Boulder Theater presents Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
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Jan 19, 2009 8:00 pm (Monday)
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FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCEw/ guests Monday, January 19doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pmFour years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeles...
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FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE
w/ guests
Monday, January 19
doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm
Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?
Day by Day is Nigeria in all of its states. We find elaborate instrumental patterns, both in their texture and in their structure (“Demo Crazy”) refrains as soulful as the best old hits Curtis Mayfield hits (“Eh Oh”) and hot numbers to set light to any dancefloor. His group, Positive Force, built the foundations in Lagos and, during timely visits during sessions in Paris, other artists brought their building blocks to the structure. Keziah Jones made his guitar swing on “Tell Me” and “Dem Funny”.Femi’s young son, Madé, also joined the adventure, participating in all the tracks on this delicious album – to be released on November 18th.
Copying note for note his Father’s music has never been Femi’s goal. If he accompanied Fela’s musicians during his youth, he decided as early as 1986 to free himself up and create his own band. Whilst always respecting his musical heritage, Femi has refined over more than twenty years, an afrobeat with soul-jazz nuances that is entirely his own.
GA / All Ages / $26.50
For more information please contact Sarah Coffield @ (303) 998-9412.
Tickets are on sale now at The Boulder Theater Box Office. Call (303) 786-7030 for tickets by phone.
Tickets are also available through our website @ www.bouldertheater.com.
All tickets are subject to tax and service charge.
w/ guests
Monday, January 19
doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm
Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?
Day by Day is Nigeria in all of its states. We find elaborate instrumental patterns, both in their texture and in their structure (“Demo Crazy”) refrains as soulful as the best old hits Curtis Mayfield hits (“Eh Oh”) and hot numbers to set light to any dancefloor. His group, Positive Force, built the foundations in Lagos and, during timely visits during sessions in Paris, other artists brought their building blocks to the structure. Keziah Jones made his guitar swing on “Tell Me” and “Dem Funny”.Femi’s young son, Madé, also joined the adventure, participating in all the tracks on this delicious album – to be released on November 18th.
Copying note for note his Father’s music has never been Femi’s goal. If he accompanied Fela’s musicians during his youth, he decided as early as 1986 to free himself up and create his own band. Whilst always respecting his musical heritage, Femi has refined over more than twenty years, an afrobeat with soul-jazz nuances that is entirely his own.
GA / All Ages / $26.50
For more information please contact Sarah Coffield @ (303) 998-9412.
Tickets are on sale now at The Boulder Theater Box Office. Call (303) 786-7030 for tickets by phone.
Tickets are also available through our website @ www.bouldertheater.com.
All tickets are subject to tax and service charge.
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From opera to movies to disco to rock - the historic Boulder Theater has a diverse and colorful past that is being continued with a thriving present and is primed for an exciting future. Opened in 1906 as Curran Opera House by wealthy billboard sign owner James Curran, the venue featured opera, musical productions and silent movies. In 1927 the first talkie, "The Jazz Singer", was presented by Warner Brothers. With the advent of the motion picture, all live performances ceased as the theater became a movie house from 1927 to 1978. During the Depression, the theater kept going with double features and "Country Store Nights", when sacks of groceries were given away to those in the lucky numbered seats.Phone: (303) 786-7030
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