Dates: November 18-28, 2011
Location: Mombasa
More information/programme: East African Safari Rally website
Live Music: Weavers Band, every Sunday @ Rafikiz Lounge – Langata
From 7pm till late
Weavers Band is an all inclusive 7-member band that plays live music at selected venues within Nairobi City. The band plays a variety of music genres, including pop, rhythm & blues, rock & roll, jazz, reggae.
Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak, Nov. 24 2011 @ Tribe
Award-winning Polish Pianist Janusz Olejniczak is playing an exclusive charity concert at Tribe on November 24th – in support of the Kenya Red Cross.
The artist will be joined on stage by Elizabeth Njoroge, Brian Sempele and The Safaricom Choir. The concert will be followed by a cocktail reception.
Nairobi Now had two tickets to give away to one lucky reader for this unique event – the competition is now closed
To enter, write one comment to this blog post by November 22 explaining why we should give the tickets to you. We will reward the most creative comment with two tickets. Good luck everyone! (All participants will be automatically signed up for our weekly newsletter)
Concert: A Reggae journey through East Africa by Jahcoustix, Jamal & Friends, Nov. 18 2011 @ Goethe
Date: Friday, 18th November 2011
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 7pm
Entrance: Free
It all started in Kenya, in 1992, where Dominik Haas found the music that would give his life a clear musical direction. He spent his free time wandering through the downtown streets of Nairobi, where he would get his first contacts with Rastafarians and Reggae music. Inspired by the spiritual background of the Rasta culture, he wrote his first poems and started playing the guitar.
As the son of a diplomat, Dominik led a nomadic life, taking him to Kenya, Mexico, Liberia, New York and Egypt. After having spent 15 years abroad, he returned to Germany in 1998 and dedicated his music to a genre that knows neither skin colours nor ideological limitations. In 1999, he settled in Munich, teamed up with the band Dubious Neighbourhood.
Today, Dominik Haas calls himself Jahcoustix. He is one of Germany’s most consistent Reggae musicians, and is considered to be one of the pioneers who got Reggae off the ground in Germany.
Jahcoustix brings a promising symbiosis of Roots and acoustic Reggae.
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