Taiko to Yoruba
The tour to the east coast was awesome. I especially had a lot of fun playing “Miyake” with Kaoru at the Drom show and at Kinokuniya. It had been a long time since we both had played the piece and man am I sore. It was also great to share our experiences with Kodo and Ondekoza. Now I’m back in Ashland, Oregon and today I’ll begin rehearsals for the Wole Soyinka play “Death and the King’s Horseman“. It’s a Nigerian play that features Yoruban drumming and I’m one of the percussionists. I’ll be performing with the Nigerian master drummer Bisi Adeleke. This will be a lot of fun and an awesome learning experience. The play opens on February 21st and closes on July 5th. If you can, come check it out.
January 18th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
That’s so awesome!! Hari Rai and I are both coming up to the festival in March, and we definitely won’t miss this play! Best of luck. :)
- Emma