Music: Abou Chiabi

Dear Friends :

The following can be viewed on any relatively high-speed computer anywhere or on TV in Manhattan:

This Wednesday, February 27th, at 7:30 PM(EST-that's NYC Eastern Standard Time), on Channel 67, I am re-airing a half-hour program of a recording I made in Paris in 2003 for my shoestring cable show Famousx2. Abou Chiabi, whom some of you have seen already playing with his father (same name), from the Comoro Islands, on my program. These guys are exceptionally good and versatile musicians and songwriters and one day may hit in NYC; one never knows.

In this program, Abou Junior [see link to his website below] sings songs he has written in English and in Swahili. There is a song against the Iraq war, a song about Mumia Abu Jamal, a song about John Africa and the bombing of the Move headquarters in Philadelphia in 1985 and other songs. It is definitely worth setting your VCR, DVR or any recording devices you may have on your computer. I promise you will be humming these songs for a long time. And the sound quality is good!

If you are in Manhattan and have access to Time Warner, you can see it this Wednesday February 27th, at 7:30 PM (EST-that's NYC Eastern Standard Time) on Channel 67. On the RCN system, that should be Channel 85 or thereabouts.

If you are outside of Manhattan, anywhere in the world, and you have a good high-speed connection on your computer, you can go to http://www.mnn.org and click on channel 67 to see it at the same time.

Sometimes MNN does screw up broadcasts, but usually they air things without too many problems.....Be patient if it screws up for a few minutes.

Best,
Jason Howard

Abou Chiabi Website