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DESCRIPTION:\n\nBay Area musicians Sila and the Afrofunk Experience and Rupa and the 
 April Fishes have organized the  “Peace Please”  concert is an effort 
 to unite the world through music as a call for peace. “Our goal is to 
 bring popular and media attention to international peace efforts while 
 building a global community of active, socially conscious artists. 
 Dedicated to cultivating peace as both a means and an end, this concert 
 creates a celebration of peace and provides a voice for OUR vibrant 
 community that believes in peaceful solutions for the future.” The event 
 will take place at the great american music hall on Friday, may 
 25th.\n\nWith over 60% of the public currently opposed to the war in Iraq, 
 this concert is a creative way for us connect and become one with other 
 members of our community.\n\nFor more information, photos or interviews 
 about the event about the “Peace Please” concert on Friday, May 25 
 2007, please call Jeremiah Kpoh at 415-377-4879 OR VISIT WWW. 
 AFROFUNK.NET\n\n\n\nSILA AND THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE 
 (afrofunk.net)\n\n\nBay Area dance kings Sila and the Afrofunk Experience 
 (http://afrofunk,net) combine an international vision with dazzling 
 musicianship. Frontman Sila Mutungi rivets audiences with a combination of 
 James Brown's punchy grooves and Fela Kuti's relentless West African swing. 
 Their debut "The Funkiest Man in Africa" blows away listeners with its 
 relentless rhythm and sharp songcraft, but can't prepare you for the band's 
 potent onstage energy. Sila sings of the African experience: the problems 
 he and many others face every day, in a language understood throughout the 
 world. His lyrics and beats reflect the music, the language, the energy, 
 and the spirit of growing up in Africa. James Brown would be proud. (East 
 Bay Express)\n\n"The band reflects the vibrant, exciting soukous and 
 Afro-beat sounds of the musician's homeland in its new, 
 dance-floor-friendly album, "Funkiest Man in Africa." - The San Francisco 
 Chronicle\n\n"Embracing his African roots and his love of funk, Sila 
 channeled James Brown for inspiration and six years later, with the help of 
 his renowned cast of bandmates, he's achieved success without having to 
 compromise his heritage (he sings in both Swahili and English) or his 
 musical tastes." - The San Francisco Examiner\n\nSila's onstage presence-a 
 combination of charisma, enthusiasm and raw sex appeal-along with the 
 band's infectious dance floor centered grooves have earned him the title 
 "the James Brown of Africa", a moniker he accepts with an ever present 
 smile." - The Oakland Post\n\nRUPA AND THE APRIL FISHES 
 (myspace.com/aprilfishes)\n\n\nRupa's music sounds like that dream: 
 romantic and pulling from many worlds -- Indian ragas and sultry tangos, 
 Gypsy waltzes and bossa nova. And all of it shares the soothing quality of 
 lullabies, with deeply poetic imagery, which she sings in sweet, lilting 
 French."--San Francisco Chronicle\n\nIf local singer Rupa were a movie, she 
 would be Amélie meets Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown meets 
 Latcho Drom meets Do the Right Thing. She'd be set in India and 
 Berkeley...She would be (and, in fact, is) an instant cult classic among 
 the smart, idealistic, international set. San Francisco Weekly\n\n\nWhere: 
 Great American Music Hall\n859 O'Farrel Street\nSan Francisco, CA\nWhen: 
 Friday, Arpil 25, 9:00 PM\nTickets: $18 available at: 
 http://tinyurl.com/35zxl5\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/24/18404445.php
SUMMARY:Peace Please: A peace concert featuring Sila and the Afrofunk Experience
LOCATION:Great American Music Hall\n859 O'Farrel Street\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/24/18404445.php
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