March Residency : Chócala w/ Tal National, DJ Kato
March 21, 2018 10:00PM - 2:00AM at Snug Harbor
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018 10:00 PM
(Doors @ 9:00 PM)
$8
18+
Chocala:
Davey Blackburn, Claudio Ortiz and Liza Ortiz, former members of Patabamba, along with Michael Anderson, former member of Snagglepuss, have come together on a new project known as Chócala. Our varying backgrounds, and love for latin beats has inspired us to create music that honors our roots, but puts a twist on traditional sounds.
Tal National:
In this joyously hypnotic, highly unique contribution to West African guitar music, with its lightening fast rhythms and rotating cast of vocalists, can be heard the history of Niger as a cultural crossroads along ancient trade routes. Collected within the former French colony can be found Songhai, Fulani, Hausa, and Tuareg populations, all of whom are represented in Tal National’s members. In the music we hear the rolling 12/8 rhythms in the Hausa's Fuji percussion, the pensive aridity of the Tuareg's assouf or "blues,” and the exquisite "griot guitar" of Mali's Songhai, all delivered with virtuoso precision and unrelenting energy.