As well as the previously announced news of an Honest Jon’s Chop Up in Cork, Choice Cuts will bring the show to Vicar Street, Dublin on November 1st. The event features performances from Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Flea, Fatoumata Diawara, Phil Cohran, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Theo Parrish, Actress with more artists TBA. I’m hoping for Shangaan Electro myself. 25 people will be expected on stage during the night.
There are four of these shows happening worldwide so try and grab a ticket (price €46.55 plus fees) when it goes on sale this Friday morning. Facebook event.
I’m guessing that the Damon Albarn-led DRC Music trip to the Congo to make music for an Oxfam album with local talent and a host of producers and musicians including Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Richard Russell, Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Rodaidh McDonald and Kwes may figure in the lineup somehow.
Here’s a video from a previous Honest Jon’s event:
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Onsale to General Public Start: Fri 19/08/11, 19:30if its on sale fri morn why does it say this on ticketmaster.ie
I was told Friday morning – probably a mistake on the Ticketmaster site Francisco. Why would they start selling tickets at 7.30pm?
Does anyone know who this is and the name of instrument he is playing?
Toumani Diabate playing a kora.
I was introduced to him off damon’s Mali music album. The track 2am at toumani’s. But his recent 4 albums are fab. 2 albums with Ali farke toure, a solo kora album and the album with his symmetric orchestra. Rock!