Festival Nuits D'Afrique 22nd Edition

From July 8 to 20, 2008, the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique will offer Montrealers and visitors to the city a broad selection drawn from the wealth of African-derived rhythms. Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, spanning tradition and new currents, 13 days of indoor shows as well as four days of activities and outdoor shows for the whole family.

but don't just sit there...check out www.festivalnuitsdafrique.com

for more info call 514 499-FINA (3462)

I am proud to say that we will have J.P. , Radio Host, DJ & Global Warming Specialist from CISM's baile funk, coupé décalé, bhangra, hip hop, reggae, soukous, remixes and massive madness show, MASALA, in our CJLO studio this Saturday, May 10.

We will dicuss JP's favorites in and outta this world, his nights at ZooBizarre (6388 St Hubert), the world wide range of artists on Masala and if he really is a Global Warming Specialist, as he takes over on "Beat The World" Saturday, May 10th 08 2-4pm. e.s.t

Check out Masala everywhere

Masala on CISM 89.3 FM:

Saturday/Samedi 21h00 à 22h30

Sunday/Dimanche 14h30 à 16h00

Masala To GO podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/massalatogo

Masala myspace: http://www.myspace.com/masalacism

Masala blog:http://masalacism.blogspot.com/

Mali's own, Habib Koité, griot guitarist singer songwriter, did an interview with CJLO's world music dj Néné from "Beat the World". Listen live this Saturday, May 3rd 2-4pm.

We will be discussing his pentatonic chord scale guitar playing aswell as his latest album "Afriki" which translates to "My Africa".

Habib Koité will also be playing with his band Bamada (mouth of the crocodile) the following night at Le National 1220 Ste-Catherine E.  8pm

For more information: 514-522-1093

and check out www.myspace.com/habibkoite

Hello Eveyone,

This Saturday, April 26th 2-4pm e.s.t we're calling France's reggae/soul/dub group The Dynamics in Sweden right in the middle of their European tour! 

The Dynamics music is a witness to the influence of American soul on Jamaican music. Their unique sound retraces the connections between soul, reggae and dub, mixing old-school flavours and modern production techniques. The result is deep, dynamic and characterized by strong vocals and an effective stage presence.

Listen live Saturday, April 26th to our live phone interview, The Dynamics info, and listen to the sounds of their album "Version Excursions" right here on CJLO Radio.

Check out http://www.myspace.com/thedynamicsound

The great force of nature's roots-reggae band comprised of five offspring of reggae veteran Denroy Morgan, Morgan Heritage will be releasing their latest album Mission in Progress April 15, 2008.

Mission in Progress is, more than any of the band's previous discs, the realization of its "ROCKAZ" concept: reggae music with an edge. 

Mission in Progress captures the band as it tries to bottle the power of its live stage performance on disc; as it tries to fuse its older and younger audiences with an album that appeals to both; as it infuses its songs with a heavier dose of hip-hop; and it continues to bolster love for reggae music through romantic, street-wise and conscious songs built on slabs of spirituality. 

"Morgan Heritage is a roots-reggae band," says Gramps, vocalist of Morgan Heritage, "there's a lot of rock and roll influence, and a lot of gospel influence. Vocally, it's more like an R&B influence: James Ingram, Sam Cooke, Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, New Edition, Sade, whatever was Top 40 in the 80's. That whole pack, that whole bundle is in Morgan Heritage."

For a chance to win Morgan Heritage's Mission in Progress check out:

MoreFyahThursday10pm-12am http://www.cjlo.com/Shows/morefyah/

CaribbeanCallalooSaturday12-2pm http://www.cjlo.com/Shows/calaloo/ 

Beat The World Saturday 2-4pm http://www.cjlo.com/Shows/roots/

Check out www.myspace.com/morganheritage to hear the single

DJ Rehka on tour for the release of her highly anticipated debut album – DJ Rekha Presents Basement Bhangra.

Basement Bhangra merges the traditional Bhangra music of South Asia and the Hip-Hop beats of today, this disc takes you on a journey into the infectious expanding South Asian dance music genre known as Bhangra. The listener will be able to experience some of the music that is heard at DJ Rekha’s own internationally known event called Basement Bhangra happening Friday, March 7th at Club Lambi.

DJ Rekha will also be doing an interview with me, CJLO's own Nene.  Our interview will be aired Saturday, March 8th on "Beat The World" 2-4pm.

Check out DJ Rekha

Friday, March 7th, 2008
BAILE FUNK MTL returns w DJ REKHA
Club Lambi 4465 St-Laurent (south of Mont-Royal)

Doors: 10PM
Admission: $7

More Info: http://www.myspace.com/clublambi

http://www.myspace.com/djrekha

Thanks 2 eveyone who came out and participated at AOUWA TV's Beauty theme on Saturday, Feb 23rd. 

We had live performances by Kinsha, 4, and Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie.  There was also beautiful art by Lou-Andrea Gaupp http://louandreagaupp.com/,  Nadia Nespeca and Stephanie Doskas. 

Our very our CJLO DJ's, Lady Oracle and Nene were doin' their thing on the one's and two's.  Lady O, you rocked my night.  Thanks for the great vibes.

There was also a "Beautiful People of Montreal" catwalk featuring local designers Endigee. Clothing. and Chaste Couture.  Check out: http://www.endigee.com/

Caribbean Callaloo and CJLO will be having a Valentine's Day Dance next Saturday, February 16th 9pm at the Hive 7141 Sherbrooke St West.

Caribbean Callaloo's very own Pete Douglas will be performing not to mention Valentine's Day Dance DJ's 610, Woodstock, and myself!

Food and Drinks are INCLUDED!

Tickets 30$ with invitation

For more info call:

514-293-3488, 514-744-2358, 514-239-2391

Be a part of LIVE making of music videos, live performances, visual art, live discussions, and djs all showing their stuff to our theme of MONEY!

Performances by:
Preach Ankobia and The Kalmunity Vibes Collective
La Débandade
Kézi Kombination

DJs:
Kani
Lady Oracle
Raeantics
Nene
Electric Ant
Ray

Visual Art and Projections by:
Maria Hoyos
Aouwa Team

Jewlery by Claudia Orsini

There will also be dancing, drinking, so bring your money, honey.

Show begins at 8pm
$4 at the door

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AOUWA TV is an Emploi-Quebec accepted 6 month project. We are a group of multi-talented Montreal based artists who are to create 5 pilot-like dvd episodes. Each episode consists of live shows, voxpop, comic sketches, drama sketches, chronique culturel...We are experimenting with different arts and medias. 

At each live show we will have performers, djs, art on the wall, projections of our clips made for the party. Our theme of this event is MONEY.  Any aspect of money that will allow us to express ourselves.

If you have any ideas you would love to create, videos to make, to perform, know someone who would love to perform, display art or even sell clothes or anything i did not mention, let me know if you are interested. 

Our other themes are beauty, gangs, multi-culturalism, and love. So if you miss the first show,you can make the others.

Next show: Saturday, Feb 23rd. Theme: BEAUTY.

There will be a live cat-walk...more details to come!

Contact Kelly

514-229-4115

kelluak@hotmail.com

We are heartbroken to report that Andy Palacio passed away on Saturday, January 19th at 9pm Belize time. The cause of death was a massive and extensive stroke to the brain, a heart attack and respiratory failure due to the previous two conditions. After having been waylaid in Mobile, Alabama while en route to emergency care in Chicago, Andy had been brought back to a hospital in Belize last night so that he could die in his homeland.

Words can’t express the sorrow we feel at the loss of such a tremendous person and artist.

Please pass this information on to the countless people around the world who have been impacted by Andy’s music and message. Feel free to post this announcement to your email lists or blogs, as we want to make sure that everyone who knows Andy or his music are aware of what has happened.

Ivan will be heading to Belize as soon as possible to attend the funeral ceremonies and the tribute concert that is planned for this coming Friday.

In the Garifuna culture the death of a loved one is an opportunity to celebrate their memory and rejoice in having been blessed to have had them in your life. We feel so fortunate to have known this incredible individual and we mourn the loss of truly great man.

In an interview conducted last July, Andy was asked how he wanted to be remembered when he died. He replied, "As a proud Garifuna...someone who instills pride in Garifuna and raises their self-esteem.  To me, that's the most important thing." This was already the case while he was alive, and we’re certain it will only be more true in the future.

Sincerely,

Ivan Duran and Jacob Edgar

AOUWA TV

AOUWA TV

AOUWA TV

Promoted by CJLO RADIO!!

Live performances, live discussions, vox pop, sketch comique, animation, acting, video, dj's, invited guest...

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ MONEY $ $ $ $ $ $ $

more info to come...so...watch out!

SAMBA

Summer Splash World Carnaval

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th

at Club Lambi 4465 St-Laurent 10pm

Listen to Beat The World this Saturday, Sept 29th from 2-4pm on CJLO for a quickie with Martin Moreira from Estacao da Luz.

Listeners call in to win FREE TICKETS to see the CARNAVAL of BEAUTIFUL HOT DANCERS, CANTELLI + his student, JULIE WILLIAMS along side the fiery and energizing sounds of AFRO-BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS with ESTACAO DA LUZ.

$10 at the door

For more info contact moi at md-world@cjlo.com

Check out www.estacaodaluz.ca 

AMAZONES

Les Maîtres-tambour au féminin!

Women Master Drummers!

Listen to Noon Roots Saturday, September 22 from 2-4pm to hear an interview with the talented women of Guinée.

They will be playing two shows:

Alright peeps, i just wanted to tell you i wont be doing my show Saturday, September 15th but the boys of Caribbean Callaloo, Saturdays 12-2pm, have graciously volunteered to do some overtime.

Check out Caribbean Callaloo during Noon Roots this Saturday, Sept 15th!! 

All the way from the Ivory Coast, "future diva panafricaine au feu sacré", Dobet Gnahoré will be heard on CJLO doing a live phone interview during Noon Roots this Saturday, September 8th at 2pm-4pm.

Her latest album Na Afriki (To Africa) address social and political issues in Africa: the struggles of women in African society, the exploitation of children, and the impact of greed and violence on the family. Dobet calls upon Africa to seek solutions from within and draw upon its own vast resources to create a better future. She sings of love and loss, as well as joy and celebration, using a wide variety of rhythms and styles that reflect her pan-African approach.

Many of you know that the Ivory Coast is home to some of Noon Roots' favorite artists including Tiken Jah Fakoly and Alpha Blondy. Now we have Dobet Gnahoré!

At 24 years old, she is the youngest and only female on Putumayo's Acoustic Africa tour with Mali's Habib Koité and South Africa's Vusi Mahlasela.

You can get the change to see her vibrant performance and hear her powerful vocals Saturday, September 8th at Kola Note. 

Alex Cuba will be live on air during a phone interview with Kelly from After Noon Roots this Saturday 2-4pm right here on CJLO Radio. 

Alex Cuba Band made of a talented combination of folk, jazz, rumba, son, montuno, paca, macuta and contemporary pop, Alexis Puentes’s compositions are revolutionizing Cuban genres and rhythms. This gifted vocalist and multi-instrumentalist is a 2006 Juno winner.

Alex Cuba will be playing Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Club Balattou 4372 St-Laurent @ 21:30 for the "Premieres Serie" Festival International Nuits D'Afrique de Montréal. Tickets are $21.94.

Originally from Rwanda, born and raised in zaire (democratic republic of congo), and now a montrealer, DJ Kani will be live and direct at our station on After Noon Roots spinning her magic Saturday, May 26th from 2-4pm. This is an event not to be missed. 

"i love hip hop, old school, r&b/soul (nu & old), deep house to soukous and everything in between.  I had the pleasure of being the Dj in clubs and lounges where I got to play some serious Old School Jams, Deep House, R & B, & about everything that sounds good around the world from Latin vibes to the amazing sounds from all over Africa".

Episode 5, "Galsene: Hip Hop in Senegal" explores the history of hip-hop culture in Senegal. From the old school MCs to the younger generation of rappers - Episode 5 lays out the who, what, when, and where of the hip-hop scene, and sheds light on both its political past as well as its present state.

The episode ends with the song ‘Hip-Hop’ from Pikine rap super group - Tigrim Bi.

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=769369390

from Calabash Music http://www.calabashmusic.com/

Episode 4, "Wade Wins." This episode shows the calm after the storm. A very eerie calm indeed as all of Dakar seems stunned by the election results, where Wade has seemed to have won 56% of the vote. This episode shows the calm on the streets and some incisive interviews with journalists and artists.

The group Gaston bring their appropriate and haunting track "Wallo" to this episode, as well as participate in a deep interview. Also featured are interviews with Keyti, Rose Skelton, Serigne Ndiaye, Pape Guey and Matador.
(www.calabashmusic.com)

click link to check out episode 4: http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=754737506

Episode 3, "Election Day", takes place on election day and follows the group Sen Kumpa as they head to the voting station in their neighborhood Medina in Dakar to vote. The episode continues in the immediate aftermath of the election, as people are sensing that Abdoulaye Wade may have won a slim majority in the election and avoided a run-off election. Sen Kumpa close this episode with their track "Niawal" Also featured are interviews with Sen Kumpa, Serigne Ndiaye, Matador (Wa BMG 44), Waa Complex Culture, and Leopold Senghor; as well as performances by: Matador, Sen Kumpa, Baat Sen, Waa Complex Culture, and Leopold Senghor.

Exclusive Release: The soundtrack to this documentary is drawn from the new album African Underground: Depths of Dakar, and is available exclusively on Calabash. So you can get the music as the film unfolds...

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=687029471

Episode 2, "Freedom of Speech",  introduces several of the main candidates for President in Senegal against a backdrop of the campaigning on the street and the perspective of hip-hop crews from across Dakar. The optimism that accompanies most elections is tempered with the reality of the emerging democracy in Senegal, including the suppression of criticism of the government, both through brute intimidation and more subtle means (bribery, lack of airplay, etc). Episode 2 closes with the song "Yaa Tey" by Xuman, one of the most prominent political rappers from the group Pee Frois.

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=604422119

Nomadic Wax are in Senegal this month producing a unique documentary film, called 'African Underground: Democracy in Dakar', showing how local hip-hop is shaping the current Presidential Election. Each week they are sending back 5-10 minute video segments. We'll feature a new segment from the documentary.

Episode 1 sets the stage by explaining the realities of life in Dakar, the role of hip-hop in the previous 2000 election and introduces the current state of modern Dakar, hip-hop, youth and politics -- featuring interviews with: Keyti (classic Senegalese MC from groups such as Rapadio and the Dakar All-stars) Eye Witness (underground MC from the Wa Geble crew) Tigrim Bi (underground hip-hop crew from Pickine) Birima Fall (Senegalese journalist/academic) Baat Sen (Griot/Reggae singer).

http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=537084364

http://www.calabashmusic.com/

Lorraine Klaasen, eclectic performer extraordinaire, is the daughter of the famous South African singer, Tandie Klaasen.

She was born and raised in South Africa but Montreal has been her home for over two decades. Since her own début, Lorraine's dynamic stage presence and highly effective showmanship have captivated jazz and African music lovers all over North America, the Caribbean and Europe for years.

Lorraine's exuberance and infectious style accounts for keeping her audiences in a frenzy and begging for more. You cannot stay still listening to her music, and her performance is mesmerizing but you'll have to be the judge of that, check it out!

Saturday, February 24th, at Alizé (900 Ontario E), Lorraine Klassen will be performing for this month's OYé AFRICA! Soireé Dansante with CJLO's very own Kelly Belfo of After Noon Roots (Saturdays 2-4pm) spinning world beat starting from 9pm till the early morning.  See you there!

Tickets: $ 20 general admission

SPECIAL: $10 for students and artists

Watch out! Bridge the Gap will be invading Noon Roots this Saturday October 14th from 2-4pm.  Ignite will be at our station discussing their "roots", hardcore, punk rock, and whatever the hell we please.   

Bridge The Gap (Hardcore & Punk) Tuesdays 4-6pm

ZIGGY MARLEY INTERVIEW RIGHT HERE AT CJLO!

Listen to what the son of Bob Marley has to say about his new album, the universe, and peanut butter sandwiches this Saturday 2nd September 2pm-4pm on After Noon Roots hosted by Kelly B.

"This album is from my heart," says Ziggy Marley of his second solo album, Love is My Religion. Embracing both the spiritual and emotional side of life, Ziggy has definitively come into his own as an artist.

Also check out his show that same night at Le Spectrum 318 Ste-Catherine 10:30 pm
Please note that on September 2nd the first 100 people that show up withan Osheaga ticket can purchase a Ziggy Marley ticket for 10$.

Daraa J, hip hop all the way from Senegal, will be in town on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at La Tulipe as part of the serie Grands Evenements for this year's 20th Anniversary of the Festival International Nuits D'Afrique.  

They are a young Senegalese trio that came together in the early 90s. The first album “Daara J” in 97 (recorded with Mad professor and Bubbler) was followed by "Xalima" and the critically acclaimed “Boomerang” in 2003. 

They have a sound of "African traditions blended with American influences, mellowness, warmth and a critical eye". The maturity of their approach was also appreciated by guests such as Rokia Traore, Disiz La Peste and Sergent Garcia.  The trio were nominated Best African Artist at the Awards for World Music 2004.

It is a show not to be missed by hip hop and world music lovers.  You can also hear them on Saturdays 2-4pm on Noon Roots.  Just call Kelly and ask for your request.

Show time is 8pm.  Montreal's Kulcha Connection will be opening up. Tickets are $20.87