Category Archives: Music Listings

Music Listings – 8/11 through 8/17/2014

1. Weasel Walter w. Bob Crusoe, Bukkake Moms & Load-in

Date: Monday, August 11, 2014
Time: 8pm
Venue: Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222
Tickets: $10
Genre: jazz/improv/free style

Weasel Walter (first name, last name) is a Brooklyn, New York based multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser best known for leading the seminal punk-jazz/no-wave/brutal-prog band The Flying Luttenbachers between 1991 and 2007 on 16 full-length releases.
Seamlessly uniting the intensity and abstraction of improvised music with the nihilist aesthetics of extreme rock forms, Walter is committed to violent momentum, idiomatic unpredictability and rapid articulation.

2. Food Will Win The War

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Music Listings: 7/28 through 8/3/2014

1. Joanie Leeds

Uptown and Downtown, get ready for 2 Solo Performances by Joanie Leeds

Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Time: 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Venue: Hippo Playground Project, NYC
Ticket: free
Info: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hippo-Playground-Project/139031462831574
Genre: kids music

Date: Thursday. July 31, 2014
Venue: Summer in the Square (Union Square NYC)
Ticket: free
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Info: http://unionsquarenyc.org/summer-in-the-square/childrens-performances/
Genre: kids music
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Recommended forthcoming music shows in NY

Here is what is coming up that might be of interest to my New York readers.

– West African blues (Noura) at Joe’s Pub next week!
– French and indie with a little comedy, (Erin and her cello) at Joe’s Pub July 31st
– Ethiopian reggae show (Zvuloon) at Meridian 23 Aug 1st
– Remix EP from Brooklyn based Afrobeat group Underground System (with a concert at Meridian 23 on Aug 15th)

Noura Mint Seymali – Mauritanian Blues; Noura Mint Seymali at Joe’s Pub 7/29 – 07/29/2014 – New York, NY
Noura Mint Seymali, from Mauritania, comes from an ancient family of griots, and she has a commanding, wide-open voice…the pentatonic melodies of her songs had something in common with the blues. But her fusion was particular and selective…She only meets American music on her own terms. +++New York Times, January 13th, 2014

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Music Listings – 7/14 through 7/20/2014

1. Evolving Music: Ras Moshe Residency

Date: Monday, July 14, 2014
Time: 7:30pm to 11pm
Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002)
Tickets: $11 per set
Genre: jazz/improv

7:30pm – Music Now! July Music.
with
Kyoko Kitamura-Voice
Ras Moshe-Reeds
John Pietaro-Vibes
Lester St.louis-Cello
Anders Nilsson-Guitar

9:00pm – Katie Bull Ensemble!
with
Katie Bull-Voice
Jeff Lederer-Tenor Sax
Landon Knoblock-Keyboards
Ratzo Harris-Bass
George Schuller-Drums

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