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Music Listings – 8/20 through 8/27

1. Bravo Combo

Date: Monday, August 20, 2012
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-967-7555)
Tickets: $20
Genre: pops/rock

Brave Combo’s catalog of recordings range from Japanese pop to Latin American dance tunes, to the orchestral classics to rock and roll at its finest. The band has recorded with the late Tiny Tim, and were the band Talking Head’s David Byrne chose for his wedding reception. From festivals and fairs of all varieties across the globe, rock clubs big and small, colleges, roadhouses, dances, cultural centers (including the annual Midsummer Night’s Swing at Lincoln Center in New York City) Brave Combo has charmed countless listeners and won avid devotees. The band has won two Grammy Awards and been nominated for their work 7 times.

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Music listings – 8/13 through 8/19

1. Bad Names w. MIRTHKON, MOETAR & AUDIO COLLISION

Date: Monday, August 13, 2012
Time: 8pm
Venue: PIANOS (158 Ludlow St., New York, NY 10002
Ticket: $8
Genre: indie rock

Bad Names are touring this summer in the US in support of their new EP. Bad Names are a four piece from London whose music recaptures the energy and passion of the 70s, spiced up with modern Brit Rock. Their style channels the roguish charm of the Rolling Stones, the glamour of T-Rex and the attitude of Oasis. They make 21st century rock n roll that echoes the sounds of the classic British bands.

BAD NAMES 11pm, MIRTHKON 10pm, MOETAR 9pm and AUDIO COLLISION 8pm
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Music listings – 8/6 through 8/12

1. Sidi Touré w. THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP  & WOUTER KELLERMAN

Date: Monday, August 6, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Venue: Marcus Garvey Park (18 Mount Morris Park West, New York, NY 10027, 212-860-1394)
Tickets: $18
Genre: desert blues/Mali music, Afro-Cuban rumba, world music

Sidi Touré draws inspiration from traditional Malian music and religion, but is informed by western blues, rock, and culture. The winner of two Malian national awards for best singer, Touré was leader of a regional orchestra and is a nationally renowned figure in his home country. In 2011, he released Sahel Folk, his critically acclaimed debut album and toured North America for the first time playing at prestigious venues including Lincoln Center and the ChicagoWorld Music Festival. His 2012 follow-up, Koïma is a musically rich and luxurious album mixing tradition and modernity, African magic and city-dwelling dilemmas.

The Pedrito Martinez Group has its roots planted firmly in the Afro-Cuban rumba tradition, bata rhythms and vocal chants of Yoruba and Santeria. Helmed by famed Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez — who has lent his unique hand drumming skills to over a hundred records spanning the worlds of Latin and pop music — the group has toured internationally, gaining a steady fan base for its mix of Caribbean inspired funk. The New York Times sums up their sound up aptly, calling it, “complex, blenderized Africa-to-the-New-World funk.”

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Music listings – 7/30 through 8/5

1. JC Sanford

Date: Monday, July 30, 2012
Time: 9pm-11:30pm
Venue: Tea Lounge (837 Union St., bet. 6th & 7th Aves., Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Jazz

Trombonist/composer/conductor JC Sanford is a musician of rare breadth, deeply rooted in the traditions of Jazz and Classical music, yet constantly pushing at their boundaries. His collaboration with fellow composer David Schumacher and their jazz orchestra Sound Assembly yielded the CD Edge of the Mind, which received many accolades including CD Baby’s Top 10 Jazz Records of 2009. JC also conducts the twice-Grammy-nominated John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, the Alan Ferber Nonet with Strings, and the Alice Coltrane Orchestra featuring Ravi Coltrane and Jack DeJohnette. His large ensemble compositions push the limits of what is “expected” in a specific musical setting without totally abandoning the tradition of the genre, sounding adventurouswhile remaining “accessible.” This iteration of his ever-evolving ensemble features his unique blend of modern jazz and chamber music, employing several colors rarely seen in the traditional “big band” instrumentation including orchestral strings, vibraphone, F horn, double-reeds, and accordion.

2. VOXIFY: THE FAY VICTOR ENSEMBLE

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Music listings – 7/23 through 7/30

1. Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Time: 10:30pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $15 (Special offer: two pairs of give away tickets. Please mail the names to sohrab.saadat@gmail.com by Wednesday 12 noon)
Genre: afro beat alternative funk hip-hop

Listening to Melvin Gibbs’ Elevated Entity and their new album Ancients Speak (LiveWired Music) is like walking down the street in New York and unexpectedly falling into a manhole, only to discover there is an African-American underground music scene where the African diaspora has knocked down all barriers between genres, placing creativity on equal status with groove. Afrobeat is rubbing against Hendrix-style guitar solos, hip hop has gone to Bahia and come back with the most primal electronic beats. Afro-Cuban spirits intermingle with the Holy Spirit. It’s a riotous gathering of all things African.

The line up:

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