Diwali: The Festival of Lights to celebrate the victory of good over evil

Join us to light up the Quad (free!) and enjoy delicious Indian snacks for just $3-$5 per serving (cash only)!

Bring your friends and family for some of the best Quad pictures you can ever take!

Hosted by the Indian Graduate Students Association UIUC and Annapoorna Stores

Learn About the Bagpipes with Paul Hinson

This workshop (part of the CU Folk and Roots Festival) will seek to answer four basic questions...Where did the bagpipe come from? Where does it exist now? How does the bagpipe work? How do I get started? Examples of "warm air" and "cauld wind" pipes will be on hand as will samples of instruction books, music collections, and audio recordings. No experience or instrument required.

Amasong’s Fall concert, “Gathering In—Songs of the Harvest,” will be in early November, ushering in a change of schedule for the Amasong season. The concert features music from around the world about reaping the fruits of our year of labor, no matter how great or small. Amasong is happy to welcome members of the klezmer string band Don’t Ask, as well as the always-fabulous pianist Rachel Jensen. Free parking is available in the parking garage across from the church.

Playing Afro Beat, Soukous, Township Jive, Malawian Afroma, and more, Super Mazumzum is Champaign-Urbana’s premier African Jazz band performing music from artists ranging from Manu Dibango to Mafikizolo. This 8-piece dance group features lead singer Chipo Sakufiwa together with a full brass and rhythm section playing their best arrangements of classic and contemporary African music.

Bailalai features Brazilian Reggae & Funk with some local Chambana attitude. Don't be shy, it's... BAILALAI with:

Robert "Perere" Sena - Vox and Aux Perc
Erik Lopez - Guitar
Brad Decker - Bass
Jason Finkelman - Percussion
Gordon Kay - Drums, Cymbals, and Sticks
Rick Deja - Sax

Bailalai

Stretches of sand against turquoise water, glistening sunlight, and blissful afternoons are the inspiration for Bailalai. Led by the magnetic Robert Sena, this band brings Brazilian culture to the Midwest through reggae and funk that will drive you to the dance floor. Let its tropical melodies and irresistible rhythms envelop you in warmth.

Bailalai features Brazilian Reggae & Funk with some local Chambana attitude.

Don't be shy, it's... BAILALAI

with

Robert "Perere" Sena - Vox and Aux Perc
Jason Finkelman - Percussion
Gordon Kay - Drums, Cymbals, and Sticks
Erik Lopez - Guitar
Brad Decker - Bass
and special guests.

Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment presents
Groundation with 77 Jefferson and Sneezy

Doors open at 8pm. Must be 18+ to enter. 9pm

http://www.groundation.com

Since the dawn of recorded sound, music can be seen as a giant tapestry to which all musicians lend their creative influence. One band focused on the explosive evolution of this musical ecosystem is Groundation. Rooted in the reggae one-drop sound of Jamaica, Groundation seamlessly incorporates the harmonic, polyrhythmic, and improvisational elements of jazz, breathing new life into both genres. As one critic described it, Groundation begins at the crossroads where Burning Spear meets John Coltrane.
Groundation’s unique reggae fusion can be heard from villages in Thailand, to the favelas of Brazil, from the mountains of New Zealand, to Moroccan cafes and college dorm rooms in the United States. Since 1998 they’ve performed in more than thirty countries on six continents, sharing the stage with such diverse artists as Jimmy Cliff, Sly and the Family Stone, The Roots, Kanye West, and Sonic Youth.

Jazz music at Northern California’s Sonoma State University brought together the original members of Groundation: keyboardist Marcus Urani, bassist Ryan Newman, and Harrison Stafford, guitarist and reggae singer, around whom the original sound formed. Stafford, then both a teacher of reggae history and a student of jazz, wrote songs from seeds sown in the ground of California, where antiwar, civil rights, and ecology have always thrived. Seven evolutionary recordings saw the arrival of singers Kim Pommell and Sherida Sharpe from Kingston, Jamaica, as well as American jazz musicians Dave Chachere (trumpet), Te Kanawa Haereiti (drums), and Daniel Whitegold (trombone).

Continuing the band’s long history of collaboration with Jamaican roots reggae legends like Don Carlos, IJahman Levi and The Congos, Groundation’s 8th full-length studio album, to be released in October 2014, evokes the lasting and eternal influence of Bob Marley, “A Miracle” will features Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, founding members of Marley’s legendary backing vocal trio the I-Threes. The picture is completed by the pen of Neville Garrick, Marley’s art director from the time of the “Rastaman Vibration” album (1976). Following this long-awaited release, Groundation will be hitting the road as always with tours throughout Europe, South America, Oceania, the Caribbean, and North America.

Born in Ennis, County Clare, along Irelands music-rich west coast, Gerry O'Beirne is a renowned singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, and ukulele, slide guitar among others). Gerry grew up in Ireland and in Ghana in West Africa, and has since lived in England, California, and Mexico. Gerrys own compositions blend the passion found in traditional music with the freshness of contemporary song.

Gerry has toured the globe as a solo artist and with the Sharon Shannon Band, Patrick Street, Midnight Well, Andy M. Stewart, Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, and the Waterboys. He has performed at the White House, opened for the Grateful Dead, and played electric guitar with Marianne Faithfull. He composed and recorded the score to River of Dreams, an artistic response to the River Shannon commissioned by the Irish Department of Arts and Heritage, and he has written music for film and theater.

As a producer, Gerry has a large number of albums to his credit, including Promenade by Kevin Burke and Michael ODhomhnaill (winner of the Grand Prix Du Disque at Montreux), "Irish Times" by Patrick Street, "Man in the Moon" and "Donegal Rain" by Andy M. Stewart, "First Foooting" by Anam, "The Connaughtman's Rambles" by Martin OConner, "Up Close" by Kevin Burke, "Lifting the Veil" and "Sacred Space" by Fiona Joyce, "To Anyone At All" by Clandestine, "Fine Small Storm" by Jen Hamel, "The Willow" by E. J. Jones, "Silver Hook Tango" by Australian singer-songwriter Kavisha Mazella, "When Two Lovers Meet" by Sarah McQuaid and most recently "Lumina" by Irish piper, low whistle player, and composer Eoin Duignan, which was hailed a stunning achievement by "Hot Press", Ireland's foremost music magazine.

Gerry's first solo album, "Half Moon Bay", featured his own songs and instrumental compositions. "Half Moon Bay" was citied as one of the 12 best releases of the year by "Performing Songwriter" magazine and was chosen as one of Folkworlds "Top Ten Albums" of the year. He has now released his second album "The Bog Bodies And Other Stories: Music For Guitar", which was named CD of the Month on the radio show Echoes.

Gerry has toured recently in Holland, Australia, New Zealand and the USA, performed solo at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and has taught musical composition from visual art at Swananoa Music Camp. He is currently at work on an album with fiddler Rosie Shipley.

Piper's Hut Concert Series presents Flashpoint, a trio of young musicians performing contemporary folk music rooted in the traditions of Ireland and Scotland. With a sound that is both sophisticated and spontaneous, they put on a stirring live show that is engaging to a variety of audiences. They have opened for some of the finest bands in the genre, including Solas and FullSet, and have performed with the likes of Liz Carroll, Oisin Mac Diarmada, Cormac de Barra, and John Doyle.

Flashpoint's music is rich with a variety of instruments, featuring David Mehalko on fiddle, piano/keyboards, and accordion, Daniel Mehalko on banjo, mandolin, and flute, and Joseph Carmichael on guitar and whistle, in addition to an array of effects pedals from all three.

The group began in the summer of 2009 when the three musicians met at the O'Flaherty Irish Music Youth Camp and performed for the first time at a local farmers' market shortly thereafter. During the following years they honed their skills through performances at the North Texas Irish Festival, the Austin Celtic Festival, the Houston Celtic Festival and Highland Games, and countless other venues.

http://flashpointirish.com

As part of the center’s outreach programming, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music offers community members the opportunity to learn and play traditional Balinese Gamelan music under the direction of I Ketut Gede Asnawa, a master gamelan musician and composer at the University of Illinois. A gamelan is an orchestra consisting mainly of keyed metallophones, gongs, and drums, often functioning as accompaniment to dance, dramas, and other Balinese performance arts.

Our Monday evening classes run from 6pm to 8pm in Room 1188 of School of Music at 1114 W. Nevada Street. Community gamelan is open to all, free of charge, with no prior experience required. No credit is offered. There is no need for registration, but participants who join the ensemble should understand that regular attendance is expected in order to enjoy making music in an orchestra dependent upon the contribution of every player. Community Gamelan members will be invited to perform at our end of semester concert scheduled for Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 2pm.