kantele

Schedule

21:00 Malang Cissokho

22:30 Afrotysonia

DJ’s

Tickets: 10€ from the door

Wednesday is Afro Kantele Night! The concert presents West African kora and Finnish kantele and explores their similarities in sound and style.

The opening act Malang Cissokho plays Western African kora and guitar and sings Mandinka peoples traditional songs and his own compositions. He has been living in Finland for a long time and is a member of griot family from Casamance, Senegal. Malang’s father is a well-known kora player. Malang himself started to play first guitar and modern music, before starting to play kora. Nowadays he’s a master in playing the instrument. While living in Senegal, Malang played with the world famous Youssou N’Dour and in Finland he has become famous for playing with Piirpauke, Cool Sheiks, Riddim Raiders and J. Karjalainen.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/cissokhomalang/

Bandcamp: http://malang.bandcamp.com/

The second band of the night, Afrotysonia is an afro-jazz trio based in Helsinki, Finland. It’s music is strongly influenced by the West African kora and popular music, but in the groovy mix you can also hear Nordic folk music, jazz and Caribbean rhythms. Their debut album “Dance on the Roof” was published in March 2017.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/afrotysonia/

Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/afrotysonia