Have you heard of The Warm Heart of Africa? This nickname was given to the country of Malawi, a country about the size of Pennsylvania wrapped around the third largest lake in Africa. It has a rich history going back thousands of years and is the home to many languages, types of music, landscapes and people. Peter Mawanga is one of Malawi's most preeminent musicians and cultural ambassadors. He has performed at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Scotland and throughout the USA with his band The Amaravi Movement.
In addition to being a musical legend in his own country, he is also a champion of many social causes having founded many NGOs and serving on the boards of others focused on issues such as the epidemic of street children in Malawi and child education. Peter has given presentations on Malawian music and its culture to children and adults of all ages from elementary schools to college universities. In this rare duo concert, he is accompanied by his long-time collaborator Andrew Finn Magill with whom he released the 2010 concept album for charity, Mau a Malawi: Stories of AIDS.
Andrew Finn Magill is an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist and composer who has been featured on PBS, NPR, and TEDx. Magill is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council fellow, and 2024 finalist for the prestigious Seifert Competition for jazz violin in Krakow, Poland. He is signed to Ropeadope Records on which he has released three albums and tours the world as a bandleader and sideman in several genres. Some of the artists with whom he has performed include Rising Appalachia, Peter Mawanga, and Grammy-nominees John Doyle and Trio Brasileiro. Magill grew up studying various traditional genres at The Swannanoa Gathering which his father founded in 1990. In 2005 Magill released his debut Drive & Lift, a collection of traditional and original Irish music, and has released twelve studio albums since
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