Alsarah & The Nubatones

Carte Blanche Dream CityConcert
Le Point Fort d'Aubervilliers
septembersept 21
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2h

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Le Point Fort d'Aubervilliers

Saturday september 21

21h30

Voice, melodies Alsarah. Back vocal and keyboards Nahid. Bass and trumpet Mawuena Kodjovi. Oud Brandon Terzic. Percussions Rami El Aasser.

With the support of Wevioo and of Focus

La Commune, centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers and the Festival d’Automne à Paris present this Carte Blanche in co-realisation. 

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The Dream City Carte Blanche will be marked by a concert given by the group Alsarah & the Nubatones, born out of discussions between Alsarah and Rami El Aasser about Nubian songs, migration and cultural exchanges between Sudan and Egypt.

A singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist, Alsarah added another string to her bow by founding The Nubatones in 2010. Heavily influenced by the Nubian music of the 1960s and 1970s, the group breathes new life into traditional Sudanese music with timeless melodies combining Eastern and North African influences, carried by Alsarah's charismatic, warm voice. In March 2014, they released their internationally acclaimed debut album Silt. Alsarah & the Nubatones explore the themes that mark the long journey after immigration begins. Their 2016 album Manara is both a quest and a celebration of the upheavals that migration brings.

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