Music of Omar Souleyman, Alice Coltrane and Diego El Cigala coming to Miami Beach
The Rhythm Foundation’s fall concert schedule has been energized by three new shows featuring Omar Souleyman, Diego El Cigala and the innovative Hindu devotional music of Alice Coltrane, performed by the Sai Anantam Singers.
These performances join three previously announced acts on the organization’s fall schedule: Diogo Nogueira (Sept. 8, Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton), Juana Molina (Sept. 22, North Beach Bandshell, Miami Beach) and Youssou N’Dour (Oct. 26, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami).
The nonprofit Rhythm Foundation is now in its fourth decade of adventurous booking of acts from around the globe, with a special focus on artists and cultures that connect with South Florida audiences.
Tickets to all Rhythm Foundation shows can be found at RhythmFoundation.com.
Performances announced this week, include: Omar Souleyman, 8 p.m. Oct. 5, North
Beach Bandshell, Miami Beach: The former wedding singer from Syria is a bona fide star on the artier edge of the electronic dance music scene, with a diverse set of collaborators including Björk, Four Tet and Modeselektor, and albums released on Diplo’s Mad Decent label. The evening, copresented with MDC Live Arts, includes an opening set by Richie Hell. Tickets cost $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Visit Soundcloud.com/Omar-Souleyman.
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda: The Ashram Experience, 8 p.m. Oct. 12, North Beach Bandshell, Miami Beach: The chill ambiance of the bandshell is the perfect environment for a night of spiritually inspired music by the Sai Anantam Singers, who performed on the album “The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda,” released last year on David Byrne’s Luaka Bop record label. The late jazz pianist, composer, founder of the Shanti Anantam Ashram and wife of
saxophonist John Coltrane created music “wholly new, and completely her own. … a powerful and indelibly personal mix of the soulful gospel cadences that Coltrane had been steeped in since her churchgoing childhood in Detroit, and the brimming, collective energy of the call-and-response kirtans” heard at the ashram’s Sunday services (read more at NPR.com). Tickets cost $30 or $35 at the door. Visit AliceColtrane.com. Diego El Cigala, 8 p.m. Nov. 9, Fillmore
Miami Beach: A Madrid-born vocalist of smoky, charismatic allure, El Cigala is an instinctive adventurer, in recent years moving from the explorations of flamenco that brought his original fame to experiments with tango and salsa. His Latin Grammynominated 2016 album, “Indestructible,” partially recorded in Miami, is a love letter to salsa stars Benny Moré, Antonio Machín and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. Tickets cost $39-$79, plus fees. Visit ElCigala.com.