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Live Video: The Best Ambiance 25th Anniversary with King Sunny Ade

By Jim, KEXP | Published: July 23, 2009

The Best Ambiance, KEXP’s African music show on Monday nights, is continuing its long run into its 25th this year, and host Jon Kertzer celebrated the anniversary with one of the artists who started it all for him, King Sunny Ade. The Chairman, as he is known, is now in his sixties but continues to [...]

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The Best Ambiance 25th Anniversary: Interview with Jon Kertzer

By Ken Frye | Published: June 29, 2009

interview by Ken Frye
The special 25th Anniversary of The Best Ambiance at the Triple Door in Seattle, tonight, June 29th: featuring King Sunny Ade and the African Beats, in their first Seattle appearance in eight years, and the first performance in Seattle by the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International. Two shows at 7PM and 10PM, [...]

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