{"id":38358,"date":"2018-01-03T02:22:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T09:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=38358"},"modified":"2018-01-03T02:26:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T09:26:02","slug":"ibeyi-concert-in-israel-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=38358","title":{"rendered":"Ibeyi Concert in Israel May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ibeyi, the talented French-Cuban duo, on tour with their second album Ash, will return to perform in Israel on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at the Barby. Early bird tickets are 159 NIS, and may be ordered online.<\/p>\n

Ibeyi are twin sisters Lisa-Kaind\u00e9 Diaz and Naomi Diaz, whose music reflects their musical and cultural heritage, with influences of Yoruba and Afro-Cuban music, jazz, beats and samples. They merge traditional instruments such as the caj\u00f3n\u00a0and\u00a0Bat\u00e1 drum, with piano and sampler, singing in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba. Members of the Yoruba tribe in West Africa were forcibly brought to Cuba as slaves, and the Yoruba language and culture became a formative element of Cuban culture. Ibeyi’s self-titled first album reflects their personal heritage as well, dedicated to the memory of their father, Grammy-winning Cuban percussionist Anga Diaz, who was also a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, and their older sister, who died in 2013. River, with its hauntingly beautiful video, is one of the high-impact songs from the album.<\/p>\n

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