World Music Summit Features Local Performers

Sun., July 26, 1998

By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

FROM FOR THE RECORD (Wednesday, July 29, 1998): Correction Music summit date: The Spokane World Music Summit, featuring Jim Boyd, the Celtic Nots and Malidoma, will be tonight at 7 at the Met. A story in Sunday’s IN Life section gave the wrong day.

World Music Summit 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Met.

Three popular local performers will take the stage at The Met on Tuesday as part of the first-ever Spokane World Music Summit.

Jim Boyd, the Celtic Nots and Malidoma, each representing different cultures, will include music from the Americas, Scotland, Africa and the Caribbean.

Jim Boyd, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, is a singer and songwriter based in Inchelium, Wash. Formerly part of the Native American band Grey Wolf, Boyd went solo and released his first album, “Reservation Bound,” in 1995. More recent albums include “First Come, Last Served,” “Reservation Blues” and “Unity.”

Boyd has worked extensively with local author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie, and his music is included on the soundtrack of the film “Smoke Signals,” based on Alexie’s book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.”

The Celtic Nots, comprised of Carlos Alden, Nigel Elliott, James Funke and James Hunter, specializes in Celtic music but venture into other types when the mood strikes.

The group hopes to have its second album, “Not Music,” released this week. Their first, “Rope Tricks,” is available at local music shops.

The Malidoma World Drum and Dance Ensemble brings together a dozen accomplished singers and dancers fully versed in West African and Caribbean cultures. The ensemble combines drumming, traditional instruments and dances, singing and costumes to give audiences a glimpse of those cultures.

Founded in 1994 by Michael Moon Bear, a professor at the Tam Tam Mandingue School of Percussion in Spokane, the group performs frequently at area festivals.

Organizers hope to make the World Music Summit an annual event.

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