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Contact:
Beryl
Jacobson
beryljacobson@gmail.com
541/840-6828
Chart-topping
world music band HAMSA LILA to perform with AIRTO
MORIERA for official GREEN
FESTIVAL after party benefiting COMMON VISION
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The
pioneering world music band HAMSA LILA will be
returning to the San Francisco
Bay area after a three year hiatus to
headline a gala event benefiting COMMON
VISION and featuring the
legendary Brazilian drum master AIRTO MORIERA. The
event is an
Official GREEN FESTIVAL SF After-Dark event at the renowned
REGENCY
BALLROOM on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 2009.
Hamsa Lila blew up
the West Coast world music scene with their
hypnotic world fusion sounds back
in 2004, when their album "Gathering
One" went to number 2 on both US and
Canadian world music charts.
Their infusion of West & North African
influences, and multi-lingual,
trance-inducing songs had crowds dancing like
never before at
festivals like Earthdance, Sierra Nevada World Music
Festival, and
High Sierra Music Festival, as well as packing concert venues
like The
Filmore and the Independent. Hamsa Lila's unique blend
of
traditional instruments and influences along with modern
electronic
elements brought them international acclaim as a pioneering band
in
the world fusion genre, who's membership have played with the likes
of
Paul Simon, Sting, Michael Franti, Ozomatli, Hugh Masakela, Mickey
Hart
and many others.
The Brazilian musical legend Airto Moriera will be
heralded as the
super-star special guest, leading a group of world drum
masters (TBA)
in a rhythmic ceremony to kick off the evening, and then
performing
alongside Hamsa Lila through-out their set. Airto is a
multi-
instrumentalist/percussionist who has worked with some of the
world's
all-time greats like Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Herbie
Hancock,
Santana, Paul Simon, The Smashing Pumpkins, Chick Corea and a host
of
others. He's recorded numerous albums over the four decades of
his
stellar career, and his recent release entitled "Life After
That"
(Narada - Virgin/EMI) has helped to win him the title as the
best jazz/fusion
percussionist of 2009 by DRUM! magazine.
Common Vision is a 501 (c) 3
organization that works with inner city
schools planting fruit trees,
traveling throughout California in bio-
diesel powered coach buses and
teaching young people about growing
food and taking care of the Earth. To
date the organization has
worked with over 50,000 kids, and planted tens of
thousands of fruit
trees all over the state. Learn More about Common
Vision www.commonvision.org
Produced by House of Hamsa (Hamsa Lila's own production arm)
and
presented by NUTIVA (www.nutiva.com), is
also being co-sponsored by
such companies as 6 Degrees Records, Global
Exchange, Earthdance
Network, Harborside Clinic, and others.
This
stellar evening will be packed with special guests and also
includes on the
bill Rasaki, King Sunny Ade's Master Talking drummer for
25 years. PErforming
an opening set with Airto called Planetary Pulse.
THis will be a Percussion
Drum ceremony, performance, jam! other Master
Drummers will be joing as well
and will be announced soon.
OThers acts to perform include:
Lynx &
Janover http://www.lynxanddjanover.com
DJ Jef Stott (6 Degrees) http://www.jefstott.com
and DJ Dragonfly (founder of Groove Garden http://www.groovegarden.com )
Incredible decor and ambiance will make this evening one of the
years
most special events with stunning visual projections by
master
artists, VJ's and world re-known National Geographic South
American
photographer, Sebastian Belaustegui, coming to share on large
screens
throughout the night alongs side Hamsa Lila's music his
exhibit
"African's in the Americas". http://www.photosuki.com
Presale tickets are on sale now at various outlets and also on the
web
at:
http://www.hamsalila.com or http://hamsalila.eventbee.com
Tickets are $22 in Advance, $28 Day of Show, and $50 for special
VIP
passes.
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if
you need any other info, interviews, pictures, videos, etc.....
PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE>>> just ask for it...
Thank you for your help and
participation in spreading the word,
creating a magical evening and raising
money for an amazing organization!
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Please
contact me for ticket giveaways, CD giveaways, and
more....
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Hamsa Lila's New Album Release can be
downloaded here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1463343/Live%20in%20Santa%20Cruz.zip
Hamsa
Lila's chart topping album Gathering One : can be downloaded here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1463343/Gathering%20One.zip
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