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From the Artist "Nawal" - performance at MotherlandMusic.com

From the Comoros Islands located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. MOTHERLAND MUSIC CENTER presents NAWAL and her trio. The music is an acoustic roots based fusion where indo-arabian-Persian music meets Bantu polyphonies, the syncopated rhythm and sufi trance of the Indian Ocean. SATURDAY JUNE 2 2007

Drummer: Pape
Pape (POP), has been drumming his whole life. His Is a skilled drum maker, teacher, and performer. He is a very patient teacher who helps his students learn quickly and efficiently. Pape is from Dakar Senegal and has been in the U.S. for the past 3 years.

Drummer: Luca Brandoli.
Luca has been studying and playing Cuban music for the past 20 years. He is a renowned singer and drummer and is featured on many recordings.

Drummer: Fred Jones
Mr. Jones also known as Djangewali, hails from St. Louis, MO, where he began his studies in West African music in 1975. He later moved to Chicago and became a musical director and dancer with muntu dance theatre, an internationally acclaimed company. Fred moved to Los Angeles in 1990, and now is the artistic director of Ablaye African Dance Ensemble. He has studied and/or worked with Mamady Keita from Guinea, Mor Thom of Senegal, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Clarke, Bill Summers, among others. His teaching credits include 8 years at UCLA and numerous residencies. Fred is skilled at breaking down each rhythm into simple but challenging djembe, dunun and bell parts.

Drummer: Malik Sow, from Dakar, Senegal.
As a young boy in Senegal, Malik studied with Master Drummer Doussou Koulibaly, and dancer Karounga Sakho. In 1970 Malik was lead drummer in the Ballet d'Afrique Noir, three years later he became the Musical Director for the National Ballet of Senegal, a position he kept for ten years. Malik has traveled world wide sharing his knowledge of West African culture and his musical abilities.

Drummer: Kirk Brundage.
Kirk has lived and studied in Brazil, played in carnival with Olodum, and is compiling a book with on drumming culture of Bahia. djembe and conga players welcome.

Drummer: Ayo Adeyemi from Nigeria.
Ayo played with Baba Tunde Olatunje for many years and teaches traditional songs and drum rhythms that will enrich your spirit.

Drummer: Gary Craigwell:
Afro Cuban technique and articulation.

Director / Moviemaker: Mark Crutch
My perpetual need to make movies began in high school when I directed two classmates in acting out my essay. Though I had written it, I felt it needed to be dramatized in order to clarify my points. Unfortunately, it was an oral essay, and the teacher would not accept my presentation. Undaunted, I stepped out one evening to attend a screening of the film, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. This film changed my artistic vision and since then, my directorial influences are those films done in some sort of unconventional style, i.e. Psycho's extreme close ups and eye motifs; Glengarry Glen Ross, and Dogville which were filmed on small, simple sets, the surreal, methodical pacing of Pawnbroker, and the subjective camera work in Buffalo 66.