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SONS OF KEMET Black to the Future Tour at Star Theater

Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on May 12, 2021

Where

Star Theater
13 Nw 6th Ave
Portland, OR
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When

Sat, April 9, 2022
9:00 pm

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About

Artist Pre-sale: Wednesday, May 12 @ 10amVenue/Local Pre-Sale: Thursday, May 13 @ 10amPublic On Sale: Friday, May 14 @ 10amSaxophonist, composer, philosopher and writer Shabaka Hutchings returns with a brand new album Black to the Future the fourth album of his SONS OF KEMET band. This is the bands most dynamic project yet, with members Theon Cross (tuba), Edward Wakili-Hick (percussion), Tom Skinner (percussion) and Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone, woodwinds) being joined on the album by special guest vocalists Angel Bat Dawid, Kojey Radical, Lianne La Havas, poets Moor Mother and Joshua Idehen, and grime artist D Double E.Black To The Future, is a politically poignant and musically rich album, which feels destined to be placed on the shelf next to Archie Shepps Attica Blues or John Coltranes Alabama and SONS OF KEMET live are not to be missed !About Shabaka Hutchings: The British-born Barbados-raised saxophonist and clarinetist is the centrifugal force in three critically-acclaimed bands: Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, and the South African-centered Shabaka and the Ancestors...

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