Friday, April 1 at 7:30 PM Guy Davis Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door Often touted as a member of the new generation of country blues artists, Guy Davis (son of the late actor Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee) is well-versed in the music's traditions. His Red House albums Stomp Down Rider (1995), Call Down the Thunder (1996), You Don't Know My Mind (1998) and Butt Naked Free (2000) gained him recognition for his playing style and lyrical sensibilities.
Friday, April 1 at 10:00 PM and Midnight Awilo Longomba Admission is $22 in advance/$25 at the door Awilo Longomba was born in Kinshasa (formally, Léopoldville). His father was from the Mongo region of the Ecuador and his mother was also from the Ecuador region of Ngombe and Congo Brazzaville. His father, Vicky Longomba, was the famous lead singer and founder of “Tout puissant OK Jazz” during the golden age of Congolese rumba, had a big influence on our artist. Since childhood, Awilo spent every waking moment in the music scenes attending his father rehearses. Very quickly his passion for music took, and he started cutting classes and started drumming for various groups of Kinshasa, including “l’orchestre de Lita Bembo. He joined the orchestra “Viva La Musica” led by the great Papa Wemba as a drummer, and Awilo had his real first taste of live performance on his first international tour in Europe and to Japan in 1985 and 1986. Today, Awilo is not just a regular artist doing regular music, his live outstanding performances and popularity makes him the MOST WANTED Congolese artists on the African continent and Europe. Don’t miss him in this exclusive New York City club appearance.
Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 PM Deepak Ram Trio Admission is $15 Deepak Ram is an incredibly versatile artist who is well known for his evocative performances in traditional North Indian Classical Music, his collaborations with musicians of other genres, his innovative compositions and for his excellence as a teacher. He is an accomplished bansuri soloist and a captivating performer, combining technical mastery with personal charm. His “phenomenal flute playing” has been praised by London’s Guardian.
Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 PM Nigerian Party Admission is $10 for gentlemen/ladies free before midnight and $20 for all after midnight
Sunday, April 3 at 2:30 PM Let’s Zydeco: Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew Admission is $15 Cajun is at its best with Acadiana recording artist and CFMA award winner Jesse Lege singing and playing accordion. Jesse sings in the traditional high pitched, emotional style reminiscent of late Iry LeJeune and plays accordion with equal power conviction"
Sunday, April 3 at 8:00 PM Balkan Routes: Zlatne Uste Admission is $12 Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is North America’s premier Balkan brass band. Since its formation, in 1983, the band has performed across the U.S., from Maine to California, and internationally, and, in the spirit of the village band, plays regularly for community events and celebrations. Its instrumentation follows the traditions of the bands in the region encompassing Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, and its repertoire includes folk melodies and modern compositions in both Slavic and Roma (Gypsy) styles. In addition to instrumental music Zlatne Uste (ZU) has a sizable repertoire of dance and concert songs in the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romany, and Serbian languages. With 10-12 pieces and vocalists, the band delivers variety, excitement and power.
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM Lisa Fishman is CANCELED
Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM Gerard Edery with Danny Maseng Admission is $15 Join Satalla for this first time collaboration between two highly acclaimed singers/guitarists/composers in the Jewish world. Bringing together their multicultural backgrounds and highly sensitive voices to a repertoire of traditional and original songs. Their virtuosic skills and arrangements will transport you to another time and place. A cultural powerhouse”, Gerard Edery, “juggles musical roles with almost surreal ease” (Seattle Jewish Transcript and The New York Jewish Week). Gerard was born in Casablanca and raised in Paris and New York City. Speaking several languages throughout his childhood, he absorbed a variety of musical traditions spanning three continents. Trained as a classical baritone at The Manhattan School of Music, he has sung more than thirty roles with opera companies around the United States. Danny Maseng was born and raised in Israel to American parents. He first came to the United States to star on Broadway in ‘Only Fools Are Sad.’ A playwright, actor, singer and composer, Danny has served as Evaluator of New American Plays/Opera-Musical Theater for the National Endowment For The Arts. He is currently the Director of the Spielberg Fellowships for The FJC as well as the Artistic Director of The Brandeis-Bardin Institute in California, a center for Jewish culture and learning.
Tuesday, April 5 at 10:00 PM Smadar Admission is $12 Born in Israel to Moroccan and Spanish parents, singer Smadar brings her blend of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music to Satalla. Combining traditional and original material, Smadar borrows musical ingredients from the Israeli, Spanish, Moroccan and Greek traditions. Just consider the range of instrumentalists Smadar performs with: Uri Sharlin on accordion and piano, Harel Shachal on alto sax and clarinet, Ramzi Adlibi on darbuka and framedrum, Emannuele Mann on bass, Dan Aran on drums, Umut on kanun.
Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 PM Aquiles Baez Admission is $15 One of Venezuela's most accomplished artists, Aquiles Baez is virtuoso guitarist, composer and arranger who has performed at the world's most prestigious concert halls and recorded with some of the world's most esteemed musical figures. His countless scores and collaborations have earned him numerous awards, including Venezuela's national prize as Musical Arranger of the Year; the William Leavitt Award from Berklee College of Music; as well as a variety of prizes as composer for film, dance and musical theater. With six of his own albums and more than a dozen collaborations to his credit, Mr. Baez is currently based in NYC, where he maintains his international career. In this concert of original compositions, Mr. Baez will be accompanied by Gustavo Amarante (bass), Gonzalo Grau (piano, percussion), Pablo Bencid (drums) and Anat Cohen (clarinet, sax).
Wednesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 PM Battlefield Band with special guest Paul Anderson Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door Under the banner “Forward With Scotland's Past," Battlefield Band play Scottish music of rare passion and joy. Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today's Scottish Cultural scene (which they themselves have done much to create and fuel), Battlefield Band mix the old songs with new self-penned material, and perform them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments - bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion. Already something of a legend and revered virtuoso in the time-honoured tradition of Scottish Fiddle Music, Paul Anderson began his training at school on a fiddle found under his grandparents' spare bed. He was promised he could keep it if he learned to play it. It’s the same instrument he plays today!
Friday, April 8 at 7:30 PM Rory Block Admission is $20 in advance/$22 at the door Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.”
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Friday, April 8 at 10:00 PM Baga Fote is CANCELED
Friday, April 8 at 10:00 PM Yerbabuena Admission is $15 Under the musical direction of singer-composer-musician Tato Torres, Yerbabuena is a collective of young musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Their performance is somewhere between a jam in the park, a spiritual ceremony and a family reunion. The music they play is, by nature, participatory. Whether bomba, plena or música jíbara, it's all interactive - leaving the audience no choice but to join in the singing and dance for the drums. After a dose of Yerbabuena, you'll feel tired but uplifted and happy! Yaya is a women's collective dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich, cultural legacies and African-based musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Founded in 2002, Yaya honors the vibrant musical heritage represented in Puerto Rican bomba and Dominican salve traditions, through live performances, workshops, and female-led creative ciphers. Recognizing the contributions of women in preserving and transmitting these traditions, Yaya honors the yayas (Creole/Kongo origin), or mothers, who have helped shape our histories, traditions and legacies of resistance.
Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 PM Fiamma Fumana with special guest Michela Mosolino Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door Fiamma Fumana are three young women and one man who share a love for the musical tradition of Northern Italy in general and their native Emilia Romagna in particular. While their rural village roots are strong and deep, they live in urban, affluent present-day Italy and take part in its vibrant electronic music scene: the resulting band is am intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to contemporary Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the-art electronica. After years of researching Sicilian folk music, Michela Mosolino is now sharing these treasures with audiences through her Soul of the Trinacria repertoire. On stage, Michela blends authentic vocals that seem to float from the Sicilian hillsides with spoken word that presents the multi-cultural background that is true Sicilian music
Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 PM Yawo Admission is $15 A native of Togo, West Africa, Yawo started his musical career at the “Ecole Experimentale de musique” of Lome, where he studied flute, classical guitar, and electric bass. As the leader of the high school band he formed with his brother and sister, Yawo Attivor developed a talent for composing and arranging music that embraces both the traditions of the Ewe tribe and the influences of the western civilization. This multicultural approach to songwriting led to the creation of the MIMI-Togo (International Movement for Innovative music-Togo branch) which Yawo directed until he left Togo in 1992 as a result of political turmoil in his motherland. In 1993, Yawo joined the international organization Up With People, traveling the U.S. and Europe, promoting peace and understanding among the citizens of the world. After Up with People, Yawo, his cousin Ro Attivor (aka Ro Bezz), Sarah Agbeto and guitarist Matt Hupton created Doliho, an afropop project that rocked the Midwest with a unique album in the late 90s. In 2002, after he moved to Minneapolis a year earlier, Yawo launched a solo career with the album “Celebrate” (Mia du agbe) followed in October 2004 by “Take Out The Fences,” a “refreshingly upbeat” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) album that breaks musical barriers with an explosion of afro-beat, afro-funk and reggae.
Sunday, April 10 at 7:00 and 9:30 PM Baka Beyond Admission is $20 in advance/$25 at the door It is almost 12 years since the album “Spirit of the Forest” was released, helping define the term “world music” and pushing Baka Beyond into worldwide recognition. From these beginnings, recorded in a bedroom studio and based on live jams recorded while living with the Baka Pygmies in the rainforests of South-East Cameroon, Baka Beyond has evolved into a multicultural, dynamic live stage show. Although in the early days the live “Baka Beyond” was mainly British musicians reproducing the recordings on “Spirit of the Forest”, over the years the band has grown to include members from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana as well as Britain. Each musician brings their influence and talent to the music to create a unique spectacle honoring a lesson learned from the Baka people, “everyone to be listened to”.
Monday, April 11 at 7:30 PM Tracy Grammer Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door For the uninitiated, Tracy Grammer rose to acclaim as one half of the duo, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer. Called “one of the fastest-rising acts in folk music" by the Boston Globe, the duo released three internationally acclaimed albums featuring Carter's award-winning postmodern, mythic Americana songcraft; toured with Joan Baez as her backing band and spotlight artists; and earned a diverse and devoted following with their indelible live performances at festivals and venues all across North America. Just as the duo seemed poised to receive much-deserved mainstream recognition, Carter died suddenly of a heart attack while touring with Grammer in July, 2002. Three years later, Grammer has emerged from the darkness of tragedy -- armed with the richness of her experience with Carter, and the help of a few new friends -- with her first full-length solo album, the beautifully textured, Flower of Avalon.
Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM Les Yeux Noirs Admission is $22.50 in advance/$25 at the door Les Yeux Noirs—French for “The Black Eyes”—takes its name from the title of a Russian gypsy tune made famous by Django Reinhardt in the ’30s. It’s the perfect name for a French sextet that plays their own variety and melding of Gypsy music and Klezmer, with a nod to Manouche (or French Gypsy) jazz. Violinists Eric and Olivier Slabiak founded Les Yeux Noirs ten years ago. France, and much of Europe, are following in the footsteps of the recent American Klezmer revival, and this is the origin of Les Yeux Noirs. The two classically trained Jewish brothers stumbled across the music of the Diaspora and could not get enough. They frequented small clubs and met many musicians. These new friendships led to the creation of the band, which combines violins, violoncello, accordion, electric guitar, cimbalom, and electronic samples in innovative, highly complementary ways.
Tuesday, April 12 at 9:30 PM Talat Trio and Paradox Trio Admission is $15 Talat Trio plays original music based on new directions on interpretation of traditional Jewish melodies and echoes of Klezmer, Middle Eastern grooves and African themes and spirituals, roaming between the borders of jazz, groove and folk. Eastern Europe meets N.Y.'s Lower East Side with Paradox Trio. Headed by former Klezmatic Matt Darriau, the paradoxically named quartet (reeds/guitar/cello/percussion) filters Eastern modes and rhythms through an electric jazz lens.
Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 PM Randy Sabien’s Tribute to Stephane Grappelli Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door When Randy Sabien picks up his violin, get ready. His rhythmic, bluesy, swingin’ sound will have you bobbing your head, tapping your toes and dancing right out of your chair. Although Randy’s musical aspirations began by studying classical violin, his direction did an about face the day he discovered he could play jazz on the violin. He poured himself into the music of the swing era and began teaching himself to play along with records of his favorite jazz artists. At Satalla, Randy pays tribute to the great French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.
Wednesday, April 13 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 PM Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Admission is $25 in advance/$30 at the door Ramblin' Jack Elliott is one of folk music's most enduring characters. Since he first came on the scene in the late 1950s, Elliott has influenced everyone from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger to the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. The son of a New York doctor and a onetime traveling companion of Woody Guthrie, Elliott has used his self-made cowboy image to bring his love of folk music to one generation after another.
Thursday, April 14 at 10:00 PM Reggae Vibrations: Abja with special guest Ancient King Admission is $10
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Friday, April 15 at 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM Rob Mathes Admission is $22.50 in advance and $25 at the door Rob Mathes has been writing his own little brand of blues drenched spiritual Pop for years and yet has increasingly become known in the industry for other things. On April 15th, he will bring his large band full of illustrious friends into Satalla for a evening of this music. Having grown up in a family of musicians, Rob has known how to orchestrate and arrange since he was a kid. Music is a second language and when you look at his resume, it is filled with so many disparate names it is almost confusing. He has written arrangements for artists as diverse as Lou Reed, Bono, Sting, Sade, Lenny Kravitz and Jay-Z, Yo Yo Ma, Elton John, Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole, written songs for Bonnie Raitt, Kathy Mattea, Aaron Neville, Wynonna Judd, Faith Hill and Oleta Adams, and even produced a number of projects for people like Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, and Vanessa Williams. Rob has an arrangement on the Grammy Winning Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles and has musicallydirected The Kennedy Center Honors, The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, NBC's Concert For America 9/11/02, and the all star Grammy week tribute to Bono in 2003.
Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 and 10:00 PM The Klezmatics Admission is $25 in advance/$30 The Klezmatics—known for their unique blend of melodic mysticism and improvisational activism—have once again turned their music inside out, exposing the complexity of Jewish identity, Black identity, human identity. Brother Moses Smote the Water—their March 8, 2005 release on Piranha Musik—teams them with African-American Jewish gospel singer Joshua Nelson and jazz singer/organist Kathryn Farmer. This first live Klezmatics recording alternates between age-old Hebrew Passover songs, Nelson’s own brand of “kosher gospel,” and traditional Yiddish Klezmatic anthems.
Sunday, April 17 at 6:00 PM Let’s Zydeco: T Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers Admission is $15 Bryant Keith “T" Broussard’s fate as a Zydeco musician was sealed long before he was born. He is a descendent of Creole and zydeco music icons. His mother, Mary Jane Ardoin, stands alone as a female who has mastered the idiom of the traditional Creole accordion, a talent that was undoubtedly transcended from her uncle Bois Sec Ardoin, Creole music pioneer, her uncle Carlton Frank, world-known Creole violinist, and many others in the profession. Besides his mother, whom Bryant credits for his love of the music, many other relatives influenced him. His cousin Keith Frank, one of the hottest acts in Zydeco in Southwest Louisiana today, and Queen Ida, Grammy-winning Zydeco veteran of the West Coast are a few among many. Accordionist, singer, and songwriter are among several of Bryant’s musical talents. He also plays drums, scrub board, and bass guitar. Although zydeco music is Bryant’s primary performance style, he also plays traditional Creole music.
Tuesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM Peter Elridge Admission is $15 Vocalist/composer/pianist Peter Eldridge combines all facets of his musical talents into an eclectic mix of performing, recording, composing, producing and teaching. He recently released two solo recordings—the sophisticated pop of 'Fool No More', a collection of his original music produced by Peter and the multitalented Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, The Story, Lucy Kaplansky), as well as the bittersweet standards found in ‘Stranger in Town’, produced by Peter and Jean Charles Lignel, featuring an all-star cast of jazz luminaries such as Michael Brecker, Lewis Nash, Claudio Roditi and Romero Lubambo. This comes after years of dynamic recordings with the Grammy award-winning vocal group New York Voices, which Peter co-founded with Darmon Meader.
Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 PM Cathie Ryan Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door The New York Daily News recently stated that Cathie Ryan is “firmly in the upper echelons of Irish music singers." For the fans who have been following Cathie since her early days with Cherish the Ladies, this is proof of what they have known for years: that she is a major artistic talent, equally at home amid the deepest strains of the Irish tradition or the cutting edge of the contemporary songwriter movement. The Boston Globe adds, “Cathie Ryan builds a beautiful bridge between Irish music and the contemporary songwriter on her new Shanachie CD, Somewhere Along the Road. [She] is a thrilling traditional vocalist, but her honey-pure soprano is equally at home on probing original ballads about a woman's place in the modern world."
Friday, April 22 at 7:30 PM Jeffrey Gaines Admission is $18 in advance/$22 at the door Jeffrey Gaines comes to Satalla to headline one special night in support of his new DVD-Plus, Jeffrey Gaines Live, and coming off of recent tour dates with Gregg Allman. Gaines has impressed critics and crowds alike touring with Tori Amos, Stevie Nicks and Sting over the past two years. The New York Times describes Gaines as, “a songwriter who pours out lovelorn declarations in a voice reminiscent of Elvis Costello and Terence Trent D'Arby”
Friday, April 22 at 10:00 PM Zone Del Barrio Admission is $15 Zone del Barrio expresses the musical soul of the barrios by playing bomba, plena and salsa in the style of Puerto Rico's most popular folkloric and salsa exponent, Cortijo y su Combo. Cortijo's band broke through the color barrier in Puerto Rico in the late '50s and Zone del Barrio is a tribute to those efforts and a celebration of Afro-Puertorican music. Zone del Barrio updates Carijo’s folklore while mixing the music with today's urban, bilingual and bicultural lifestyle. With Spanglish lyrics, a touch of funky hip-hop, and boogalu, this group stands out above the rest because of its distinctive arrangements, original tunes with substantive content and diverse repertoire.
Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 PM Django Fest Admission is $35 This tribute to Django Reinhardt stars Alfonso Ponticelli's Swing Gitan and Stephane Wrembel's Hot Club of New York Ritary Ensemble.
Sunday, April 24 at 7:00 PM Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain Admission is $20 in advance/$25 at the door Fiddler Aly Bain and accordionist Phil Cunningham are two of the most celebrated musicians on the Scottish traditional scene. By the time they began working together in 1988, they were already renowned for their previous accomplishments. Aly was a founding member of the Boys of the Lough, a group whose repertoire includes both Scottish and Irish influences. Phil became a member of the infamous Silly Wizard at the age of sixteen, launching a prolific and diverse musical career. The duo first worked together on a television series in 1988, and embarked on their first tour shortly after. They were so well-received that they have been touring Scotland annually ever since, in addition to frequent performances in Europe and North America. Their two Green Linnet recordings, The Pearl in 1996 and The Ruby in 1998, have met with high acclaim.
Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 PM Peter Elridge Admission is $15 Vocalist/composer/pianist Peter Eldridge combines all facets of his musical talents into an eclectic mix of performing, recording, composing, producing and teaching. He recently released two solo recordings—the sophisticated pop of 'Fool No More', a collection of his original music produced by Peter and the multitalented Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, The Story, Lucy Kaplansky), as well as the bittersweet standards found in ‘Stranger in Town’, produced by Peter and Jean Charles Lignel, featuring an all-star cast of jazz luminaries such as Michael Brecker, Lewis Nash, Claudio Roditi and Romero Lubambo. This comes after years of dynamic recordings with the Grammy award-winning vocal group New York Voices, which Peter co-founded with Darmon Meader.
Tuesday, April 26 at 9:30 PM Babukishan Das Admission is $15 Babukishan Das comes from an old and very traditional Baul folklore family. His grandfather, Guru Shri Nabani Das Baul, was a much celebrated singer and poet that was instrumental in bringing the Baul culture to fame with the respected and admired status it enjoys today. In popularizing the music of the Baul, Nabani Das Baul opened the doors for his people to the world. In keeping with this tradition. Babukishan's father, Samrat Purna Das Baul, a modern, popular legend among the Bauls, opened up the doors even further by collaborating and jamming in live performances with the top Western and European acts of the 20th century. Babu is a music designer, singer, and author renowned in India for his work in both the recording and film industries. He plays a variety of music combining new age, and world fusion, with traditional folk music in authentic Bengali Baul style.
Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 PM Flook Admission is $15 in advance/$20 at the door Flook’s live performance creates an urgent energy, as if the connection is fleeting, creating an environment in which the audience is drawn into the here and now of the music. A music unrestrained, undefined—coming from four very different people with one common language. Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen provide the flute attack, with Sarah’s Alto flute laying a bedrock of bass and grooves while Brian soars above, weaving his way in and out of the melody. Anchoring them both to the stage is the dream-team rhythm section of Ed Boyd on guitar and John Joe Kelly on bodhran, synchronised and gossamer-fine. Flook's unique combination of flutes underpinned by fluid guitar and hugely impressive bodhran playing has made them one of the most popular groups on the live music circuit in Britain today. “One of the most enjoyable experiences in the world of contemporary instrumental Celtic music" The List, May 2002 “Four brilliant musicians. Four times as much brilliant music”—Time Out. “A sensational live act.... in the front rank of the innovators”—The Rough Guide to Irish Music, April 2001
Wednesday, April 27 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 PM John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door Founding members of the British folk-rock group Pentangle in the 1960s, guitarist John Renbourn and vocalist Jacqui McShee have been musical collaborators and innovators for four decades. Renbourn's guitar style is a unique product of years of curiosity and investigation, a breathtaking blend of British and Celtic folk styles with jazz, blues, ragtime, classical, Middle Eastern, and Renaissance sounds all thrown in; he himself calls it “folk-baroque." London-born McShee combines an enchanting soprano voice with an experimenter's outlook. Together, John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee are a magical treat.
Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 PM The Harvard Kroks Admission is $15 The Harvard Kroks, Harvard University's oldest and most prestigious a cappella singing group, trace their history back to 1770 and the founding of the Hasty Pudding Club, the oldest social organization in the United States. The club was built upon traditions of brotherhood, wine, and verse, a combination which led four of the more musically-minded members, in 1946, to carry the traditions of the Pudding into the world of close harmony. Inspired by the stuffed crocodiles mounted upon the wall of the Pudding's Upstairs Bar, these pioneering songsters appropriated the Greek word for crocodile, and the Krokodiloes were born. Since then, each year this group of twelve undergraduate men has been bringing the popular music of the American era of the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's as well as traditional repertoire to audiences across the country and around the globe.
Friday, April 29 at 8:00 PM African Xylophone Festival Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door This April 29-30, Satalla will play host to the African Xylophone Festival, the first-ever American festival of xylophone music from across the African continent. The AXF will feature an amazing variety of xylophones, from the spider-webbed gyil of Ghana, and the clarion balafon of Guinea, to the enormous embaire of Uganda. This giant 21-key instrument, which takes 6 musicians to play, will be making an historic first concert appearance in the Big Apple on April 30. Bernard Woma Trio, Famoro Dioubate, Dallam-Dougou and The St. Ann's African Xylophone Ensemble of Brooklyn perform on Friday, April 29.
Saturday, April 30 at 8:00 PM African Xylophone Festival Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door This April 29-30, Satalla will play host to the African Xylophone Festival, the first-ever American festival of xylophone music from across the African continent. The AXF will feature an amazing variety of xylophones, from the spider-webbed gyil of Ghana, and the clarion balafon of Guinea, to the enormous embaire of Uganda. This giant 21-key instrument, which takes 6 musicians to play, will be making an historic first concert appearance in the Big Apple on April 30. Famoro Dioubate's “Kakende", Imaginary Homeland and Southpaw Isle Embaire Ensemble perform on Saturday, April 30.
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Friday, April 1 at 10:00 PM and Midnight Awilo Longomba Admission is $22 in advance/$25 at the door Awilo Longomba was born in Kinshasa (formally, Léopoldville). His father was from the Mongo region of the Ecuador and his mother was also from the Ecuador region of Ngombe and Congo Brazzaville. His father, Vicky Longomba, was the famous lead singer and founder of “Tout puissant OK Jazz” during the golden age of Congolese rumba, had a big influence on our artist. Since childhood, Awilo spent every waking moment in the music scenes attending his father rehearses. Very quickly his passion for music took, and he started cutting classes and started drumming for various groups of Kinshasa, including “l’orchestre de Lita Bembo. He joined the orchestra “Viva La Musica” led by the great Papa Wemba as a drummer, and Awilo had his real first taste of live performance on his first international tour in Europe and to Japan in 1985 and 1986. Today, Awilo is not just a regular artist doing regular music, his live outstanding performances and popularity makes him the MOST WANTED Congolese artists on the African continent and Europe. Don’t miss him in this exclusive New York City club appearance.
Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 PM Deepak Ram Trio Admission is $15 Deepak Ram is an incredibly versatile artist who is well known for his evocative performances in traditional North Indian Classical Music, his collaborations with musicians of other genres, his innovative compositions and for his excellence as a teacher. He is an accomplished bansuri soloist and a captivating performer, combining technical mastery with personal charm. His “phenomenal flute playing” has been praised by London’s Guardian.
Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 PM Nigerian Party Admission is $10 for gentlemen/ladies free before midnight and $20 for all after midnight
Sunday, April 3 at 2:30 PM Let’s Zydeco: Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew Admission is $15 Cajun is at its best with Acadiana recording artist and CFMA award winner Jesse Lege singing and playing accordion. Jesse sings in the traditional high pitched, emotional style reminiscent of late Iry LeJeune and plays accordion with equal power conviction"
Sunday, April 3 at 8:00 PM Balkan Routes: Zlatne Uste Admission is $12 Zlatne Uste (Golden Lips) is North America’s premier Balkan brass band. Since its formation, in 1983, the band has performed across the U.S., from Maine to California, and internationally, and, in the spirit of the village band, plays regularly for community events and celebrations. Its instrumentation follows the traditions of the bands in the region encompassing Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, and its repertoire includes folk melodies and modern compositions in both Slavic and Roma (Gypsy) styles. In addition to instrumental music Zlatne Uste (ZU) has a sizable repertoire of dance and concert songs in the Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romany, and Serbian languages. With 10-12 pieces and vocalists, the band delivers variety, excitement and power.
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM Lisa Fishman is CANCELED
Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00 PM Gerard Edery with Danny Maseng Admission is $15 Join Satalla for this first time collaboration between two highly acclaimed singers/guitarists/composers in the Jewish world. Bringing together their multicultural backgrounds and highly sensitive voices to a repertoire of traditional and original songs. Their virtuosic skills and arrangements will transport you to another time and place. A cultural powerhouse”, Gerard Edery, “juggles musical roles with almost surreal ease” (Seattle Jewish Transcript and The New York Jewish Week). Gerard was born in Casablanca and raised in Paris and New York City. Speaking several languages throughout his childhood, he absorbed a variety of musical traditions spanning three continents. Trained as a classical baritone at The Manhattan School of Music, he has sung more than thirty roles with opera companies around the United States. Danny Maseng was born and raised in Israel to American parents. He first came to the United States to star on Broadway in ‘Only Fools Are Sad.’ A playwright, actor, singer and composer, Danny has served as Evaluator of New American Plays/Opera-Musical Theater for the National Endowment For The Arts. He is currently the Director of the Spielberg Fellowships for The FJC as well as the Artistic Director of The Brandeis-Bardin Institute in California, a center for Jewish culture and learning.
Tuesday, April 5 at 10:00 PM Smadar Admission is $12 Born in Israel to Moroccan and Spanish parents, singer Smadar brings her blend of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music to Satalla. Combining traditional and original material, Smadar borrows musical ingredients from the Israeli, Spanish, Moroccan and Greek traditions. Just consider the range of instrumentalists Smadar performs with: Uri Sharlin on accordion and piano, Harel Shachal on alto sax and clarinet, Ramzi Adlibi on darbuka and framedrum, Emannuele Mann on bass, Dan Aran on drums, Umut on kanun.
Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 PM Aquiles Baez Admission is $15 One of Venezuela's most accomplished artists, Aquiles Baez is virtuoso guitarist, composer and arranger who has performed at the world's most prestigious concert halls and recorded with some of the world's most esteemed musical figures. His countless scores and collaborations have earned him numerous awards, including Venezuela's national prize as Musical Arranger of the Year; the William Leavitt Award from Berklee College of Music; as well as a variety of prizes as composer for film, dance and musical theater. With six of his own albums and more than a dozen collaborations to his credit, Mr. Baez is currently based in NYC, where he maintains his international career. In this concert of original compositions, Mr. Baez will be accompanied by Gustavo Amarante (bass), Gonzalo Grau (piano, percussion), Pablo Bencid (drums) and Anat Cohen (clarinet, sax).
Wednesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 PM Battlefield Band with special guest Paul Anderson Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door Under the banner “Forward With Scotland's Past," Battlefield Band play Scottish music of rare passion and joy. Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today's Scottish Cultural scene (which they themselves have done much to create and fuel), Battlefield Band mix the old songs with new self-penned material, and perform them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments - bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion. Already something of a legend and revered virtuoso in the time-honoured tradition of Scottish Fiddle Music, Paul Anderson began his training at school on a fiddle found under his grandparents' spare bed. He was promised he could keep it if he learned to play it. It’s the same instrument he plays today!
Friday, April 8 at 7:30 PM Rory Block Admission is $20 in advance/$22 at the door Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.”
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Friday, April 8 at 10:00 PM Baga Fote is CANCELED
Friday, April 8 at 10:00 PM Yerbabuena Admission is $15 Under the musical direction of singer-composer-musician Tato Torres, Yerbabuena is a collective of young musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Their performance is somewhere between a jam in the park, a spiritual ceremony and a family reunion. The music they play is, by nature, participatory. Whether bomba, plena or música jíbara, it's all interactive - leaving the audience no choice but to join in the singing and dance for the drums. After a dose of Yerbabuena, you'll feel tired but uplifted and happy! Yaya is a women's collective dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich, cultural legacies and African-based musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Founded in 2002, Yaya honors the vibrant musical heritage represented in Puerto Rican bomba and Dominican salve traditions, through live performances, workshops, and female-led creative ciphers. Recognizing the contributions of women in preserving and transmitting these traditions, Yaya honors the yayas (Creole/Kongo origin), or mothers, who have helped shape our histories, traditions and legacies of resistance.
Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 PM Fiamma Fumana with special guest Michela Mosolino Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door Fiamma Fumana are three young women and one man who share a love for the musical tradition of Northern Italy in general and their native Emilia Romagna in particular. While their rural village roots are strong and deep, they live in urban, affluent present-day Italy and take part in its vibrant electronic music scene: the resulting band is am intriguing blend of old Italian dance tunes played to contemporary Italian dance grooves, traditional ballads and state-of-the-art electronica. After years of researching Sicilian folk music, Michela Mosolino is now sharing these treasures with audiences through her Soul of the Trinacria repertoire. On stage, Michela blends authentic vocals that seem to float from the Sicilian hillsides with spoken word that presents the multi-cultural background that is true Sicilian music
Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 PM Yawo Admission is $15 A native of Togo, West Africa, Yawo started his musical career at the “Ecole Experimentale de musique” of Lome, where he studied flute, classical guitar, and electric bass. As the leader of the high school band he formed with his brother and sister, Yawo Attivor developed a talent for composing and arranging music that embraces both the traditions of the Ewe tribe and the influences of the western civilization. This multicultural approach to songwriting led to the creation of the MIMI-Togo (International Movement for Innovative music-Togo branch) which Yawo directed until he left Togo in 1992 as a result of political turmoil in his motherland. In 1993, Yawo joined the international organization Up With People, traveling the U.S. and Europe, promoting peace and understanding among the citizens of the world. After Up with People, Yawo, his cousin Ro Attivor (aka Ro Bezz), Sarah Agbeto and guitarist Matt Hupton created Doliho, an afropop project that rocked the Midwest with a unique album in the late 90s. In 2002, after he moved to Minneapolis a year earlier, Yawo launched a solo career with the album “Celebrate” (Mia du agbe) followed in October 2004 by “Take Out The Fences,” a “refreshingly upbeat” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) album that breaks musical barriers with an explosion of afro-beat, afro-funk and reggae.
Sunday, April 10 at 7:00 and 9:30 PM Baka Beyond Admission is $20 in advance/$25 at the door It is almost 12 years since the album “Spirit of the Forest” was released, helping define the term “world music” and pushing Baka Beyond into worldwide recognition. From these beginnings, recorded in a bedroom studio and based on live jams recorded while living with the Baka Pygmies in the rainforests of South-East Cameroon, Baka Beyond has evolved into a multicultural, dynamic live stage show. Although in the early days the live “Baka Beyond” was mainly British musicians reproducing the recordings on “Spirit of the Forest”, over the years the band has grown to include members from Brittany, Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana as well as Britain. Each musician brings their influence and talent to the music to create a unique spectacle honoring a lesson learned from the Baka people, “everyone to be listened to”.
Monday, April 11 at 7:30 PM Tracy Grammer Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door For the uninitiated, Tracy Grammer rose to acclaim as one half of the duo, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer. Called “one of the fastest-rising acts in folk music" by the Boston Globe, the duo released three internationally acclaimed albums featuring Carter's award-winning postmodern, mythic Americana songcraft; toured with Joan Baez as her backing band and spotlight artists; and earned a diverse and devoted following with their indelible live performances at festivals and venues all across North America. Just as the duo seemed poised to receive much-deserved mainstream recognition, Carter died suddenly of a heart attack while touring with Grammer in July, 2002. Three years later, Grammer has emerged from the darkness of tragedy -- armed with the richness of her experience with Carter, and the help of a few new friends -- with her first full-length solo album, the beautifully textured, Flower of Avalon.
Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM Les Yeux Noirs Admission is $22.50 in advance/$25 at the door Les Yeux Noirs—French for “The Black Eyes”—takes its name from the title of a Russian gypsy tune made famous by Django Reinhardt in the ’30s. It’s the perfect name for a French sextet that plays their own variety and melding of Gypsy music and Klezmer, with a nod to Manouche (or French Gypsy) jazz. Violinists Eric and Olivier Slabiak founded Les Yeux Noirs ten years ago. France, and much of Europe, are following in the footsteps of the recent American Klezmer revival, and this is the origin of Les Yeux Noirs. The two classically trained Jewish brothers stumbled across the music of the Diaspora and could not get enough. They frequented small clubs and met many musicians. These new friendships led to the creation of the band, which combines violins, violoncello, accordion, electric guitar, cimbalom, and electronic samples in innovative, highly complementary ways.
Tuesday, April 12 at 9:30 PM Talat Trio and Paradox Trio Admission is $15 Talat Trio plays original music based on new directions on interpretation of traditional Jewish melodies and echoes of Klezmer, Middle Eastern grooves and African themes and spirituals, roaming between the borders of jazz, groove and folk. Eastern Europe meets N.Y.'s Lower East Side with Paradox Trio. Headed by former Klezmatic Matt Darriau, the paradoxically named quartet (reeds/guitar/cello/percussion) filters Eastern modes and rhythms through an electric jazz lens.
Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 PM Randy Sabien’s Tribute to Stephane Grappelli Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door When Randy Sabien picks up his violin, get ready. His rhythmic, bluesy, swingin’ sound will have you bobbing your head, tapping your toes and dancing right out of your chair. Although Randy’s musical aspirations began by studying classical violin, his direction did an about face the day he discovered he could play jazz on the violin. He poured himself into the music of the swing era and began teaching himself to play along with records of his favorite jazz artists. At Satalla, Randy pays tribute to the great French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.
Wednesday, April 13 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 PM Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Admission is $25 in advance/$30 at the door Ramblin' Jack Elliott is one of folk music's most enduring characters. Since he first came on the scene in the late 1950s, Elliott has influenced everyone from Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger to the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. The son of a New York doctor and a onetime traveling companion of Woody Guthrie, Elliott has used his self-made cowboy image to bring his love of folk music to one generation after another.
Thursday, April 14 at 10:00 PM Reggae Vibrations: Abja with special guest Ancient King Admission is $10
**CALENDAR CHANGE** Friday, April 15 at 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM Rob Mathes Admission is $22.50 in advance and $25 at the door Rob Mathes has been writing his own little brand of blues drenched spiritual Pop for years and yet has increasingly become known in the industry for other things. On April 15th, he will bring his large band full of illustrious friends into Satalla for a evening of this music. Having grown up in a family of musicians, Rob has known how to orchestrate and arrange since he was a kid. Music is a second language and when you look at his resume, it is filled with so many disparate names it is almost confusing. He has written arrangements for artists as diverse as Lou Reed, Bono, Sting, Sade, Lenny Kravitz and Jay-Z, Yo Yo Ma, Elton John, Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole, written songs for Bonnie Raitt, Kathy Mattea, Aaron Neville, Wynonna Judd, Faith Hill and Oleta Adams, and even produced a number of projects for people like Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, and Vanessa Williams. Rob has an arrangement on the Grammy Winning Genius Loves Company by Ray Charles and has musicallydirected The Kennedy Center Honors, The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, NBC's Concert For America 9/11/02, and the all star Grammy week tribute to Bono in 2003.
Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 and 10:00 PM The Klezmatics Admission is $25 in advance/$30 The Klezmatics—known for their unique blend of melodic mysticism and improvisational activism—have once again turned their music inside out, exposing the complexity of Jewish identity, Black identity, human identity. Brother Moses Smote the Water—their March 8, 2005 release on Piranha Musik—teams them with African-American Jewish gospel singer Joshua Nelson and jazz singer/organist Kathryn Farmer. This first live Klezmatics recording alternates between age-old Hebrew Passover songs, Nelson’s own brand of “kosher gospel,” and traditional Yiddish Klezmatic anthems.
Sunday, April 17 at 6:00 PM Let’s Zydeco: T Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers Admission is $15 Bryant Keith “T" Broussard’s fate as a Zydeco musician was sealed long before he was born. He is a descendent of Creole and zydeco music icons. His mother, Mary Jane Ardoin, stands alone as a female who has mastered the idiom of the traditional Creole accordion, a talent that was undoubtedly transcended from her uncle Bois Sec Ardoin, Creole music pioneer, her uncle Carlton Frank, world-known Creole violinist, and many others in the profession. Besides his mother, whom Bryant credits for his love of the music, many other relatives influenced him. His cousin Keith Frank, one of the hottest acts in Zydeco in Southwest Louisiana today, and Queen Ida, Grammy-winning Zydeco veteran of the West Coast are a few among many. Accordionist, singer, and songwriter are among several of Bryant’s musical talents. He also plays drums, scrub board, and bass guitar. Although zydeco music is Bryant’s primary performance style, he also plays traditional Creole music.
Tuesday, April 19 at 7:00 PM Peter Elridge Admission is $15 Vocalist/composer/pianist Peter Eldridge combines all facets of his musical talents into an eclectic mix of performing, recording, composing, producing and teaching. He recently released two solo recordings—the sophisticated pop of 'Fool No More', a collection of his original music produced by Peter and the multitalented Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, The Story, Lucy Kaplansky), as well as the bittersweet standards found in ‘Stranger in Town’, produced by Peter and Jean Charles Lignel, featuring an all-star cast of jazz luminaries such as Michael Brecker, Lewis Nash, Claudio Roditi and Romero Lubambo. This comes after years of dynamic recordings with the Grammy award-winning vocal group New York Voices, which Peter co-founded with Darmon Meader.
Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 PM Cathie Ryan Admission is $15 in advance/$18 at the door The New York Daily News recently stated that Cathie Ryan is “firmly in the upper echelons of Irish music singers." For the fans who have been following Cathie since her early days with Cherish the Ladies, this is proof of what they have known for years: that she is a major artistic talent, equally at home amid the deepest strains of the Irish tradition or the cutting edge of the contemporary songwriter movement. The Boston Globe adds, “Cathie Ryan builds a beautiful bridge between Irish music and the contemporary songwriter on her new Shanachie CD, Somewhere Along the Road. [She] is a thrilling traditional vocalist, but her honey-pure soprano is equally at home on probing original ballads about a woman's place in the modern world."
Friday, April 22 at 7:30 PM Jeffrey Gaines Admission is $18 in advance/$22 at the door Jeffrey Gaines comes to Satalla to headline one special night in support of his new DVD-Plus, Jeffrey Gaines Live, and coming off of recent tour dates with Gregg Allman. Gaines has impressed critics and crowds alike touring with Tori Amos, Stevie Nicks and Sting over the past two years. The New York Times describes Gaines as, “a songwriter who pours out lovelorn declarations in a voice reminiscent of Elvis Costello and Terence Trent D'Arby”
Friday, April 22 at 10:00 PM Zone Del Barrio Admission is $15 Zone del Barrio expresses the musical soul of the barrios by playing bomba, plena and salsa in the style of Puerto Rico's most popular folkloric and salsa exponent, Cortijo y su Combo. Cortijo's band broke through the color barrier in Puerto Rico in the late '50s and Zone del Barrio is a tribute to those efforts and a celebration of Afro-Puertorican music. Zone del Barrio updates Carijo’s folklore while mixing the music with today's urban, bilingual and bicultural lifestyle. With Spanglish lyrics, a touch of funky hip-hop, and boogalu, this group stands out above the rest because of its distinctive arrangements, original tunes with substantive content and diverse repertoire.
Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 PM Django Fest Admission is $35 This tribute to Django Reinhardt stars Alfonso Ponticelli's Swing Gitan and Stephane Wrembel's Hot Club of New York Ritary Ensemble.
Sunday, April 24 at 7:00 PM Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain Admission is $20 in advance/$25 at the door Fiddler Aly Bain and accordionist Phil Cunningham are two of the most celebrated musicians on the Scottish traditional scene. By the time they began working together in 1988, they were already renowned for their previous accomplishments. Aly was a founding member of the Boys of the Lough, a group whose repertoire includes both Scottish and Irish influences. Phil became a member of the infamous Silly Wizard at the age of sixteen, launching a prolific and diverse musical career. The duo first worked together on a television series in 1988, and embarked on their first tour shortly after. They were so well-received that they have been touring Scotland annually ever since, in addition to frequent performances in Europe and North America. Their two Green Linnet recordings, The Pearl in 1996 and The Ruby in 1998, have met with high acclaim.
Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 PM Peter Elridge Admission is $15 Vocalist/composer/pianist Peter Eldridge combines all facets of his musical talents into an eclectic mix of performing, recording, composing, producing and teaching. He recently released two solo recordings—the sophisticated pop of 'Fool No More', a collection of his original music produced by Peter and the multitalented Ben Wittman (Patty Larkin, The Story, Lucy Kaplansky), as well as the bittersweet standards found in ‘Stranger in Town’, produced by Peter and Jean Charles Lignel, featuring an all-star cast of jazz luminaries such as Michael Brecker, Lewis Nash, Claudio Roditi and Romero Lubambo. This comes after years of dynamic recordings with the Grammy award-winning vocal group New York Voices, which Peter co-founded with Darmon Meader.
Tuesday, April 26 at 9:30 PM Babukishan Das Admission is $15 Babukishan Das comes from an old and very traditional Baul folklore family. His grandfather, Guru Shri Nabani Das Baul, was a much celebrated singer and poet that was instrumental in bringing the Baul culture to fame with the respected and admired status it enjoys today. In popularizing the music of the Baul, Nabani Das Baul opened the doors for his people to the world. In keeping with this tradition. Babukishan's father, Samrat Purna Das Baul, a modern, popular legend among the Bauls, opened up the doors even further by collaborating and jamming in live performances with the top Western and European acts of the 20th century. Babu is a music designer, singer, and author renowned in India for his work in both the recording and film industries. He plays a variety of music combining new age, and world fusion, with traditional folk music in authentic Bengali Baul style.
Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 PM Flook Admission is $15 in advance/$20 at the door Flook’s live performance creates an urgent energy, as if the connection is fleeting, creating an environment in which the audience is drawn into the here and now of the music. A music unrestrained, undefined—coming from four very different people with one common language. Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen provide the flute attack, with Sarah’s Alto flute laying a bedrock of bass and grooves while Brian soars above, weaving his way in and out of the melody. Anchoring them both to the stage is the dream-team rhythm section of Ed Boyd on guitar and John Joe Kelly on bodhran, synchronised and gossamer-fine. Flook's unique combination of flutes underpinned by fluid guitar and hugely impressive bodhran playing has made them one of the most popular groups on the live music circuit in Britain today. “One of the most enjoyable experiences in the world of contemporary instrumental Celtic music" The List, May 2002 “Four brilliant musicians. Four times as much brilliant music”—Time Out. “A sensational live act.... in the front rank of the innovators”—The Rough Guide to Irish Music, April 2001
Wednesday, April 27 at 9:30 PM Chris Berry and Panjea Admission is $12 Panjea is a high energy dance band that originated its grooves in the ghettos of Zimbabwe. The bands first break came in 1992 when Panjea recorded its first hit Album “Vanhu Vamwe", that remained number one on the Zimbabwean charts for nearly the whole year. It was also during this time that Panjea played to thousands in sell-out stadium shows. Audiences flocked to see American born Chris Berry dancing and singing in Shona for at the time no-one believed it was a white man who sang out to them over the radio waves. After sweeping success in Africa, Panjea hit the international scene adding new members and fusing new sounds from around the globe. African Rhythms were crossed with funk beats, Ancient Mbira (thumb piano) melodies were overlain with soulful jazz inspired horn lines and African melodies became the vehicle for Berry's deeply inspired parable like English lyrics. The end result of this fusion being a unique music that dances the body, sends the soul soaring and takes the mind to a place of positive introspection.
Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 PM John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door Founding members of the British folk-rock group Pentangle in the 1960s, guitarist John Renbourn and vocalist Jacqui McShee have been musical collaborators and innovators for four decades. Renbourn's guitar style is a unique product of years of curiosity and investigation, a breathtaking blend of British and Celtic folk styles with jazz, blues, ragtime, classical, Middle Eastern, and Renaissance sounds all thrown in; he himself calls it “folk-baroque." London-born McShee combines an enchanting soprano voice with an experimenter's outlook. Together, John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee are a magical treat.
Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 PM The Harvard Kroks Admission is $15 The Harvard Kroks, Harvard University's oldest and most prestigious a cappella singing group, trace their history back to 1770 and the founding of the Hasty Pudding Club, the oldest social organization in the United States. The club was built upon traditions of brotherhood, wine, and verse, a combination which led four of the more musically-minded members, in 1946, to carry the traditions of the Pudding into the world of close harmony. Inspired by the stuffed crocodiles mounted upon the wall of the Pudding's Upstairs Bar, these pioneering songsters appropriated the Greek word for crocodile, and the Krokodiloes were born. Since then, each year this group of twelve undergraduate men has been bringing the popular music of the American era of the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's as well as traditional repertoire to audiences across the country and around the globe.
Friday, April 29 at 8:00 PM African Xylophone Festival Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door This April 29-30, Satalla will play host to the African Xylophone Festival, the first-ever American festival of xylophone music from across the African continent. The AXF will feature an amazing variety of xylophones, from the spider-webbed gyil of Ghana, and the clarion balafon of Guinea, to the enormous embaire of Uganda. This giant 21-key instrument, which takes 6 musicians to play, will be making an historic first concert appearance in the Big Apple on April 30. Bernard Woma Trio, Famoro Dioubate, Dallam-Dougou and The St. Ann's African Xylophone Ensemble of Brooklyn perform on Friday, April 29.
Saturday, April 30 at 8:00 PM African Xylophone Festival Admission is $20 in advance/$23 at the door This April 29-30, Satalla will play host to the African Xylophone Festival, the first-ever American festival of xylophone music from across the African continent. The AXF will feature an amazing variety of xylophones, from the spider-webbed gyil of Ghana, and the clarion balafon of Guinea, to the enormous embaire of Uganda. This giant 21-key instrument, which takes 6 musicians to play, will be making an historic first concert appearance in the Big Apple on April 30. Famoro Dioubate's “Kakende", Imaginary Homeland and Southpaw Isle Embaire Ensemble perform on Saturday, April 30.
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