Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

The amazing singer Salif Keita from Mali is currently on a world tour and will perform live in Vancouver Saturday, April 2. The man nicknamed "Africa's Golden Voice" will be performing with a 13-piece ensemble and the local marimba band Kutapira will have the honour to perform as the opening band for him. For more than forty years Salif Keita has been the goldsmith of modern Malian music, tirelessly pursuing his craft by extending musical frontiers in a constant quest for new ways to make records; and his own music has multiplied its overtures to the world around him. In the course of his travels--and encounters--Salif Keita never put aside his Mande roots and culture. Today he beautifully brings the decade to a close with his new album, La Différence, the third chapter of his acou... more...