Ras Mo Moses

Ras Mo Moses is an award-winning performing artist, musician, performance poet, storyteller, playwright, master-drummer, theater director. His stage performances include Afro Caribbean music, reggae, zouk, soca, hip-hop and spoken-word. His songs and poems can be performed solo or accompanied by drummers or a full band. Ras Mo plays Afro Caribbean hand drums and percussion along with his singing poetry and storytelling. He accompanies other artists as a percussionist. His uplifting, refreshing and healing work has been seen through out the Caribbean and North America and the UK.

Ras Mo is a youth worker who uses the arts for youth and community development and healing. Ras Mo’s latest project is the Pink & Blue Arts for Violence Prevention Project with a CD, a one man play Testify-Real Stories Real People and prevention education presentations, performances & workshops addressing gender, violence and health including HIV & AIDS. For more information visit http://www.rasmo.net/

Description

Ras Mo Performances

Poetry / Spoken Word / Storytelling: Ras Mo as solo performer presents his original stories and poems, with percussion and dynamic stage performance.

Drumming: Ras Mo performs traditional and original songs and poems with a two to six percussionists playing exciting Caribbean and African rhythms.

World, Caribbean Music, and/or Urban Music Concerts: Ras Mo performs with a full band including bass, keyboards, guitar, drums, percussion and background vocals.

Band Interests:world music festivals, hand drumming, spoken-word, theater, film, performance poetry

Artists We Also Like: Bob Marley, Last Poets, Mutabaruka, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Brother Resistance, Gordon Henderson,

Recent performances include:

Guadeloupe Poetry Festival 2013 Guadeloupe//Rencontres Caribéennes de l’Oralite 2012 Martinique//Word Alive International Literary Festival 2012 St Lucia/Creole In the Park Launch 2011 & 2012 Dominica//World Creole Music Festival Launch 2012 Dominica//Guadeloupe Poetry Festival 2012//Creole in the Park 2011 Dominica

Other Examples of stage performances

Nature Island Literary Festival & Book Fair Dominica, West Indies//International Festival of Arts & Ideas New Haven CT USA//International Dub Poetry Festival Ontario, Canada//City College of New York New York NY USA//Calgary International Spoken Word Festival Alberta Canada//Rapso Festival Trinidad and Tobago//Story Telling Festival Miami FL USA//Imagine Miami Miami FL USA//Opening act for Bunny Wailer San Francisco, CA

Awards

Visionary Artist: Arts Council of Greater New Haven 2006

Outstanding Contribution, Performance Poetry: Dominica National Cultural Council 2008

Dominica FAME award: Outstanding Stage Performance

Publications

Three collections of poetry :Crossroads// Melting Pot// The Mask

Audio Record & CD Releases

Tanbou Lanmou (Drum of Love),

Tjébé /Hold On