Awards
East Coast Music Association Awards
Showcases 1998 & 1999
African Nova Scotian Music Association
Best Live Performance 1998 & 2000
African Nova Scotian Music Association
Group of the Year 1999
Recordings
Makambo
Roots: Generation Compilation (two cuts)
Newest release coming in summer of 2003
Edo – King
(Ed Matwawana)
Born in the Kingdom of Kongo (Northern Angola), Edo–King
began his musical career more than 25 years ago. Graduating from high school in
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) in 1981, a country where
music is as important as food! Edo–King learned all he could from the country’s
many street musicians, practicing on the street corners. In 1983 Edo–King joined
his family in Canada and the nurturing of the Afro-Musica concept began to take
shape.
As visionary, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, songwriter and
arranger, Edo-King has presented Afro-Musica to an ever-increasing audience.
Edo-King, graduate of Acadia University, has worked with the community as a
training and youth consultant. He has successfully brought together his gifts of
music and teaching, creating a vision committed to haring the beauty of cultural
diversity through artistic expression.
Have You Heard………
Festivals
duMaurier Atlantic Jazz Festival (1994 –
97, 1999 – 2001) - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Multicultural Festival of Nova Scotia
(1994 – 2002) – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Charlottetown Blues & Jazz Festival
(1998) – Charlottetown, PEI
Afrikadey’98 – Calgary, Alberta
AfriCaribanza (1998) – Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Harvest Blues & Jazz Festival (1999) –
Fredericton, New-Brunswick
Sam Slick Festival (1999) – Windsor,
Nova Scotia
Festival of Sails (2000) – Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Chicken & Goat African Festival (2001) –
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lunenburg Folk Festival (2002) –
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Special Events
East Coast Music Awards Showcase (1998)
– Halifax, Nova Scotia
East Coast Music Awards Jam (1999) – St.
John’s, Newfoundland
African Nova Scotian Music Association
Black Vibes Showcases (1998 – 1999)
Francophone Summit (1999) – Moncton,
New-Brunswick
The Black Cultural Centre (1993) –
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Natal Day Festivities (1994 – 1995,
2000) – Halifax/Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
G7 Summit Showcase (1995) – Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Canada Day Festivities (1994 – 1995)
Electropolis Sound Stage Opening (1998)
– Halifax, Nova Scotia
White Point Beach Resort – White Point,
Nova Scotia
Neptune duMaurier Theatre (1998) –
Halifax, Nova Scotia
AIDS Walk (1999) – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Spirit of Entrepreneurship Conference
(2000) – Halifax, Nova Scotia
International Awareness Week (2001) –
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Francophone Day (2000) – The Capital,
Moncton, New-Brunswick
The Boat Race Week (2002) – Yatch Club,
Charlottetown, PE
TourTech East Post-Christmas Party
(2003) – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Faces of Canada, Confederation Centre of
the Arts (2003) – Charlottetown, Nova Scotia
………..and much
more…………..
QUOTABLE QUOTES- IN THE
WORDS OF OTHERS
“It’s still hard to believe a groove
this fresh could come from Halifax…”
SoundScapes, The
Halifax Daily News
“…considering
how they’ve covered the African continent
in song, taking on Canada should be a breeze.”
The
Halifax Chronicle Herald
“Afro-Musica has earned a reputation
for an infectious blend of African styles.”
The North End News
“no
matter how your week has been, this music makes it seem better.”
The North End
News
“…Afro-Musica remains optimistic,
confident
and right on track to achieving its goals.”
The Coast, Halifax
“…The music is unusual…really, really incredible dance music.
It’s absolutely wonderful music, and you’ve ever seen the
band,
you’d have to agree.”
Moyenda Ambakise, Jongleur
Productions
“…Afro-Musica certainly surpassed mere
goodness at their
fifth anniversary show. Part of what makes Afro-Musica
better than good is how they interact with the crowd.
Audience participation…is virtually mandatory.”
SpinZone On-Line Magazine
Afro-Musica: a joyful noise
The Halifax Mail Star
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