KOBO TOWN is an eight piece Toronto-based group formed in order to help revive interest in the art of traditional calypso
February 3, 2006 (Press Release) --
WHO:
KOBO TOWN is an eight piece Toronto-based group formed in order to help revive interest in the art of traditional calypso (kaiso), and to demonstrate its contemporary relevance by engaging the crucial issues of our time. KOBO TOWN's music reflects today's Caribbean-Canadian diaspora, melding traditional Trinidadian music and new sounds encountered in Canada, including funk, jazz, Haitian kompa, Cuban descarga, and Congolese soukous.
http://www.myspace.com/kobotown
WHAT:
Live at the CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK FESTIVAL
Now in its 24th year, CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on the business of Music. Along with the conference, the CMW Festival brings the "suits" and concert going public together in venues across Toronto for a single purpose - to hear the hottest acts, famous and unknown. Whether it's the next "big thing" or one of today's hottest concert hitmakers, you'll find what you're looking for at the Festival.
http://www.cmw.net
WHEN:
Thursday, March 2, 2006
WHERE:
Reverb - 651 Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada
Tel: 416 504 0744
http://www.thebigbop.com
MORE ABOUT KOBO TOWN:
Named after the historic neighborhood in Trinidad's Port-of-Spain where calypso was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of the roaming stickfighters, KOBO TOWN has been sharing this tradition of rhythmic and melodic cross-pollination with audiences around Ontario, including Kaiso Breakfast Lime (Scarborough), The Studio Theatre (Perth), Lula Lounge & Clinton's Tavern (Toronto), Mercury Lounge (Ottawa) and Grad Club (Kingston).
http://www.musicdish.net/kobotown/
WHO:
KOBO TOWN is an eight piece Toronto-based group formed in order to help revive interest in the art of traditional calypso (kaiso), and to demonstrate its contemporary relevance by engaging the crucial issues of our time. KOBO TOWN's music reflects today's Caribbean-Canadian diaspora, melding traditional Trinidadian music and new sounds encountered in Canada, including funk, jazz, Haitian kompa, Cuban descarga, and Congolese soukous.
http://www.myspace.com/kobotown
WHAT:
Live at the CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK FESTIVAL
Now in its 24th year, CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on the business of Music. Along with the conference, the CMW Festival brings the "suits" and concert going public together in venues across Toronto for a single purpose - to hear the hottest acts, famous and unknown. Whether it's the next "big thing" or one of today's hottest concert hitmakers, you'll find what you're looking for at the Festival.
http://www.cmw.net
WHEN:
Thursday, March 2, 2006
WHERE:
Reverb - 651 Queen St. West, Toronto, Canada
Tel: 416 504 0744
http://www.thebigbop.com
MORE ABOUT KOBO TOWN:
Named after the historic neighborhood in Trinidad's Port-of-Spain where calypso was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of the roaming stickfighters, KOBO TOWN has been sharing this tradition of rhythmic and melodic cross-pollination with audiences around Ontario, including Kaiso Breakfast Lime (Scarborough), The Studio Theatre (Perth), Lula Lounge & Clinton's Tavern (Toronto), Mercury Lounge (Ottawa) and Grad Club (Kingston).
http://www.musicdish.net/kobotown/
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