Maloukai

October 14, 2010 - 09:00 PM

Club Balattou

4372 boul St-Laurent (corner Marie-Anne) Montréal,QC H2W 1Z5

514-845-5447

www.balattou.com

Description of the concert:

No macho could be tempted to doubt the worth of this 100% female percussion group before seeing them in a show. And he would be totally out to lunch. These nine girls strike their instruments with vigour, determination, flexibility and know-how. Inspired above all by Latin America but also but African traditions, they have been creating and playing their original compositions since 2005. And always with a smile!

Maloukai (Quebec, Africa, Latin America)

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Biography of the artist:

 Are percussions exclusively a “guy” thing? Maloukai shows us the opposite. In the musical landscape, this group presents a major particularity: it consists solely of women percussionists. Born in Montreal in the fall of 2005, the group now has nine members. Their original compositions are inspired by rhythms from several parts of Latin America, including Brazil, Uruguay or Cuba, and from ...