Habib Koité in San Francisco April 1-4
Just added a set of shows to the African Music Calendar. Malian superstar Habib Koité and his band Bamada will be holding forth at Yoshi’s San Francisco for four nights (!) at the beginning of April. (Via concert promoter IMN.)
Highly recommended. I’ve been to hear them in concert at least half a dozen times in the last decade, and they never disappoint. They put on a fantastically engergetic and soulful live show. It’s worth the price of admission just to hear Kélétigui Diabaté, an elder statesman of Malian music, on the balafon. How can I explain how awesome it is to have him on stage. It would be like if a hot young artist like John Mayer said, “Hey Dave Brubeck, do you want to be in my band?” Well, sort of, anyway.