Chicago Afrobeat Project: Hello Madison

FRI 3/25 @Der Rathskeller & SAT 3/26 @Memorial Union, The Great Hall

video produced by Jonny Worrell

Chicago Afrobeat Project is about to release their fourth album in the coming months (stay tuned)! CAbP has released three albums to date including a self-titled album (2005), "(A) Move to Silent Unrest" (2007), and the newest release, "Off the Grid" (2008). The band received the"Best African Artist" award in 2008 from the Chicago Music Awards (CMA)and was nominated for an "Award of Honor for Contribution to World Beat Music" in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The group wasalso nominated as Best African Artist in the CMAs in 2004 and 2005. As a natural extension of the group's ability to connect diverse musical styles through afrobeat, CAbP has featured many notable Chicago guest musicians at its live performances including Howard Levy of Bela Fleck fame, Fareed Haque of Garaj Mahal, seven-time Grammy-winner Paul Wertico, Bobby Broom, Jeff Parker of Tortoise, Kalyan Pathak, Diverse, Ugochi, Morikeba Kouyate and many other Chicago greats.

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