Imagine is honored to produce an evening of soul-stirring magic as Ayla Nereo graces the majestic St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle for a special concert experience, produced by Imagine Music & Arts Festival. Surrounded by the cathedral's soaring architecture and sacred acoustics, Ayla's ethereal voice and poetic lyrics will echo through the heart, weaving together sound, spirit, and ceremony. This is more than a concert—it's a reverent gathering of music and intention in one of the city's most awe-inspiring spaces. Join us for a night of beauty, resonance, and transformation.
Ayla Nereo is a creature of the forests and rivers, a dancer between the timeless and modern, a musician and poet weaving forth a magical and emotional world of sonic beauty. Lyrical meditations and riddles of language dance into wondrous tapestries of song and story, from energetic electronic rhythms and disco ballads to celtic melodies and ethereal mantras. With an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, Ayla's songs are an ode to the beauty of being human, inviting us deeper into the exquisite and innately psychedelic dream of this moment.
Imagine is honored to produce an evening of soul-stirring magic as Ayla Nereo graces the majestic St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle for a special concert experience, produced by Imagine Music & Arts Festival. Surrounded by the cathedral's soaring architecture and sacred acoustics, Ayla's ethereal voice and poetic lyrics will echo through the heart, weaving together sound, spirit, and ceremony. This is more than a concert—it's a reverent gathering of music and intention in one of the city's most awe-inspiring spaces. Join us for a night of beauty, resonance, and transformation.
Ayla Nereo is a creature of the forests and rivers, a dancer between the timeless and modern, a musician and poet weaving forth a magical and emotional world of sonic beauty. Lyrical meditations and riddles of language dance into wondrous tapestries of song and story, from energetic electronic rhythms and disco ballads to celtic melodies and ethereal mantras. With an uncanny ability to crack open the heart, Ayla's songs are an ode to the beauty of being human, inviting us deeper into the exquisite and innately psychedelic dream of this moment.
Youssoupha Sidibe
Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese West African Kora (African Harp) player. Throw out all your ideas of what a harpist is, Youssoupha breaks out of traditional Kora styles many hundreds of years old, to create a new style that has never been heard before, blending aspects of Reggae and western music.
Through many collaborations, and countless performances over the course of 25 years, Youssoupha has developed thousands of fans all over the world. He has performed and recorded with many exceptional musicians.
Grammy nominated for his collaboration with Matisyahu (Youth), he has released albums with the late Charles Neville (Tree of Life), Midnite (For All), Steve Kimock, and a duet with Michael Franti (What I be), and performed live with India Arie, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident, Chris Berry Trio, Shimshai, and many others.
Youssoupha has performed at some of the most famous festivals and venues in the world including :The Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, The Warfield Theatre SF CA, The African Festival of the Arts Chicago, Reggae Rising, Reggae on the River CA, Stanford University, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues British Columbia, to name a few.
Youssoupha Sidibe
Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese West African Kora (African Harp) player. Throw out all your ideas of what a harpist is, Youssoupha breaks out of traditional Kora styles many hundreds of years old, to create a new style that has never been heard before, blending aspects of Reggae and western music.
Through many collaborations, and countless performances over the course of 25 years, Youssoupha has developed thousands of fans all over the world. He has performed and recorded with many exceptional musicians.
Grammy nominated for his collaboration with Matisyahu (Youth), he has released albums with the late Charles Neville (Tree of Life), Midnite (For All), Steve Kimock, and a duet with Michael Franti (What I be), and performed live with India Arie, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident, Chris Berry Trio, Shimshai, and many others.
Youssoupha has performed at some of the most famous festivals and venues in the world including :The Hammerstein Ballroom NYC, The Warfield Theatre SF CA, The African Festival of the Arts Chicago, Reggae Rising, Reggae on the River CA, Stanford University, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues British Columbia, to name a few.