Originally from the small West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past several years. In 2008 and 2009, he was picked as top Rising Star guitarist in Down Beat magazine’s annual Critics Poll. His sophomore release for Blue Note, Mwaliko, follows up 2007’s acclaimed Karibu with a series of searching, innovative, intimate duets with Angelique Kidjo, Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona and Marcus Gilmore.
These are photos from concerts where Lionel Loueke played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Dr Lonnie Smith / Lionel Loueke May 27 - 30, 2015 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Uploaded by Louise Halsey
