Music Listings: 8/5 through 8/11/13

1. (3 Nights of) Father Figures

Date: Monday, August 5 through Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Time: 9pm
Venue: Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY, Phone: 917-515-5444)
Ticket: donation  sliding scale of $5-15
Genre: nu jazz

Zombie Jazz outfit Father Figures began as a Brooklyn basement band like any other — or maybe unlike any other. Instrumental jams with wild horns and trance-inducing keys, not to mention a whole host of otherworldly sounds coming from make this combo totally captivating.

A special guest will join them every night!

Aug 5 –  Ronald Reagan 80’s Saxophone Duo
Aug 6 – Snuffaluffagus
Aug 7 – Tecla + Railbird

2. Sekouba & Bolomba Band/Makane Kouyate’s Denbaya/Eliza B/Jeremiah Hosea with Swiss Chris & Burning Gums

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Time: 11pm
Venue:  Nublu  (62 Avenue C, bet. E. 4th and 5th st., New York, NY 10009)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Afro Beat/jazz

Norbert Marius presents:

12:30am – Sekouba & Bolomba Band

11.30pm – Makane Kouyate’s Denbaya

Featuring Malian singer and percussionist Makane Kouyate, Denbaya (which means family in Bambara) performs captivating, original compositions that defy easy categorizations. Steeped in the West African rhythmic and musical tradition, Denbaya plays tunes with influences that range from jazz and rock to reggae while remaining true to the spirit of Malian music.. The band includes singer, and djimbe player Makane Kouyate, pianist John Austria, saxophonist Marco Chelo, guitarist Keith Gamble, balaphone player and arranger Balla Kouyate, drummer Vince Warren, and percussionist Jose Rosario.

11pm – Eliza B

10pm – Jeremiah Hosea with Swiss Chris

After making his professional debut recording and performing with life-long friend and musical mentor Olu, Jeremiah went on to found earthdriver. Since the inception of the project, Jeremiah has toured with Grammy-nominated blues/jazz legend James Blood Ulmer (who “discovered” both Jeremiah and drummer Swiss Chris at earthdriver’s third gig), first as part of his “Raw Blues Experience” and then as part of “Memphis Blood”, a project co-starring black rock pioneer Vernon Reid.

9pm – Burning Gums

3. Zilmrah/Valerie Kuehne/Hex Breaker Quartet/Hounds Basket & Nico Nightingale

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Time: 7:30pm – 11:30pm
Venue: Spectrum (121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY, 650-400-5100)
Ticket: $10-20 dollar floating donation
Genre: art music

Robert L. Pepper (PAS) presents a night of Ambient-Chaos featuring Zilmrah, Valerie Kuehne, Hex Breaker Quartet, Hounds Basket, Nico Nightingale.
A night of occult meanderings, sacred cello rituals, dogs blood, ancient machines, and sensuous birds.
Scheduled acts in order of appearance:
1) Zilmrah
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2) Valerie Kuehne
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3) Hex Breaker Quartet
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hex-Breaker-Quartet/265197830222506?fref=ts
4) Hounds Basket
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5) Nico Nightingale
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4. Brooklyn Raga Massive feat. Arun Ramamurthy/Jay Gandhi/Nitin Mitta

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Tea Lounge (837 Union St., bet. 6th & 7th Aves., Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Indian music

The informal meeting place for Indian Classical artists in Brooklyn, this jam session presents high quality traditional music and exciting collaborations. We’ll be opening the session at 8pm, followed by an open mic style jam at 9:30. Bring your instruments!
Arun Ramamurthy – violin,Jay Gandhi – bansuri and Nitin Mitta – tabla

5. Attacca Quartet (Japan)

Date: Friday, August 9, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $20
Genre: chamber music

First Prize winners of the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2011, top prizewinners and Listeners’ Choice Award recipients in the 2011 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and winners of the Alice Coleman Grand Prize at the 60th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition in 2006, the internationally acclaimed Attacca Quartet has become one of America’s premier young performing ensembles. They made their professional debut in 2007 as part of the Artists International Winners Series in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. They currently serve as the Juilliard Graduate Resident String Quartet, and are represented internationally by Columbia Artists Management, Inc.

Perfroming music of Haydn, Schubert, Bartók, and Matthew Hindson

6. THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT (Cambodia)

Date: Friday, August 9, 2013
Time:  9pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Cambodian garage/psychedelic rock


“They’re a great band, the singer is amazing, really beautiful, the guitars really jump out at you, very affecting, great stuff.” – Nick Cave
“I first heard TCSP on ABC radio, something about Channthy’s voice, one of those voices that gives you the shivers…” – Paul Kelly
Direct from Phnom Penh, it’s THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT With Special Guest Jim Diamond (WHITE STRIPES producer and former member of THE DIRTBOMBS)! THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT IS A HEAVY BLEND OF SPACE ROCK, SURF, KHMER SURIN AND CAMBODIAN GARAGE ROCK PSYCHEDELIA. They’ve played 16 different countries, major cities, towns, villages, high schools and prefectures but THIS is The Cambodian Space Project’s FIRST NY appearance.

7. Skye Steele’s GLORIOUS SUNSHINE

Date: Friday, August 9, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: chamber/folk/ambient/oriental music

Skye Steele’s GLORIOUS SUNSHINE. The violinist is best known for his work with Nation Beat and Howard Fishman as well as playing with Ben Allison, Cyro Baptista, Butch Morris, Willie Nelson, Rufus Wainwright and Duncan Sheik. He is also a songwriter and his new release, Glorious Sunshine, is a collection of folk-art songs fracking the substrata of love, regret, and betrayal. His band is a ensemble of composer-performers, improvising together to create layers that underpin and uplift these haunting songs. With: Ilusha Tsinadze (guitar, banjo, mandolin, voice), Dana Lyn (viola, piano, voice), and Liam Robinson (accordion, piano, voice), Skye Steele (violin, guitar, mandolin, voice).

8. Akshara @ Unification 2013

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Time: 10pm
Venue: Dixie Place (161A Chrystie Street,New York, NY 10002)
Ticket:  http://unification2013.brownpapertickets.com/
Genre: Indian music

 
The fifth annual UNIFICATION is New York’s largest annual demonstration for peace in South Asia. Highlighting the talent of the South Asian American community, we celebrate the region’s first major victories in the anti-colonial movement and stand in solidarity for peace in the region. 
 
Bala Skandan – mridangam/compositions,Nitin Mitta – tabla, Jay Gandhi – bansuri and Arun Ramamurthy – violin

Concert Review: Akshara – has proven themselves to be master musicians, whose work is exemplary of beauty and sublimity.

9. SoSaLa

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Time: 8pm & 9:30pm
Venue: An Die Musik (409 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21201,410-385-2638)
Ticket: $15, $10 students

In SoSaLa, front-man, saxophonist and vocalist Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi blends melancholic melodies with those of his native Iran. Fueled by improvisation, with lo-fi electronics, the diverse instruments make for an ambient and psychedelic take on World music.

The SoSaLa members are: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on tenor sax and vocals, Rob Fontana on keyboards, Luke Stewart on bass and Louie Rozier on drums.

10. SoSaLa

Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Time: 8pm to 11:30pm
Venue: Bossa Bistro & Lounge (2463 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, 202- 667-0088)
Ticket: $5

In  SoSaLa, front-man, saxophonist and vocalist Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi blends melancholic melodies with those of his native Iran. Fueled by improvisation, with lo-fi electronics, the diverse instruments make for an ambient and psychedelic take on World music.

Opening the show are: The Chakavak Ensemble (traditional Persian Music) and  Rumi poetry by Rogan Tousi in Farsi and in English with music by The Barefoot Revolution.

The SoSaLa members are: Sohrab Saadal Ladjevardi on tenor sax and vocals, Rob Coltun on electric guitar ( Cheick Hamala Diabate Band), Michael Coltun on electric bass (Les Rhinocéros/Tzadik Rec), Mosno Al-Moseeki on djembe and Byron McWilliams on drums.

11. Matt Bauer/Brittain Ashford/Wild Leaves & Meaghan Burke

Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Panoply Performance Laboratory (104 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206)
Ticket: $5-$15 suggested donation
Genre: folk/americana/indie folk/singer-song writer/nu cello

http://mattbauermusic.com/
http://prairieempire.org/
http://wildleaves.bandcamp.com/
http://www.meaghanburkemusic.com/