<p>"Transatlantic meeting" - explosive musical meeting between Cuba and West Africa<br><br>During this year's Transform Festival, Cuban and West African artists from the top shelf will come together and create a party concert with dance and rhythms that will make the temperature rise many degrees at Havet Arena. The Cuban-Norwegian artist Yeisy Rojas comes with his band of highly recognized Cuban musicians. In addition, singer Eme Alfonso, our contact at the Havana World Music Festival, the well-known Gambian kora player Dawda Jobarthe living in Denmark as well as percussionists and dancers from Lions of Africa, Senegal.<br>“Let the rhythms take you….!”<br><br>Dawda Jobarteh kora, song<br>Salieu Dibba percussion, vocals<br>Abdoulaye Camara dance<br>Issa Ndour flute, percussion<br>Yeisy Rojas singing/violin<br>Gaston Joya bass<br>Jose Carlos Sanchez drums<br>Torbjørn Kvamme piano<br>
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe on ancestral knowledge; pansori ace Jaram Lee finds her Hemingway; secrets of a Colombian marimba seminar; interview with folk musician Jackie Oates, plus free Top of the World CD with each issue