Our fine fiddler Billy Oh was invited onstage to jam with Toumani Diabati and his band last night @ Logan Square Auditorium. Here’s a blurry cameraphone shot of the festivities. Click on the image for a larger, blurrier version.

It was painfully cold in Chicago last night, but I doubt that anyone in attendance regretted venturing out into the snow. Diabati’s band was one of the finest I’ve ever seen — a collection of virtuosi who exhibited remarkable restraint in their ensemble playing.

Our fiddler Billy Oh is probably too modest to tell you himself, but he will be playing this evening at Logan Square Auditorium, opening for the great Kora player Toumani Diabati. He’ll be fiddling with the Princes of Futa.

The show is all-ages, no-smoking, and will be held in a very nice ballroom at the corner of Kedzie and Logan, above Lula Cafe.