{"id":27297,"date":"2014-03-31T05:14:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=27297"},"modified":"2014-03-31T05:14:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T09:14:39","slug":"apollo-music-cafe-africa-now-featuring-azania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=27297","title":{"rendered":"AZANIA AT THE APOLLO MUSIC CAF\u00c9 &#8211; AFRICA NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?attachment_id=27298\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27298\" alt=\"atf_s114_amc_azania_662x348_red_l1_1394573646\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/atf_s114_amc_azania_662x348_red_l1_1394573646.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/atf_s114_amc_azania_662x348_red_l1_1394573646-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/atf_s114_amc_azania_662x348_red_l1_1394573646-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were recently introduced to an extraordinary talent, the globally successful <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azania.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Azania<\/span><\/a><\/span> from Sierre Leone, West Africa who now lives right here in our beloved Harlem. \u00a0If you want to experience a truly gifted vocalist, you can come to see Azania in the flesh at the APOLLO this Saturday, April 5th at 10 pm. \u00a0She will be performing at the Apollo Music Caf\u00e9 a variety of soulful originals (visit her website and iTunes link below) along with music from her new album to be released this year. \u00a0The Opening Acts: Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew will begin the show.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are still on sale but going fast. \u00a0For ticket information and to read more about Azania please see her Press Release below. \u00a0See you this Saturday night at the show!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?attachment_id=27314\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27314\" alt=\"Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV-790x1024.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV-790x1024.png 790w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV-231x300.png 231w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV-77x100.png 77w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV-617x800.png 617w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo_Flyer_FINALREV.png 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>~ ~ ~<br \/>\n<strong>PRESS RELEASE: AZANIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL SOUL SONGSTRESS AZANIA LIGHTS UP THE APOLLO MUSIC CAFE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: 03.20.2014<br \/>\nNew York, NY<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are now on sale for Azania&#8217;s highly anticipated concert at the <strong>Apollo Music Cafe<\/strong> on Saturday, April 5th at 10:00pm at 253 West 125th St. in New York City. She\u2019s headlining in the Apollo\u2019s Africa Now! festival. Azania&#8217;s award-winning and powerful voice has been described as a mixture of Whitney Houston, Adele and Rachelle Ferrell, that moves her audiences to tears and brings them to their feet uplifted by her energy and joyful spirit. Her rich music is a blend of soul, jazz and funk interlaced with beautiful ballads, and her meaningful lyrics carry insightful messages.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, Azania has been lighting up stages in Europe, the U.S., Africa and Asia for over 15 years. She has been invited to sing in legendary venues, such as the Blue Note jazz club in New York, as well as in world-renown music festivals such as Montreux Jazz, and has entertained the Presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>This concert will feature songs from her highly-acclaimed album, \u201cRising\u201d, as well as new songs to be released this year on her next album. She will be accompanied by: Shawn Whitley (bass), Justin Mathews (guitar), Lucianna Padmore (drums), Yeissonn Villamar (keyboards), and Gbianka Kotee &amp; Staren Soanes (vocals).<\/p>\n<p>The Apollo Music Cafe is located at: 253 West 125th Street in New York City. Tickets can be purchased online here: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollotheater.org\/apollo-music-cafe\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">www.apollotheater.org\/apollo-music-cafe<\/span><\/a><\/span>, or for $20 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>For live videos, music, photos, concert dates and more info about Azania, please visit: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azania.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">www.azania.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?attachment_id=27315\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27315\" alt=\"Apollo marquee (small)\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo-marquee-small-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo-marquee-small-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo-marquee-small-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo-marquee-small-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Apollo-marquee-small-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollotheater.org\/apollo-music-cafe\/details\/214-apollo_music_cafe_04_05_14\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollotheater.org\/africa-now\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">AFRICA NOW! FESTIVAL<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apollotheater.org\/apollo-music-cafe\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">APOLLO &#8211; LONG LIVE THE MUSIC &#8211; Azania Info\/tickets<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essence.com\/2013\/11\/27\/new-next-meet-jazz-and-soul-singer-azania\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">AZANIA IN ESSENCE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A sample of Azania on iTunes &#8220;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/looking-ahead\/id672758881?i=672759262\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Looking Ahead<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=a85f8778-2546-455d-a0b7-4636067eee7d\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were recently introduced to an extraordinary talent, the globally successful Azania from Sierre Leone,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[399752,21402,2020179,1098,124715438,384,5784,124718155,12756786,18,34961255],"tags":[644475,77809719,124716644,124716435,124716641,124718165,124716201,124716642,124716643,124715912,124718158,13611479,124715961,124715962,93470272,173973,1844,21992,15427,124716213,15299,124715971,92899,124715498],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27297"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27321,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27297\/revisions\/27321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}