Because of his commitment to a major European concert tour from May through

August of 2002, Malinke Master Drummer Famoudou Konate has postponed his

North American Mini-Camp Workshop Tour until Spring/Early Summer of 2003.

Famoudou has assured us that we have top priority on his schedule for 2003,

and The Chicago Djembe Project is currently planning Mini-camps in 2003 for

Chicago, Toronto and other locations.

WorldBeatPlanet is now running on a new host after exceeding the bandwidth allowance of our previous host. This new host should be a lot faster & more reliable, and bandwidth will no longer be a problem.

Chata Addy & Shi-dah will be performing from 1-2 PM at the Earth Day Expo,

located in the Portland Zoo, Saturday, April 28th.

Chata Addy will perform an interactive solo at the Wilsonville Community

Center, located at 7965 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville, Oregon, from 1-2 PM.

Chata Addy & SUSUMA will perform at Billy Reeds, on May 17th, from

8:30-Midnight. Billy Reeds is located at 2808 NE Martin Luther King, Jr.

Blvd., Portland, Oregon.

For more information, check: www.chataaddy.com

http://www.arablegion.com

check out the new album from Arab Legion

http://www.mp3.com/arab_legion

An album dedicated to the Palestinian Uprising

hiphop with an arabian flavor, a mix of western and oriental beats....check it out!

Yaya Diallo's new CD "Nangape" is an instrumetal album of African drumming, balafon and flute music. Two tracks are exclusively drumming. The album, played in its entirety, is tantamount to a therapeutic session and works very well played successively. This recording is a reissue of Yaya Diallo's 1980 classic LP "Nangape."

Information on Yaya Diallo is available at Onzou Records, www.onzou.com.

Sales and audio samples are available at www.cdstreet.com/artists/onzourecords.

Yaya Diallo is a native of Mali, West Africa and author of "The Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings."

This Friday presents a precious and rare opportunity to experience the great spirit and music of Babtunde Olatunji, the godfather of African music in America. Bab is getting on in years, and has faced many physical challenges recently, but his healing energy and love for the earth and all its people remain undimmed. Please come to support and enjoy, in the intimate atmosphere of Ashkenaz.