Cal Performances presents The Nile Project
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, February 18, 2017

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[8:06 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

1. [8:07 PM] (unidentified tune #1: SFL: vox; AO: tanbour) »
2. [8:09 PM] (unidentified tune #2: +MA; NE; SZ: vox) »
3. [8:13 PM] (unidentified tune #3: +MB; IF: vox; AM2: JKM) »
4. [8:18 PM] (unidentified tune #4: IF, SFL & AM2 trade vocal lines) »
5. [8:24 PM] (unidentified tune #5: SZ: vox)
6. [8:26 PM] (unidentified instrumental: MB: adungu solo)
   [-IF; -SFL; JKM > perc; AO > bass; +DO; -SZ]
7. [8:29 PM] (unidentified tune #6)
   [MB > perc; -NE; +AM: vox; JKM > dr]
8. [8:35 PM] (unidentified tune #7)
   [AM > dundun]
9. [8:43 PM] (unidentified tune #8: “Iduta Zanje Nameho” = My Dreams Are Peace)
   [all but AO on next tune]
10. [8:54 PM] Dingy Dingy (SS)
    [-SS; +IF: vox; AO: bass]
11. [9:03 PM] (unidentified tune #9, sounds like “La Ley La Lena”)
    [set ends 9:13 PM]

[9:31 PM lights down, announcements by Mina Girgis, band out]

1. [9:37 PM] Zar (Healing Ceremony) [MB, NE; IF; AM; AM2; AO: tanbour, frame drum]
   [-NE; IF > krar; -AM2; AO > bass; +DO; +SS: umiduri; +SZ]
2. [9:50 PM] (unidentified, “Peace” sounds like “Salaam-ah”)
   [+NE; -IF; -AM; DO > vox; SS > g; -SZ]
3. [10:00 PM] (unidentified tune #2) » [10:05 PM] AM > vox
   [MA dedicates the next tune to local hosts, Iman & Arif; -MB; +SFL; DO > g; +SZ]
4. [10:09 PM] (unidentified tune #3)
   [+MB; -ES; +IF; +AM]
5. [10:22 PM] Awino Go Slow »
6. [10:29 PM] (unidentified tune #4)
7. [10:32 PM] Awino Go Slow (reprise)
   [set ends 10:33 PM]
    
   Encore
   [+NE: keyboards; IF > krar]
8. [10:33 PM] (unidentified tune #5)
   [show ends 10:40 PM, final words from Mina, band introduction; finished 10:45 PM]

The Nile Project

• Mohamed Abozekry: oud;
• Micheal Bazibu: endongo, endingidi, adungu, percussion;
• Nader El Shaer: kawala, ney;
• Ibrahim Fanous: Eritrean kraar, vox;
• Saleeb Fawzy Loza: vox;
• Asia Madani: percussion, vox;
• Adel Mekha: percussion, vox;
• Jackline Kasiva Mutua: percussion, vox;
• Ahmed Omar: bass, tanbour;
• Dave Otieno: guitar;
• Steven Sogo: ikembe, umiduri, guitar, bass, vox;
• Selamnesh Zemene: vox.

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Second or third time around for this project? Good enough to keep me looking forward to the next time! All of the singers were fabulous, most especially Saleeb Fawzy Loza. Wow!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!