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Finally concerts Ferrari Safari!

Tue Aug 9th 2022 Four dates in the Low Countries After so many ups and downs, governmental incompetence, fear and panic, and gigantic pharmaceutical profits since corona took hold in Europe, finally concerts by Ferrari Safari - percussion duo with Michael Baird and Pino Basile. Hot, weird, contemporary, swinging - duets from an impossible safari full of adventure..... Thursday 15th September, at 20.30 hours, in Salon De Ijzerstaven, Bickersgracht 10, Amsterdam Friday 16th September, at 20.30 hours, in Podium Ongehoorde Muziek, Ruysdaelbaan 106, Eindhoven  Saturd...

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New CD and digital release March 1st!

Tue Feb 22nd 2022 SWP 067 'Thumbs on the Outside'. Always with one foot in Africa and one foot in Europe, Zambian-born drummer/composer Michael Baird continues along his own contemporary path of African abstractions and deep grooves. With guests Lilo (NL) - vocals, Pino Basile (IT) - tamburello, Marianne Noordink (NL) - alto flute & flute, Rémi Charmasson (F) - guitars, Michael Moore (USA) - clarinet & alto sax. About the album title: as any bush-driver will tell you, never have your thumbs on the inside of the steering wheel, as a hidden pot-hole can sudd...

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Nederlandse Première 'Mutanuka and Syasiya'

Wed Sep 8th 2021 Saturday 16 October at 14.30 hours in Zaal 1, Louis Hartlooper Complex, Tolsteegbrug 1, Utrecht: after official selection for the Austria International Film Festival, the Lyons International Film Festival (USA), and the Docs Without Borders Festival (USA) where we also won an Award of Merit, our documentary film 'Mutanuka and Syasiya' can finally be seen in the Netherlands. Two old master musicians amongst the Leya people in southern Zambia, Crispin Mutanuka on the silimba xylophone and Edwin Syasiya on the kanimba lamellophone, are the l...

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