Événement

LAMINE TOUR and GROUP SALOUM CD RELEASE!!

Saturday 10/9 -
LAMINE TOURÉ and GROUP SALOUM - CD RELEASE PARTY!
$10 advance / $10 at the door
8:30 doors / 9:30 show
www.laminetoure.com

Lamine Touré is also the founder and leader of Group Saloum, Boston's hottest Afro-pop band. Lamine Touré and Group Saloum fuse Senegalese mbalax with elements of jazz, funk, reggae and Afrobeat. Group Saloum performs original mbalax music, drawing upon the collective creativity of Touré and some of Boston's most talented musicians. Their performance debut at the Central Square World's Fair in July 2004 was a smashing success, drawing record crowds to the African Stage. They continue to perform regularly at venues around the Boston area (Ryles, Lizard Lounge, and the Beehive, to name just a few) as well as at larger performances and festivals in New York, Montreal, Burlington, Portland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

Since Fall 2002, Lamine Touré has also been serving as Artist-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the Senegalese drumming ensemble, Rambax MIT. He continues to teach sabar drumming and dance classes in the Boston area, conducting workshops and lecture-demonstrations at local schools and universities