1. Kaoru Watanabe
Date: Monday, December 13, 2010
Time: 9pm
Venue: Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Ticket: donation
Genre: nu world music
Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese fue, Western flut & taiko) will be playing with Tim Keiper (ngoni), Chris Dingman (vibraphone) and Matt Kilmer (percussion). They’ll play a blend of “World” sounds- Mali, Japan, the US and beyond.
2. Abjeez
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, N, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $15
Genre: Persian Ska & Rock
4. Alden Gatt Crossover
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Time: 7pm
Venue: Zora Art Space (315 4th Avenue between 3rd and 2nd Streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: classical music/piano music/Persian music
Collaboration and innovation inspire this performance, in which Alden Gatt brings new life to rarely heard Satie repertoire with the imaginative gestures of mime artist Laine Barton, and the forward-thinking jazz harmonies of Chopin’s Nocturnes are revealed through the glosses of saxophonist/flutist Jay Rodriguez. Alden’s experimental settings of the mystical poetry of Rumi will be performed with a stellar ensemble including Arooj Aftab and Aida Shahghasemi.
5. Brandon Terzic
Date: Wednesday, December 15 , 2010
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: Rubin Museum (150 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011, 212-620-5000)
Ticket: free
Genre: oud (arabic) music
A rare solo performance by American oud player Brandon Terzic. A chance to hear the instrument in its most evocative and intimate setting, alone and acoustic.
5. Miya Masaoka
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Japanese koto music
Miya Masaoka, musician, composer, performance artist, has created works for koto, laser interfaces, laptop and video and written scores for ensembles, chamber orchestras and mixed choirs. In her performance pieces she has investigated the sound and movement of insects, as well as the physiological responses of plants, the human brain, and her own body. Within these varied contexts of sound, music and nature, her performance work emphasizes the interactive, live nature of improvisation, and reflects an individual, contemporary expression of Japanese gagaku aural gesturalism.
6. Leni Stern
Date: Friday, December 17, 2010
Time: 10pm – 11pm
Venue: The Shrine (2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, NY)
Ticket: donation
Genre: Malian and Senegalese traditional music
A SPIRITUAL CURRENT always powers Leni Stern’s recordings, especially on “Africa,” an album inspired by her immersion in Malian and Senegalese culture. Clearly the German-born, New York-based singer-songwriter-guitarist has found another home. Recorded mostly at singer Salif Keita’s studio in Bamako, Mali, “Africa” is a cross-cultural prayer meeting of sorts.
7. Get Your Dance On turns 1 year old with Evolver!
Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Time: 8pm – midnight
Venue: YogaWorks Soho (459 Broadway 2nd floor)
Ticket: $20 at the door
TICKETS / DONATE / GET HOOKED UP: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natashablank/get-your-dance-ons-1-year-anniversary-with-evolver
Get Your Dance On connects people through movement, music, and world-changing ideas. We feature the very best local DJs, musicians, yoga teachers, healers, artists, and performers, local sponsors provide high vibe treats like raw chocolate, kombucha, turmeric elixirs, and fresh fruit, and YOU bring the magic that makes GYDO beyond amazing!
December 18th we’ll join forces with Evolver.net to take over YogaWorks Soho’s gorgeous duplex space, complete with three huge rooms, chill spaces, saunas, and showers for when you’re all danced out, and create an opportunity for NYC’s finest humans to revel in their collective awesomeness and have a freakin blast.
* DJ Dhundee (www.djdhundee.com)
* Live drumming with Brian T Carter (www.meetup.com/Brooklyn-Drum-Circles). From 10pm til 12am featuring Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax
* Brooklyn Shekere
* Black Panther Drumming (www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Panther-Drumming/163014060406546)
* The Didge Project (www.didgeproject.com)
* Garth Stevenson (www.5707.bandcamp.com)
* Parashakti (www.parashakti.org)
* Unitribe (www.unitribeproductions.com)
* Brooklyn Acupuncture Project (www.brooklynacupunctureproject.com)
* Double Diamond Wellness (www.doublediamondwellness.com)
* Adam Collett (www.adamcollett.com)
* Evolver Activation at 8:15pm: Asanas, Astrology, and Altered States: Techniques for Transformation in the Modern Age presented by www.Evolver.net
* Nyx of the night (www.facebook.com/Nyxofthenightpaint)
* JourneyDance with Jeanine T Abraham
* Live art
* Performance
8. Bali Tour CD Release Concert: Gamelan Dharma Swara: Balinese Music & Dance
Time: 7pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474
Ticket: $17
Genre: Balinese music
9. The Just Ornette Quartet
Time: 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: free funk jazz
10. Martin Bisi w/ Bill Laswell, TALIBAM!, Coyote Eyes, SU
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, Tel: 347-529-6696)
Ticket: $8 tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/21181
Genre: indie rock
SU goes on at 7:30
TALIBAM! At a time when most culture sticks to conservative niche opportunities, Talibam! is interested in expansion and exploration; They manage to part the sea by not sticking to genre, aesthetic predisposition or the usual norms of what being a ‘band’ is. More inclined to put on a show that any and all will like, and not be stymied by ‘avant’ type casting, they have won over both unsuspecting and in the ‘know’ audiences worldwide. The music of TALIBAM! though is not a serious smoldering affair. They are interested in fun, performance, and nuanced humor that creates a psychedelic pastiche of ‘black sabbath’ ‘sun ra’ and ‘cheech and chong.’
On their past two studio albums, they have been joined by Cooper-Moore, Jon Irabagon (Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxaphone Award Winner 2008), Peter Evans and others. Working with both jazz and rock musicians, Talibam!’s former collaborators are in BATTLES, TV ON THE RADIO, GRIZZLY BEAR, WOODS, AKRON FAMILY, and more.
Martin Bisi, a New York indie rock performer and record producer has been at a crossroads of indie/punk, avant garde, noire/cabaret rock, and electronic music since the early 80’s. In his live performances he combines indie rock songs with theatrical story-telling and unique sound layering that can be ambient and spacious, as well as beautifully chaotic – an ’80’s New York art-rock original. Martin Bisi’s band at this show will include Bill Laswell sitting in on bass
Bisi began his story in the downtown-meets-uptown scene of New York in the late 70’s, where hip hop from The Bronx coexisted with avant garde experimentalism, the punk/glam of CBGB’s, New Wave art-rock, and aggressive, nihilistic No Wave. In this world Bisi met Brian Eno who helped him start a recording studio in 1981. He has since realized albums by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Africa Bambaataa, The Dresden Dolls, Herbie Hancock’s Rockit, Boredoms, Helmet, White Zombie, Cop Shoot Cop, Jon Spencer’s Boss Hog, Material/Bill Laswell, Foetus, Serena Maneesh and others.
Coyote Eyes started as a three-piece in Brooklyn, NY, in 2008, featuring dual male/female vocals. Starting in April 2009, they began releasing recordings of some of their first songs and they’ve just finished work on their first EP. Their sound has been described as “post-punk,” “art rock,” and “angular but melodic.” Recently, they’ve
begun including a fourth auxiliary player at most live shows.
