Amai Kuda (w/Donné Roberts) @ Revival

Please note: Revival has a capacity of 150 but only has seating for 80 patrons. If you arrive after the seated areas have been occupied, there will only be standing room available. Doors open at 7pm.

Amai Kuda et Les Bois don’t fit into the usual boxes. Breaking boundaries is part of their superpower. Not a band or a solo act, they prefer to call themselves ‘a movement.’ Led by Amai Kuda, their shows and albums always begin with the pouring of libations and the invocation of ancestors. This spiritual element weaves its way throughout all their music, whether that be soothing acoustic ballads, dancy electronic grooves or alt-rock-hiphop-infused political tracks. Ecouché, for example, the “stunning new single” (Indie88) off the new album EmUrgency! is sung entirely in a language of ancestral communication and can’t be delivered the same way twice. It embodies what NOW magazine has called the group’s “tantalizing Afro-soul” fusion sound, "earthy and rootsy and good for your ears" (Errol Nazareth CBC in reference to AfroSoul Volume II: MaZai). Indeed, it is the genre-defying nature of their work which led their debut album, Sand from the Sea, to be named “one of the year's most exciting discoveries” (Nicholas Jennings - Canada's foremost music journalist).

Donné Roberts is a 2 times JUNO Award Winner and 4 times JUNO Award Nominee singer-songwriter/guitarist and producer. He was born in Madagascar and now lives in Toronto, Canada. His most current album “OYA” was nominated for JUNO Award Global Music Album of the the year 2022. He just came back from an international tour in Japan in November and December 2022. His success led to CBC Radio asking him to compose the theme song for their popular morning show Fresh Air, which still runs today. He used to work as backup singer for Ace of Base (Swedish pop group) and worked as the first black VJ on MTV Russia.

PLEASE NOTE: If you purchased tickets to the Donné Roberts show in August of 2022 and did not receive a refund - those tickets will be honoured at this show.