Скачать или смотреть The Tiger Pit Podcast Episode #13 Raja Kassis

The Tiger Pit podcast is hosted by friends and The Cool and Deadly bandmates Danny Baptista and Billy Polo. Recorded inside The Stepping Razor Barbershop in Brooklyn,New York. Our Guest is......

Beirut born American guitarist Raja Kassis has been an integral part of the greater New York City music scene for over ten years, and is currently a touring member of the legendary afrobeat orchestra Antibalas (Daptone records). In 2011, Kassis recorded in Kingston, Jamaica at Bob Marley's famed studio Tuff Gong International for the album Ancient Power by Senegalese reggae sensationMeta and The Cornerstones in Kingston, Jamaica.  Through this experience Kassis was able to record with Damian Marley, Julian Marley, Capleton, U-Roy, Sizzla, Dean Fraiser and a who's who of additional Jamaican studio aces.
Around the same time, Kassis was an intregal part to Ghanian Hip-Life/Hip-hop artist Blitz the Ambassador.  A friendship and partnership that yielded five albums.  After an incendiary performance opening up for The Roots withTalib Kweli, A French promoter quickly offered a slot at the famed Festival Trans Musicales in Rennes, France.  After the performance there, Blitz was picked up by booking agents and embarked on the first of 3 extensive world tours.
As a solo artist, Raja Kassis released his album entitledHumanbeing (2014) to rave reviews on Ropeadope Records.
He's also performed and recorded with artists such as, Antibalas, Allen Toussaint, Taj Mahal, CeeLo Green, Todd Rundgren, Living Color, Cory Henry (Funk Apostles), Ledisi, Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), Santigold, Nels Cline, Blitz The Ambassador, Angelique Kidjo, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, Damian Marley, Julian Marley, Hassan Hakmoun, Nneka, Talib Kweli, Sam Moore (Sam and Dave), Kenny Loggins, Bettye Lavette, Capelton, U-Roy, Oxmo Puccino, Marcelo D2, Mike Gordon (Phish), Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio),Melissa Ethridge, Naomi Shelton, Corey Henry (Galactic), Meta and the Cornerstones, Peetah Morgan(Morgan Heritage), Cat Core (Third World), Don Bryant, G. Love, Ruthie Foster, Sarah Dash, Toubab Krewe,Emicida, Sarkodie, Y'akoto, Fashawn, Amayo's FU Arkist-RA, Akoya Afrobeat, Les Nubians, Corneille, Teranga(NYC Mbalax band From Senegal), Assane N'Diaye, Fatou Guewel, Kine Lam, Marie N'Diaye, Fatou Laobe, Balla Kouyaté, Lamine Toure and Group Saloum, among many, many others And has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall, The Apollo Theater, Lincoln Center, Central Park Summer Stage (NYC), Celebrate Brooklyn Prospect Park,Northsea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, Holland), Musicales do Mundo (Sines, Portugal), Trans-Musicales (Rennes, FR),Womex (Copenhagen), Womad (Malmesbury, U.K.),Theatre De La Ville (Paris, FR), Paradiso (Amsterdam, holland), SESC Pompeii (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Nuits D'Afrique (Montreal), The Smithsonian (Washington, DC),Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), The United Nations (NYC) among many, many others.

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