Location: Memorial Union Terrace, 800 Langdon St. Date: June 19th, 2022 Time: 3:00-7:30pm Tickets: Free
A Juneteenth celebration of Black American music featuring Madison’s Adem Tesfaye.
Schedule:
3pm-4pm: Black Power Dance with Francis Medrano
4pm-5pm: Tani Diakite
5pm-6pm: Black Power Dance
6pm-7:30pm: Adem Tesfaye Band
No need, the event is free!
Adem Tesfaye is a Madison, WI. native, emcee/songwriter, Hip-hop guitarist, a music producer whose music style has deep roots in Hip-Hop, funk, reggae, and blues. Adem draws his inspiration from artists like Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Tribe Called Quest, Gang Star, and the Roots. His craftsmanship of storytelling is unique and rhythmically hypnotic. Adem’s stature on stage and baritone voice ooze with sexy richness, heartfelt warmth, life wisdom, and command. Having lived in Seattle and NYC his sound is an elixir of grit, instrumentation, big stage performance, and Broadway lights. Adem released two solo albums, D-iZ-lll “the Sickness” and “Athedage” with producer Rick Flowers, Mannie Sanchez and Matt Mueller and shared stage with acts like Red Man, Method Man, De la soul, Pharside, Ben Harper, Spearhead, and Jazzmatazz. His latest Release "Pressure"! released March 11th, 2022 with his new crew. Adem Tesfaye Band is a Soul Funk Rock band with a Hip-Hop edge.
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