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SUMMARY: Black History Month Concert Series presents Ruth Mathiang & Waleed Abdulhamid
LOCATION:Melody Bar - Gladstone Hotel
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/69713
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Music Africa and the Gladstone Hotel present yet another concert series fea=
turing some of the African best talent in Toronto and the diaspora. Tonight=
 we welcome Ruth Mathiang & Waleed Abdulhamid.

Waleed Abdulhamid and Ruth Mathiang are both from Sudan. They sing in Arabi=
c, Nuer, and Kiswahili. Ruth Mathiang comes from a musical family, where bo=
th her parents were musicians in their youth. In Kenya, she performed with =
local musicians, in styles ranging from traditional music to hip hop. Her d=
ream of having her own CD came true when she immigrated to Canadato attend =
the University of PEI and in 2002 released her first CD My Cry, Peace, a co=
llection of gospel/peace songs. In 2005-2006, she recorded her second album=
 Butterfly, a mixture of her favourite styles of music, from hip-hop, regga=
e, afrobeat, to gospel. It received great praise, reviewers invariably noti=
ng Mathiang=E2=80=99s soaring voice, her great versatility and her ability =
to find intimacy even in songs intended for huge crowds. =E2=80=9CI believe=
 freedom is in the heart and when we let love in, freedom awaits our invita=
tion. I sing and write about the struggle of the human heart to open and le=
t freedom shine,=E2=80=9D she says.

Join us for other dates in the concert series:
February 1 =E2=80=93 Donn=C3=A9 Roberts
February 15 =E2=80=93 Jabulani
February 22 =E2=80=93 Njacko Backo CD release party
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