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The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation will present its final Virtual Winter Concert Series performance on Thursday, February 18, at 7 p.m., featuring Cape Verdean singer-songwriter Elida Almeida.
Born on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, Almeida developed her vocal techniques singing in church. Almeida’s voice paired with the Cape Verdean rhythms of batuque, coladera, and tabanka have garnered acclaim throughout Africa, Europe, and North America.
“Elida Almeida’s powerful and smooth vocals blend with her sensual and grounded delivery to give her audience the feeling that she’s in the room with them,” says Lotus Executive Director Tamara Loewenthal. “She knows how to party and she wants viewers to get up and move with her, to jump up and sing with her. We heartily accept the invitation and look forward to doing that together on February 18.”
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. Photo by Darryl Smith
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation. Bloom
has republished it here with edits for style and clarity.
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The grant funds will contribute to the 2021 Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, supporting free programming that will help Lotus offer diverse multicultural music and arts experiences to underserved and economically disadvantaged groups within the community.
“In the past year, as the pandemic has closed our physical doors, Lotus has been privileged to continue serving our mission, with support from grants such as this one from the National Endowment for the Arts,” says Lotus Executive Director Tamara Loewenthal. “Our focus continues to be sharing global music and art in a broad variety of settings including virt
Vox Sambou. Courtesy photo
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation. Bloom
has republished it here with minor edits for style and clarity.
on the Lotus Facebook and YouTube pages. The concert will feature hip hop and reggae artist Vox Sambou and an archived performance from Trio Da Kali.
Vox, who writes and performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, is known for merging social activism and hip hop through the content of his music and his role as director of La Maison des Jeunes de Côte-des-Neiges, a Montreal-based cultural community center that provides young aspiring musicians with a place to develop their musical and creative talents.