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Video and Photo by Jamie Soja http://www.sojaphotography.com/
http://ysidibe.com/

Charles Neville & Youssoupha Sidibe with The Mystic Rhythms Band have been astonishing audiences with amazing performances combining New Orleans and West African music with drums and bass creating a new kind of high energy music like nothing before. They released their groundbreaking first album "TREE OF LIFE" in early Nov 2010 coinciding with a West Coast USA Tour.

The touring project is high energy with African/reggae style drums and bass while the CD was a duet and instrumental.
These are quotes about the CD "The project connects jazz and traditional African music, and the result is as stunning as it is soothing... It's both a brave departure and completely natural. The CD is worth a listen when you are in the mood for quiet contemplation and simple beauty." -- Register Guard (Portland) http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25550333-35/sidibe-african-music-neville-kora.csp (More press below)
"The rippling, and at times percussive, arrangements with the kora are like rocks in a stream, with Neville's fluid and melodic saxophone like water flowing over and around the rocks. The music is meant to be a healing force that binds the past with the present. " - Beth Peerless - The Monterey County Herald http://www.montereyherald.com/gomagazine/ci_16583155?nclick_check=1