Wednesday February 26 * 8pm * $10 * TICKETS

Amadou Kouyate (DC) is the 150th generation of the Kouyate lineage and has studied and performed Manding music since the age of three years old. Amadou is a dynamic djembe and koutiro drummer. He also plays the 21-string kora, which he learned first with his father, Djimo Kouyate and other master Diali --oral historians/musicians-- of Manding tradition in West Africa.
www.memoryofafricanculture.org/amk.htm

Hailing from southwest Michigan, Josh Miller brings the countryside with him in his music -- the repetitive ambience of the lake to the changing of the seasons. With years of playing a range from metal to free improv; Josh now focuses on acoustic guitar with influences including Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Robbie Basho and the like, mixed to the rhythm of a swelling journey across the country. https://miserylovesyou.bandcamp.com/

Duo Dyad is a collaboration between 10-string mandolinist Joel Michael-Schwartz and guitarist Todd Shelar (Pergola). Their performances cover music from the 16th century through to the present day, including classical, programmatic art music, jazz standards ranging from the 1920’s to the 1970’s, folk and world music including Balkan, Spanish, Latin American, and contemporary pieces by composers such as Steve Reich, Astor Piazzola and Yann Tiersen.