Australian Exclusive
Baaba Maal’s distinctive sound ingeniously fuses traditional instruments and rhythms with a dramatically modern electronic approach. After more than four decades of recording, performing and refining his hybrid of tradition and innovation, Senegalese superstar Maal is one of the most compelling and surprising musicians in the world. He has collaborated with John Leckie, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn’s Africa Express and Mumford & Sons. He has worked on movie soundtracks for The Last Temptation of Christ (with Peter Gabriel) and Black Hawk Down, and more recently became the voice of Wakanda for the Black Panther films, helping soundtrack composer Ludwig Goransson create the film’s exhilarating musical soundscape. Maal’s musical palette mixes personal local concerns with grand universal themes to produce a unique form of deep, immersive soul music.
Workshop:
This workshop is an introduction to the traditional and diverse polyrhythms of Senegal. Baaba Maal band members will demonstrate simple and more complex African rhythms played with both hands or with one hand and a stick, using both the traditional Sabar that is played with a stick and a Djembe, played by hand. Abdou will also demonstrate the ‘talking drum’, a small hourglass-shaped drum that mimics the human voice and is played with a stick resting under the armpit. These drums were once used to broadcast messages and news between villages, with the sound travelling distances of up to about six kilometres.
Sat
4:30pm
Moreton Bay Stage 5
Sun
9:30pm
Foundation Stage
Mon
5:00pm
Frome Park Pavilion 6