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- Having recently returned from the Festival Daoula in Bamako, Mali; Bethany & Rufus have expanded their group formation to include Yacouba Moumouni (Niger) and Haitian Percussionist 'Bonga' Jean-Baptiste. The expanded group came into being on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their Label Daqui. Yacouba was appearing with his ground breaking group from Niger, Mamar Kassey, on the same stage as Bethany and Rufus . Yacouba joined Bethany & Rufus for one of the songs and the rest is the kind of magic chemistry that can never be planed.
The following summer the expanded group along with Bonga was invited to perform at Les Nuits Atypique and while doing a promotional spot on Radio France for the festival they were invited to perform on the Live a FIP radio series in March of 2009 that will be released as a Live CD September 10 2009 as a co- production with Radio France and Daqui Records.
It was in the process of rehearsing that the group really came into focus. Bethany as the daughter of legendary 60's Folk singer Peter Yarrow (Peter , Paul & Mary) draws from the many songs that her father collected as part of the seminal folk movement of the 60s. Yacouba has dug deeply into the folkloric Hausa, Djerma, Peul and Songhai traditions of Niger and Bonga is the descendant of a very rich lineage of Vodou ceremonial drumming and song. Bonga has also traveled extensively through Haiti collecting and learning the different manifestations of Haitian song and folklore. Rufus has taken the cello into previously unknown realms and is noted for his collaborations in African, Arabic, and American music forms and also has a solo CD Songs for Cello on the Daqui label. Individually all of the members of the group have been instrumental in expanding the role of traditional forms in their respective musics. It is with this background that they have come together to create a sound that although based around the song forms of American traditional music reaches back to a common root that has inspired everyone involved.
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- Folk, Jazz, Soul
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Bethany & Rufus - 900 Miles by Jazzmando.com
We are always enchanted by artists who can take an instrument out of predictable context and create a whole new way of looking at its function. This is also significant to mandolinists who seek to push the boundaries of its capabilities, and more traditional roles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXc-RLtblY&… Continue
Posted on December 11, 2009 at 9:16am —
Bethany And Rufus Roots Quartet @ Joe's Pub
The Roots Quartet includes the duo Bethany and Rufus (Bethany Yarrow and Rufus Cappadocia), along with Fulani flutist Yacouba "Denke Denke" and Afro Haitian drummer ‘Bonga’ Jean-Baptiste. "Live A Fip" was released in Eu… Continue
Posted on November 14, 2009 at 2:19pm —
Bethany and Rufus Roots Quartet’s newly released EP “Live À Fip” is no longer out of your reach!
no longer out of your reach! Though the CD was released on the Daqui
Records label only in Europe on October 22nd, it can be purchased online
and shipped to the US. Here’s the link:
http://musiq… Continue
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:00am —
Bethany and Rufus Roots Quartet To Release Live CD, 'Liv A Fip' Oct. 22!
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=123998
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 12:50pm —
Bethany & Rufus To Perform The Rivertowns Jazz & Blues Festival
Cello & vocal, roots duo Bethany & Rufus will perform The Rivertowns Jazz and Blues Festival this Saturday, June 13th at Beczak Environmental Education Center in Yonkers, New York. Taking place from 2:30-7:30pm the festival's celebration of sustainable community features an incredible line-up of musicians inclu
… ContinuePosted on June 11, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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