Global Drum Project: Tour/Album
By Team JamBase Sep 20, 2007 • 12:00 am PDT

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GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT Tour brings Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo together again in a reunion sparked by the 15th anniversary of the groundbreaking album Planet Drum. Released in 1991 on the Rykodisc label it went on to earn the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category. The tour is the groups first in almost a decade. It also marks the resumption of an artistic relationship – between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain – that goes back to the late 1960s.
For Hart, this reunion is an opportunity to take Planet Drum into new places. “This is a deep drumming groove. We’re taking the archaic rhythm worlds into outer space. Planet Drum explores rhythm and noise… it’s a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion headed straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance of ancient and modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton key into these realms.”
Listen to Global Drum here.
The bands brand new self-titled release, Global Drum Project, will be released on October 2 on Shout! Factory.
TOUR DATES
09.20.07 | Centennial Hall | Tucson, AZ
09.21.07 | Ikeda | Theatre Mesa, AZ
09.22.07 | Globalquerque | Albuquerque, NM
09.23.07 | Boulder Theater | Boulder, CO
09.24.07 | Oriental Theater | Denver, CO
09.27.07 | Laxson Auditorium | Chico, CA
09.28.07 | Zellerbach Auditorium | UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
09.30.07 | John Van Duzer Theatre | Arcata, CA
10.05.07 | Ferst Center/Ga Institute Of Tech | Atlanta, GA
10.06.07 | Jemison Concert Hall | Birmingham, AL
10.07.07 | Orange Peel | Asheville, NC
10.09.07 | Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts | Annapolis, MD
10.11.07 | Lisner Auditorium | Washington D.C.
10.12.07 | Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts | Storrs, CT
10.14.07 | Bardavon 1869 Opera House | Poughkeepsie, NY
10.16.07 | Eisenhower Auditorium | University Park, PA
10.17.07 | Highline Ballroom | New York, NY
10.18.07 | Byham Theater | Pittsburgh, PA
10.20.07 | Wharton Center for the Performing Arts | East Lansing, MI
10.21.07 | Southern Theatre | Columbus, OH
10.22.07 | Keswisk Theatre | Glenside, PA
10.25.07 | The McAninch Arts Center | Glen Ellyn, IL
10.26.07 | Overture Center for the Arts | Madison, WI
10.27.07 | Orchestra Hall | Minneapolis, MN