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Rufus Cappadocia performing at Pop!Tech 2008 [Part 2 of 2] bethanyandrufus 2,035 views In October 2008, Pop!Techs annual conference in Maine (www.poptech.org) featured this remarkable performance by cellist Rufus Cappadocia. Cappadocia bows and plucks his cel...
Rufus Cappadocia performing at Pop!Tech 2008 [Part 1 of 2] bethanyandrufus 218 views In October 2008, Pop!Techs annual conference in Maine (www.poptech.org) featured this remarkable performance by cellist Rufus Cappadocia. Cappadocia bows and plucks his cel...
Rufus Cappadocia - Transformation bethanyandrufus 901 views Crazy cello master Rufus Cappadocia performs his piece "Transformation" live with dancer Sheila Anozier. Video directed by Jon Fine. www.rufusmusic.com www.bethanyandruf...
Bethany & Rufus performing at Pop!Tech 2008 in Maine bethanyandrufus 527 views Rufus Cappadocia performing with Bethany Yarrow at Pop!Tech 2008 in Camden, Maine (October 23, 2008). www.poptech.com
Video Diary - Rufus & Bonga jamming at the beach bethanyandrufus 297 views While on tour, Bethany Yarrow films Rufus Cappadocia and Bonga Jean-Baptiste in a magic sand circle on the beach in Santa Cruz, California. Rufus on the 8 string lute and ...
Video Diary: Bethany Sings Freedom Songs at the Polls in North Philly bethanyandrufus 136 views Bethany Yarrow sings a new freedom song at the polls in North Philadelphia. DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING WITH YOUR MIND SET ON OBAMA? Yes we did! www.bethanyandrufus.com
Peter, Bethany & Rufus - Sail Away Ladies (Spirit of Woodstock) bethanyandrufus 3,009 views Excerpt from Peter, Bethany & Rufus: The Spirit of Woodstock. Bethany and Rufus play with Mady Kouyate (kora) Bonga Jean-Baptiste (percussion) and Sheila Anozier (dance). w...
Bethany & Rufus - If I Had My Way (Spirit of Woodstock) bethanyandrufus 677 views Excerpt from Peter, Bethany & Rufus: The Spirit of Woodstock. Bethany and Rufus play with Bonga Jean Baptiste (percussion) and Sheila Anozier (dance). Throw down dancing to...
Bethany & Rufus - Nobody's Fault (Spirit of Woodstock) bethanyandrufus 1,576 views Excerpt from THE SPIRIT OF WOODSTOCK. Bethany & Rufus perform "Nobody's Fault" with Haitian percussionist Bonga Jean-Baptiste. www.bethanyandrufus.com
Bethany & Rufus - 900 Miles (music video) bethanyandrufus 3,831 views Bethany & Rufus' music video for the title track "900 Miles" from their debut CD. www.bethanyandrufus.com

About Bethany & Rufus

Drawing from the roots music traditions of America, Niger, and Haiti; Bethany & Rufus with Yacouba Moumouni and Bonga Jean-Baptiste come together to create an unexpected tapestry, weaving the desert winds of Africa with Vodou traditions of the new world and the folk music of America.

"Yarrow has a keen, dusky-voiced musicianship that blurs folk, rock and pop... it is, though, Cappadocia's brilliance that gives this [music] its remarkable sheen. His palette... is incredibly rich and amazingly clever." - Jazz Times

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About Bethany Yarrow
Bethany is the daughter of Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary - one of the leading groups of the American folk movement. Peter, literally a living "memory-man" of American songs, considers himself as much a political activist as a musician who sees music as a way of bringing people together, reaching into their hearts and dissolving prejudices to create a common humanity. Throughout her musical career, Bethany has maintained this vision in her music as well, and her powerful, earthy voice reflects all the nuances of American musical culture: from European to African American to Native American.

In 2003, Bethany released her debut CD, entitled "Rock Island", to much critical acclaim. Beautifully produced by Kevin Salem (Mercury Rev, Bad Brains, Chocolate Genius) and Knox Chandler (David Gahan, Siouxsie & the Banshees), the CD mixed the gloss of pop production with banjos, dulcimers, harmonicas, slide guitars, gospel choirs, and the sampled ghosts of some of the great blues singers in America. In totally unexpected ways, Bethany took traditional slave lullabies, prison songs, and murder ballads, and turned them into grooving electronic pop for a new generation.

Various reviewers have called Bethany's voice, "mesmerizing", "intense", and "spell-binding". "A cross between PJ Harvey and Annie Lennox Odetta and Grace Slick" She has been dubbed a "musical medium", crossing genres and time. But one things is sure, she has been blessed to inherit an extraordinarily rich legacy of folk music, and in reinventing these deeply American songs, Bethany has not only taken them into the future, she has made them completely her own.

About Rufus Cappadocia
Rufus Cappadocia comes from Canada, where he studied the Japanese Suzuki method of learning music by ear, after which he trained classically with the Czech cello master Zdenick Konicek. But Rufus, who now lives in New York, says that he plays the folkloric music of New York; in other words, music from around the world: the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean...

About Yacouba Moumouni
Yacouba Moumouni is a singer and flautist, leader of the jazz-ethnic band from Niger, Mamar Kassey. Moumouni is probably the best known Nigerien musician outside the country, and is much beloved in his home country.

Mastering the traditional flute, he joined the Ballet National of Niger and then formed Mamar Kassey, an eight man group featuring Moumouni and guitarist Abdallah Alhassane. Together they have toured West Africa, Europe, and the United States, and have become the most popular musical group in Niger.

In 1986 Yacouba accepted an invitation to join the traditional band Zongo. Together, they toured and performed in Korea, Libya, Algeria, and West Africa. Transferring to Orchestre Takeda, the house band at the musical academy Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale (CFPM), in 1990, Yacouba was mentored by the group's director and lead guitarist, Abdoulaye Alhassane. He remained with the band for five years. Together with other CFPM musicians, including Ahlassane, Yacouba formed Mamar Kassey in 1995. The band's debut album, Alatoumi, released in 1999 on the French Daqui label, was followed by Denke-Denke two years later.

About Bonga Jean-Baptiste
Gaston Jean-Baptiste, known as "Bonga", is a musical virtuoso who has been performing and studying traditional Haitian drum, dance and song since the age of seven. He began playing drums in his family's peristil in his hometown of Croix-des-Mission in La Plaine, an area of Haiti known for culture and history.

Bonga is regarded as a master of the Afro Haitian drum, sought-after for his extensive repertoire of pan-African rhythms. A dynamic performer, accompanist, session player and educator, Bonga works on stage, in the recording studio, and in educational settings. He is one of the few drum experts and craftsmen outside of Haiti who continues to build traditional drums using techniques that are centuries old.

As a core member of the seminal Haitian roots bands, Boukman Eksperyans and Foulà, Bonga was invited to the U.S. in the '90s when musicians were becoming a strong voice for the Haitian people. Since then, Bonga has continued to play solo and in ensemble and at numerous worldwide venues. He is a featured performer with Peter Yarrow, Grace Jones, Dan Zanes and Urban Tap, to mention a few. His drums opened the NY premiere of the Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge" tour and he is prominently featured on recordings by Wyclef Jean and Salif Keita.

Bongas first CD, Kanzo (2000), incorporates elements of jazz, blues, and funk to create a dynamic version of mizik rasin. The recording features Lou Reed, bassist Fernando Saunders, and trumpeter Frank London. Bongas second CD, Ayiti Afrika (2006), received critical acclaim.

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