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Youssoupha Sidibe: Akassa! An Intimate Kora Concert with Tea at Enthea Teahouse
Youssoupha Sidibe: Akassa! An intimate Kocert with tea at enthea teahouse
Event by: Steve Odell, Youssoupha Sidibe
Location: Enthea Teahouse, Southeast Milwaukie Avenue 3533, Portland
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The one and only Youssoupha Sidibe, world-renouned Kora virtuoso is returning to Enthea Teahouse for a very intimate Kora and Tea concert in two weeks! This is a concert unlike any you’ve been to, joyous Kora performances up-close and personal and tea.
We are beyond grateful and giving thanks even more this time of year for Youssoupha’s visit to align so perfectly with this holiday season.
Tickets cover the concert and tea for Saturday November 29th at 8pm. Seating will be extremely limited. Doors at 8pm. We will have half intimate pillow seating upfront and half chair seating. Arrive on time to secure the space you’d like, or dm us directly if you would like a specific seating held. (Notably if you need a chair)
Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese West African Kora (African Harp) player. Throw out all your ideas of what a harpist is, Youssoupha breaks out of traditional Kora
styles many hundreds of years old, still predominant in Kora players, to create a new style blending aspects of Reggae, and western music creating a new style
that has never been heard before. Youssoupha was Grammy nominated for his collaboration with Matisyahu on
multiple tracks, including a duet he wrote with Matisyahu on Youth, the 2007 Grammy-nominated “Best Reggae Album” for which Youssoupha received a gold record. Through this and many other collaborations, as well as countless performances over the course of 20 years, Youssoupha has developed thousands of fans all over the world.
Youssoupha has performed and recorded with many
exceptional musicians, including Matisyahu <http://matisyahuworld.com/> ,
Michael Franti <http://michaelfranti.com/> , India Arie <http://www.indiaarie.com/
> , Steve Kimock <http://www.kimock.com/> , Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
<http://www.belafleck.com/> , Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident www.stringcheeseincident.com/> , Chris Berry Trio <http://www.myspace.com/
chrisberrytrio> , Charles Neville <http://www.nevilles.com/> , and Midnite www.midniteband.com/bio.html> .
Youssoupha has performed at some of the most famous festivals and venues in
the world including :The Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, The Warfield Theatre SF CA,
The African Festival of the Arts Chicago, Reggae on the River CA, Stanford
University, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues British Columbia, to name a few.
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The one and only Youssoupha Sidibe, world-renouned Kora virtuoso is returning to Enthea Teahouse for a very intimate Kora and Tea concert in two weeks! This is a concert unlike any you’ve been to, joyous Kora performances up-close and personal and tea.
We are beyond grateful and giving thanks even more this time of year for Youssoupha’s visit to align so perfectly with this holiday season.
Tickets cover the concert and tea for Saturday November 29th at 8pm. Seating will be extremely limited. Doors at 8pm. We will have half intimate pillow seating upfront and half chair seating. Arrive on time to secure the space you’d like, or dm us directly if you would like a specific seating held. (Notably if you need a chair)
Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese West African Kora (African Harp) player. Throw out all your ideas of what a harpist is, Youssoupha breaks out of traditional Kora
styles many hundreds of years old, still predominant in Kora players, to create a new style blending aspects of Reggae, and western music creating a new style
that has never been heard before. Youssoupha was Grammy nominated for his collaboration with Matisyahu on
multiple tracks, including a duet he wrote with Matisyahu on Youth, the 2007 Grammy-nominated “Best Reggae Album” for which Youssoupha received a gold record. Through this and many other collaborations, as well as countless performances over the course of 20 years, Youssoupha has developed thousands of fans all over the world.
Youssoupha has performed and recorded with many
exceptional musicians, including Matisyahu <http://matisyahuworld.com/> ,
Michael Franti <http://michaelfranti.com/> , India Arie <http://www.indiaarie.com/
> , Steve Kimock <http://www.kimock.com/> , Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
<http://www.belafleck.com/> , Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident www.stringcheeseincident.com/> , Chris Berry Trio <http://www.myspace.com/
chrisberrytrio> , Charles Neville <http://www.nevilles.com/> , and Midnite www.midniteband.com/bio.html> .
Youssoupha has performed at some of the most famous festivals and venues in
the world including :The Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, The Warfield Theatre SF CA,
The African Festival of the Arts Chicago, Reggae on the River CA, Stanford
University, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues British Columbia, to name a few.
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