Event Description:

The duo of Sunken Cages and dragonchild are creating new and exciting global music that draws from their respective cultural backgrounds. Sunken Cages is the moniker of Indian-born drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin, who has worked with a wide array of musicians from Shakira to legendary Jazz musician Kalaparusha (Chicago AACM) to Depeche Mode. dragonchild is a solo project conceived by Ethio-American saxophonist D.A.

Mekonnen, co-founder of the widely celebrated Debo Band. For this appearance, Faraway Ghost (Kamyar Arsani) will join them. Arsani is a DC-based Iranian poet, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose artistic practice spans multiple genres. As a trio, they will present their own brand of digital folk music that draws on Sufi mysticism, traditional Persian Music, Ethiopian melodies and contemporary electronic dance music all at once. 

Words Beats & Life Fest 2024 is brought to you in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities DC, The Kennedy Center, DowntownDC Foundation, Fusicology, Busboys And Poets, Eaton DC, Woolly Mammoth Theater and Planet Word.