Concert In Minneapolis

Breathe In Breathe Out Sing Out Productions and the Women’s Drum Center Present Ubaka Hill and Amikaeyla on Saturday, September 9TH, 8:00 P.M. at All God’s Children Church, 3100 PARK AVE. South, Minneapolis

Tickets: $20 in advance ($16 for MPR members), $25 at the door ($20 for MPR members)

Available at:

  1. Walk-Up: Amazon Bookstore Coop, 48th St. and Chicago Ave., Mpls.
  2. Online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3093
  3. Phone: 800.838.3006
  4. FFI: www.breatheinsingout.org and www.womensdrumcenter.org

Drumming Workshop: Ubaka Hill will be leading an all-day drumming workshop from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Come explore the art and spirit of drumming as a means of finding your own inner rhythm and authentic self-expression. Learn drum techniques and songs that can be played in community drumming circles, and participate as the drumsong orchestra in the evening concert. FFI or to register, go to www.womensdrumcenter.org.

More about Amikaeyla:
Amikaeyla has been acclaimed as one of the "purest contemporary voices in "jazz, world and folk" by National Public Radio, and has taken her native east coast by storm. She captivates audiences with vivacious rhythms and sultry ballads, and has opened for Ferron (Mpls., 2005), Cris Williamson, Pete Seeger, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and many others. Her 2004 release, Mosaic, won a staggering five Washington Area Music Association awards for Best World Music Recording, Best Jazz Recording, Best Debut Recording, Best Jazz Vocalist, and best Urban Contemporary Vocalist, the last of which she earned again in 2006 along with a Best World Music Vocalist award. This concert will be a CD-release of her latest jazz recording.

More about Ubaka:
Ubaka Hill is a long-time drummer, teacher, performer and visual artist. Influenced by the creative tradition of jazz, she uses her music as a tool for social change. While the djembe is now her primary instrument, her "other voice", she plays drums and other percussion instruments from various cultures. The root of Ubaka's drumsong is primarily intuitive, inspired by the rhythmic drumming traditions of North and West Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, American Jazz, and Shamanism interwoven with poetry and song. She is deeply committed to the emerging tradition of women drummers, and assisted many who wish to learn to make and play drums and to share the power of drumsongs as a tool of liberation, community building, healing, and personal joy.