Heavy dance grooves and the biggest sound around
Kittery, Maine - Get ready for a night of non-stop heavy dance grooves and the biggest sound around. Shango makes a triumphant return to The Dance Hall in Kittery on Friday, May 15 at 8:00pm.
Shango is the 20-plus member Afro-beat Orchestra dedicated to playing the music of Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and the music they have inspired, was founded by percussionist, keyboardist, dancer, composer and arranger Jonny Peiffer in the summer of 2013. The band has been steadily offering raucous, infectious dance parties and ever since and packing venues like The Dance Hall, The Press Room, and Fury’s Publick House in Dover, as well as One Longfellow in Portland.
Shango is packed with some of the best musicians and dancers on the Seacoast. The band features lead vocalist Stu Dias of Soggy Po Boys and Mother Superior and the Sliding Royals fame. Stu is backed by keyboardist Mike Effenberger and bassist Nick Phaneuf of Tan Vampire fame, guitarists Jon McCormack and Jonathan Paul, a 6-piece horn section featuring Matt Langley on tenor and practically all of the Soggy Po Boy horn section, dancers and singers, and a 5-piece percussion section. Percussionist Namory Keita, a native of Guinea West Africa, regularly accompanies Liz Fowler's dance classes and teaches classes of his own at The Dance Hall.
In a recent show Shango featured Ismael 'Bonfils' Kouyate, principal dancer and singer in the Broadway production Fela! the musical, currently on a world tour.
The Seacoast has come to expect that a night out to see Shango is a night of non-stop heavy dance grooves and the biggest sound around.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and can be purchased at www.thedancehallkittery.org and www.brownpapertickets.com.
Doors open at 7:30pm, Show at 8:00pm.
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