Primary Genre:
World Music
Singer, songwriter and drummer, Mohammed Alidu and his band The Bizung Family, create dynamic and vibrant West African highlife and Afropop music. The Bizung Family fuses traditional and contemporary elements from West Africa and Madagascar, creating a totally unique and passionately African sound.
At the heart of The Bizung Family is Master Drummer Mohammed Alidu who was born into a lineage of talking drum players from Northern Ghana. With Alidu composing and arranging the music, much of the band’s distinct and original sound comes from his compositions—compositions that pulsate from a percussionist’s perspective and contagiously inspire the audience to dance. The instrumentation that accompanies Alidu’s singing ranges from guitar, sax and keyboards to traditional African instruments such as the djembe, talking drum and kpanlogo drum.
(The Bizung Family can do shows from 30 minutes to 3 hours.)
The Bizung Family Band
April 25
Laughing Goat
Boulder, CO
3:00 pm
May 25
Boulder, CO
Millenium Harvest House
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
June 5
St. Julien Hotel
Boulder, CO
7:00 pm
June 19
Boulder Draft House
Boulder, CO
10:00 pm
July 10
St. Julien Hotel
Boulder, CO
7:00 pm
July 31
Boulder Draft House
Boulder, CO
10:00 pm
Recent Past Shows
March 20
SXSW Music Festival
Austin, TX
9:00 pm
March 23
The Knitting Factory
Los Angeles, CA
9:00 pm
March 24
Slim’s
San Francisco, CA
9:00 pm
March 25
The Showbox at the Market
Seattle, WA
9:00 pm
March 30
Highline Ballroom
NYC, NY
9:00 pm
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