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Jul 20, 2022 | Cover Story, Feature, Mike Nelson, Music, Ventura

ADAAWE: “THE UNIVERSALITY OF RHYTHM AND JOY IN SONG” 

Adaawe is “extra excited” to perform, says Joselyn Wilkinson, given that…

ADAAWE members Anindo and Bridget were featured in the opening sequence of the 2022 Rose Parade in Pasadena, playing alongside superstar LeAnne Rimes on her new song, "Throw My Arms Around the World." What a way to kick off the…

The video scheduled to drop this week should be an uplifting tonic. Adaawe is “seven diverse, dynamic women of  the voice and drum.” The artists come from all parts of the U.S. as well as Morocco, Israel, Panama and Kenya…

LOS ANGELES – Soulful harmonies paired with eclectic percussions: this is the sound of Adaawe, a musical group formed by University of California Los Angeles alum Joselyn Wilkinson. The all-female band has ancient African roots, thanks to the passion of…

Dance and music inspired by African culture is almost always joyous, and We Are is no exception. Part of the Just Festival at St John’s, the show was devised by director Stephanie Vlahos and performed by members of Adaawe including…

Lying atop a blanket on a soft field of grass in Mill Hill Park, one could almost feel the rhythms  produced by Adaawe (pronounced Ah-dah-way), a seven-female vocal and percussion band, seep up from  distant lands of West Africa into…

Last week’s Dog Mountain performance by Scottish superstars Albannach and the Northeast Kingdom’s own Catamount Pipe Band was St. Johnsbury’s biggest Levitt AMP show yet, but this year’s series is just getting started. Genre-defying seven-woman powerhouse ADAAWE will bring irresistible…

The cover of our Jan/Feb At the Skirball program guide makes me happy every time I catch sight of it on my desk. Featured is an action shot (see below) of just one of the drummers of the all-woman percussion…