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Spotlight: Zili Misik; Music from the African diaspora.
ZILI MISIK'S MUSIC is not for the faint of heart. This Boston-based band plays joyful, boisterous songs that transport listeners around the world in a couple of bars. On "Praia," from their first full-length album New World Soul, a brisk and cheerful guitar echoing the songs of West Africa gives way to a jazz-inflected trumpet's soliloquy. Interspersed throughout are tight vocal harmonies, and layered beneath the song is an infectious Brazilian rhythm.
This is typical of Zili Misik's music-free but focused compositions of both original and traditional folk songs that draw on the musical traditions of the vast African diaspora. Percussionist and Zili Misik founder Kera Washington describes the resulting sound as "this undefinable genre of music." The generic umbrella ...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire December 2, 2002 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 29, 2005 700+ words
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- Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch September 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Library Journal Teo, Kam W. November 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Contemporary Literature in the African Diaspora.(Review)
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- Florida Memorial College Receives a Grant To Create A Summer Institute On The...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 23, 2001 700+ words
...highlighting the history and culture of the African diaspora in the Americas. The grant will create a...faculty and community understanding of the African diaspora. The African diaspora seminars are scheduled in May 2001, between...
Source: HighBeam Research, Spotlight: Zili Misik; Music from the African diaspora.