Back to Ohio

We’re off to Bowling Green this weekend for a Friday show, gracing the stage at Howard’s yet again.  It’ll be our 3rd time playing there.  The 1st time was off the hook.  The 2nd time, we played after a series of metal bands and it wasn’t working so well, but we’re almost sure that this time will be really, really good.  After that, we’re off to another performance at ‘Hookah In the HIlls’, an outdoor mini-fest put on by our friends in Ekoostik Hookah.  We’re playing Saturday.  It’s in Guysville, which is near Athens, Ohio.  Tickets are around $40 for the weekend.

Also, I swear that our new EP, “Off the Grid” is on its way.  We had an issue with the master recording we sent them–the one used for duplication.  We have new posters, stickers, merchandise, and other Afrobeat Project Projects all in the works and available soon.

Yet even more Midwest dates…

We continue our Midwest touring in Fall ’08 to the states to our immediate west/northwest, but only after a 1 week hiatus.  September 25th brings us to MSU near Minneapolis at the Performing Arts Center–an early show from 7 to 9pm.  Then we continue on to the Zoo Bar once again, in Lincoln Nebraska–site of many a truly revelrous show and some bizarre police interaction due to a drunken altercation with a plate glass window at the clothing store next door.  All’s well in the end….After that, on Saturday, the 27th of September, we hit the Iowa City Yacht Club in, well, Iowa City, IA–our favorite venue to play in IC despite the giant water main line in the middle of the stage.  We seem to be more “invisible” at other venues in that town.  We’ll catch up with our friends in the area when we arrive.  And a fond farewell to our good friends in Euforquestra who moved to Fort Collins, CO.  Guess they like mountains.  Best of luck to them indeed.

Coast to coast

Summer of ’08 was an eventful one for us, taking us from one coast to the other in a short period of chronological time.  We ran as much vegetable oil in our bus as we could, engaging in many interesting conversations with folks about it, and also saving mad cash.  The West Coast tour was a string of amazing shows mostly at outdoor festivals and the weather never washed us out.  We also made it back to New York City, where we’re most likely returning this fall.  Looking forward to the summer of ’09 already.