Akua Allrich: A Tribute To Nina Simone And Miriam Makeba at Montpelier Arts Center

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In her “Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba” tribute concerts, rising young vocalist and composer Akua Allrich pays homage to these two powerhouse artists, who have inspired her and millions of other jazz and music lovers around the globe. The tribute will feature the songs that Simone and Makeba made their own. "[These] women were mainstays in my development as a child," explained Allrich, whose own musical genesis comprises blues, jazz, R&B and pan-African music. "My parents came out of the civil rights movement, and these two were musicians who made music based on freedom and self-expression, and particularly African expression."