About this project
This January I am returning to Ghana, West Africa, to record an album with Ghanaian and American musicians. This will be a full-circle masterwork of sorts for me, bringing together my previous work in Ghana and my music career with Americana group Hot Buttered Rum. I am looking for funding to support the costs of recording in Accra: studio time and musicians' time. Note: most of this money will be going to Ghanaians and staying in Ghana.
On my first trips to Ghana I recorded an album of field recordings (which I sold to benefit an orphanage in Accra), and made a movie on threatened traditional dance and music (on behalf of a group of elders). For the last eight years Hot Buttered Rum has toured the USA and beyond, playing at festivals such as Telluride Bluegrass, Newport Folk, and Bonnaroo, and earning a dedicated fanbase.
Check out this video of my last project in Ghana, "Music and Dances of the Awudome Villages": http://video.google.com/videoplay...#
This album will bring together elements of Ghanaian music and Bluegrass music, all tied together with my Americana-style songwriting. It will bring together luminaries from Ghana and the States alike. It has taken a decade of experience to be in a place to do this, and I'm going to work tirelessly to bring it to fruition. Thank you for your support.
Everyone will be able to watch a movie which is being made about the excursion. A concert featuring much of the music will happen at the Independent Music Hall in San Francisco in March 2011.
For donations of $7 or more, I will mail you a project poster.
For donations of $20 or more, I will mail you a signed CD.
For donations of $50 or more, I will mail you a signed CD, poster, and special Ghanaian momento.
For donations of $1000 or so, I can arrange a house concert... let's talk for details.
thanks!
Nat
HotButteredRum.net
NatKeefe.org
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For large donations I can arrange a house concert-party. Let's talk: Nat@HotButteredRum.net
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Nat Keefe has written, performed, and produced music around the world. Hot Buttered Rum, his primary project, has found success at festivals like Telluride Bluegrass, Newport Folk, and Bonnaroo. Nat has produced several albums for emerging bands such as Fruition and the She's. His work in Ghana includes a CD of field studio recordings (which was sold to benefit the Children in Need orphanage), and a movie about endangered traditional dance "Music and Dances of the Awudome Villages," (which was featured at the Santa Cruz Film Festival).
