West kortright Centre summer schedule

(from weskc.org)

kiDstoCk! saturday, July 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A fun after noon with live music and activities for kids, including face painting, crafts, an obstacle course and more.

meredith monk and John hollenbeck, Duet Behavior –7 p.m., saturday, July 22 medicine singers, featuring yonatan Gat & lee ranaldo (more special guests tBa) – 4 p.m., saturday, aug. 12 The Medicine Singers embody decades of musical genres influenced by Native American music, offering what Pitchfork called a “vivid new context for the sound of the pow-wow drum, highlighting the debt that rock music owes to Native American music.” Their live show with legendary guitarist Yonatan Gat, and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, bridges multiple dimensions of sound and evokes a bodily experience that transcends mere observation. noura mint seymali – 7 p.m., saturday, aug. 19

Duet Behavior 2023 is an intimate evening of Meredith Monk’s music as it has never been experienced. Through a conversational approach, long-time friends and colleagues Monk and Hollenbeck expand and improvise on pieces from across Monk’s 50-plus-year catalogue, combining her pioneering vocal magic with his inventive and masterful percussion to generate new arrangements of Monk’s iconic compositions.

Noura Mint Seymali is Mauritania’s defining artist on the international stage. Drawing on the timeless repertoire of the Moorish griot, a hereditary class of musical poets/historians, her band conjures “a full-blown sandstorm of hypnotic grooves, melding traditional Mauritanian instruments within an electrified psychedelic rock band.” Expanding a sound born of Arab and sub-Saharan roots, Noura Mint Seymali bends the arc of Moorish musical tradition to fit our contemporary moment. As described by NPR, “the arrival of Mauritanian vocalist Noura Mint Seymali in front of Western audiences feels like the start of a new era.” Recognized by the African Union at the first-ever AFRIMA awards, Noura Mint Seymali was named “Best Female Artist from North Africa.” mali obomsawin – 7 p.m., thursday, sept. 28

Mali Obomsawin is an award-winning bassist/composer from Odanak First Nation. Her debut album, “Sweet Tooth” (Out of Your Head Records, 2022) has garnered international acclaim and quickly established her as a rising jazz star and an innovative folk music visionary. Seamlessly melding chorale-like spirituals, folk melodies and post-Albert Ayler free jazz, Obomsawin’s compositions occupy a universe completely their own.

Sweet Tooth has topped year-end lists from NPR, The Guardian, Jazz Critics Poll and more, delivering a suite of “gripping, dynamic and thunderous music.” —Jazz Times