The five men and three women of the Oregon-based Balafon Marimba Ensemble take a high energy, multilayered, approach to the music of Africa and the Caribbean. Performing on home-made instruments, the group roars with a highly-percussive intensity. While nearly half of their material comes from Zimbabwe, the ensemble's repertoire includes tunes from Zaire, Latin America and the Caribbean.
These are photos from concerts where Balafon Marimba Ensemble played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Grateful Dead / Balafon Marimba Ensemble Feb 26, 1990 Oakland, California, United States Uploaded by Milocampo
