MUMBAI: Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir bring their rockin' upbeat, joyful music to the Osher Marin JCC on April 4, 2014: 8pm. An evening of soulful, bluesy, beautiful vocal harmonies, percussion driven, rooted in the deep south & strongly connected to West African & Caribbean origins.

The Cultural Heritage Choir is led by San Franciscan Linda Tillery, a Grammy nominated vocalist, producer, arranger, speaker, and self-taught ethno-musicologist.

For the past 16 years she has dedicated her artistic life to the research, teaching, and performance of the great African-American oral tradition of song, stick, and story - the ancestor of today’s American popular song.Performing together since 1992, the Cultural Heritage Choir creates dynamic rhythms and sparkling energy on stage. Their vocals are lush and vibrant; their performances are poignant and uplifting.

What: Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir

When: Sat, April 5 @ 8:00 pm. In the Hoytt Theater

Where: The Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd. San Rafael, C From Highway 101 is effortless, ? mile E off 101