Released on = January 10, 2007, 4:01 pm

Press Release Author = World Sacred Music Festival

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = The Third Annual World Sacred Music Festival features music
from Persia, West Africa, and American gospel traditions.

Press Release Body = For the third straight year, the World Sacred Music Festival
brings a diversity of global sacred music to the South Puget Sound.

Olympia\'s World Sacred Music Festival is a showcase for musicians from across the
region, all part of the Pacific Northwest\'s rich spiritual tapestry. Created by
Interfaith Works, this family-friendly global celebration is a rare opportunity to
hear the music of different sacred traditions in one location. The 2007 festival
features takes place at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget
Sound Community College, and features music from three distinct spiritual
traditions:

Shabâvâ is a Persian music ensemble whose members include Nat Hulskamp (oud,
flamenco guitar), Bobak Salehi (kamancheh, setar, violin), and a rotating roster of
other musicians. Hulskamp has studied with flamenco masters in the US and Morocco,
and studied ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, where he played in
styles ranging from Hungarian csardas and Gypsy swing to flamenco. Salehi was born
in Tehran, Iran, and began playing music at eight years old, under the direction of
his father, maestero Hossein Salehi. He also studied violin with other Iranian
master artists as well as Western classical violinists.

The Gansango Mandinka Trio performs music from West Africa, specifically traditional
rhythms from the Mandinka people. The trio\'s musicians are Etienne Cakpo, drums;
Naby Camara, balafon (a West African wooden zylophone); and Kane Mathis, kora (a
21-stringed calabash harp). Mathis performed at the 2005 and 2006 World Sacred Music
Festivals to wide acclaim.

The Unsanctified Gospel Revival is a collection of phenomenal musicians from varied
backgrounds, who have joined to bring rockin' gospel music to sacred and secular
audiences alike. Led by dobro/steel guitar player Dan Tyack and featuring regional
favorite Orville Johnson, the group's only requirement for enjoyment is the
willingness to get funky with the Holy Ghost.

The full schedule, directions, music samples, and up-to-date details can be found at
the festival website: www.olysacredmusic.org.


Web Site = http://www.olysacredmusic.org

Contact Details = World Sacred Music Festival
P.O. Box 1221
Olympia, WA 98507 USA

info@olysacredmusic.org