We are pleased to invite you to our next Club Afropop event featuring the critically acclaimed "world blues" of singer-songwriter Markus James performing with Mali's Mamadou Sidibe, master of the kamele ngoni.

The performance will be Sunday June 20 at Joe's Pub in New York City. We encourage fathers to be the ones to choose the music for this Father's Day Special, and bring your kids for an evening that will open their ears and eyes to a part of the world with profound connections to American culture.

Prior to the 7:30 performance will be a 6:30 screening of Markus James' film "Timbuktoubab" that recently premiered on LinkTV throughout the U.S.

This Club Afropop event will then move on to the street at Joe's Pub outdoor cafe to meet and greet the artists and to hang out with fellow Club Afropoppers.

We are holding a block of tickets. They are $12 each. You can reserve yours by calling Afropop at 718-398-2733 or by emailing us at info@afropop.org. Or you can order tickets directly through Joe's Pub. See below.

Press release from Joe's Pub: Hailed by Blues Revue Magazine as " "A vital mix of the Mississippi Delta and Mali, a cultural exchange of haunting beauty and mystery", Markus James's atmospheric, blues-based album ' "Nightbird", recorded in Mali, West Africa, has caught the attention of critics here and abroad.

Billboard Magazine called nightbird "one of the deepest listening experiences that will hit the U.S. market this year." Here in the US, Markus performs with a group featuring Malian musician Mamadou Sidibe, master of the kamele n'goni, the hunter's harp of the Wassoulou people.

This evening's show will begin with a screening of the documentary film "Timbuktoubab", about Markus' collaborations in Timbuktu: songwriting and performing with three master musicians there, including Hamma Sankare, who has played calabash on the tours and recordings of the legendary Ali Farka Toure.The film has recently premiered on LinkTV.

"The word soulful certainly describes this excellent CD, which blues, rock, and Afro-pop enthusiasts should all be aware of."
--- ALL MUSIC GUIDE (4 & 1/2 stars)

"Eerily atmospheric"
---DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (FOUR STARS)

"A vital mix of the Mississippi Delta and Mali, a cultural exchange of haunting beauty and mystery."
---BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE

"The Best Music issue, 2003"
---GLOBAL RHYTHM MAGAZINE

"One of the most inspired and arresting world music/blues albums"
---DIRTY LINEN MAGAZINE

"This is a hypnotic journey through time that goes all the way to the heart of the blues."
--- WIRED MAGAZINE

"Spare, moody, and beautiful, it builds a bridge between continents, and takes the blues home."
---fROOTS MAGAZINE (UK)

"Nightbird is one of the deepest listening experiences that will hit the U.S. market this year."
--- BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

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more info about the film: http://www.linktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=timbuk