(Please
find a link to the band's last performance at Birmingham Symphony Hall foyer
venue.)
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=jKg1RFEmdrM&t=272s
Ebo which
translates in Babalola’s native Yoruba language as a ‘traditional offering,’ is
a beautiful nexus between the percussionist’s funk music and his Ifa way of
life.
The anticipated
concert has been scheduled to tour major cities in the UK from June and will be
powered by the Sacred Funk project and his agency, Temple Management Company.
The Ebo Tour kicks-off
on Saturday June 17th at Somerfest Festival, Somerset featuring spoken word by
Dr. Olu Taiwo. The Sacred Funk train moves to Mostly Jazz And Funk Mosley Park
in Birmingham on July 9th.
It makes its next stop
in Manchester at Band On The Wall on July 27, 2017. Other schedules include
Colchester Arts Centre, Essex on Sunday, September 24thh, Vortex Jazz Club,
London on Thursday, September 2017 and The Canteen, Bristol on September 30th.
A protégé
of the late Fela Kuti, Lekan Babalola has twice won Grammy Awards with artists
Ali Faka Toure and Cassandra Wilson.
Babalola,
who is based in Birmingham, UK, is currently touring the world with the Atomic
Bomb - The Music of William Onyeabor featuring the likes of David Byrne
(Talking Heads), Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chips) and many
others.
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