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Kobo Town’s Drew Gonsalves Live In NYC

By Guest Blogger on Apr 5, 2007 in Bands, Music, Press Releases | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Kobo Town bandleader Drew Gonsalves will be following up his debut solo performance at Cafe Nostalgia in Ottawa by opening for Ben Godwin’s ‘Skin and Bone‘ Launch Party. Presented by MusicDish Network & Organic Entertainment, the record release event will introduce Ben’s sophomore album Skin and Bone to industry and fans on April 10, 2007 at Club Midway beginning at 6:30 PM. The event is sponsored by Crystal Radio Blue and LIFEbeat’s Hearts & Voices.

WHAT: ‘Skin and Bone’ Launch Party 2.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 10th, 6:30 PM
WHERE: Club Midway
25 Avenue B (bet. 2nd & 3rd Streets), NYC
NO COVER – RSVP @ http://www.musicdish.net/events/bengodwin/

The Toronto Star recently featured Drew as a new force in the revival  of Calypso: “It’s Wednesday night at the Trane Studio on Bathurst St., and the place is hopping – you have to squeeze your way to the bar. Onstage, a slim young man with a guitar has the crowd swaying to  an irresistible calypso beat. Drew Gonsalves and his band Kobo Town may not think of themselves this way, but they’re a musical bridge between two cultures, and a tenuous link to what may be a dying folk art.”

“What Drew is doing is wonderful,” noted Roger Gibbs, head of an association of calypso performers. “He’s drawing on the traditional  calypso vocabulary…giving it a fresh and authentic sound.”

Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Drew Gonsalves is a singer- songwriter whose music is rooted in traditional calypso, dub poetry and West Indian folk music. Founder and bandleader of celebrated roots calypso outfit Kobo Town, his songs receive regular airplay on the CBC and college radio stations across Canada. A multi instrumentalist who performs on the guitar, cuatro, tres, cavaquinho  and bongo, Gonsalves’ solo arrangements emphasize the humour, storytelling and lyricism that characterize Trinidad’s pre-eminent musical art.

http://www.musicdish.net/kobotown/



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