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| 2nd Annual American Roots Music Benefit Concert Sequoia Community, a non-profit organization benefiting the homeless and other special needs populations, will present their second annual American Roots Music Benefit Concert at the world famous Apollo Theater on Thursday, November 16, 2006. Headlining the event will be Richard Hartley & Soul Resurrection, Haven House Choir, the Tokyo Mass Choir, Rory Block and New Orleans native, Kipori 'Baby Wolf' Woods. Richard Hartley is a New York-based singer, arranger, songwriter, actor and musical director who has worked with Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Tricky, Kelly Price, Candi Staton, Dottie Peoples and many more. Richard Hartley currently serves as Pastor and co-founder of Haven International Ministries in Rockaway, New York, home of the dynamic Haven House Choir. Known as a non-traditional gospel choir, the Haven House Choir is poised to make their mark in gospel history. The Tokyo Mass Choir, founded by Shin Ikesue, is comprised of one hundred fifty students from all over Japan who perfectly sing the gospel art form but speak little or no English. They are the most successful and popular gospel group in the country and sing with near perfect English diction that threatens even the most seasoned American gospel choir. The passion for gospel embodied by the Tokyo Mass Choir is one of the characteristics that make their performances so unique and powerful. Accomplishments include performing "Heal The World" for Michael Jackson which received them a standing ovation, and a performance on the Japan Academy Awards. Considered a legend in the making, Kipori 'Baby Wolf' Woods is the youngest black blues vocalist and guitarist to surface on the blues scene in years. Taking his cues from masters like B.B. King and Albert King, Kipori's sound blends blues classics and modern flavors. Schooled under the direction of Ellis Marsalis, this young 'blues man from way down south' has won offBEAT Magazine's Best of the Beat Awards for Best New Blues Artist two years running. Kipori is currently the featured artist on tour with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and will be playing at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on August 8, 2006. Blue acoustic guitarist and singer Rory Block has been heralded as "a living landmark" Berkeley Express, "a national treasure" Guitar Extra, and "one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists" Blues Revue. Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |