Sub Pop Records and KEXP radio host Jon Kertzer have come together to form Next Ambiance, a world music imprint. Malian band Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba’s I Speak Fula will be the first album out on Next Ambiance, and is scheduled for digital release on iTunes, December 1st, 2009 and for CD release on February 2nd, 2009. The band will embark on their first US tour, opening for nine-time Grammy winner Bela Fleck, in early 2010 in support of the record. Tour dates and more information provided below.
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba 2010 Tour Dates:
2/2 Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
2/3 Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, NM
2/4 Aggie Theater, Fort Collins, CO
2/5 Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO
2/6 Avalon Theater, Grand Junction, CO
2/8 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
2/10 Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
2/11 Lyric Theater, Oxford, MS
2/12 Murray State University, Murray, KY
2/13 Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
2/14 (T) Urbana, IL
2/16 House of Blues, Cleveland, OH
2/17 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2/18 Ohio University, Athens, OH
2/19 Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
2/20 Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE
2/21 Old Town School, Chicago, IL
2/22 Miami University, Hamilton, OH
2/24 Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE
2/25 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2/26 Opera House, Waterville, ME
2/27 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
3/1 Ottawa Jazz Festival. Ottawa, CAN
3/2 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
3/3 Penn State University, State College, PA
3/4 Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA
3/5 Weinberg Center, Frederick, MD
3/6 Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA
3/8 Plaza Theater, Orlando, FL
3/9 Sunrise Theater, Fort Pierce, FL
3/10 Florida Theater, Jacksonville, FL
3/11 BAMA Theater, Tuscaloosa, AL
3/12 Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
3/14 Vancouver Olympics
3/15 Vancouver Olympics
3/16 Triple Door, Seattle, WA
3/20 Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
3/21 Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
3/25 Philidelphia
3/26 Zankel Hall New York, NY
3/27 Somerville Theater Somerville, MA
3/28 The Strand, rockland, ME
3/30 Sanctuary for Independant Media VS Iheg, Troy, NY
3/31 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
4/2 Savannah Music Festival with Bill Frisell Trio, Savannah, GA
4/3 Savannah Music Festival with Bill Frisell Trio, Savannah, GA
4/7 Outreach-Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
4/7 Lee Theatre, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center St. Louis, MO
4/8 Legion Arts Cedar Rapids, IA
4/9 Legion Arts VS Madison
4/10 The Cedar Minneapolis, MN
4/15 NMSU Music Recital Hall,Las Cruces, NM
4/16 Outpost Albuquerque, NM
4/17 Austin Reggae Festival vs Bulder H1, AUSTIN, TX
4/18 International Festival, Houston, TX
4/23 Festival International, Lafayette, LA
4/24 Festival International, Lafayette, LA
4/25 New Orleans Jazz Festival, New Orleans, LA
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