We have two shows coming up in some smaller configurations as Chad is off being busy in Belgium.  We’ll be returning to Traditions Fair Trade Cafe in Olympia where we had a really nice “acoustic” show last year on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 8 PM.  This is a wonderful little spot with great organic food and an ongoing concert series in downtown Olympia.

The following day, Kane and Andrew’s duo (with Mark accompanying on calabash) will be at the Ninkasi Presents Sunday Night Jazz series at the Blue Monk in Portland.  This great ongoing series is entering its second year of presenting the best in Northwest jazz each Sunday night at 7:30 PM presented by Mary-Sue Tobin.  We’ll be playing some of our original tunes from the Kora Band repertoire as well as some traditional tunes.

Hope to see the Olympia-ites and Portlanders next weekend!

Hello friends and fans of the Kora Band!  We've been on somewhat of a hiatus this fall as Kane was traveling in Europe and spent some time at his teacher's compound in Brikama, Gambia, West Africa, recording oral histories for future publication (see photo of Kane with Malamini Jobarteh, his teacher of 15 years!)  So you see, our absence was →

Hello Kora Band fans!  Just a post to say thanks to everyone who came out to Jimmy Mak's in Portland and Tula's in Seattle in the past couple of weeks, we had a fantastic time at both shows and hope you did too. Kane is heading off for some travels in Europe and West Africa this fall but we will have →

We're very happy to be returning to Jimmy Mak's in Portland alongside the Ben Darwish Trio for another go around at a double-bill that we did a couple of years ago and was a great success.  Reservations can be made at 503-295-6542, hope to see you there!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our recent run of gigs in Port Angeles at the Juan de Fuca festival, in Bellevue at the Bellevue Jazz Festival, and in Seattle at the Art of Jazz Series at the Art Museum!  We had a nice time playing for y'all and look forward to seeing everyone again later in the summer! Meanwhile, →

We're happy to be performing for the first time at this year's Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles, WA.  We'll be appearing twice at the festival tomorrow (Sunday 5/29), at 2:30 PM on the main stage and at 5:30 PM on the Elks Stage.  Full details at http://www.jffa.org.  Olympic Peninsula here we come!

We here at the Kora Band are very excited to announce that we have recently won "2010 NW Jazz Recording of the Year" at this year's Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards in Seattle for our album "Cascades."  We are very honored and would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this album as well as everyone at Earshot →

We're happy to be a part of this year's Portland Jazz Festival for the first time!  We'll be performing on Saturday, February 26 at the Mission Theater after a screening of the film "Icons Among Us" which is going on for four consecutive nights at the Mission.  We'll be sharing the bill with the Devin Phillips Quartet, so it will →

Hello all, Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in November and December in Portland, Corvallis, and Seattle, we had a nice little run of shows! We're taking a couple of months off of gigging to work up a bunch of great new material and get ready for lots of spring and summer activity including an appearance at the Portland →

We'll be sharing a bill this Friday night in Portland with our trumpeter Chad McCullough's own project featuring a great guest over in the U.S. this month from Holland: Slovak-born pianist Michal Vanoucek.  Chad, Michal, and Andrew all attended the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in Canada in 2009.  After that, Chad joined the Kora Band and →