Singing The Bones Salon
$20 advance, $25-$30 day of show ($15 financial hardship); option to RSVP & pay at door available
- Lydia Violet, fiddle
- M'Gilvry Allen, fiddle
- Kele Nitoto, voice & percussion
Through an evening that is part musical performance & part sing-a-long, artist-activist Lydia Violet takes us into the realms of Singing the Bones, a program she has spent these past years working on, encouraging the reconnection to ancestral cultures through music and story.
Lydia Violet will share songs from her Iranian and Armenian heritages, rich with poetry and longing. M'Gilvry Allen will share fiddle tunes and ballads from his Scottish, Irish, and Scandinavian ancestries, luring us in with rhythm and strings. And Kele Nitoto will share music from Haiti, Congo, and West Africa, drawing from his multiple generations of a musical family from Oakland itself. And once again, these three artists will collaborate together creating a rich multicultural celebration!
About Lydia Violet, fiddle
About M'Gilvry Allen, fiddle
M’Gilvry Allen brings with him a set of fiddle tunes from his ancestral Scottish lineages and the diaspora of Scottish and Irish immigrants through eastern North America. M'Gilvry also writes original music and tours with several projects, including Maya Elise & The Good Dream, Josiah Johnson, and the Feelings Parade.
https://mgilvryallen.com/homeAbout Kele Nitoto, voice & percussion
Kele Nitoto is a second generation African-American percussionist and singer. Born and raised in the Oakland Dance Culture, Kele Has studied with masters of many styles, becoming proficient in West-African, Congolese, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian, and Afro-Haitian traditional musics. Over the last 25 years, Kele has performed internationally in dance companies, bands, and teaching workshops and classes, summer camps, spiritual and workplace retreats, and for countless ceremonies and celebrations.
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