WMI & LPR Present at Rockwood Music Hall:
Dec
07
Thu December 7th, 2017
7:30PM
Rockwood Music Hall
Minimum Age: 18+
Doors Open: 6:00PM
Show Time: 7:30PM
Event Ticket: $30
Day of Show: $35
6:00pm doors (dj.henri spins) | 7:30pm show
*This event will take place at Rockwood Music Hall: 196 Allen St, New York, NY 10002*
*Please note that this event has been moved from Le Poisson Rouge to Rockwood Music Hall. All tickets remain valid and show times will be the same.*
This is the US debut of Anewal, the new trio of Alhousseini Anivolla, former lead guitarist and singer of the famous desert blues band Etran Finatawa from Niger, which brings together traditional African songs of the Tamashek people of the Saharan desert in a new soundscape. With Anewal, Alhousseini continues his mission as an ambassador for cultural diversity in a changing world.
Anewal uses hypnotic two-chord jams, trance inducing beats, biting blues-infused guitar with Alhousseini’s warm vocals sung in his local vernacular. He’s an incisive and remarkably subtle guitarist, varying his attack on the strings, adding minute levels of natural distortion, with his incisive, blues-infused phrasing.
Anewal aims to create awareness of the cultural richness of its people and the many cultures of Niger.
“Rarely have such weighty expressions of desperation, frustration and anger felt so gentle” – Afropop Worldwide
This concert is part of World Music Institute’s Desert Blues Series.
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Anewal (Etran Finatawa)
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ANEWAL is the new trio of Alhousseini Anivolla, lead guitarist and singer of internationally renowned desert blues band Etran Finatawa. Formed in 2014 they bring traditional African tunes into new acoustic soundscapes.