DERRICK
N. ASHONG & SOULFЀGE TO PERFORM AT AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN
PHILADELPHIA
The always entertaining Derrick N.
Ashong & Soulfège will be appearing at this year’s Independence Day
celebration at America’s birthplace in Philadelphia. After recently performing at Club de Madrid’s
gala dinner honoring former President Bill Clinton with the Democratic
Leadership Award; the competitive selection of their animated short film Love Rain Down (a cut from their latest highly
successful CD, AFropolitan) for a
screening at last year’s prestigious Palm Beach International Film Festival;
launching a national commercial & public radio broadcast campaign; and
reaching over 60,000 downloads for their Million Download Campaign (available free
at www.derrickashong.com), Derrick
N. Ashong & Soulfège are now scheduled to appear at an event called “Party
on the Parkway” on Thursday, July 4, 2013 from 6:15 to 7:00 pm.
"Here
are musicians, poised with a positive vibe and with lyrics so uplifting that
you actually believe, if only for one night, that . . . a new world mood may
emerge from the street and the Net, somehow defying the odds—a spirit of
promise and hope and harmony, a spirit that denies dissonance. Soulfège lets us
dream such sweet dreams, in vibrant colors."—VanityFair.com
At the “Party on the Parkway” Derrick N.
Ashong & Soulfège will be performing songs from their previous critically-acclaimed
CD Take Back the Mic, and their most recent
CD release, AFropolitan. The band will feature drummer Sam Merrick, bassist
Alex Staley, the percussion & vocals of Atta Addo, David P. Stevens on
Guitar (Philly’s finest!) and Wesley Maples on Tenor Sax. Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège are a refreshingly
original and exciting group of musicians who have synthesized an eclectic blend
of Hip-Hop, Reggae, Funk, World Beat and West African Highlife music to create
an integral musical mélange of style and
substance. They combine driving rhythms,
authentic musicianship, the crisp vocals and harmonies of Ashong (also on
guitar) and co-founder Jonathan M. Gramling, and provocatively elevating
lyrics. They are a powerful live act and
a vivid new voice that has perpetually electrified audiences with their joyous
‘Afropolitan’ fusion.
".
. . [Soulfège’s] members realized they had the platform to reach ears not only
with their music—a fusion of thumping African music and
rhythms, sweet reggae breezes, funk, and hip-hop—but also with their message." —The Boston Globe
Soulfège’s previous CD, Take Back the Mic, debuted in the top 10
of the JamBands.com/Relix Magazine Radio Chart and the top 100 of the Jazz Week
World Chart. The music and their social
movement have been featured in such major media as VanityFair.com, MTV Africa,
NPR, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, MNet Africa, ABC Chronicle
and BBC Worldservice, reaching 146
million listeners world-wide. Download for
free their current successful CD release, AFropolitan,
and check out their new animated short film, Love Rain Down at www.derrickashong.com.
Show Time: From
6:15 to 7:00 pm
Admission: FREE
Location:
Global Stage at: 20th & Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia,
PA 19130
Contact
info for Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège:
Janet Castiel, Redwood Entertainment Inc. (212) 543-9998 or info@redwoodentertainment.com, www.redwoodentertainment.com
Management: M.
Quentin B.L. Williams, The Butler Lappert Williams Firm PC, (212) 572-4822, info@blwfirm.com
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