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from Niger
Venue: Duncan Hall
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Venue: Duncan Hall
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Check out their website - http://www.etranfinatawa.com - to read about and see this truly spectacular band. You can hear music at MySpace and see video at YouTube.
Etran Finatawa were nominated for the 2007 BBC Radio 3 awards for World Music in the Newcomer Category.
"Electric guitars and traditional instrument sent wine like old friends as rustic call-and-response vocals stir up the desert heat. Comparisons aside, this debut is dynamite." Global Rhythm, Sep. 2006
"Introducing Etran Finatawa is a musical experience full of life in a desert environment that is seemingly lifeless." Inside World Music
"Just listen to the guitar solos on A Dunya and you'll be instantly seduced by the beauty of this music which has its roots in the West African country of Niger. Marvel at Iledeman and in the driving 12-bar structure you can hear the real roots of American blues." Sydney Morning Herald - August 2006
"It seems Etran Finatawa are on a mission of far greater urgency than just making us dance to their gorgeous grooves." The Independent UK, 31 July 2006
"Two groups of desert nomads meld their music in the sparse, spellbinding songs of Etran Finatawa, a band from Niger. Etran Finatawa, which means "stars of tradition," played its mesmerizing United States debut at Symphony Space on Friday in a World Music Institute concert. It was easy to tell who was who. Three Wodaabe musicians wore long, almost rectangular robes, hats with a single feather pointing skyward and white stripes of face paint down their foreheads and noses. Three Tuareg musicians wore ornately embroidered burnooses and robes." New York Times April, 2008
"Lately the modern Sahara sounds like the Mississippi Delta of the Twenties: a font of world-class musicians exorcising serious blues." Rolling Stone May 2008
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
"The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing". Boston Herald
"Alasdair Fraser is among the most accomplished Scottish fiddlers alive today. He has made numerous excellent CDs: notably with Paul Machlis and Skyedance. Then he formed a duet with the brilliant, classically trained cellist Natalie Haas and their sublime debut album Fire & Grace won the 2004 Scots Trad Album of the Year award."FROOTS magazine January 2008
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