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Peace!

Nadir

Review by Bob Davis, www.soul-patrol.com

“If the bump ain’t crunk,
if the funk ain’t pumpin’
with the thump in the trunk,
then the bump ain’t bumpin’!
You just gotta Leave It Alone, Leave It Alone!”

As a few of you know, I have been really, really busy of late. In fact I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to get out and see many shows in 2008. This may well be the only show that I see in 2008. (sike….I’ll be seeing Ryan Shaw this week in NYC).

I haven’t been able to even find the time till now, to write this review of Nadir’s show.

But here it is and let me start out by saying that if this were going to be the only live show that I saw in 2008, I would be alright with that. Nadir put on an outstanding show, but more importantly he proved to me that he has a rare quality in a modern artist, in that he is able to also overcome “adversity.”

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The Arab American National Museum is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture.

Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural landscape of American life. By bringing the voices and faces of Arab Americans to mainstream audiences, the museum continues its commitment to dispel misconceptions about Arab Americans and other minorities. The Museum brings to light the shared experiences of immigrants and ethnic groups, paying tribute to the diversity of our nation.

Every Thursday the museum showcases music, art and culture from around the world at the Ford/Comerica Global Thursdays. On March 6, the sounds of NADIR’s Distorted Soul will fill the museum’s beautiful 150 seat auditorium. For this special Global Thursdays appearance, the award-winning songwriter and his group will highlight the acoustic, jazz and world music elements of their dance floor friendly repertoire.

Thursday, March 6
NADIR’s Distorted Soul
Global Thursdays at Arab American National Museum
13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, Michigan
7:30pm
Tickets: $10.00 in advance (see below) $12.00 at the door

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Everyone’s approach to life is just a little bit different than the next cat. Some of us need to isolate and conquer, one task at a time, in order to get where we’re going.

Don’t lump Nadir Omowale in that group.

To say that the East Tennessee transplant to Detroit is busy these days would be a serious understatement. Nadir juggles the responsibilities of running a company and involvement in various causes and organizations, all the while playing his award-winning music with his band Nadir’s Distorted Soul.

Topping it all off is his current stint with MTV as the Choose or Lose 2008 correspondent to the state of Michigan, which lasts until the presidential election in November.

DFP caught up with the ultra-motivated multi-threat himself to learn a little bit more about the man.

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I’m just getting back from a tremendous experience at MTV’s Street Team ‘08 orientation and boot camp. MTV News has assembled a dynamic, diverse and passionate group of 51 citizen journalists to cover each state and Washington DC.

MTV’s Choose or Lose and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have charged us with “uncovering the untold political stories that matter most to young people in [our] states”. We’ll submit weekly reports that will be published online, and on mobile devices. The goal - as with all of MTV News’s Choose or Lose campaigns since 1992 - is to get young people involved in the US presidential elections, to energize the youth electorate, and to help them understand that they can make a difference if they use their voices.

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December 20, 2007 – New York, NY – MTV, as part of its Emmy-winning “Choose or Lose” campaign (www.ChooseorLose.com), today unveiled “Street Team ’08”: a specially recruited group of 51 citizen journalists – one from every state and Washington, D.C. – who will cover the 2008 elections from a youth perspective and tailor their reports for mobile devices. The members will contribute weekly, multi-media reports (short form videos, blogs, animation, photos, podcasts) that will be distributed via a soon-to-launch WAP site, MTV Mobile, Think.MTV.com and to the more than 1,800 sites in the Associated Press Online Video Network. Carefully selected by MTV after an extensive nationwide search, the one-of-a-kind press corps will be armed with mobile media like laptops, video cameras and cell phones, and charged with uncovering the untold political stories that matter most to young people in their respective states. (more…)

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Saturday, December 1 is Noel Night, and Nadir has two solo singer/songwriter performances on tap. His first show is at Goodwell’s Market on Willis at 6:15p, and the second at Barnes & Noble on Warren at 8:15p.

Monday, December 3 kicks off a weekly funk night at Black Lotus Brewing Company in Clawson. Nadir is a member of Boombox Hero, an all-star quartet made up of some of Detroit’s best musicians. The band features Swami Harper of the Black Bottom Collective on keyboard, Emily Rogers from Lola Valley and Clear Gray on bass, Djallo Djakate, who plays with Spencer Barefield and many others, on the drums, and Nadir is supplying the guitar and vocals. Boombox Hero will reach into their bag of eclectic funk every Monday from 9:00 to midnight at Black Lotus.

Friday, December 7, Nadir is playing bass for Funkeestation, a band known for their jazzy funk, Motown and soul classics. Nadir and Funkeestation will be at Andiamo Lakerfront Bistro in St. Clair Shores at 9:00p.

Saturday, December 8, Nadir is back with Distorted Soul for their monthly soul experience at The Village Idiot in Maumee, Ohio. Make sure to mark your calenders because beginning in 2008, Nadir and Distorted Soul will be at the Village Idiot the second Friday of each month.

Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30p, Nadir makes his much awaited return to The Elbo Room in Chicago for a solo singer/songwriter performance. Also appearing on the bill will be Agents of Change, Tristan James, and avery r. young.

For details on these and others upcoming dates, visit our Events page.