{"id":90,"date":"2006-10-05T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/10\/05\/dc-emmanuel-jal-in-concert\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T14:05:14","slug":"dc-emmanuel-jal-in-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2006\/10\/05\/dc-emmanuel-jal-in-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"DC: Emmanuel Jal in concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday at 9pm, you can catch Emmanuel Jal<\/a> in concert at the National Geographic Courtyard at part of the All Roads Film Festival<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 From Sudan (and now living in Kenya), Jal’s 2005 album “Ceasefire” is the sort of record that I’m always looking for – hiphop expanding its horizons.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not pure hiphop, but a melding of local music, jazz, and rap, all fused through an easy blend of English, Dinka, Arabic, and Nuer (his first language).\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the best tracks remind me of the early colaborations between Guru and MC Solaar.\u00c2\u00a0 You can judge for yourself – National Geographic’s site provides previews of all the tracks<\/a> from Ceasefire.\u00c2\u00a0 Gua and Elengwen are the standout tracks, for me.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And the background to his music?\u00c2\u00a0 He was a Sudanese People’s Liberation Army solider at age 7<\/a>. Check him out, tickets are free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Friday at 9pm, you can catch Emmanuel Jal in concert at the National Geographic Courtyard at part of the All Roads Film Festival.\u00c2\u00a0 From Sudan (and now living in Kenya), Jal’s 2005 album “Ceasefire” is the sort of record that I’m always looking for – hiphop expanding its horizons.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not pure hiphop, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t