Corey Harris- John Penney [ 3/13/2012 - 23:59 ] # The short
version is that the AMRF is presenting Corey Harris & the Rasta Blues
Experience with special guests Phil Wiggins and Thornetta Davis at Callahan’s
Music Hall on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17th, for two sets
beginning at 5:30pm, and will capture both the performance and an interview
with Corey on video for posterity and public television. The long
version is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum: How to convince you, without jumping
into hyperbolic space, that this is an event you daren’t miss? On the one
hand we could write a few hundreds or thousands of words about Corey’s unparalleled
musicianship. About how he has done more to connect the musical and cultural
dots between Africa, the Caribbean basin and America than perhaps anyone else
on the planet. About how he made those connections, not by proxy, but by literally
going there and doing that, from the streets of New Orleans to Cameroon, Mali,
Guinea, and on stages around the world. We could
write about how Martin Scorsese chose Corey to narrate and perform in his film,
“Feel Like Going Home,” and about how the Macarthur Foundation called Corey out
of the blue one day to tell him he was a Genius. On the other hand we could simply say, “Trust us. You want to be there.” AMRF Festivals and Concerts AMRF News Blues |
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