Nov27

World Funk Dance Party

The Burren, 247 Elm Street - Davis Square, Somerville, MA

$12 with code: 24HOUREBASS

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It's the day after Thanks Giving, why not going out to listen and dance to an North African Funk band in an Irish Bar?

Have you ever experienced the music genres of Rock N' Raï, Chaabi Jazz or Maghrebi Funk? This is your chance!

Atlas Soul is a – multiple award winning - band performing original music that celebrates polyrhythm & melodies rooted in the Afro-Mediterranean traditions and fuse them with deep funk, jazz and intelligent hip hop.

Burning live performances with audience participation are their trademark!

They have played scores of major venues such as The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Festival International de Louisiane, the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Joe’s Pub, Montreal Festival Nuits d’Afrique and more. They regularly sell out shows in the Boston area and beyond.

Atlas Soul’s core is a quintet but they love to invite a special guest musician or add a full horn section depending on the show! They features two outstanding lead vocalist, Regie Gibson an award winning poet, a percussionist and a natural power house performer and Jacques Pardo from France, a saxophonist, guitarist, composer and the band leader. Drummer extraordinary Nadjim Kebir from Algeria and bassist Tim Paul Weiner “The groove master” hold the rhythm section along with Greek-American virtuoso guitarist Perry Bakalos.

$15

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