AFRICA FORESTDANCE TO PERFORM AT KENSINGTON PLAZA’S “MUSIC IN THE PLAZA” SUNDAY, JUNE 11TH 3:30–5PM
Africa Forestdance will headline this Sunday’s “Music in the Plaza” series, June 11th from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm at Kensington Plaza, located in front of Walgreens, at Church Avenue and Beverley Road.
Playing the kora, bala, mbira, djembe, and voice, in other words, “the ancient sounds of Africa,” the group will perform “Music at once ancient and with a modern spirit which moves in all of us,“ said Kevin Nathaniel, its Mbira player.
The sounds “will move your soul and your feet…healing sounds of the wind, water, heartbeat, earth, sky, and sun. Sources deep within us all,” he added.
The 4-member group features Kevin Nathaniel on mbira, Hasan Bakr on djembe, Salieu Suso on kora, and Famoro Dioubate on bala (xylophone).
In various iterations these musicians have played many concerts at Kensington Plaza in the past. Almost a year to the day Mr. Nathaniel played at Kensington Plaza’s 10th Anniversary celebration last June. In addition to his busking Mr. Nathanial is an advocate of African culture, a composer, a Yale scholar, and a teaching artist.
Hosted and produced by The Singing Winds, a local group, the “Music in the Plaza” Sunday afternoon concerts at Kensington Plaza will continue through mid-July.
