On Toumani Diabate's last tour through New York City, last July, rain forced his scheduled free outdoor concert, planned as part of the Hudson Festival, to move indoors to the more hospitable and intimate setting of the nearby Stuyvesant High School auditorium.
This time around, Toumani's keeping things indoors, performing at New York's Bowery Ballroom on Thursday, January 31, with label mate Fernando Otero opening. Brooklyn Vegan marks the upcoming show with a bunch of great pics from last summer's lively Stuyvesant High set. Check them out at brooklynvegan.com. For information on the Bowery show, visit boweryballroom.com.
Toumani will also be giving a short preview of his Thursday night set with a free in-store solo performance at Manhattan's Other Music record store at 8 PM the night before. Visit othermusic.com for more information.
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Fernando's Nonesuch debut album, Pagina de Buenos Aires, is available in the Nonesuch Store now. Look for Toumani's forthcoming World Circuit / Nonesuch release, The Mandé Variations, in the Store starting February 26.