Ireland has been a bit deprived of serious djembe action since the dawn of time…
This is true no more, because (hold on to your seats folks) on the 24th of this month (July ’09) mega-djembefola Mamady Keita is coming to town.
Brian and Robbie are making a list and checking it twice and Mamady will certainly know if you’ve been naugty or nice.
He’ll be lashing out KAs and KEs to all the good little boys and girls who’ve been drilling their chops and man I can’t wait!
This is not a workshop to be missed. The workshop is priced at 55 euros a head and this is scandalously cheap for a Mamady Keita workshop.
Mamady must have more experience at teaching Westies than any other Guinean. I have it on good authority that this has lead him to know the material and delivery of such really well…
I’ve been assured that Mamady won’t be pitching at a beginners level and hopefully the level will be above entry level.
So djembe program is below:
- Friday 24th July at 9pm - la spectac in the button factory…
- Mamady and Monette
- Wassa Wassa - who are a band who’ve been working hard for a long time…
- Saturday 25th of July at 11am - An audience with Mamady…
- Saturday 25th of July at 1.30pm - 4.30pm - A workshop with Mamady…
There are loads of other performances and workshops on for the BigBangFestival and it’s a great opportunity to meet other drummers, get involved in the community and try out new styles of percussion without breaking the bank.
Check out the forum for some of the best Mamady Keita videos on the net.
In the mean time, a small taster - one of my all time favourite videos. This was shot at the end of one of his workshops in Japan:
Thanks to Manfred for the great photo of Mamady that he took on his fab trek.
