TriBeCastan's John Kruth & Jeff Greene (photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi)

Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. and the oligarchy of TriBeCaStan hosted a reception for APAP presenters and booking agents and DBDBD were invited. The TriBeCaStani cultural attaché made available his personal 5 Star Cave for the event and served a lavish spread of complimentary food and drink. This was one of those once in a lifetime events where the locale, vibe, and company are just right. Displaying the indigenous cultural splendor of TriBeCaStan was the TriBeCaStani Folklorkestra.

When: January 8, 2010/ 5:30 – 7:30+

Where: somewhere aropund Crosby Street

To all TriBeCaStan fans: please memorize the TriBeCaStani national motto: “May all the gods smile upon you at once without your head exploding!”

More about TriBeCaStan

Listen to TriBeCaStan at FM WBAI. You can hear the entire show.

Theirr segment doesn’t begin until about 25 minutes into the show and lasts for well over an hour – enjoy!

Here’s a lovely and soulful music video, filmed and directed by Max Strebel. The film features the haunting, old-country- waltz “Starry Stari Grad,” from TriBeCaStan’s upcoming album “5 Star Cave.”

Not the final version of a music video I’m making for New York -based band, TriBecaSTAN, featuring John Kruth and Jeff Greene.

TriBeCaStan is currently an 8 piece ensemble that features:

John Kruth – flutes, mandolin, banjo, mandocello, harmonica and Portuguese guitar

Jeff Greene – marimba, rebab, kanun, yayli tambor, mandolin, ukulele and overtone flute

Dave Dreiwitz – bass

Todd Isler – drums

Scott Metzger – guitar

Claire Daly – baritone sax

John Turner – trumpet

Ibrahim Gonzalez – conga, frame drums and bongos