Friday Feb 15 @ Gladstone Hotel, 11pm

One of the most joyous Wavelengths of the past 12 months occurred on March 26, 2007, when we hosted Daniel Nebiat, the first artist from Toronto’s African music community we had ever invited to play our series. What could have resulted in an awkward first-date atmosphere instead saw the Sneaky Dee’s dance floor filled with ecstatic members of both communities. Born in Asmera, Eritrea, Danny’s voice has a pure, soulful tone that easily crosses the language barrier, and it’s mind-melting to watch him simultaneously pluck lush chords from the open-stringed krar. For this show, he’ll once again be joined by compadres Waleed Abdulhamid on bass and Korg synth beat-master Finan Fiyoun. Danny plans to release his first CD later this year. — Jonny Dovercourt