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From Bangla-Beat to AfroBeat: March 13 Concert in London

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Asia House showcases a funky fusion of traditional and contemporary Bangladeshi music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on Monday 13 March 2006. The concert explores the musical roots of Bangladesh from the sounds of the homelands through to contemporary world fusion.

Rob Fakir and Shajahan Munshi play traditional Lalon and Baul music found in the shantytowns and melas of Bangladesh. Ektaar All Stars, led by Ornob represents the new generation of Bangladeshi musicians with a contemporary urban approach to Bangladesh's musical heritage. The lead singer Ornob, is one of Bangladesh's most creative and multi-talented stars. Kishon Khan's international world fusion project Lokkhi Terra, mixes Bengali folk with other world traditions from Cuban rumba to Nigerian Afro-beat, representing a British-Bangladeshi approach to this heritage. With special guest Fazal Qureshi on Tabla.

There is a free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm exploring the music and heritage of Bangladesh and free music in the foyer at 6pm with one of the UK's most distinctive contemporary jazz artists, Zoe Rahman on piano accompanied by Idris Rahman on clarinet and Anselmo Netto on percussion.

Tickets 15 - 25 UK Sterling from Queen Elizabeth Hall box office 0870 401 8181 or http://www.rfh.org.uk

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