Red Wing has been invited to help provide a real Midwestern USA experience for a group of musicians coming to town next week. Ifrikya Spirit, a music group from Algeria in West Africa, will arrive...
Why is it that the music that gets the most people dancing at a concert is invariably the most rustic-sounding? You can crank a drum machine to concrete-crushing levels, but what people who like to...
In the play “Et’effeh” (literally translated to mean ‘apples’), in search of apples and his lost job, but finding only political corruption and social stratification, a poor man vents his frustrations...
Speed, heat, and swagger – that’s what seven-piece Tanzanian street band Jagwa Music will bring to a free outdoor concert at Virginia Tech on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. Presented by the Moss Arts Center, Jagwa...
For all the times that we’ve heard the phrase “African music,” it can be easy to forget that we’re talking about an entire continent here. The reality is that the African continent consists of more...
A quick glance at Democratoz, and you might just see the typical jam band or reggae group. And that’s fine with them as they tour the United States for the first time, landing in New York for a show...
Democratoz is an Algerian rai and reggae band based out of the city of Oran. Credit: Facebook/Photo courtesy of DemocratozThis story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview.Known...
Democratoz is touring the U.S. as part of the State Department’s Center Stage program. Shows: Tuesday at Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Show starts at 6 p.m. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org. Free...
Decades after his death, Bob Marley continues to influence the music of artists around the world. Algeria’s Democratoz started off performing covers of the reggae legend’s songs before recording...
"We want to show the Algerian youth that we all have a voice and that no one can take that away from us. It is not a weakness to express feelings, and even the deepest issues can be dealt with in a...
