Kobo Town
2006-02-04 01:40:46 UTC
WHO:
KOBO TOWN is an eight piece Toronto-based group formed in order to help
revive interest in the art of traditional calypso (kaiso), and to
demonstrate its contemporary relevance by engaging the crucial issues
of our time. KOBO TOWN's music reflects today's Caribbean-Canadian
diaspora, melding traditional Trinidadian music and new sounds
encountered in Canada, including funk, jazz, Haitian kompa, Cuban
descarga, and Congolese soukous.
http://www.myspace.com/kobotown
WHAT:
Live at the CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK FESTIVAL
Now in its 24th year, CMW is the single longest running and premiere
conference focusing on the business of Music. Along with the
conference, the CMW Festival brings the "suits" and concert going
public together in venues across Toronto for a single purpose - to hear
the hottest acts, famous and unknown. Whether it's the next "big thing"
or one of today's hottest concert hitmakers, you'll find what you're
looking for at the Festival.
http://www.cmw.net
WHEN:
Thursday, March 2, 2006
WHERE:
Reverb - 651 Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada
Tel: 416 504 0744
http://www.thebigbop.com
MORE ABOUT KOBO TOWN:
Named after the historic neighborhood in Trinidad's Port-of-Spain where
calypso was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of
the roaming stickfighters, KOBO TOWN has been sharing this tradition of
rhythmic and melodic cross-pollination with audiences around Ontario,
including Kaiso Breakfast Lime (Scarborough), The Studio Theatre
(Perth), Lula Lounge & Clinton's Tavern (Toronto), Mercury Lounge
(Ottawa) and Grad Club (Kingston).
http://www.musicdish.net/kobotown/
KOBO TOWN is an eight piece Toronto-based group formed in order to help
revive interest in the art of traditional calypso (kaiso), and to
demonstrate its contemporary relevance by engaging the crucial issues
of our time. KOBO TOWN's music reflects today's Caribbean-Canadian
diaspora, melding traditional Trinidadian music and new sounds
encountered in Canada, including funk, jazz, Haitian kompa, Cuban
descarga, and Congolese soukous.
http://www.myspace.com/kobotown
WHAT:
Live at the CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK FESTIVAL
Now in its 24th year, CMW is the single longest running and premiere
conference focusing on the business of Music. Along with the
conference, the CMW Festival brings the "suits" and concert going
public together in venues across Toronto for a single purpose - to hear
the hottest acts, famous and unknown. Whether it's the next "big thing"
or one of today's hottest concert hitmakers, you'll find what you're
looking for at the Festival.
http://www.cmw.net
WHEN:
Thursday, March 2, 2006
WHERE:
Reverb - 651 Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada
Tel: 416 504 0744
http://www.thebigbop.com
MORE ABOUT KOBO TOWN:
Named after the historic neighborhood in Trinidad's Port-of-Spain where
calypso was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of
the roaming stickfighters, KOBO TOWN has been sharing this tradition of
rhythmic and melodic cross-pollination with audiences around Ontario,
including Kaiso Breakfast Lime (Scarborough), The Studio Theatre
(Perth), Lula Lounge & Clinton's Tavern (Toronto), Mercury Lounge
(Ottawa) and Grad Club (Kingston).
http://www.musicdish.net/kobotown/