CONCERT
Wednesday
September 27, 2017
8 p.m.
Williams Center for the Arts
317 Hamilton Street (at High Street)
College Hill, Easton, PA
“Cheikh Lô has a voice that can move from a prescient whisper to a searing gut cry… an eclectic composer and arranger who tries new ideas on every song” (NPR). Conveying a laidback funk within the rippling polyrhythms of Senegal’s signature mbalax, he cross-pollinates with Ghanaian high-life, Jamaican reggae, and Afro-Cuban beats that keep his band’s talking drums particularly chatty. With a gentle, high tremolo or sudden bass-line plunge, Cheikh Lô implores listeners to embrace peace, love, and steadfast spirituality; one needn’t be fluent in Wolof or Bambara to be carried away by his captivating voice.
Tickets available at the Williams Center for the Arts.
Residency Activities
Wednesday
September 27, 2017
Noon
Skillman Library, Gendebien Room
“The Mourides, the Baye Fall, Senegalese Culture and the Arts”
Featuring guest speakers
Dr. Ousmane Sène, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Cheikh Lô, Senegalese musician and singer
Moderated by Professor Wendy Wilson-Fall, Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Lafayette College
Brown bag lunch will be provided while supplies last.
Admission is free.
Wednesday
September 27, 2017
7 p.m.
Williams Center for the Arts, Room 108
317 Hamilton Street (at High Street)
College Hill, Easton, PA
Pre-concert talk
With Dr. Ousmane Sène, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Admission is free.
Thursday
September 28, 2017
10 a.m. – Noon
Mosque on the Quad
Stop by the mosque and join the discussion with Cheikh Lô and members of the MSA, led by Prof. Wendy Wilson-Fall, Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies, Lafayette College.
Admission is free.