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Festivals 2001 Program
DOUBLE
CONCERT
Miriam
Makeba.
South Africa’s legendary sensation and Grammy
Award winner Miriam Makeba has something to sing
about. After nearly ten years, she has returned to
America with her first new studio recording, Homeland.
This singer/songwriter, political activist, author,
actor and UN Ambassador has on her latest adventure,
touring the United States introducing a new generation
of music lovers to the transcontinental voice that has
touched millions. Miriam Makeba embodies the voice of
a nations and the fight for social justice. “ Mama
Africa” - as she is known to millions around the
world - is the original world music diva and the first
African recording artist to be awarded a Grammy. She
is also the first to have a Top Ten worldwide hit with
the original version of “ Pata Pata” in 1967.
Today, Miriam Makeba continues to touch the lives of
millions around the world and remains active in world
issue through her work with human rights, women’s
rights, and anti-drug campaigns. Her exceptional
personal and artistic profile is part of the history
of this century, all adding to the dramatic elements
of an extraordinary life. Miriam Makeba is a living
legend and a survivor whose time has returned.
Albita
Cuban music has never been hipper than in the
hands of Albita. She is a musical maverick, a suave
diva of Cuban song in tailored suits and slick-back
hair. An instant sensation since her arrival in Miami
in 1993, Albita has rekindled the passion of the Cuban
exile community with roots music steeped in the
rhythmic spirituality of the Afro-Cuban tradition.
Albita infuses traditional Cuban rhythms with modern
arrangements, fresh poetry and a hipster’s flair.
Albita Rodriguez, age 33, was born into Cuban Music,
the daughter of country music performers. Her parents
bought her, her first guitar when she was 15,
intoducing her to Punto Guagiro, a guitar-plucked tune
with improvised lyrics born in the Cuban countryside,
and to Son, the polyrhythmic Cuban genre that was long
ago exported to the world and subsequently gave rise
to today's internationnally popular salsa. |
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