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AUGUST SHOWS 16.08.10
In August Mdungu has some really special shows: on the 15th they performed in the Vondelpark Openluchttheater for a great crowd and as icing on the cake Lilian Vieira (Zuco 103) jumped on stage to join David in Mdungu's song Confusion. You can see the performance below.
On the 21st Mdungu will play on the Noorderzon festival in Groningen and on the 28th they close the ZomerJazzFietsTour in Garnwerd, Groningen. We hope to see you there!
MDUNGU LIVE IN EUROPE 13.07.10
In July Mdungu is crossing borders! Last weekend they played a killer German debut show at the Frequenzen Festival in Meldorf, Germany. The audience loved it, so we'll be back in Germany soon! Check out the clip below this post for a peek of the show and the great vibes.
Next show abroad will be at the 10th dlr Festival of World Cultures in Ireland, where Mdungu will be playing the main stage on July 24th, just before Cheb Khaled performs on that same stage! And last but not least they will be playing in Antwerp, Belgium at the Openluchttheater Rivierenhof on July 30th.
MONDAY YAMANABOOLE LIVE ON RADIO 6 10.06.10
This Monday at 9:30 in the morning, just before they leave for Oerol Festival, Mdungu brings out the vuvuzela's to rock their single Yamanaboole (South Africa 2010) live on national Dutch Radio 6 program KRO The Beat. On this day the Dutch soccer team will play their first match against Denmark. You can listen to the show live on cable or www.radio6.nl.
Mdungu will be playing this Friday June 11 on The Hague Jazz, June 14 and 15 on Oerol and June 19 on Festival Mundial. This summer you can also catch them on Reuring Festival, Growlands, Openluchttheater Rivierenhof Antwerpen, Vondelpark Openluchttheater, ZomerJazzFiets Tour, Wereldfeest Utrecht, dlr Festival of World Cultures Dublin Ireland, Frequenzen Festival Meldorf Germany and many more! Check out the summer tour flyer here!
YAMANABOOLE (SOUTH AFRICA 2010) NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES 17.05.10
Mdungu's new single Yamanaboole (South Africa 2010) is now officially released and available on ITunes!! To buy the single for just € 0,99 click here!
Yamanaboole (South Africa 2010) is produced by Simon Akkermans (C-mon from the band C-mon & Kypski). The song is an upbeat track inspired by the upcoming soccer World Cup games in South Africa. Yamanaboole means "come together" in Wolof (the Gambian language) and features David Beukers and Ebou Gaye Mada on vocals.
You can listen to the track here.
MDUNGU SUMMER TOUR 2010 11.05.10
Mdungu will be touring Holland, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland this summer. Coming soon to a stage near you!
Mdungu has a great summer tour coming up with shows in Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Ireland. They will be a.o. at the Oerol festival, Jazz in Duketown, Festival Mundial, The Hague Jazz, Openluchttheater in Antwerp, dlr Festival of World Cultures in Dublin, Vondelpark Openluchttheater and many more.
To start it all off they give a special concert on Sunday April 25 in RASA, Utrecht featuring special guests Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. The show is part of the Africa Independent Festival in RASA that starts Thursday April 22nd. In honor of this festival the organization will compose the African Blacklist with highlights of 50 years of African pop music. You can check out Mdungu's Thijs van Milligen's top 20 here.
April 25 Mdungu plays a special concert in RASA, Utrecht featuring special guests Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. They are no strangers to the band: Justin Adams mixed Mdungu's debut album Afro What!? and both Justin and Juldeh joined Mdungu on stage before on a magical night at the Music Meeting in Nijmegen 2009.
Mdungu recorded a brand new single, produced by Simon Akkermans (C-mon from the band C-mon & Kypski). The song is named Yamanaboole (South Africa 2010) and is inspired by the coming soccer World Cup games in South Africa. Yamanaboole means "come together" in Wolof (the Gambian language) and features David Beukers and Ebou Gaye Mada on vocals. You can listen to the track here.
Mdungu's alto saxophonist and bandleader Thijs van Milligen has been nominated for the Deloitte Jazz Award, Hollands biggest award for talent deserving wider recognition.
Mdungu played at 2010's Eurosonic/Noorderslag. Check out the reviews on the show here.
Mdungu's debut album Afro What!? has been voted best world music album produced in the Netherlands in 2009 by MixedWorldMusic.com, an online magazine represented by Hollands leading journalists. You can read the full article here.
Mdungu was voted 7th place of best live acts of 2009 by Tropicalidad.be, check out the full list here.
Mdungu will play at this year's edition of EuroSonic Noorderslag on Saturdaynight January 16 at 01:45 in the Oosterpoort Heineken Foyer.
EuroSonic Noorderslag is Europe’s most important live music industry conference and showcase festival for new talent. Noorderslag has been the main barometer of Dutch pop music for 24 years and on Saturday, De Oosterpoort Theatre presents the very best Dutch acts in every genre, from hiphop and urban to pop music, avant garde, dance, alternative and everything in between.
Mdungu has been selected to do a showcase at the first edition of the Day of Dutch Worldmusic held on December 11th in Rasa, Utrecht.
We are very proud to be selected for this special event and hope to see lots of our fans there to cheer us on!
Check out our brand new promo video shot during the show at the Numoon Festival in WMDC Rotterdam:
What a great summer it was! We played the best festivals, met the greatest people and played like never before! This year a delegation of Mdungu will visit the World Music Expo in Copenhagen. So if you're there and want to meet, contact us!
Mdungu at Pure Jazz Festival, The Hague. Photos by Eric van Nieuwland
REVIEW IN NRC HANDELSBLAD 08.08.09
Review in daily National newspaper NRC Handelsblad:
MDUNGU IN AUGUST 01.08.09
In August you can find us at the following festivals:
August 2: Muzikale Botenparade Utrecht
August 8: Zomerterras, Vlaardingen
August 22: Haarlem Jazz Stad, Haarlem
August 30: Wereld Jazz Dagen, Dordrecht
For our other shows check here.
You can also follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mdungu
MDUNGU IN DE ZOMER DRAAIT DOOR 17.06.09
June 16 Mdungu performed live on the national tv show De Zomer Draait Door, you can watch the recording here.
Last Friday the 29th of May Mdungu celebrated the release of their debut cd called Afro What!? with cake and a concert in the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Fans, friends and family filled the Paradiso while they kicked off the first steamin’ show in a row of concerts that will take them through summer. Many surprised looks I caught when it was concerned our baritone sax player Job Chajes. How did he become so pretty all of a sudden?? The hair, the dress!!?? Well.......it was not Job playing with us but the lovely Babette Jane who is so kind to fill Jobs spot while he is playing with the Amsterdam Klezmer Band.
The next day Mdungu played the Music Meeting in Nijmegen. Their beloved tenor sax player David Beukers could not make it so Benjamin Herman jumped in to fill the spot. Not only did he fill the spot, he filled the whole stage with his jumps and smiles and shiny tenor sax. The Music Meeting was also special for us because we had the oppertunity to play with the wonderful guitarist Justin Adams, who did the mixing on Afro What!?. In the set of Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara the great Mdungu horns joined the stage for some horn blowing in the last two songs. Justin and Juldeh from their part joined in the last song of Mdungus set and rocked away.
The next day, waking up with a small hangover, too much cigarettes and too little sleep Mdungu went to play on the Dunya Festival. They were prepared for the worse: umbrellas, rainboots and stormcoats. Hey...its Dunya!, but were bitterly dissapointed on arrival to find clear skies, no wind and a happy sunny crowd of people all waiting for them! It was a great gig.
Photos by Klaas van der Pijl (left) and Tom de Goeij
In short, just another weekend for Mdungu.
AFRO WHAT!? OUT NOW! 20.05.09
AFRO WHAT!? , Mdungu's debut album is available now in the better record stores near you or online shops. You can listen to the complete album in the 3 voor 12 luisterpaal.
The release party is May 29 in Paradiso, Amsterdam.
MDUNGU LIVE AT RADIO 6 20.05.09
Friday May 15 Mdungu performed live 3 songs from the new album. You can listen to the mini concert here
Last fall Mdungu recorded their debut cd AFRO WHAT!?. The recordings are mixed by producer/guitarist Justin Adams, who is well known from his award winning work with Tinariwen, his own group Soul Science and Robert Plants Strange Sensation.
We are happy to announce that the album will be released by musiclabel Zimbraz, a division of Music and Words, on May 11 2009. The release party is May 29 in Paradiso, Amsterdam.
