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Last Friday Cheers of the Season!
25 Years of FREE Music!
Brown's Island
6:00-9:30pm
Venture Richmond's FREE signature summer concert series, Friday Cheers, presented by Coors Light and Yuengling, is back on Brown's Island for its 25th season and promises to feature some of the nation's hottest touring acts, along with some regional favorites. The series kicked off Friday, May 8, and continues Fridays through June 26.
This Friday, June 26:
Toubab Krewe, (w/ Crucial Elements)
Blending American and West African influences into a sound all its own, Toubab Krewe has set "a new standard for fusions of rock 'n' roll and West African music" (Afropop Worlwide).
Since forming in 2005, the magnetic instrumental quintet has won a diverse and devoted following at performances around the world. They developed their unique sound over the course of numerous extended trips to Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, where they immersed themselves in the local culture and studied and performed with luminaries.
But the group has its roots in Asheville, NC, where many of its members were childhood friends and long-term musical collaborators. And it was there, at home in the Appalachians, where the band chose to record their sophomore album, Live at the Orange Peel. All of the songs are previously unreleased and continue to mix American rock 'n' roll with the West African musical traditions the band fell in love with on their travels. Along the way, they explore the worlds of surf and zydeco, fusing it all together into what the Village Voice describes as "a futuristic, psychedelic, neo-griot frenzy" and Honest Tune hails as "one of the most innovative voices in music today."
http://www.toubabkrewe.com
Parking: available in the brand new Federal Reserve Bank parking deck at the corner of 5th & Byrd Streets starting at 5:30pm for $5. Also at Riverfront Towers and Riverside on the James parking decks at 10th & Tredegar Streets for $5, and at The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar on Tredegar Street for $5.
Presented by: Coors Light and Yuengling
Sponsored by: Mix 103.7, 96.5 KLR, K95, Y101, Plan 9 Music, BlackFinn, Richmond.com, Pepsi, James River Cellars, Crowne Plaza and Style Weekly
Produced and Managed by: Venture Richmond
Visit: www.venturerichmond.com for more information, call 804-788-6466, or visit the "Friday Cheers Makes Beer Taste Better" Fan Page on Facebook for the full lineup and up to date information.
Brown's Island has free Wi-Fi.
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6.23.2009 
