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| Soul Force Sacred Music Festival in Pasadena, Earth Day Weekend Soul Force hits Pasadena featuring performers from around the world celebrating the relevance and power of nonviolent action today. The Soul Force Sacred Music Festival, an interfaith celebration of ritual world music, spiritual jazz and dynamic speakers will fill two stages and an outdoor patio at the historic Methodist church on Colorado Blvd, Pasadena. This citywide collaboration spans from Friday eve through a special Sunday morning service. Speakers include Civil Rights icon Rev. James Lawson on the power of nonviolence along with Sufi qawwali by Fanna Fi Allah, Indian ragas by the Gundecha Brothers, Moroccan trance music by Grammy-nominated Innov Gnawa, Filipino sacred chants by Grace Nono, Hawaiian songs of nonviolent resistance by Starr Kalāhiki & the Liliʻu Project and original piano compositions Reflections on Exile by Donia Jarrar. The Arohi Ensemble will present an east/west ragajazz world premiere joined by the transcendent vocals of LA's own spiritual jazz shaman Dwight Trible and Columbian flute and saxophone legend Justo Almario and 50 singers of the Young Men's Ensemble of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus. Join us for a weekend of spirited ritual music, genre-bending rhythms and improvisations, dynamic speakers as well as local environmental and social organizations dedicated to climate change awareness and inspiring people to be change-makers in their own communities. Tickets and full festival schedule of the weekend info visit: www.soulforceproject.com Soul Force Sacred Music Festival in Pasadena, Earth Day Weekend April 26th-28th, First United Methodist Church, 500 East Colorado Blvd. write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |