QWANQWA
PSYCHEDELIC ROOTS FROM ADDIS ABABA
at Good Bones
14957 Caspar Road, Caspar
(the old Caspar Inn)
Kitchen will be making food, and drinks available. Admission is sliding scale-$10.00 min, but please pay what you can to support touring band coming all the way from Ethiopia!!
Beaming in from the sizzling Addis Ababa nightlife scene, this group shines an experimentalism based in the virtuosity of rooted traditions. With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar ... view more »
QWANQWA
PSYCHEDELIC ROOTS FROM ADDIS ABABA
at Good Bones
14957 Caspar Road, Caspar
(the old Caspar Inn)
Kitchen will be making food, and drinks available. Admission is sliding scale-$10.00 min, but please pay what you can to support touring band coming all the way from Ethiopia!!
Beaming in from the sizzling Addis Ababa nightlife scene, this group shines an experimentalism based in the virtuosity of rooted traditions. With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar grooves, the heavy riffs of goat skin kebero beats, and powerful mellismatic lead African diva vocals, QWANQWA keeps the people rapt in celebratory attention.
QWANQWA’s debut US tour of 54 concerts in Fall 2022 brought the poignant euphoric experience to storied jazz clubs, sticker slapped rock clubs, folk festivals, prestigious music institutions, street festivals, universities, and country opera houses, all the while unifying these audiences as they clap along “Music is Universal Language”
BAND MEMBERS:
MISALE LEGESSE
KEBERO & PERCUSSION
ANTENEH “BUBU” TEKLEMARIAM BARAGO
BASS KRAR
SELAMNESH ZEMENE TAYE
VOCALIST
KAETHE HOSTETTER
VIOLIN
ENDRES “ENDRIS” HASSEN AHMED
MASINQO
KAETHE HOSTETTER, violin
MISALE LEGGESE, drums
SELAMNESH ZEMENE, voice
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