Centerpiece Evening: Zion80

Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Carlebach to Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 9-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. The event will take place at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center on June 9 at 7:00pm.

https://www.wjmf.org/events/zion80/

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