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June 6 -- London, ON (Long
McQuade, Fanshawe Park Road W. - 5:00-7:00pm)
Jeff will be delivering a guitar workshop based on
his Hidden Sounds Guitar Series. Includes storytelling,
interactive performances with the audience and a Q&A.
September 5 2014
United Nations Panel Discussion Symposium (UN - New
York City, New York)
Jeff has been invited by his mentor Canadian
Research Chair Paul Lovejoy to participate in the
Symposium on Teaching and Learning about the
Transatlantic Slave Trade at the United Nations.
September 7 2014 TIFF
The Good Lie World Premier (Toronto, Canada)
The film The Good
Lie starring Reese Witherspoon will be premiered at
The Toronto International Film Festival. Jeff
co-wrote the song "Scars" with Emmanuel Jal and
Nelly Furtado and contributed guitars to the song
"We Fall" which are both featured on the film
soundtrack (Warner Brothers).
Emmanuel Jal's The Key album with Gatwitch/Universal released worldwide featuring Nelly Furtado, Peter Gabriel, DMC and many more. Jeff co-wrote 4 songs on the album and his guitar work is featured on 5 songs on the album.
September 10 2014 CTV Canada AM Morning Show (Toronto, 8-9am)
September 18 2014 The Good Lie Screening - US Premier (Washington DC 10pm)
September 18-22
2014 The Congress of Vienna Bicentenary UNESCO
Conference (Vienna, Austria)
Jeff will be presenting a paper called "An
examination of Kru Free Wage Laborers in the
Nineteenth Century Black Atlantic at the
University of Vienna. The conference is entitled:
"The Congress of Vienna and its Global Dimensions"
and is sponsored by United Nations UNESCO.
October 5 2014 - Oshawa, ON (Chapters Books - 1-4pm)
October 9 2014 The Key Album Release Party(Toronto, Tattoo Rock Parlour)
November 7 2014 London, UK (The Forge - Camden 8pm)
2013
January 9 2013 (The Bowery Electric, New York City, US)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Jenna Andrews (Island
Def Jam).
January 12 (The Living Room, New York City, US)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun.
January 18-25 2013, The Remix Project, Toronto, Canada
Jeff will be recording guitars on Rayzak's (K'naan's
vocalist) debut solo album. Also featuring Eon from Bedouin
Soundclash.
January 28 2013, Harriet Tubman Institute, Toronto Canada
Jeff will be delivering a guest lecture on 19th century Kru
labour migrations.
February 4 2013, Harriet Tubman Institute, Toronto Canada
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal and Kae
Sun as part of the "Performing Diaspora 2013: Contemporary Griot"
series.
February 23 2013, Central YMCA, Toronto, Canada
Jeff will be moderating a panel at the Alliance Against
Modern Slavery 3rd Annual Conference "Modern Slavery in Ontario
and the World".
March 7 2013 (Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, Canada)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun.
March 14 2013 (The Rivoli, Toronto)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun in his album
preview show.
March 16 2013 Hidden Sounds Book Series Soft Launch (Indigo
Bookstore, Bay and Bloor Location, Toronto - 2-6pm)
Jeff will be doing a soft launch of his new guitar series
'Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on Guitar' which
includes performances, a meet and greet and book signing.
May 3-5 2013 CAAS Annual Conference (Carlton University,
Ottawa)
Jeff will be presenting a paper "Nineteenth Century Kru Wage
Laborers" at the Canadian Association of African Studies annual
conference.
May 4 2013 Hidden Sounds Book
Event (Chapters-Indigo Bookstore, Ottawa, 47
Rideau Street - 1-3 pm)
Jeff will have a 'Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on
Guitar' book event which includes performances, a meet and greet
and book signing.
May 6 2013 (Godin Guitars HQ, Montreal)
Jeff will be filming a series of promotional videos with
Godin Guitars in support of his new series Hidden Sounds:
Discover Your Own Method on Guitar.
May 21 2013 CBC Radio (CBC HQ, Toronto)
Jeff will be performing/recording with Kae Sun on guitar on
Garvia Bailey Show.
May 25 2013 (CBC Festival, Echo Beach, Toronto)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at the CBC
Music Festival also featuring Sam Roberts, Of Monsters and Men,
and many more.
June 6-10 2013 Paramaribo, Suriname
Jeff will be presenting his paper "Rethinking the
Development of Global
Capitalism: Tracing the Kru Diaspora from Eighteenth Century
Wage Labourers in
British West African Workplaces to Nineteenth Century Labourers
in the
Americas" at a conference entitled "Free and Forced Migration,
Diaspora, and Identity Formation" .
June 12 2013 Hidden Sounds Workshop Event (Long & McQuade, Bloor
Street, Toronto - 10am-1pm)
Jeff will have a 'Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on
Guitar' workshop which includes performances, overview of the
Hidden Sounds series, a meet and greet and book signing.
June 21 2013 Grammy Museum Bob Marley Tribute Concert (The
John F. Kennedy Center, Washing D.C.)
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal on guitar.
June 28 2013 (Glastonbury Music Festival, Glastonbury, UK)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal at the
Glastonbury Festival also featuring The Rolling Stones, Of
Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Smashing
Pumpkins and many more.
July 06 2013 Afrofest Concert (Toronto,
Canada)
Jeff will be performing with Kae
Sun on guitar.
July 27 2013 Hidden Sounds Book
Event (Chapters-Indigo Bookstore,
Oshawa, Oshawa Centre - 2-6pm)
Jeff will have a 'Hidden Sounds:
Discover Your Own Method on Guitar'
book event which includes
performances, a meet and greet and
book signing. Moved to January 2014.
August 15 2013 Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Canada,
12pm start)
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun on guitar.
September
7 2013 Hidden Sounds Book Event (Indigo Books - Eaton
Centre, Toronto - 2-6pm)
Jeff will have a 'Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own
Method on Guitar' book event which includes
performances, a meet and greet and book signing. Moved
to January 2014.
September 7 2013 Toronto Bicycle
Music Festival (David Crombie Park, Toronto -
12:30-1:15pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at a
festival where the stage will be powered by cyclists.
September 20 2013 Hidden Sounds Book Event (Emmanuel
Jal's Lose to Win Event, Toronto - 8 pm)
Jeff will have a 'Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own
Method on Guitar' book performance in support of
Emmanuel Jal's 'Lose to Win' campaign.
September 26 2013 POP Montreal Festival (OPatro
Vys, Montreal - 8:00pm and
Cabaret Mile-End - 9:20pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun.
October 7 2013 MuchMusic Performance (MuchMusic
HQ, Toronto 2:30pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at a
MuchMusic filming session.
October 10 2013 Kae Sun Album Launch Party (Rivoli,
Toronto 9:00pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at
his Afriyie album launch party.
October 12 2013
Homegrown Hamilton (Hamilton, 9:00pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun.
October 19 2013 Janelle Monae ( Kool Haus 9:00pm)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun opening
for Janelle Monae.
October 21-25 2013 Hidden Sounds Workshop Events -
Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan and International Jazz
Festival (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
Jeff will be performing and delivering guitar
workshops based on his Hidden Sounds Guitar Series at a
number of events throughout the week.
October 31 2013 (University of The
West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago)
Jeff
will be presenting his current research on the Kru
diaspora in a lecture at The University of The West
Indies at 1:30pm.
October 31 2013 (Seegart Square, Port
of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Root Seed (Trinidad
band) at a Cancer Benefit Event at 5:30pm.
November 6 2013 (Guyana Radio Show 100.1 FM, Georgetown,
Guyana)
Jeff will be live on 100.1FM discussing his Hidden
Sounds Guitar Book Series and promoting his upcoming
workshops in Guyana and internationallyat 11:00am.
November 7 2013 (Guyana Radio Show Hot FM - 98.1 FM,
Georgetown, Guyana)
Jeff will be live on 98.1FM discussing his Hidden
Sounds Guitar Book Series and promoting his upcoming
workshops in Guyana and internationallyat 8:30am.
November 8 2013 (St. Rose's
Secondary School, Georgetown, Guyana)
Jeff will be delivering a Hidden Sounds
Guitar Workshop at St. Rose's Secondary
School at 3:00pm.
November 8 2013 (Guyana National
School of Music, Georgetown, Guyana)
Jeff will be delivering a Hidden Sounds Guitar
Workshop at The Guyana National School of Music at
5:00pm.
November 17 2013
(Student Law Society Event, Milk Coffee Bar, Windsor,
Canada)
Jeff will be performing
on guitar and delivering a Hidden Sounds Music
Empowerment Talk and Q&A with the Student Law Society at
the University of Windsor/University of Detroit
(Mercy). The Event will take place at Milk Coffee Bar at
8pm.
November 19 2013 (Humber College,
Music Department - Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be delivering a Hidden Sounds Guitar
Workshop at Humber College for Ted Quinlan's master
class at 12:30pm.
November 21- 24 2013 ASA Annual Conference (Baltimore, US)
Jeff will be presenting a paper "Tracing Early Kru -
Portuguese Relations from Sixteenth Century" at the African
Studies Association Annual Conference.
November 23 2013 (Middle C Music -
Washington, DC)
Jeff will be delivering a Hidden Sounds Guitar Event at
Middle C Music store at 2:00pm.
December 14 2013 (Toronto)
Jeff will be recording guitars on the track "We Fall" for
the soundtrack of the Hollywood film "The Good Lie" starring
Reese Witherspoon and Emmanuel Jal detailing the life of the
Lost Boys of Sudan (released in 2014).
December 18 2013
(United Nations HQ, New York City)
Emmanuel Jal will be receiving a Peace Award from the
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon for the
Peace Concert he organized at Independence Hall in Juba, South
Sudan, in September 2012. Jeff contributed guitars to the
honoured concert which featured Emmanuel Jal and DMC (RUN DMC).
2012
January 18-26 2012
Emmanuel Jal Mexico Tour
Jeff will be
performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal at C. Juarez and
Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara.
January 28-30 2012
Cannes, France
Jeff will be
performing on guitar with Kae Sun at Midem in Cannes,
France.
March 22 2012 Toronto Center for the Arts
(Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be performing
on guitar with Kae Sun at The Toronto Center for the
Arts - Opening for Karl Wolf @ 9pm.
March 26 Algonquin College (Ottawa, Canada) Jeff will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at Algonquin College - with Whale Tooth.
April 15 2012 Lula Lounge (Toronto, Canada)
April 22 -28 UNESCO Conference (Free Town, Sierra Leone)
Jeff will be presenting his paper The Kru Peoples: An
Early Model of Outsourcing Wage Labor in West Africa at
the UNESCO conference Sierra Leone: Past and Present.
He will also give a guitar performance.
May 4 2012 Freetown, Sierra Leone
Jeff will be performing with Africa Ruby and other
Sierra Leoneon reggae artists at Aces Night Club.
June 7 2012 Luminato Festival
Outreach (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be doing a musical workshop with Kae Sun at
Regent Park/Duke of York Public School.
June 8 2012 Luminato Festival (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun at The Hub-David
Pecaut Square - Opening for K'naan @ 8pm.
June 10 2012
Eaton Centre Vigil - Ending Gun Violence in Toronto Event
(Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun at Yonge- Dundas Square
at Eaton Centre Vigil for Ending Gun Violence in Toronto.
June 21 Summer Institute/Conference (York University,
Toronto)
Jeff will be presenting his paper The Kru Peoples: Wage
Laborers in West Africa and British Guiana in the 19th
Century at the conference Africans and their Connections
in the Americas
June 29 2012 (Hamilton, Canada)
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun at The Art Gallery of
Hamilton.
July 7 2012
Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, Canada)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal as part of his
Canadian Summer 2012 Tour.
July 9 2012 We Want Peace Rally (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be presenting a speech at Queen's Park with
Emmanuel Jal at the We Want Peace 2012 Rally in support of South
Sudan.
July 16 2012
Club Balattou (Montreal, Canada)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Kae Sun.
July 20 Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun as a part of the
Harbourfront Summer Concert Series. Opening for Ana
Tijoux.
July 29 2012 (Hamilton, Canada)
August 10-11
2012 Afrikadey Festival (Calgary, Canada)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal as part of his
Canadian Summer 2012 Tour.
August 12 2012
(Edmonton, Canada)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal as part of his
Canadian Summer 2012 Tour.
September 19-21 2012 (Juba, South Sudan)
Jeff
will be performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal as part of his We
Want Peace South Sudan National Concert (featuring Emmanuel Jal,
DMC and other international artists) and the launch of his 'Lose
to Win' 2012-2013 Tour.
October 9 2012 (Carrier Dome, Syracuse, US)
Jeff will be
performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal and Swizz Beatz for the
Dalai Lama One World Concert.
October 11 2012 (Roseland Ballroom, New York
City, US)
Jeff will be
performing on guitar with Emmanuel Jal - Opening for Peter
Gabriel.
November 23 2012 (Real World Studios, Box,
UK)
Jeff will be at
Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios with David Rhodes.
November 28 2012 (SOAS, University of London,
UK)
Jeff will be
presenting his current research on the Kru diaspora in a lecture
at The School of Oriental and African Studies at the University
of London.
December 21 (+233 Jazz Bar, Accra, Ghana)
Jeff will be performing on guitar with various Ghanaian artists.
2011
January 13 2011 Durham
Personal Computer UsersClub (Courtice, ON)
Jeff will be
presenting at the DPCUC meeting discussing media and
networking in Music.
January 29 2011 York University, Toronto
Jeff will be a Moderator at a conference entitled:
Slavery in the 21st Century.
February 15, Trent University, Canada
Jeff will be presenting his seminar on African Musical
Traditions
February 2011 - Emmanuel Jal Canadian mini-tour
Jeff played guitar along with Emmanuel Jal as part of
his Canadian mini-tour.
March 12 - Canadian Music Week -The Supermarket -
Toronto, Canada
Jeff will be playing guitar with Emmanuel Jal as part of
Canadian Music Week. The concert will take place at "The
Supermarket" at 11pm.
March 16 2011 -
Guest Speaker -University of Hawaii (Honolulu)
Jeff will be
presenting his ground breaking research on Ottobah
Cugoano as a follow up to his first major US publication
with the University of Hawaii Press - The Journal of World
History
March 29, Trent University, Canada
Guest Lecture: Jeff will be presenting his paper entitled:
"Developing a Comparative Pedagogical Approach in Studies of
Slavery"
May 5-7th 2011 Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Annual
Conference at York University (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be presenting his paper: '"Child Soldiers in
the 21st Century: Modern Slavery?"
April 2011 - Emmanuel Jal "We want Peace US mini- tour":
Jeff will be playing guitar with Emmanuel Jal across the
US.
June 7 2011- filming for TV show "Guitar Picks"
Jeff will be playing guitar with artist Kate Fair as
part of the TV series "Guitar Picks" hosted by Kim Mitchell
and airing on Treasure HD.
July 4-6, Univeristy of Ibadan (Ibandan, Nigeria)
Jeff will be presenting at the Annual Toyin Falola
Conference. His paper is entitled:
"From Child Soldiers to Authors and Artists : Exploring
the Written and Musical Expressions of Emmanuel Jal and
Ishmael Beah"
July 2011 Emmanuel Jal Canadian Tour
Jeff will be playing guitar with Emmanuel Jal at
festivals across Canada including the Vancouver Folk Music
Festival, the Hillside Festival and the Quebec City Music
Festival.
August 5 2011, Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
Jeff will be performing with artist Kae Sun at the Virgin Mobile Indie Friday sessions.
August 21-27 2011 - The Summer Institute - "Slavery, Memory
and Citizenship" UNESCO - York University - Toronto
Jeff will be presenting his paper entitled "
Child
Soldiers and Modern Slavery in the 21st Century"
and performing
music for a UNESCO event featuring
keynote speaker former Governor General Michaelle Jean.
September, TBA Guest Lecturer , University of Toronto
Jeff will present his groundbreaking research on slave
narratives.
September 17 2011 - TED
Talks Event, Toronto
Jeff will be performing with artist Kae Sun.
September 24 - Go Global Expo, Toronto
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun opening for Sol
Guy's keynote talk at the Go Global Expo in Toronto.
October 15 - Alliance Against Modern Slavery Conference,
York University, Toronto
Jeff will be performing with Janelle Belgrave (Peace
Concept) at the 2nd annual AAMS conference on modern
slavery.
November 1-4, Emmanuel Jal US Shows, Durham, N.C. and Ferrum,
Virginia
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal at Duke
University on Nov 1 and Ferrum College on Nov 3.
November 6 - Video Shoot - Toronto
Jeff will be performing guitar with Kae Sun for film
series featuring Canadian artists in various settings.
November 7, 9 11 - York University - Faculty of Education,
Toronto
Jeff will be presenting three workshops on teaching
modern slavery in the Ontario classroom through the
development of a modern slavery unit.
November 15-18, Mundial Montreal Festival, Montreal
Jeff will be performing with Kae Sun at Club Balattou on
Nov 16 with other shows.
2010
May 5-7th 2010 Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Annual
Conference at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
Jeff will be presenting his paper: 'The Value of Biography in
Historical Research: Lovejoy's "Lived Histories" and the
Atlantic Slave Trades'
June 3-5 American Historical Society Conference George
Washington University (Washington D.C.)
Jeff will be giving an interactive talk: "Evolving History
in the 21st Century: The Paramount Role of Autobiography and
Biography in Linking Historical and Contemporary Issues"
July 6 2010 Music Seminar - York University/Harriet
Tubman Institute (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff will be presenting an interactive seminar featuring a
performance: "African Musical Expressions: An Overview of
Instruments and Styles"
July 30 2010 Guest Lecture - Chulalongkorn University
(Bangkok, Thailand)
Jeff will be presenting his interactive seminar: "Placing
African Writers at the Heart of 18th, 19th and 21st Century
Anti-Slavery Movements"
Aug 26 2010 - Guest Lecture - Thammasat University
(Bangkok, Thailand)
Jeff will be presenting his interactive seminar: "Engaging
with the Issue of Slavery: Developing a Comparative
Analytical Perspective"
Oct 6th World Bank (Washington, D.C.)
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal.
Oct 7 Capitol Hill (Washington D.C)
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal.
Oct 18 - Forced Marriage Conference (York University)
Toronto
Jeff will be performing songs with Kate Todd as the
opening entertainment for the conference.
Nov 6 - UNESCO Conference (York University), Toronto
Jeff performed for the UNESCO hosted conference on
Historical and Contemporary forms of Slavery with his group
"Peace Concept"
Dec 14-16 University of Buea - (Buea, Cameroon)
Jeff will be presenting his paper:
"Understanding 18th
and 19th Century Forms of Slavery in Africa:
Autobiography and Biography as Methodological Tools" at a
Conference entitled: "Searching for the African Voice:
Studying Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa"
December 9 2010 - Recording and Performing on George Stromboulopoulos Show
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal on the CBC Show -
George Stromboulopoulos Show
December 9 2010 - Toronto, Canada
Jeff will be performing with Emmanuel Jal at a Human Rights
Conference at The University of Toronto
2009
September 23-28th 2009 The Wilberforce Institute (Hull, UK)
Jeff presented his paper:
'The Power of the African Narrative in Abolition and Fair
Trade Movements: Parallels Between Late 18th Century Freedom
Narratives and 21st Century Child Soldier Autobiographies'
December 1 2009 Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Roundtable Talks (Toronto, Canada)
Jeff Gunn and Karlee Sapoznik presented their case for the
need to create awareness and combat modern forms of slavery.
