Event

Kane Mathis & Andrew Oliver

Seattle-based musician Kane Mathis is one of the country's leading performers on the Kora, a traditional 21-string harp of the Mandinka people of West Africa. On Nov. 19, he will perform in a duo setting with Portland-based pianist Andrew Oliver. The duo forms part of the 5-piece Kora Band, also led by Oliver, which has been quickly gaining recognition since the September release of their new album Cascades (OA2 Records), which has peaked at #12 on the Mediaguide World Music Radio Charts.

This will be an opportunity to hear the kora and piano in an intimate duo setting outside of the full band. The unlikely combination of these two stringed instruments creates a unique texture of rhythmic and melodic counterpoint which Oliver and Mathis have developed over several years, drawing from jazz influences as well as the traditional repertoire of the Mandinka people and other West African sources.