Zap Mama News

Marie Daulne, the larger-than-life mastermind behind the world-fusion band Zap Mama , used to have an iPod - several, in fact.

The Lake Eden Arts Festival, poised for its 29th installment, has a tradition of bringing both top-notch world-music performers and acts near and dear to the hearts of local festival-goers. And if that seems a rather tall and precarious order, the twice-yearly music, arts and camping event makes it look downright easy.

Dredg: While the band's epic 1998 rock saga, "Lietmotif," is almost impossible to top, its newest album, "The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion," finds the group exploring a softer side beneath the swirl of heavy-thumping agro-rock. RX Bandits and As Tall as Lions join the party.

August 11, 2009 from KEXP - "Afropean" singer Marie Daulne is Zap Mama . Her parents are from the Congo and Belgium; Daulne was born in the Congo and grew up in Brussels.

August 11, 2009 from KEXP - "Afropean" singer Marie Daulne is Zap Mama . Her parents are from the Congo and Belgium; Daulne was born in the Congo and grew up in Brussels.

August 11, 2009 from KEXP - "Afropean" singer Marie Daulne is Zap Mama . Her parents are from the Congo and Belgium; Daulne was born in the Congo and grew up in Brussels.

Posted in Lollapalooza 2009 , Music by Areif Sless-Kitain on August 8th, 2009 at 10:52 am The Petrillo Music Shell is the only part of Grant Park intended to house live music throughout the year, but you wouldna TMt know it from yesterdaya TMs rough start.

On Saturday, August 15 at 9 PM, the Brooklyn Lyceum will present singer-songwriter Krystle Warren, for one night only.

Date: Thursday, August 6th Time: 12:00pm Location: Metrotech, Brooklyn Cost: Free Zap Mama is the Grammy-award winning group founded and fronted by Marie Daulne.

For years I've been enthralled with the captivating sounds of the all female Belgian group, Zap Mama .

Zap Mama: Although the name sounds like a third-rate game of laser tag, there is nothing combative about the Afro-European sound crafted by Marie Daulne.

There seems to be a lot of Afrocentric world music coming through Seattle these days.

Starting today, intrepid Voice intern Michael Downes will offer a daily, highly biased digest of that evening's best NYC shows -- and the whole weekend's slate on Friday, which today is, mercifully, if you were not aware.

Today: 10 free summer concerts you shouldn't miss. Plus: Zaire native Marie Daulne and her global pop group, Zap Mama , perform live in our studio.

ZAP TO IT: Long before Corinne Bailey Rae and her ilk made quirkily husky singing voices all the rage, Marie Daulne , the one-woman band otherwise known as Zap Mama, was plying her own distinctive version thereof.

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Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, "Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women" . 4 stars. Mandy Moore, "Amanda Leigh," . 3 stars.