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Helsingin Juhlaviikot: Afrocelt Sound System, Trad.Attack! at Helsingin Juhlaviikot at Huvila-teltta
Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on August 19, 2016
Where
Huvila-teltta
Helsingin Juhlaviikot
Eläintarhantie 8
Helsinki
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When
Fri, September 2, 2016
12:00
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About
Electronic dance music, Western-African rhythms and traditional Celtic music with bagpipes blend seamlessly at the hands of Afro Celt Sound System. Founded by Simon Emmerson in 1995, the band demonstrates how the different flows of world music can come together to form a force greater than the sum of its parts.
Afro Celt Sound System is a live band like no other, and its reputation has been boosted by appearances on movie, television and video game soundtracks and by numerous DJ mixes. Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Sinéad O’Connor and other superstars looking for inspiration from world music have performed and recorded with the band....