Boston band MAMADOU is well known for their West African, world fusion sound and their vibrant live performances that are filled with dancing and interaction with their audience. MAMADOU’s positive music is now extended to a larger audience with their 2006 release “Nadine”. Led by the irresistible stage presence of master rhythm guitarist and drummer Mamadou Diop (pronounced 'maa-maa-doo jop'),

 MAMADOU is known in Boston and New England for their high-energy performances that present a world-class cultural experience. Mamadou Diop blends various styles with his native Senegalese rhythms. The songs of MAMADOU encompass a variety of musical styles such as Reggae, Latin/Cuban, Cross-rhythm and live improvisation. The guitar and drum led West-African pop sound of MAMADOU includes the rhythms of high-life, juju, rumba, samba, salsa, and reggae blended into authentic Senegalese ethnic rhythms. Although MAMADOU's songs are primarily sung in Wolof, the language of their music is universal and their audiences instantly react with joyful dancing.

MAMADOU has steadily achieved musical milestones including performing at the Bethlehem Musikfest in 2001, receiving a Boston Music Awards nomination in 2002 for "Outstanding World Music Act”, performing for the Portland, Maine New Years in 2002, showcasing at NEMO in Boston in 2002 and 2003, and placing music on the iTunes Essentials Compilation in April, 2005. Prior to coming to the U.S., MAMADOU leader Mamadou Diop (known throughout West Africa as Modou Diop) was considered one of the great rhythm guitarists in Senegal. Touring Africa, Europe and Canada while performing with some of Senegal's most noted musicians and bands such as Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour and Thione Seck, the immensely talented Mamadou Diop has been an integral part of the wonderful, multicultural band MAMADOU that puts forth a superb sound with their command of African poly-rhythms. For more information on MAMADOU visit http://www.louddust.com and http://www.mamadou.com

More About MAMADOU- World Beat travels from West Africa to the Czech Republic to the United States, meeting in Boston, MA for an eclectic blend of exotic rhythms and powerful percussion jams that will set your feet and spirit dancing! Weaving together diverse musical traditions with the powerful rhythms of West Africa, the unique and high energy music of MAMADOU sets feet and spirits dancing. The band performs original music based on authentic African rhythms and arrangements, composed by Mamadou Diop of Dakar, Sénégal, who takes these fundamental African rhythms and layers them throughout his music.

At the heart of MAMADOU's music is the drum. Powerful are the rhythms of Sénégal, making a connection with the soul of each listener. Each musician is given command of separate, offset rhythms, making this music among the most danceable around. Sung in Wolof (Mamadou Diop's native language), French, and English, the songs speak of the importance of love, friendship, and spirit; all in a manner that transcends language and cultural barriers. MAMADOU has been enthusiastically received by club and festival audiences.

HISTORIC MOMENTS

* First Night Boston :: Performed - First Night 2007
* Maine Lobster Festival :: Performed - 2006
* Released CD Nadine - June, 2006
* Signed CD Nadine with Loud Dust Recordings
    February, 2006
* Music selected for iTunes Essentials Compilation
    April, 2005
* NEMO Boston Showcase
    Performed - 2002 & 2003
* New Years Portland (Maine)
    Performed 2002
* Boston Music Awards
    Nominated 2002 - "Outstanding World Music Act"
* Marblehead Festival of Arts
    Performed - 2002
* Bethlehem Musikfest
    Performed - 2001
* "HeartBeats Favorite Award"
    Awarded in 2001
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Maggi Smith-Dalton has sung as a soloist with choirs and choruses both here and abroad, acted and sung in professional theater productions and participated/performed in radio and television projects and programs. She is a frequent guest lecturer -- on the integration of humanities and the arts, on folklore, and on American music and history, to name a few topics.

In addition to an active performing career, she authored a prize-winning short story and writes often for newspapers and magazines. Maggi produced a cable TV series and programmed and hosted musical theater, arts interview, and classical music shows for community and NPR public radio stations. She currently writes an arts and cultural/heritage history column ("Naumkeag Notations")for the Salem Gazette in Salem, Massachusetts.

A former Chairperson of the Haverhill Cultural Council, Maggi served as Musical Theater Director at Hill House (a community Arts Center) in Boston's Beacon Hill; as Director of "Adventures in Art,"a summer arts program; and as a director of children's choirs, among other activities. She now works with children on producing original musical theater works under the auspices of her own production company.

Current cultural and visual art interests/activities include: Calligraphy, (professional) cartooning, painting, philosophy, comparative religion and spirituality, folklore/mythology, media and cultural studies, rare book collecting, jewelry-making,

With a background in teaching multiply-handicapped children, Maggi continues interest in and study of music therapy. She is currently co-authoring a book on historical ritual music with her husband; is working on a children's book; and is always working on cultural-and-heritage-tourism writing projects.

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Visit our BLOG at http://singingstring.blogspot.com/ ***** Would you like to learn to play guitar, mandolin, mandocello, banjo, Renaissance lute, bouzouki...or other instruments? About the Artists Jim and Maggi Dalton perform music of popular/vernacular, folk and cultivated traditions, covering time periods from the Middle Ages to the present, focusing largely on American, Celtic and British Isles repertoire. They specialize in music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Instrumentation: mostly plucked strings and voices. Concerts and programs contain commentary designed to place the music performed in historical context for the audience. Programs reflect the continual and ongoing research in which the two delight. They also perform original songs and compositions. Jim and Maggi have released two recordings to date, and have designed a full spectrum of programs which they present nationwide. They have been featured often on radio and television.(PBS,ABC,NBC, CBS affiliates, Cable Networks; NPR stations,NewsRadio, interview programs across the USA; feature stories in newspapers and magazines, i.e., The Philadelphia Inquirer & Courier-Post) They have performed at nationally-known venues (i.e., Colonial Williamsburg, Seneca Falls, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House) and countless local and regional venues nationwide. They have served as artists-in-residence at various colleges, public history sites, community and educational centers, presenting series addressing American history and other topics in the humanities, using music as the core of each session. Previous audiences and sponsors have said: "engaging, scholarly, delightful, warm, intelligent, flexible, humorous, talented, versatile, enthusiastic, personable, joyful ..." “Simply put, Jim and Maggi Dalton are a national treasure.” Multi-instrumentalist Jim Dalton is an educator, conductor and award-winning composer and arranger. As a performer, he specializes in historical and ethnic playing styles on a variety of plucked string instruments including guitar, Renaissance lute, mandolin, banjo, mandocello, bouzouki etc. He also plays piano, organ, recorder and tin whistle. His compositions have been performed across the U.S. and Canada and in Europe. His choral composition, “The Rocky Road to Dublin,” won first prize in the 1997 Toronto Camerata Competition. Two of his pieces for carillon have been published in anthologies by Fenwick Parva and the Friends of the Albany Carillon. Jim teaches in the Music Theory and Composition Department of The Boston Conservatory and is Director of Music at North Parish (UU) of North Andover, Mass. He also maintains a private teaching studio in North Andover. He has written articles for Blues Revue magazine and is the author of Mandolin for Beginners, published by Workshop Arts, Inc./Alfred Publishing. He is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as composition, choral arranging and Irish traditional music. Maggi Smith-Dalton has sung as a soloist with choirs and choruses both here and abroad, acted and sung in professional theater productions and participated/performed in radio and television projects and programs. She is a frequent guest lecturer -- on the integration of humanities and the arts, on folklore, and on American music and history, to name a few topics. In addition to an active performing career, she authored a prize-winning short story and writes often for newspapers and magazines. Maggi produced a cable TV series and programmed and hosted musical theater, arts interview, and classical music shows for community and NPR public radio stations. A former Chairperson of the Haverhill Cultural Council, Maggi served as Musical Theater Director at Hill House (a community Arts Center) in Boston's Beacon Hill; as Director of "Adventures in Art,"a summer arts program; and as a director of children's choirs, among other activities. She now works with children on producing original musical theater works under the auspices of her own production company. With a background in teaching multiply-handicapped children, Maggi continues interest in and study of music therapy. She is currently co-authoring a book on historical ritual music with her husband; a children's book; and is always working on cultural-and-heritage-tourism writing projects. Singing String Music Studio

Bio Compositions Instrument pages Jim and Maggi Dalton (Singing String Music) Studio/Lessons Music Theory Other activities and interests World Music What's New Links   Other Links of Interest Member, Salem (MA) Chamber of Commerce *** Singing String Music (Jim and Maggi Dalton) Institute for Music, History, & Cultural Traditions (IMHCT) Back issues of The Singing String News Cultural Resources/Other Sites of Interest

SINGING STRING MUSIC studio in SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS Jim & Maggi Dalton, Co-Owners, Instructors serving the North Shore & Boston Mailing address: 203 Washington St. #263 Salem MA 01970 phone: 978-744-4833 LESSONS ON / IN GUITAR MANDOLIN BANJO BOUZOUKI MANDOCELLO TIN WHISTLE UKE THEORY EAR TRAINING IMPROVISATION COMPOSITION Primary Instructor: Jim Dalton Associate Instructor: Maggi Smith-Dalton As a performer, Jim specializes in historical and ethnic playing styles on a variety of plucked string instruments. Students may take lessons which focus on one or more of these styles, or lessons of a more general nature. Together, Maggi and Jim Dalton have performed throughout the USA, in concert programs, artistic residencies, and as performer/educators. See their main site: Singing String Music: Performance, Production, and Publishing for more information.

Jim is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, teaching music theory, ear training and world music courses for both the Music Theory and Music Education Departments. His background includes teaching positions at: University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music (ID) Merrimack College (MA) Fitchburg State (MA) Philadelphia College (PA) Georgian Court College (NJ) Cumberland County College (NJ) Indian Hill Music (MA) Hill House Community Music Academy (MA) and numerous community music schools over the past two decades. He has taught for the National Guitar Workshop, and is currently on the faculty of the Cape Cod Festival of Mandolins. He has written articles for Blues Revue Magazine and is the author of Mandolin for Beginners, published by Workshop Arts, Inc./Alfred Publishing. Recent Music Theory Research: In 2004-2005 Jim received a MACRO research grant (Univ. of Wisconsin) to study and analyze palindromic compositions in the concert music repertoire and presented this work at the 2005 Macro Musician's Workshop in Madison WI. Jim Dalton plays and endorses the Phoenix Neoclassical Mandolin

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