1. Darius Jones Trio
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Roulette (20 Greene St, NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: Jazz
Darius Jones Trio
Adam Lane: Bass
Jason Nazary: Drums
Darius Jones: Alto Sax and Composition
Darius Jones is a Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist, composer, and producer. He joined the New York music community in 2005 after living and studying in Richmond, Va. Jones graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelors in Jazz Studies in 2003 and received a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance/Composition from New York University in 2008. He received an Advanced Certificate in New Music Education at…(more)
2. Olu Dara
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 7pm
Venue: Queensbridge Park (21 Street, Bridge Plaza, Vernon Boulevard, East River, Get Directions)
Ticket: free
Genre: Jazz/Carbbean dance rhythms.
Olu Dara, veteran avant-garde player combines jazz, simple blues and Caribbean dance rhythms with his unique cornet and trumpet playing to depict stories about life’s simple joys.
3. Marc Cohn w/ presented by WFUV
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, Phone: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $35
Genre: singer-songwriter
As a songwriter and singer, Marc Cohn combines the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man. He’s a natural storyteller, balancing the exuberant with the poignant, and able to distill universal truth out of his often romantic, drawn-from-life tales. He similarly finds the emotional essence in the vintage songs he’s just recorded, even as he brilliantly reshapes his source material. Cohn’s own career took off at the turn of another decade, in 1990, with the recording of his critically acclaimed, self-titled debut disc, which yielded such classics in their own right as “Walking In Memphis,” “Silver Thunderbird,” and the lovely “True Companion.”
4. Falu
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Time: 7pm
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell (The Bandshell is located inside the Park at Prospect Park West and 9th Street. Click here to view this location on our Interactive Map.)
Ticket: $3 suggested donation
Genre: Indian pop
Falu and her band will kick off the evening, performing songs that blend classical Indian melodies with contemporary western sounds (check out the video below to get a taste).
5. Gato Barbieri
Date: Friday July 30, 2010
Time: 8pm
Venue: B.B.KING (237 West 42 St., New York, NY 10036)
Ticket: $40
Genre: Jazz
Mystical yet fiery, passionately romantic yet supremely cool. You hear those first few notes from that instantly recognizable tenor and know you”re in the unique musical world of Gato Barbieri.
6. Primus w. Gogol Bordello
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: At the Williamsburg Waterfront (North 8th St. & Kent Ave. on the East River, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: alternative rock/Gypsy punk
Primus is all about Les Claypool; there isn’t a moment on any of their records where his bass isn’t the main focal point of the music, with his vocals acting as a bizarre side-show.
Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring.
7. Strings
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, Phone: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $30
Genre: alternative Pakistani Pop
With over 5 albums to their credit, they have toured all over the world and collaborated with some of the best in Film music, they are critically acclaimed Pakistani Pop band, Strings. Their journey began in 1988 with four members and in 2000 they re-grouped with Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood. While Kapadia lends his charming voice, Maqsood composes the music. Penned by Anwar Maqsood, Bilal’s father, the lyrics of their songs always carry a deep meaning with them.
8. Sonic Youth
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 7pm
Venue: Prospect Park Bandshell (The Bandshell is located inside the Park at Prospect Park West and 9th Street. Click here to view this location on our Interactive Map.)
Ticket: $3 suggested donation
Genre: alternative rock/noise/no wave
The glorious noise that is Sonic Youth engulfs the Bandshell in a free show that promises to be one of the summer’s highlights. The No Wave pioneers have contributed as much over the last three decades as any band to the rise of alternative rock, and their sway over the current indie scene cannot be overestimated.
9.Anima Anonima
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 9pm – 10pm
Venue: Spike Hill (184 & 186 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, NY)
Ticket: t.b..a
Genre: electronica/indie rock
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