation and more groups.
Source: Agencias