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FulaMuse = Fula Brothers + MaMuse

MFulaMuse = MaMuse + Fula Brothers

Fula Brothers

MFulaMuse = MaMuse + Fula Brothers

 

July 6th concert at 3pm, OUTSIDE

Fula Brothers create an ecstatic groove-based dialogue which the heart-and the feet-cannot resist.MaMuse invokes a musical presence that inspires the opening of the heart.

  • FulaMuse
  • is a double dose of heart poured over rhythms to uplift the body and soul - the union of two bands who nourish and rouse the collective spirit.

    Fula Brothers are a burst of unbridled creative musicianship and happy making. A high spirited meeting of veteran performers from West Africa and America, each with a history of innovation and collaboration with some of the beloved musicians of these cultures. Together they weave West African hunters harp, fingerstyle guitar, drums, vocals, and a bounty of improvisation into an ecstatic groove based dialogue which the heart - and the feet - cannot resist.

    MaMuse invokes a musical presence that inspires the opening of the heart. Fula Brothers create an ecstatic groove-based dialogue which the heart-and the feet-cannot resist. The rich diversity between them and their shared love to buoy the spirit creates collaborative magic. Songbird singers, West African hunters harp, fingerstyle guitar, drums, vocals, bass, ukulele - all part of the bounty. Boatloads of improvisation, a full heart, and always an ecstatic community of dancers.

  • "Ma" as in Mamma; "Muse" as in the one who inspires
  • Wholeheartedly fed by the folk and gospel traditions, MaMuse (Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker) create uplifting music to inspire the world into thriving. Interweaving brilliant and haunting harmony with lyrics born of honed emotional intelligence, MaMuse invokes a musical presence that inspires the opening of the heart. Playing a family of varied acoustic instruments including upright bass, guitar, mandolins, ukulele, and flutes, while backed by guitar virtuoso Walter Strauss and inspired drummer (Mike Wofchuck), these two powerful women embody a love for all life. The synergy that is created through this musical connection is palpable and truly moving to witness.

    With nine delicious years of co-creation and five full length albums under their belts, MaMuse keep their hearts tuned to the creation of music for the health of ALL BEINGS.

  • Musicians
  • Sarah Nutting See MaMuse entry above

    Karisha Longaker See MaMuse entry above

    Walter Strauss is a fingerstyle guitarist whose multi-layered style draws on American roots, jazz, classical, and cultural guitar traditions-but what makes his playing utterly unique is how it is informed by other global stringed instruments. He has delved deep into the harp traditions of West Africa, integrating elements of their richly layered styles and rhythmic sensibilities with his own, and rendering traditional pieces on the guitar. Walter has collaborated with revered practitioners of the kora (the 21-stringed West African harp) and with early kamale ngoni (hunter's harp) innovator Mamadou Sidibe. Malian kora legend Toumani Diabate calls Walter’s guitar rendering of the music of the kora "inspirational", and proposed Walter's collaboration with his son, Sidiki Diabate, a West African star in his own right.

    In addition to his solo CDs and performances across the US & UK, Walter's collaborations have spanned an impressive range of genres, from maverick multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven and Grammy-winning Malian kora player Mamadou Diabate to Scottish fiddler Johnny Hardie and Grammy-nominated guitar maestro Alex de Grassi. He has performed internationally at venues like the Kennedy Center, the Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland, and Le Diplomate in Bamako, Mali. Recently, he created music for the Ken Burns documentary film "Defying the Nazis."

    Mamadou Sidibe is an akamale ngoni player, from the Wassoulou Region of Mali, West Africa. Twenty-five years ago, Mamadou played a groundbreaking role in the transformation of this region's music from its origins in hunters' sacred melodies – played on six string donso ngoni (hunter's harps)-to a music of philosophical observations, politics, and daily life. Mamadou was one of the first to expand the instrument's range with two extra strings, creating the popular kamale ngoni. He has recently enhanced the kamale ngoni even further by devising 10 and 12-stringed instruments.

    Mamadou, with artists Coumba Sidibe, Oumou Sangare and Ramata Diakite, spread the new sounds through recordings and performances in Europe, Africa and the United States. Not only is Mamadou an award-winning musician and master of the kamale ngoni, he is accomplished on several other African instruments as well.

    "At the center of his music is the same sensibility that you'll find in Muddy Waters: a sense of music as a tool for the re-creation of everyday life into something special, even magical." ~ Stylus

    Colin Douglas, Grammy nominated drummer/percussionist/educator was born in New York City into a musical family. As the son of a music producer, he grew up experimenting with many different instruments and soon settled on drums and percussion. Colin went on to study percussion at both the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as well as Manhattan School of Music where he worked extensively in both the classical percussion and jazz drumset programs. After college he became interested in the world of latin percussion and studied both in Cuba as well as with many master percussionists in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he has lived and played professionally for 16 years. Colin has performed and recorded with a diverse group of musicians ranging from Latin acts like Jesus Diaz y su Qba, Ray Obiedo, and the Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet with whom he received a Grammy nomination in 2013, to R&B and rock acts such as Donna Summer and Slash.

    To see and hear samples of both groups, please visit these links:

    Fula Brothers

    MaMuse

     

     

     

     

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