Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

Event Recommendation: Grand Opening of Rock ‘n Shop at The PaperBox

Rock n' ShopRock ‘n Shop @ The Paper Box will be Bushwick’s first pop-up “alternative mall” open every Sunday from 9:00AM–7:00PM.  Sponsored by Red Bull, it is “an exciting new live venue/market space filling the void left by Brooklyn Night Bazaar’s untimely demise.” (Speak Into My Good Eye)

With the goal of presenting Brooklyn culture under one roof, rock band and art collective, The Bushwick Hotel, will transform The Paper Box, one of Bushwick’s largest music venues, into a truly unique Brooklyn shopping, culinary, and entertainment experience.  With up to seven free all ages matinee shows, attendees can spend the day enjoying delicious food and drinks, shopping for art, crafts, apparel, jewelry, accessories, records, or get a tattoo, a haircut and even a beard trim.

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Musicians rights: French production company KIDAM is cheating some of New York’s top jazz musicians

Dear DooBeeDoo readers and NY musicians!

I  think you should know about another new ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! case. This time musicians in NY are exploited by a French production company. The union organized a rally which we support and endorse. Please join the rally or distribute this announcement in your social networks.

Text by Ray Hair AFM International President

Dear Member:

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CD Review: The Ochion Jewell Quartet’s CD “Volk” is a brilliantly execution of untapped possibilities hidden within traditional music

jewell_volk_coverArtist: Ochion Jewell Quartet
Title: Volk
Label: self-produced
Genre: minimal jazz/contemporary music

CD Review by Dawoud Kringle

I was unfamiliar with Ochion Jewell when I was first asked to review Volk. I did a little digging on his website and elsewhere. I found a quote he put on his bio page that spoke volumes: ““Growing up in Appalachian Kentucky without any music venues led to a strong connection to the inherent music of nature. No matter where I go, I can still feel the honesty of that place as the foundation of my art and who I am.” Jewell’s training and experience, first in classical music, then in jazz and improvised music, not to mention his work as a sideman with the likes of Smokey Robinson, Chaka Khan, Gregory Hines, Kid Rock, Meatloaf, George Strait, Crystal Gayle, and Michael McDonald, were instrumental in forming a unique musical personality.

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Music Listings – 9/28 through 10/4/2015

1. CASEY—30 YEARS LATER!

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
Time: 7pm
Venue: Broadway Comedy Club (318 West 53rd , & 8th, NYC)
Ticket: $25
Genre: comedy

CAST :
Amber North, Beverly Bonner, Cameron Shapiro, Constance Cooper, Evonne Walton, Janice Silver, Jonathon Horton, Jordan K. Dusenbury, Laura Costagliola, Matt Salomon, Michelle Fawn, Rick Reid, and Sheila Thomas.

Comedy, Horror, Sexy Twisted Characters? That’s Casey—30 Year Later! The play that will have you running for your Prozac! After shocking you with our naughty Ladies of the Evening and Casey’s no holds barred dialogue, we’ll scare the crap out of you with our very own wicked serial killer living in Casey’s lower East Side bar lurking in a mysterious Basket-Box, then when we have finished shocking you senseless, we’ll finish you off by killing you with laughter! WHAT A WAY TO GO!!!

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