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Member Since: 8/16/2005
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Call To Vote - Kobo Town’s "The Indie" Nomination

Kobo Town has been nominated "Favourite World Artist/Group Or Duo Of The Year" by The Indies - the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards - to be presented on Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:00 PM in Toronto....
Posted by Kobo Town on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:19:00 PST

Pictures from the Montreal Jazz Festival

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Posted by Kobo Town on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

Lula World Presents Kobo Town and People Project

http://www.lulalounge.ca/index.php?id=613The Lula World concert series welcomes the thawing city of Toronto to an evening of conscious grooves inspired by the rhythmic and lyrical traditions of the Ca...
Posted by Kobo Town on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:30:00 PST

Kobo Town: April 2007 Newsletter

The past two months have been a busy time, and I would like to thank those of you who came out to the last month's shows in Montreal, Kingston, Hull, Toronto and New York, for making the last few week...
Posted by Kobo Town on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:41:00 PST

Caribbean Beat Review

A band like Kobo Town  diasporic, multi-ethnic, genre-straddling  would always have been a source of bewilderment to marketing executives in what you might call the "1.0" version of the music indust...
Posted by Kobo Town on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

Traditional Island Music Takes Root Here: Calypso's new home

Toronto's multicultural calypsonian band Kobo Town thrills the audience this month at Trane Sudio on Bathurst St. during the MusicDish "10th Anniversary" Canadian Music Week Showcase. (Daniel Marcinca...
Posted by Kobo Town on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:17:00 PST

Kobo Town's Drew Gonsalves Live In NYC

Kobo Town Bandleader Drew Gonsalves will be following up his debut solo performance at Cafe Nostalgia in Ottawa by opening for Ben Godwing's 'Skin and Bone' Launch Party. Presented by MusicDish Networ...
Posted by Kobo Town on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:28:00 PST

World Music and Cultural Identity

Last Tuesday, Worlds of Music Canada hosted a forum entitled Hearing Diversity? World Music and Cultural Identity, and I was fortunate to be among the panelists at what turned out to be a lively ...
Posted by Kobo Town on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:37:00 PST

Kobo Town Brings Independence To Canadian Music Week

Toronto-based roots-calypso act, Kobo Town will headline the official Canadian Music Week (CMW) 'MusicDish 10th Anniversary' Showcase hosted at The Trane Studio in Toronto on March 8th. The Trane Stud...
Posted by Kobo Town on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:01:00 PST

Kobo Town Rings In The Holiday Season With CBC Radio Ones Sounds of The Season Series

(Toronto, Ontario)December 14, 2006CBC Radio One 99.1 will air Toronto-based calypso act Kobo Town's recent performance as part of Sounds of the Season Series on Saturday December 23, 2006. Sounds of...
Posted by Kobo Town on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:22:00 PST