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Tune in today for an interview with Putumayo founder Dan Storper and musician Jose Conde about Putumayo Kids and the exciting new release, Picnic Playground, on NPR’s nationally syndicated radio show Here and Now . Listen online or find a station airing the program near you: www.hereandnow.org/ways-to
Pack the World in your Picnic Basket and join the Fun on the Putumayo Kids ‘Picnic Playground’ Concert Tour.
Putumayo Kids celebrates the release of their new Picnic Playground CD on July 28th, 2009 (release dates vary with region) with a series of performances. Bring the kids, a blanket and your favorite snacks!
JAY MANKITA
August 1 Amherst, MA • Eric Carle Museum 1 pm • 125 West Bay Rd.
www.carlemuseum.org • Free with museum admission
August 2nd Boston, MA • Boston Children’s Museum @ 1pm • 300 Congress St • www.bostonchildrensmuseum.
August 8th Brooklyn, NY • Carroll Park 4 pm Located in Carroll Garden at President St and Smith St. • www.carrollparkbrooklyn.or
August 9th Manhattan, NY • Central Park • Peter J Sharp Children’s Glade 1pm • 106th St and Central Park West • West of Great Hill Oval www.centralparknyc.org • Free
JOHNNY BREGAR
August 1st Seattle, WA • Woodland Park Zoo 1 pm • 601 No. 59th St.
www.zoo.org • Free with zoo admission
August 2nd Portland, OR • Oregon Zoo 1 pm • 4001 SW Canyon Rd.
www.oregonzoo.org • Free with zoo admission
RHYTHM CHILD
August 8th San Francisco, CA • Oakland Zoo 1 pm • 9777 Golf Links Rd.
www.oaklandzoo.org • Free with zoo admission
August 9th Sausalito, CA • Bay Area Discovery Museum 11 am • Fort Baker
557 McReynolds Rd. • www.badm.org • Free with museum admission
August 12th Pasadena, CA • Levitt Pavilion 7 pm • 30 N Raymond Ave.
www.levittpavilionpasadena
August 13th Los Angeles, CA • Pershing Square 12 pm • 532 So. Olive St.
www.lacity.org • Free
Putumayo Kids celebrates the release of their new Picnic Playground CD on July 28th, 2009 (release dates vary with region) with a series of performances. Bring the kids, a blanket and your favorite snacks!
JAY MANKITA
August 1 Amherst, MA • Eric Carle Museum 1 pm • 125 West Bay Rd.
www.carlemuseum.org • Free with museum admission
August 2nd Boston, MA • Boston Children’s Museum @ 1pm • 300 Congress St • www.bostonchildrensmuseum.
August 8th Brooklyn, NY • Carroll Park 4 pm Located in Carroll Garden at President St and Smith St. • www.carrollparkbrooklyn.or
August 9th Manhattan, NY • Central Park • Peter J Sharp Children’s Glade 1pm • 106th St and Central Park West • West of Great Hill Oval www.centralparknyc.org • Free
JOHNNY BREGAR
August 1st Seattle, WA • Woodland Park Zoo 1 pm • 601 No. 59th St.
www.zoo.org • Free with zoo admission
August 2nd Portland, OR • Oregon Zoo 1 pm • 4001 SW Canyon Rd.
www.oregonzoo.org • Free with zoo admission
RHYTHM CHILD
August 8th San Francisco, CA • Oakland Zoo 1 pm • 9777 Golf Links Rd.
www.oaklandzoo.org • Free with zoo admission
August 9th Sausalito, CA • Bay Area Discovery Museum 11 am • Fort Baker
557 McReynolds Rd. • www.badm.org • Free with museum admission
August 12th Pasadena, CA • Levitt Pavilion 7 pm • 30 N Raymond Ave.
www.levittpavilionpasadena
August 13th Los Angeles, CA • Pershing Square 12 pm • 532 So. Olive St.
www.lacity.org • Free
What is Mandela Day? From MandelaDay.com:
In an effort to celebrate the legacy of South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela, 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are urging people all over the world to join them in a bid to create an official Mandela Day, which would be held on Mr. Mandela’s birthday each year, July 18. Mandela Day is an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual power to make an imprint and change the world around them. “We would be honoured if such a day can serve to bring together people around the world to fight poverty and promote peace and reconciliation,” according to a statement issued on Mr Mandela’s behalf.
This will be an historic night, and the first time that 46664 has been presented in the US. 46664 is the campaign that bears Mr. Mandela’s Robben Island prison number and was originally launched to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Working alongside the other Mandela organizations, it is now expanding its focus to champion Mr. Mandela’s broader humanitarian work. The Mandela 46664 Concert will include performances by: Dave Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Josh Groban, TLC, Cyndi Lauper, Jesse McCartney, Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Chris Chameleon, Freshly Ground, Emmanuel Jal, Loyiso, Sipho Mabuse, Vusi Mahlasela, Thandiswa Mazawi, Susanna Owiyo and many more.
Visit http://www.mandeladay.com for more information
* From the Putumayo Blog
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We wanted to do something special for our July 4th blog entry, so we decided to have Brian Knighten, based in Putumayo’s New Orleans office, interview the legendary New Orleans trumpet player and barbecue chef Kermit Ruffins (featured on New Orleans and New Orleans Playround). Kermit named his band “The Barbecue Swingers”, partly because of his fondness for the grill and tailgating, which has been a tradition of his for 16 years while he plays shows at Vaughn’s in New Orleans. Read more below to get some interesting BBQ tips for your 4th of July Weekend!
Brian Knighten: Where did the name “Barbecue Swingers” come from?
Kermit Ruffins: From tailgating. I started tailgating at Vaughn’s during break-time so the guys could have something to eat. So one morning I woke up and said “Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Kings,” but by the middle of the evening I had changed it to “Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers.” I was having so much fun barbecuing during the show that it just hit me: “Barbecue Swingers”.
BK: So you originally were barbecuing to have some hot food at the shows, then the idea just caught on?
Kermit Ruffins: Yep, the tailgating started [it] all. I would cook hot sausage for the guys during break time, and whatever was left over, we would give it to the fans. Then I bought a big grill and started cooking for everyone, still up [to] today! We only barbecue at Vaughn’s during the big times - Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras…
BK: Whenever there’s a get-together, are you always the one in charge of the grill?
Kermit Ruffins: Oh yeah, you know it! I actually just bought a new Lloyd’s Grill that I pull with my truck. Got it just before Jazz Fest. It’s got a smoker and everything. It’s at least eight feet long.
BK: So, if there’s a party, it’s like, “Kermit, bring the pit”?
Kermit Ruffins: Oh yeah. Like this Saturday, for the 4th of July, I am playing at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl, and I’ve got two 50 pound pigs that I’ll put on the grill Friday so they’ll be ready for Saturday. With a grill like that, you got to bring it.
BK: How can you watch the grill and play at the same time?
Kermit Ruffins: Well, actually, I don’t. It’s really just about timing. It’s gotten to the point where I know exactly when things need to be pulled on or pulled off the grill, [so] that I just holler at a friend, “Put that hot sausage on, it’ll be ready at break time.”
BK: You just stop in the middle of the set and yell “Hot sausage”?
Kermit Ruffins: In between the songs. I tell jokes anyway during the show, so people are used to it.
BK: What traditions have developed since you began playing these weekly sets?
Kermit Ruffins: It’s a tradition to have the red beans and rice. Big Chris, the owner [of Vaughn's], cooks them every Thursday night; when he can’t do it, I’ll go there and cook it for him. Everybody loves the beans.
BK: Everybody has a different recipe for cooking ribs. What do you think is best?
Kermit Ruffins: Throw olive oil, Tony Chanceries’ seasoning and granulated garlic together, and throw them on the grill. I don’t put them in the oven first, like some people, you just have to know when to pull them. Now for large ribs, I boil them first with a little crab boil. But for baby back [ribs], I put them straight on the grill - if I have time to watch them! Oh, and wrap them in foil first.
BK: What do you consider the one essential rule or ingredient for a perfect barbecue?
Kermit Ruffins: Patton’s Hot Sausage. It’s a local Louisiana hot sausage, and I am telling you, man, it’s delicious! You can’t have a good bowl of gumbo without Patton’s Hot Sausage. It comes in a red and white bucket. All beef. You talkin’ spicy!
BK: Do you have any recipes or tips you would like to share with us?
Kermit Ruffins: I like to use a pan. I cook a lot of things in the pan - shrimp, fish, chicken, anything. Just a little olive oil, Tony Chanceries’, granulated garlic, thyme, and a little beer. Wrap it tight for an hour and a half; it’s like cooking in the oven. After, if you want, you can put them on the grill so they get that pecan wood taste.
BK: Pecan wood?
Kermit Ruffins: Oh yeah. I love pecan wood. You can buy it in some stores around here, or I just go in the backyard of someone who has a tree [and] gather some wood. You soak it for a few hours - five or six - get your fire going, put the pecan wood in there and it gives you the most beautiful smell! You can use the bark that falls off the tree, or the pecans themselves, with the tree wood, put it in the corner of the grill, and you won’t believe the taste. Pecan wood is good. It’s better than hickory.
BK: That’s one tip I will definitely use! Where can we see you next?
Kermit Ruffins: Well, you can catch me every Thursday night at Vaughn’s. Or, for the New Yorkers, we are playing Midsummer Night Swing at the Lincoln Center on July 7. It’s an early show in New York, so be sure tell everyone to check the time.
BK: Kermit, thank you so much. It was a pleasure.
Kermit Ruffins: Thank you for the opportunity. Be sure to check on the new album.
PUTUMAYO CLOTHING WAREHOUSE SALE
Most clothing $14 to $39
161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY • 859-245-8233
July 1st 10-6 • July 2nd 10-8
July 3rd 10-6 • July 4th 10-5
Sale will continue through July 12th if merchandise is available
Most clothing $14 to $39
161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY • 859-245-8233
July 1st 10-6 • July 2nd 10-8
July 3rd 10-6 • July 4th 10-5
Sale will continue through July 12th if merchandise is available
Putumayo is pleased to announce that we are now shipping internationally.
Order online and we will ship directly to your global destination.
For a limited time only buy any 2 CDs from our website and receive a FREE Putumayo CD Sampler featuring songs from 8 recent releases.
Order online and we will ship directly to your global destination.
For a limited time only buy any 2 CDs from our website and receive a FREE Putumayo CD Sampler featuring songs from 8 recent releases.
Our artist spotlight series is designed to provide a quick overview and introduction to great artists who our readers may not have heard of otherwise. The concept for the series was partially inspired by the legendary singer, actor, and social activist Harry Belafonte, who, when he met Putumayo founder and CEO Dan Storper recently, told him, “Putumayo has introduced me to so many great artists that I would not have heard otherwise. Keep up the good work.”
With this thought in mind, we decided to dedicate our first spotlight to Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist Gilberto Gil, who is known for both his musical innovation and his political commitment. As we have been listening to a lot of Brazilian music lately in anticipation of the release of Brazilian Café (out July 28th), we were reminded of Gil’s wonderful song “Expresso 2222″, which is featured on our Brazilian Playground CD collection. He was also included on Putumayo’s first ever CD in 1993 “Best of World Music” (now out of print).
Gilberto Gil has been making music for the past 43 years and has become an ambassador for Brazilian music and culture in the process. As excerpted from his website, “Gil carries out a fundamental role in the constant modernization process of Brazilian popular music. Partaking of this scene for 43 years, he has developed one of the most relevant and renowned careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in this field.”
To learn more about Gilberto Gil, visit his website at www.gilbertogil.com.br.
Check out the following video of his performance of “Expresso 2222", filmed for a 1972 television appearance on TV Globo!
http://www.youtube.com/wat
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Putumayo World Music’s main office is located right in the heart of New York City…. and one of the best things about summer in New York are all of the wonderful free concerts that are available. We have put together a list of free concerts by exceptional artists featured on Putumayo compilations! Don’t miss your chance to get out with your family, friends and neighbors to take advantage of these great performances.
View more information on our blog @ http://www.putumayo.com/bl
Spanish Harlem Orchestra (Baila!)
Thursday, June 25, 12 noon @ BAM R&B Festival at Metrotech
Led by world famous pianist and arranger Oscar Hernández, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra has established itself as the musical curators of “El Barrio,” aka Spanish Harlem.
Ingrid Lucia (New Orleans Christmas)
Saturday, July 11th, 4 PM @ Roosevelt Live! on Roosevelt Island in New York
Performing with Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Orchestra with Ingrid Lucia and the Flying Neutrinos. “One of the most ecstatic quintets to emerge from New Orleans in recent memory, spot lighting blues, standards, and intriguing originals. The Neutrinos are solid crowd pleasers, thanks to Todd [Londagin], the only trombonist-blues singer-tap dancer in captivity, and Ingrid Lucia, who wiggles like a French Quarter Betty Boop." – Village Voice
Alpha Blondy & The Solar System (World Reggae)
Sunday, July 19, 3 PM @ Central Park SummerStage
Alpha Blondy is one of the world’s most respected Ivorian reggae performers. Singing predominantly in his native language of Dioula as well as French, English, Arabic, and Hebrew, Alpha Blondy creates lyrics that convey strong political attitudes and a fine sense of humor. Backed by the rhythmic beats and drippy sounds of his band The Solar System, Alpha Blondy has created music categorized as being truly his own.
Buckwheat Zydeco (New Orleans Playground, World Playground, Zydeco)
Friday, July 24th @ 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
The swamp boogie accordion master Buckwheat Zydeco and his band “spit out the kind of crackling music that's been missing since the heyday of Stax Records,” says The Wall Street Journal, which adds that, “on stage [Zydeco’s] attack is relentless.” Zydeco shares the bill with the Holmes Brothers, whose harmony-filled blend of American roots music jumps from church to the juke joint and “recalls the era when soul seceded from gospel music” (Mother Jones).
Kailash Kher (India)
Saturday, July 25 @ 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
The South Asian superstar, Bollywood icon, and judge of Indian Idol Kailash Kher moves “among styles without hesitation, adding elements of folk, reggae and rock to Indian pop,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which adds that he “has a voice as appealing as it is thrilling.” Kher is joined on this bill by Electro Morocco, which is comprised of five NYC-based Israelis and combines buzzing guitars with synths and beats to concoct a dance floor-friendly mix of retro rock, Middle Eastern folk and warped electro.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (African Dreamland, Animal Playground)
Thursday, July 30, 12 noon @ BAM R&B Festival at Metrotech
After more than 40 years, 40 albums, and 6 million records sold, Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo remains one of the preeminent à capella groups in the world.
Arlo Guthrie (Sing Along with Putumayo)
Thursday, July 30th, 7 PM @ Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Four Nights of Peace, Love & Music: A Castle Clinton Tribute to Woodstock
Arlo Guthrie will showcase his own humorous persona and musical mixture of folk, rock, country and blues. From Woodstock to the Castle, his storytelling and anecdotes continue to be woven seamlessly into masterful musical performances. Tickets will be distributed 2 per person outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00PM on the day of the show.
Burning Spear (Reggae Around the World)
Thursday, July 30, 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
Performing with Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens “Four decades and still dropping knowledge: no other artist, with the possible exception of Toots Hibbert, can lay claim to being reggae’s true elder statesman.”
Toumani Diabaté (African Dreamland)
Monday, August 3, 7:30 PM @ Central Park SummerStage
Performing with Béla Fleck
A full set of music by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, followed by a screening of the documentary tracing Fleck’s journey through Africa in search of the origins of the banjo. Suggested Donation $5. Malian musician Toumani Diabaté is an internationally acclaimed Kora (a harp unique to West Africa with twenty-one strings) player. Toumani, perhaps more than any other Kora player, is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world. A performer of exceptional virtuosity and creativity, Toumani is an artist who shows that the kora can rival the world’s greatest instruments. Throughout Toumani’s career each of the albums he has released are distinctly unique and highlight his diversity and innate ability to join the old and the new in timeless, beautiful music resulting in some of the very best that Africa has to offer.
Taj Mahal (Blues Around the World, Caribbean Playground, Sing Along with Putumayo, American Blues, World Playground)
Wednesday, August 12th, 5:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing with Bonnie Raitt
NOT A FREE SHOW- BUT ONE NOT TO MISS!
This summer, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal—two leading lights of modern blues—are joining forces for their first-ever tour together. This show will feature Bonnie and Taj on stage alone and together. Bonnie, backed by her always-dazzling group, and Taj, with the six-piece, Grammy-winning Phantom Blues Band, will play full sets separately, before closing the night with a collaborative, blow-out performance.
Ricardo Lemvo (¡Salsa!, Baila!, Afro-Latin Party, World Playground, Africa, Music from the Coffee Lands)
Sunday, August 16, 7:30 PM @ Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park
Performing with Ba M’buta: Ancestral Connections from the Kongo to the Americas: Africa Aye, Ibboru, and Makina Loca Ricardo Lemvo has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music. Lemvo's blend of Afro Cuban rhythms with pan-African styles (soukous, Angolan semba and kizomba) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “seamless and infectious.”
PUTUMAYO KIDS
Elizabeth Mitchell (Sing along with Putumayo)
Tuesday, June 16th, 10:30 AM @ Madison Square Kids
Elizabeth Mitchell, a Smithsonian Folkways recording artist, has released 4 albums of music for children. Her most recent release "You Are My Little Bird" was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and voted best children's album of 2006 by Amazon.com
Bakithi Kumalo (African Playground)
Thursday, July 30, 10:30 AM @ Riverside Park Children's Performance Series
Robbi K and Friends – songs, stories and more! Robbi K and her husband, South African bassist Bakithi Kumalo (particularly known for his work with Paul Simon), present an interactive show of music and storytelling that combines world grooves, childhood favorites, and original compositions. Kids can participate in call-and-response, clapping, clicking, group singing, and general all-ages fun – in multiple languages!
Jay Mankita (Picnic Playground)
Saturday, August 8, 4 PM @ Brooklyn’s Caroll Gardens (as part of the Putumayo Kids Picnic Playground Tour)
Sunday, August 9, 1 PM @ Peter J Sharp’s Childrens Glade in Central Park (as part of the Putumayo Kids Picnic Playground Tour)
Jay Mankita is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Massachusetts. Jay drives a van that runs on recycled vegetable oil and has recorded 6 CDs, including one entirely about food. He has performed many fun and educational shows about food for children.
View more information on our blog @ http://www.putumayo.com/bl
Spanish Harlem Orchestra (Baila!)
Thursday, June 25, 12 noon @ BAM R&B Festival at Metrotech
Led by world famous pianist and arranger Oscar Hernández, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra has established itself as the musical curators of “El Barrio,” aka Spanish Harlem.
Ingrid Lucia (New Orleans Christmas)
Saturday, July 11th, 4 PM @ Roosevelt Live! on Roosevelt Island in New York
Performing with Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Orchestra with Ingrid Lucia and the Flying Neutrinos. “One of the most ecstatic quintets to emerge from New Orleans in recent memory, spot lighting blues, standards, and intriguing originals. The Neutrinos are solid crowd pleasers, thanks to Todd [Londagin], the only trombonist-blues singer-tap dancer in captivity, and Ingrid Lucia, who wiggles like a French Quarter Betty Boop." – Village Voice
Alpha Blondy & The Solar System (World Reggae)
Sunday, July 19, 3 PM @ Central Park SummerStage
Alpha Blondy is one of the world’s most respected Ivorian reggae performers. Singing predominantly in his native language of Dioula as well as French, English, Arabic, and Hebrew, Alpha Blondy creates lyrics that convey strong political attitudes and a fine sense of humor. Backed by the rhythmic beats and drippy sounds of his band The Solar System, Alpha Blondy has created music categorized as being truly his own.
Buckwheat Zydeco (New Orleans Playground, World Playground, Zydeco)
Friday, July 24th @ 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
The swamp boogie accordion master Buckwheat Zydeco and his band “spit out the kind of crackling music that's been missing since the heyday of Stax Records,” says The Wall Street Journal, which adds that, “on stage [Zydeco’s] attack is relentless.” Zydeco shares the bill with the Holmes Brothers, whose harmony-filled blend of American roots music jumps from church to the juke joint and “recalls the era when soul seceded from gospel music” (Mother Jones).
Kailash Kher (India)
Saturday, July 25 @ 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
The South Asian superstar, Bollywood icon, and judge of Indian Idol Kailash Kher moves “among styles without hesitation, adding elements of folk, reggae and rock to Indian pop,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which adds that he “has a voice as appealing as it is thrilling.” Kher is joined on this bill by Electro Morocco, which is comprised of five NYC-based Israelis and combines buzzing guitars with synths and beats to concoct a dance floor-friendly mix of retro rock, Middle Eastern folk and warped electro.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (African Dreamland, Animal Playground)
Thursday, July 30, 12 noon @ BAM R&B Festival at Metrotech
After more than 40 years, 40 albums, and 6 million records sold, Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo remains one of the preeminent à capella groups in the world.
Arlo Guthrie (Sing Along with Putumayo)
Thursday, July 30th, 7 PM @ Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Four Nights of Peace, Love & Music: A Castle Clinton Tribute to Woodstock
Arlo Guthrie will showcase his own humorous persona and musical mixture of folk, rock, country and blues. From Woodstock to the Castle, his storytelling and anecdotes continue to be woven seamlessly into masterful musical performances. Tickets will be distributed 2 per person outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00PM on the day of the show.
Burning Spear (Reggae Around the World)
Thursday, July 30, 7:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn!
Performing with Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens “Four decades and still dropping knowledge: no other artist, with the possible exception of Toots Hibbert, can lay claim to being reggae’s true elder statesman.”
Toumani Diabaté (African Dreamland)
Monday, August 3, 7:30 PM @ Central Park SummerStage
Performing with Béla Fleck
A full set of music by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, followed by a screening of the documentary tracing Fleck’s journey through Africa in search of the origins of the banjo. Suggested Donation $5. Malian musician Toumani Diabaté is an internationally acclaimed Kora (a harp unique to West Africa with twenty-one strings) player. Toumani, perhaps more than any other Kora player, is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world. A performer of exceptional virtuosity and creativity, Toumani is an artist who shows that the kora can rival the world’s greatest instruments. Throughout Toumani’s career each of the albums he has released are distinctly unique and highlight his diversity and innate ability to join the old and the new in timeless, beautiful music resulting in some of the very best that Africa has to offer.
Taj Mahal (Blues Around the World, Caribbean Playground, Sing Along with Putumayo, American Blues, World Playground)
Wednesday, August 12th, 5:30 PM @ Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing with Bonnie Raitt
NOT A FREE SHOW- BUT ONE NOT TO MISS!
This summer, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal—two leading lights of modern blues—are joining forces for their first-ever tour together. This show will feature Bonnie and Taj on stage alone and together. Bonnie, backed by her always-dazzling group, and Taj, with the six-piece, Grammy-winning Phantom Blues Band, will play full sets separately, before closing the night with a collaborative, blow-out performance.
Ricardo Lemvo (¡Salsa!, Baila!, Afro-Latin Party, World Playground, Africa, Music from the Coffee Lands)
Sunday, August 16, 7:30 PM @ Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park
Performing with Ba M’buta: Ancestral Connections from the Kongo to the Americas: Africa Aye, Ibboru, and Makina Loca Ricardo Lemvo has established himself as a pioneer with his innovative music. Lemvo's blend of Afro Cuban rhythms with pan-African styles (soukous, Angolan semba and kizomba) has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “seamless and infectious.”
PUTUMAYO KIDS
Elizabeth Mitchell (Sing along with Putumayo)
Tuesday, June 16th, 10:30 AM @ Madison Square Kids
Elizabeth Mitchell, a Smithsonian Folkways recording artist, has released 4 albums of music for children. Her most recent release "You Are My Little Bird" was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and voted best children's album of 2006 by Amazon.com
Bakithi Kumalo (African Playground)
Thursday, July 30, 10:30 AM @ Riverside Park Children's Performance Series
Robbi K and Friends – songs, stories and more! Robbi K and her husband, South African bassist Bakithi Kumalo (particularly known for his work with Paul Simon), present an interactive show of music and storytelling that combines world grooves, childhood favorites, and original compositions. Kids can participate in call-and-response, clapping, clicking, group singing, and general all-ages fun – in multiple languages!
Jay Mankita (Picnic Playground)
Saturday, August 8, 4 PM @ Brooklyn’s Caroll Gardens (as part of the Putumayo Kids Picnic Playground Tour)
Sunday, August 9, 1 PM @ Peter J Sharp’s Childrens Glade in Central Park (as part of the Putumayo Kids Picnic Playground Tour)
Jay Mankita is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Massachusetts. Jay drives a van that runs on recycled vegetable oil and has recorded 6 CDs, including one entirely about food. He has performed many fun and educational shows about food for children.
For a limited time, listen to the European Playground e-card and receive a free digital download!
European Playground E-Card with free download:
http://www.putumayo.com/ec
European Playground E-Card with free download:
http://www.putumayo.com/ec
