From a press release:
African Musical Traditions with Chikomo Marimba & Arouna Diarra, Dec. 13
Aficionados of world music sounds can get a double dose of African traditions as Chikomo Marimba and West African musician Arouna Diarra team up for a special concert at the White Horse Black Mountain on Saturday, December 13 at 8 p.m. The music of Asheville’s Chikomo Marimba is rooted in the intricate, interlocking rhythms and melodies of Zimbabwean marimba bands. The high energy ensemble plays a collection of marimbas, a xylophone relative, in a style that uses different sized instruments to create an interlaced wall of danceable melodic percussion. The sheer physicality and joy of the performance engages the eyes, ears, and body.
Arouna Diarra, originally from Burkina Faso, was born into a griot family. The griots are hereditary musicians and culture bearers, and he was raised learning music and songs that had been handed down through many generations. He sings in his native Bambara and plays kora, a West African harp-lute, balafone, a type of xylophone, and ngoni, a plucked relative of the banjo. He’ll perform solo and join Chikomo Marimba for some tunes.
Show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 advance/$12 door.
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