Polyphonic Ground - Small World Music

The Maghreb Project

2019-08-098:00 pm–9:00 pm Harbourfront Centre FreeFreehttps://www.facebook.com/events/341163263195512/?event_time_id=341163269862178 Presented by Batuki Music Society in partnership with Polyphonic Ground. Part of Habari Africa Festival 2019. North Africa stretches from the Mediterranean to the southern boundary of the Sahara desert, and consists of the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan and Egypt. The Maghreb region contains the largest […]

Polyphonic Ground: Blandine + Fatoumata Kouyaté + Mabinty Sylla

2018-10-288:00 pm–10:00 pm Lula Lounge $15 Adv / $20 Door$15 Adv / $20 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/BFM Co-presented by Batuki Music Society and Lula Music and Arts Centre. A talented singer, composer and dancer, Blandine blends traditional and popular sounds from the Congo with afrobeat, R&B, jazz and pop. Having worked as a vocalist for highly-renowned artists such […]

Polyphonic Ground Concert: Uma Nota Fall Jam w/ VOX Sambou

2018-10-1210:30 pm–2:00 am Baby G $10 – $15$10 – $15https://www.picatic.com/event15367206223623 Polyphonic Ground concert presents Uma Nota Culture’s fall jam with Djs a and live music co-presented by RPM. featuring VOX SAMBOU Haitian-born, Montreal-based musician and activist Vox Sambou rocks the mic in five languages. Last time he played at Uma Nota back in 2015, he […]

Polyphonic Ground Concert: Sharabi (NYC/Toronto/India)

2018-09-0111:00 pm–12:30 am Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room FreeFreehttp://www.ashkenaz.ca/dt_portfolio/sharabi/ Sharabi is, undoubtedly, the world’s only Yiddish-Punjabi-bhangra-bollywood-funk-klezmer party band. Fronted by trumpeter Frank London, a founding member of the GRAMMY-winning group The Klezmatics, and New York’s top call Indian percussionist, Deep Singh, the duo’s special late-night show at Ashkenaz will feature many special guests from the Festival […]

Polyphonic Ground Presents RPM x Uma Nota Culture x Manifesto – RPM Records 2 Year Anniversary

2018-08-1110:00 pm–3:00 am 191 Geary Avenue $10 Adv / $15 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/RPM The Toronto-based, global Indigenous music platform, label, and agency, Revolutions Per Minute, is coming up on the 2-year anniversary of RPM Records—the world’s first contemporary Indigenous music label—and they’re throwing a huge party to celebrate the next phase of the next wave. Featuring music […]

Liniker e os Caramelows with Bruno Capinan

2018-07-128:00 pm–1:00 am Lula Lounge $33.50$33.50https://www.picatic.com/Liniker A Polyphonic Ground Concert co-presented by Lula Music and Arts and Uma Nota Culture in association with Sarau Brasil. For the first time ever in Canada, ground-breaking and award-winning Liniker e os Caramelows direct from São Paulo, Brazil! LINIKER E OS CARAMELOWS Fronted by captivating transgender vocalist Liniker Barros, […]

Bint El Funk Canadian Debut with DJ Shifra Rifka

2018-03-089:00 pm–11:00 pm Revival Bar $15 Adv / $20 Door$15 Adv / $20 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/event15174223488178 Ashkenaz and Small World Music present Israel’s Bint El Funk in their Toronto Debut as part of the Polyphonic Ground concert series. Israel’s next breakout world music sensation, Bint El Funk (Daughter of Funk) combines American-style funk with traditional Jewish Yemenite […]

Polyphonic Ground Presents Los Poetas / Slim Flex & Success K with Samantha Cross / Evolution / Deejay MKay

2017-12-148:00 pm–11:45 pm Revival Bar $15 Adv / $20 Door$15 Adv / $20 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/PGPresentsDec14 Lula Music & Arts Centre and Music Africa curate a night that celebrates the flavour and rhythms of African and Latin music in the fourth Polyphonic Ground Presents concert. About Los Poetas Presented by Lula Music & Arts Centre Hailing from […]

Polyphonic Ground Presents Sina Salimi + d’bi & the 333

2017-11-099:00 pm Revival Bar $20$20https://www.picatic.com/PolyphonicGroundNov2017 Presented by Polyphonic Ground Presents. Link Music Lab & Good Kind Productions bring Afro-Fusion-Dub and Persian avant garde santur to the forefront in our 3rd Polyphonic Presents concert. Singer-songwriter Sina Salimi fuses Persian poetry with original lyrics, drawing inspiration from his Persian roots and his favourite American composers such as […]

Spirit of the Narrows – Performance

2017-11-248:00 pm–10:00 pm Small World Music Centre $25$25https://www.picatic.com/event15097341773460 Presented by Falcon Productions and sponsored by Polyphonic Ground and World Fiddle Day Toronto. Created and written by Anne Lederman, and performed by Anne and Capucine Onn, Spirit of the Narrows is the story of one woman’s journey into the world of Aboriginal fiddling. As a young […]

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