McLuhan Monday - Music
Event Information
Description
**DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES McLUHAN MONDAY HAS BEEN MOVED TO MILE ZERO DANCE LOCATED AT 10816 95 St**
McLuhan House will be Rockin!
Please join us in celebration of Black History Month with a house concert at McLuhan House! Special guests, Mustafa Rafiq and Riwo Egor will bring their talents in singing and electro-acoustic guitar with live electronics to create a soundscape and participate in a follow-up discussion about the music community of Edmonton.
Artist Bios
Mustafa Rafiq is a multidisciplinary artist based in Treaty 6 land in Edmonton, Alberta. Their primary focus recently has been in exploring feelings connected with diaspora, gender expression and alienation through sound art, performing solo under Family Injera. They also promote shows under Sweaty Palms which is, at its root, an organization based on amplifying comfort in community through uplifting artists whose work is not as easily heard.
Links for more info:
https://www.instagram.com/familyinjera/
https://www.facebook.com/SweatyPalmsYEG/
Sweaty Palms video
Riwo Egor is originally from Delta State, Nigeria and raised in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She is currently a student at the University of Alberta. She moved to Edmonton in 2015 and began as lead singer in an Afro-fusion music band called MelAfrique the following year. Read more about her latest solo release, You Remain The Same, available everywhere.