This is ADAAWE. Music from Africa, music from America. Spirit sent. Heart felt. This is skin on skin, wood on wood, voices on air. The first heartbeat. Reality. Put your ear to Earth and listen. Adaawe are seven dynamic, diverse women creating rich, organic music for the voice and drum. They come from their hearts and they speak to the soul. In the Adaawe traditions of Ghana, West Africa, women gather in the moonlight to create music and songs about life’s joys and sorrows. Through constant improvisation, they breathe new life into ancient music. These beautiful and skilled percussionists and vocalists come from all over the world. An international fusion of African music and rhythms, R & B pop vocals, arresting Gospel harmonies, and funky original creations. They have opened for James Brown, Los Lobos, Yolanda Adams, Michelle Shocked, James Ingram, Harry Belafonte and many others. Adaawe’s music is a healing force propelled by the power of women’s voices and the communication of the drum.
$25 in advance / $30 at door / $20 students
What People Are Saying:
“The crowd was enraptured by the invigorating, seven-woman percussion group ADAAWE.”
- Steve Hochman, Los Angeles Times
“ADAAWE, an international seven-member group of women drummers, singers and percussionists could be described as L.A.'s answer to Zap Mama.”
- Los Angeles Weekly
“A potent, a capella force...powerful drumbeats...beautiful, good, good music.”
- DJ Nnamdi Moweta, KPFK 90.7 FM, L.A.
