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Arouna Diarra and Biko Casini: Balafon Dance Music from Burkina Faso

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco

The Red Poppy Art House warmly welcomes Arouna Diarra and Biko Casini for an evening of traditional music from Burkina Faso. Inspired by the pulsing melodies and infectious dance grooves of the balafon, Biko traveled to Bobo-Dioulasso (Bobo), the artistic city of Burkina Faso, to study the djembe in 2007. Arouna, who comes from a family […]

$10

AZA Band with Arouna Diarra & Biko Casini: Balafon & Ngoni Music

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco

The Red Poppy Art House warmly welcomes the AZA Band–with Arouna Diarra, Biko Casini, and special guest Yacuba Diarra–for an evening of traditional music from Burkina Faso. Inspired by the pulsing melodies and infectious dance grooves of the balafon, Tennessee native Biko traveled to Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso’s second-largest city, to study djembe in 2007. Five […]

$10 – $15