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june
5jun8:00 pm- 11:00 pmMali Project @ Lizard LoungeCambridge, MA
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Check out a set of Malian styles with this new project. Killing band! Nathaniel Braddock: guitars Banning Eyre: guitars Michael Rivard: bass guitar Idrissa Kone: percussion Bertram Lehman: drumset, percussion
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Check out a set of Malian styles with this new project. Killing band!
Nathaniel Braddock: guitars
Banning Eyre: guitars
Michael Rivard: bass guitar
Idrissa Kone: percussion
Bertram Lehman: drumset, percussion
Time
(Tuesday) 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm EDT
7jun8:00 pm- 10:00 pmSolo Guitar @ AeronautSomerville, MA
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Two sets of African roots, American Primitive, and modern fingerstyle guitar. Free! And the beer is sensational
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Two sets of African roots, American Primitive, and modern fingerstyle guitar. Free! And the beer is sensational
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Location
Aeronaut Brewery
14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA 02143
8jun6:30 pm- 8:30 pmAir Congo @ AeronautSomerville, MA
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Two sets, plus the terrific brass band GHOST TOWN. No cover! Two sets--first note drops at 630p
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Two sets, plus the terrific brass band GHOST TOWN. No cover! Two sets–first note drops at 630p
Time
(Friday) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Location
Aeronaut Brewery
14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA 02143
9jun3:00 pm- 4:00 pmBraddock/Lehmann/Paulding @ PorchfestArlington, MA
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Guitarist Nathaniel Braddock specializes
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Guitarist Nathaniel Braddock specializes in African and American fingerstyle guitar music and leads Boston’s AIR CONGO. He’s joined for this special Porchfest concert by percussionists Bertram Lehmann and Ben Paulding. Lehmann is an expert of world drumming traditions and is a faculty member at the Berklee College of Music. Paulding studied Ghanaian drumming at the court of the Ashanti King in Kumasi and leads the local group Kotoka Brass.
Time
(Saturday) 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
29jun7:00 pm- 9:00 pmOccidental Brothers @ Gibney Dance CenterNew York City
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Join us for the first showing of a new work of modern dance choreographed by Edisa Weeks
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Join us for the first showing of a new work of modern dance choreographed by Edisa Weeks
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
30jun7:00 pm- 9:00 pmOccidental Brothers @ Gibney Dance CenterNew York City
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Join us for the first showing of a new work of modern dance choreographed by Edisa Weeks
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Join us for the first showing of a new work of modern dance choreographed by Edisa Weeks
Time
(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
july
3jul7:00 pm- 8:00 pmAir Congo @ Danehy ParkCambridge, MA
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Join us for a free, outdoor concert. Bring the kids and, if you wish, the dog.
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Join us for a free, outdoor concert. Bring the kids and, if you wish, the dog.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Location
Danehy Park
99 Sherman St, Cambridge, MA 02140
19jul7:00 pm- 8:30 pmAir Congo in Chelsea SquareChelsea, MA
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Enjoy this free, outdoor show in Chelsea Square. African music on a summer night!
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Enjoy this free, outdoor show in Chelsea Square. African music on a summer night!
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Location
Chelsea Square
21jul4:00 pm- 6:00 pmAir Congo @ Atwood'sCambridge, MA
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Join us for a special Happy Hour gig in Inman Square's awesome Atwoods! Two sets of Congolese music
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Join us for a special Happy Hour gig in Inman Square’s awesome Atwoods! Two sets of Congolese music
Time
(Saturday) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
26jul7:30 pm- 9:30 pmOccidental Brothers @ SummerDanceChicago
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Join us for two sets of African dance music at this great free concert series.
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Join us for two sets of African dance music at this great free concert series.
Time
(Thursday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm CDT
27jul - 28jul 2710:30 pmjul 28Trio Mokili @ California ClipperChicago
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Nathaniel Braddock: e. guitar Junius Paul: bass Makaya McCraven: drums Two sets of African futuristic roots music
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Nathaniel Braddock: e. guitar
Junius Paul: bass
Makaya McCraven: drums
Two sets of African futuristic roots music
Time
27 (Friday) 10:30 pm - 28 (Saturday) 1:00 am CDT
29jul1:00 pm- 4:00 pmTrio Mokili @ Lincoln HallChicago
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We play the closing set to celebrate the anniversary of the Young Stracke All-Stars
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We play the closing set to celebrate the anniversary of the Young Stracke All-Stars
Time
(Sunday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT
august
2aug7:00 pm- 10:00 pmOccidental Brothers @ Create Portage CountyPortage, WI
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
3aug - 4aug 310:30 pmaug 4OBDBI @ CaliforniaClipperChicago
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Join us for two sets of blazing African dance music! Nathaniel Braddock: e guitar Greg Ward: alto saxophone Joshua Ramos: bass guitar Makaya McCraven: drum set
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Join us for two sets of blazing African dance music!
Nathaniel Braddock: e guitar
Greg Ward: alto saxophone
Joshua Ramos: bass guitar
Makaya McCraven: drum set
Time
3 (Friday) 10:30 pm - 4 (Saturday) 1:00 am CDT
4aug - 5aug 410:00 pmaug 5Plutonians! @ California ClipperChicago
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Future music of the past!
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Future music of the past! Plutonians embrace the hyper-modernism of first generation of electric guitar music playing a mix of surf instrumental oddities and arrangements of music by Sun Ra’s Arkestra. The group is driven by the electric guitars of Nathaniel Braddock (Occidental Brothers, Trio Mokili, Air Congo) and Steve Doyle (Hoyle Brothers), with Nick Macri (Stirrup) on bass, and Dan Leali on drums.
Two sets!
Time
4 (Saturday) 10:00 pm - 5 (Sunday) 1:30 am CDT
18aug - 19All DayMother Earth Fest - GhanaKokrobite, Ghana
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Join me and Akablay in a long set of contemporary and classic highlife music on the beach at Kokrobite
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Join me and Akablay in a long set of contemporary and classic highlife music on the beach at Kokrobite
Time
18 (Saturday) - 19 (Sunday)
Location
Asaasi Yaa
Kokrobite, Ghana
18aug - 26All DayChole Wote FestivalAccra, Ghana
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Join me and Akablay for a long set of classic and contemporary highlife and Afrobeat
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Join me and Akablay for a long set of classic and contemporary highlife and Afrobeat
Time
18 (Saturday) - 26 (Sunday)
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