Brand new EUROPE EP available for Name-Your-Price at http://www.emefemusic.com

CALENDAR

UPCOMING SHOWS:
February 17: 92YTribeca with Mokaad and Ms Lady
March 1: Glasslands with Ikebe Shakedown
March 26: Brooklyn Bowl with Turkuaz

for ticket info visit our Facebook page.

PAST SHOWS:
2010:
February 6 - LIVE AT SULLIVAN HALL, 9PM
February 14 - Valentine's Day, the offical holiday of EMEFE.
March 1 - LIVE AT TUTUMA SOCIAL CLUB, 9PM
March 11 - LIVE AT CAMEO in Brooklyn, 9PM
April 2 - LIVE AT BOWERY POETRY CLUB, 12MIDNIGHT
April 16 - LIVE AT TUTUMA SOCIAL CLUB, 8:30 and 10:30PM
May 6 - "HELLO SUMMER" SHOW at SULLIVAN HALL, 10:30PM

July 2 - BOWERY POETRY CLUB with MOKAAD, doors at 9:30pm
July 25 - MERCURY LOUNGE with NYLE, Gato Loco, and The Mighty Mighty, 7:00pm

September 17 - CEG Presents: End of the Summer Afro-Funk Throwdown featuring EMEFE w/ guests Mokaad and Underground System Afrobeat, more info at emefemusic.com
September 17 - EMEFE releases it's debut cd, Music Frees All!
October 23 - AN EVENING WITH EMEFE at The Bitter End, 7pm
November 6 - Get Up/Get Down with Eyelove/DJ SMKTZ at Cameo Gallery
November 7 - Double Beat with Gato Loco at Bowery Poetry Club
November 19 - USA V EMEFE, AN AFROBEAT DOUBLE HEADER - Rose Live - 10:30pm

November 30 - AROUND THE WORLD PARTY at Cameo Gallery
December 18th - EMEFE DANCE PARTY with Guarco and DJ Feliz Cumbe - Bowery Poetry Club - 11:30pm
2011:
January 28th - AFRO-FUNK THROWDOWN PART 2 with Mokaad and members of Antibalas/FELA! - Sullivan Hall - 9:30pm
February 3rd - LOCAL 269 WITH THE BAILEN BROTHERS! 10PM
February 4th - UNDERGROUND GROUND with JAKE SNIDER BAND and ANTHONY DA COSTA!
February 23 - THE STUDIO @ WEBSTER HALL with SPORT OF KINGS !! 9PM
February 24 - NYU Ultraviolet Live at Kimmel Center. 7pm
February 26 - AFROBEAT PARTY @ ECLECTIC HOUSE, WESLEYAN with Superhuman Happiness ! 9pm
March 9 - Knitting Factory with Ismael Kouyate 9pm
March 19 - Highline Ballroom as part of 3 Generations Fundraiser
March 25 - SUNY Purchase with Mokaad
April 17 - EMEFE horns in Tribeca
April 21 - Joe's Pub with Jake Snider
April 22 - Milcreek Tavern in Philly
May 6 - Live at the Blue Note
May 20 - EMEFE/MOKAAD at BPC
June 3 - Music Frees All Festival at Drom
June 18 - Crest Fest
June 25 - Ars Nova
July 15 - Brooklyn Lyceum with MOKAAD
Sept 1 - NYU Kimmel
Sept 9 - EMEFE/MOKAAD at Purchase
Sept 24 - Cornelia St Block Party
Oct 1 - Bishops in Northampton MA
Oct 6 - Southpaw with Mokaad and Ms Lady
Oct 21 - LPR with Rusted Root, Felabration at Joe's Pub
Nov 11 - SUNY Purchase
Nov 12 - Southpaw
Nov 30 - LPR
December 2 - Brattleboro, VT
December 3 - Boston MA
December 4 - Philly PA
Dec 10 - Blue Note
Dec 11 - MIMA
2012:
Jan 18 - Bowery Electric
Jan 21 - Middlebury VT

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Friday, March 12, 2010

FELA - Teacher

Here's a vid to check out. It's a great insight into fela's bandleading style and his onstage persona.



-mfa

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

GIG TONIGHT, THURSDAY MARCH 11th, @ CAMEO in BK!

!!! Come one come all !!!

It is sure to be a blast tonight at 93 N. 6th St. Between Berry & Wythe, (Near the Bedford ave (L) station, one stop into Brooklyn), where we will be tootin' our horns and bangin' our drums at 9PM sharp. This lovely event will only cost you 5 dollars, and there are also two excellent bands playing after us.
Additionally, there will be

SUPER SECRET SPECIAL GUESTS!

We hope to see you all there!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

a great article on Antibalas bass player

the bass in afrobeat is an art in itself. restraint is key, as pointed out by Antibalas' bassist Nick Movshon in bass player magazine. click on the image to check out the article.



-mfa

Monday, March 1, 2010

TONIGHT AT TUTUMA




Tonight we are rockin out at tutuma social club at 9pm. we are trying to win the second and final round of their Rising Stars series! so come out and support, gonna be fun.