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Carthage Music website up and running

The Carthage Music website is officially live. Visit www.carthagemusic.co.uk to discover more about our growing roster of music and listen to audio samples for all our artists. We hope that you will find this a useful resource. 

Tony Allen European tour dates

 

World class Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen will be on the road with his band this Autumn to showcase songs from his album Secret Agent released this summer on World Circuit Records. 

18 Sep 09 Ronnie Scott's (with Roots Manuva) London, UK

19 Sep 09 Porgy and Bess Vienna, Austria

20 Sep 09 Tower Festival London, UK

25 Sep 09 BAM Fsetival Barcelona, Spain

09 Oct 09 La Cigalle Factory Festival Paris, France

05 Nov 09 Zuiderpershuis Antwerp, Belgium

06 Nov 09 Oslo World Music Festival Oslo, Norway

07 Nov 09 Folken Stavangar, Norway

28 Nov 09 Les Grands Interpretes Neuchatel, Switzerland

12 Feb 10 Festival Sons d'Hiver Val De Marne, France

Meanwhile next month sees the release of the superior collaborative project between Tony and the Finnish maverick Jimi Tenor. Their joint album will be the fourth in the Inspiration Information series released by Strut Records and out on 15 October 2009. For further information visit www.strut-records.com

US release and autumn tours for Baka Beyond

Baka Beyond will support the US release of their 2009 album Beyond The Forest (6 October, White Swan) with a short US tour starting later this month. This will be a chance for them to showcase the ethereal beauty of the album which was recorded in the heart of the Cameroonian rainforest. Tour dates:

Friday 25th September  Sebastopol Celtic World Music Festival California, USA
Saturday, 26th Sebastopol Celtic World Music Festival, California, USA
Sunday, 27th  Sebastopol Celtic World Music Festival, California, USA

October 2009


Saturday, 3rd  Kirkland Fine Arts Centre, Decatur, IL USA

Sunday, 4th  The Fawcett Center, Columbus Ohio, USA



They return to the UK a further series of live dates, starting with a special one-off show for the full Baka Beyond line-up in their hometown and following with 

Friday, 23rd  Komedia, Bath (Special Multimedia show with music, dance & video projections from rainforest)


and follow up with the Baka Beyond Quintet tour, a smaller version of the group that has been specially set up to show-case the Beyond The Forest album, yelli singing and all!




Saturday 31st  The Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot

November 2009


Friday, 6th  The Subscription Rooms, Stroud

Wednesday 11th  The West End Centre, Aldershot

Thursday 12th  Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich

Friday 13th  The Manor Ballroom, Ipswich

Saturday 14th  The Electric Palace, Bridport

Friday 20th  The Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury

Saturday 21st  The Arial Centre, Totnes