Saturday, July 3, 2010
Fine Line Music Cafe

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5:00pm [5:00pm]Early - Post Twins Game Party w/ Junk FM!
Description:
Post-Twins Game Party with Junk FM! Doors 5:00pm
Music 5:45pm
$5 Cover at the door
Drink Specials!

Junk FM on MySpace


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9:00pm [9:00pm]Rising Stars of Africa with Mercy Myra, Roy Kapale and Erica Lulakwa
Description:
Doors 9pm
General Admission $20 in advance / $22 day of show

VIP (reserved seat on the mezzanine) - $35.00

Hosted by ETIA & Tha FunkHouse

Intimate yet explosive live performances from Mercy Myra, Roy Kapale, Erica Lulakwa & other guest artists. Mercy Myra & Roy Kapale will be accompanied by their dancers.

Roy Kapale is a Ugandan born Lingala style Musician who started singing at a very young age while in school. His music career took off in 2002 with major hits like Ebitala Bintadde, Mukyala Neighbor, Racheal, Rukia, mbagala kyenkanyi, Kisanja to mention a few.

Within two years, he had hit top of the Charts in Uganda and since then he has continuously developed a strong fan base world wide.

His Stage performance is one that has always left audiences asking for more and with several albums that include both Luganda and Swahili songs, he’s held major concerts in several countries including the U.S, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Holland, U.K Rwanda and Burundi.

Some of his most recent hits include: Maisha, Igwe, Tebayambika, Tonangira( All Luganda and Swahili songs) and others such as Manifesto, Bakusunga, Linda kalinoba.


MERCY MYRA, now in her twenties and already established as one of the leading female vocalist in East Africa, has just released her second album “NYISRI MALONG’O”. With “NYISRI MALONG’O” MERCY has recorded a worthy successor of her first album. “NYISRI MALONG’O” means “show yourself” and Mercy will definitely show herself on the African music scene. MERCY is performing live on a regular basis in Kenya with an 8 piece band and every single person who has watched her was dazzled by her performance, talent and charm. It is now time for the rest of the world to be dazzled by MERCY MYRA.

Mercy Myra on MySpace

Erica is a singer-songwriter from Tanzania, East Africa. Falling in love with music at at early age, she developed her passion while singing in her local church choir. After completing a degree in Mass Communication from St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Erica worked as a TV and radio producer at KISS-FM Tanzania, Trinity TV, and Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation while pursuing her passion for music.

In 2005, she released her first single “Tafakari,” which received a wide release on East African radio and TV. One year later, Erica made her debut on American airwaves with the lead vocal on George Sarah’s “Moja Bila Moja.”

In 2010, Erica released her latest single “Close to You” on iTunes with plans to release her first album later this year.

Erica Lulakwa Official Site

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. You can also purchase tickets in person at the Fine Line box office M-F between the hours of 11am and 11pm or at the Electric Fetus.



The Fine Line is proud to host a very special night celebrating the music of Africa’s Rising Stars, Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. The evening features intimate yet explosive live performances from Kenyan R&B songstress Mercy Myra, Ugandan Lingala style musician Roy Kapale, Tanzanian singer/songwriter Erica Lulakwa & other guest artists. Mercy Myra & Roy Kapale will be accompanied by their dancers and ETIA & Tha FunkHouse will host the evening.

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