Treehouse Bainbridge Island Saturday
We'll be performing this Saturday night at the Treehouse Cafe on Bainbridge Island, in the Puget sound. Looking forward to it! Tickets and full info at http://treehousebainbridge.com/
Cafe Solstice Saturday 2/11
We'll be back with the whole band on Saturday, February 11th at Cafe Solstice in the University District of Seattle. We're really pleased to be gearing up for a bunch of shows this spring with new material and after our several-month hiatus this fall and winter. This is our only February show and we hope you can come down to →
Olympia, Portland next weekend!
We have two shows coming up in some smaller configurations as Chad is off being busy in Belgium. We'll be returning to Traditions Fair Trade Cafe in Olympia where we had a really nice "acoustic" show last year on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 8 PM. This is a wonderful little spot with great organic food and an ongoing concert series →
Kora Band Returns: House Concert in Burien 12/17
Hello friends and fans of the Kora Band! We've been on somewhat of a hiatus this fall as Kane was traveling in Europe and spent some time at his teacher's compound in Brikama, Gambia, West Africa, recording oral histories for future publication (see photo of Kane with Malamini Jobarteh, his teacher of 15 years!) So you see, our absence was →
Fall
Hello Kora Band fans! Just a post to say thanks to everyone who came out to Jimmy Mak's in Portland and Tula's in Seattle in the past couple of weeks, we had a fantastic time at both shows and hope you did too. Kane is heading off for some travels in Europe and West Africa this fall but we will have →
Jimmy Mak’s Friday!
We're very happy to be returning to Jimmy Mak's in Portland alongside the Ben Darwish Trio for another go around at a double-bill that we did a couple of years ago and was a great success. Reservations can be made at 503-295-6542, hope to see you there!
Juan de Fuca Festival Video
Thanks to everyone who came out to our recent run of gigs in Port Angeles at the Juan de Fuca festival, in Bellevue at the Bellevue Jazz Festival, and in Seattle at the Art of Jazz Series at the Art Museum! We had a nice time playing for y'all and look forward to seeing everyone again later in the summer! Meanwhile, →
Juan de Fuca!
We're happy to be performing for the first time at this year's Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles, WA. We'll be appearing twice at the festival tomorrow (Sunday 5/29), at 2:30 PM on the main stage and at 5:30 PM on the Elks Stage. Full details at http://www.jffa.org. Olympic Peninsula here we come!
2010 NW Jazz Recording of the Year!
We here at the Kora Band are very excited to announce that we have recently won "2010 NW Jazz Recording of the Year" at this year's Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards in Seattle for our album "Cascades." We are very honored and would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this album as well as everyone at Earshot →
Portland Jazz Festival + Golden Ear Award
We're happy to be a part of this year's Portland Jazz Festival for the first time! We'll be performing on Saturday, February 26 at the Mission Theater after a screening of the film "Icons Among Us" which is going on for four consecutive nights at the Mission. We'll be sharing the bill with the Devin Phillips Quartet, so it will →
Winter Break…
Hello all, Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in November and December in Portland, Corvallis, and Seattle, we had a nice little run of shows! We're taking a couple of months off of gigging to work up a bunch of great new material and get ready for lots of spring and summer activity including an appearance at the Portland →
Friday Night in Portland w/Michal Vanoucek
We'll be sharing a bill this Friday night in Portland with our trumpeter Chad McCullough's own project featuring a great guest over in the U.S. this month from Holland: Slovak-born pianist Michal Vanoucek. Chad, Michal, and Andrew all attended the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in Canada in 2009. After that, Chad joined the Kora Band and →
Earshot Jazz Festival Friday @ Tula’s
We're excited to be playing the opening night of year's Earshot Jazz Festival at Tula's Jazz Club in Seattle. This will be our first time playing at this excellent festival which presents a lot of great national and international artists alongside Seattle and Portland-based groups. We packed out our CD release at Tula's last month and we hope to do →
Official Album Release!
Today is the official street date for our new album "Cascades"! We're also happy to announce that we were listed at #22 on the JazzWeek Radio Charts for this week! You can now purchase and download our album at Amazon as well as from many other outlets online and in stores. Here are a few links, we hope you enjoy the →
Tour Complete!
Thanks to everyone who came out to our recent shows in Oregon, Washington, and California, we had a great time on the road and we were glad to play a lot of really fun shows. The Red Poppy in San Francisco and Sacramento State University were two very different but enjoyable shows to finish off a nice debut tour. The →
Tour Update #2 – California!
Well our tour is progressing along nicely, we've escaped the Northwest rain here in California! On Wednesday night we had a fun gig at the Avalon Bar and Grill in Talent, OR, where the people are extremely nice and generous and the vibe was suitably positive. Thursday we drove a long way down to San Jose, but the drive was quite enjoyable →
Tour Update #1 – Seattle, Olympia, Lincoln City
Well our Cascades CD release tour is underway and going very well! We kicked it off with a killer Seattle CD Release show at Tula's on Thursday night with a great turnout and a very appreciative crowd. The band played great and we were lucky to have Daniel Sheehan in the audience from EyeShot Jazz, taking some great pictures. You can →
“Cascades” now available at OA2 Site!
Our brand new album, "Cascades" is now available for purchase at the website of our label, OA2 Records! Digital downloads will be available in a week or so, stay tuned. Hope you enjoy the music! The Kora Band - Cascades (at OA2 Records)
Tour Dates Released!
Hello all and welcome to the new site! We're excited to be touring the West Coast in September in support of our new album "Cascades." We've just posted the whole tour schedule at the shows page, so have a look and mark your calendars! We'll be playing in Seattle, Olympia, Lincoln City, Talent (near Ashland), San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, →
New Album in September
We're excited to announce that our second album, "Cascades," will be out on Origin Records this September! It's a new collection of traditional and original music that we've been working on for about a year. We'll be touring the west coast in September in support of its release! We'll be playing in Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Lincoln City, Talent (near Ashland), →
New Site!
Welcome to the new and improved Kora Band site! Navigation is at the upper right, you can find lots of information on the band, listen to and purchase our recordings, and have a look at our calendar. This front page will function as a news page and tour blog when we are on the road as well! We recently switched from →