Contact information
Name:
Williams Center Ticket Office
Phone:
(610) 330-5009
Email:
williamscenter@lafayette.edu
Link for More Information:
When:
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Where:
Williams Center for the Arts
Presenter:
Williams Center for the Arts
Price:
Free for Laf Students, $5 for Laf Faculty and Staff, $25 for Public, $6 for other students
“Cheikh Lô has a voice that can move from a prescient whisper to a searing gut cry… an eclectic composer and arranger who tries new ideas on every song” (NPR). Conveying a laidback funk within the rippling polyrhythms of Senegal’s signature mbalax, he cross-pollinates with Ghanaian high-life, Jamaican reggae, and Afro-Cuban beats that keep his band’s talking drums particularly chatty. With a gentle, high tremolo or sudden bass-line plunge, Cheikh Lô implores listeners to embrace peace, love, and steadfast spirituality; one needn’t be fluent in Wolof or Bambara to be carried away by his captivating voice.