A number of roots-rock and world musicians will participate in a Playing for Change Benefit concert at Denvers Paramount Theatre. The gig will take place at 8 PM this evening, featuring performances by Grammy-award winner Keb’ Mo’, Big Head Todd and the Monsters Todd Park Mohr, Zimbabwe guitar legend Louis Mhlanga, Northern Ghana master drummer Mohammed Alidu, Tibetan freedom song slingers The Exile Brothers and Italian steel guitar player Roberto Luti.
Proceeds from all concert tickets, silent auction donations and purchases of hand-made merchandise from African, Nepalese, and Tibetan artists will be utilized by The Playing For Change Foundation to build and support its first music school in the township of Guguletu, South Africa. Other foundation initiatives include the Mehlo Arts Center in Soweto, South Africa and Tibet Refugee Centers in Nepal and India. For more information, please visit www.PlayingForChange.com.