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Music listings: 8/16 through 8/22

1.  Ajda the Turkish Queen w. Thomas Simon, Pete Galub

Date: Monday, August 16, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Delancy (768 Delancy, NY)
Ticket: free
Genre: soft-goth/ singer song writer

Ajda the Turkish Queen performing solo for the first.  “My influences are both Western and Middle Eastern (Turkish mother but grew up in Texas).  The songs are alternative in the vein of Sonic Youth and the Cocteau Twins, I suppose, and I have been told I have a “commanding wail-like moan”.

2. Lee Scratch Perry w. Lionize

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Music listings – 8/9 through 8/15

1. Avram’s Electric Kool-Aid

Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Time: 11pm
Venue: Nublu (62 Avenue C, East Village, New York, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Jazz?Funk

Avram’s Electric Kool-Aid is playing his original compositions, with improvisations by some of NYC’s most creative groove players. The music has a variety of influences, including Ornette Coleman’s Primetime, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, Moroccan Gnawa music, and Stanley Turrentine. The members are: Avram Fefer (sax), Aaron Whitbey (key), Dave Phelps (gui) and  Chris Eddleton (dr).

2. TERANGA

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Music listings – 8/2 through 8/8

1. SPANGLISH FLY

Date: Monday 2, August 4, 2010
Time: 9;30pm
Venue: Barbes (376 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Boogaloo, Latin Swing and Shingaling

SPANGLISH FLY. Every Monday in August.
The sounds of 1960’s Spanish Harlem. With Atsushi Tsumura, trumpet; Charly Rodriguez, timbales; Christelle Durandy, percussion; Dmitri Moderbacher, bass; Erica Ramos, lead vocals; Gabo Tomasini, percussion; Jonathan Flothow, bari sax; Jonathan Goldman a/k/a Jonny Semi-Colón, trumpet; Martin Wallace, piano; Mick Santurio, congas; Rose Imperato, tenor sax; Sebastian Isler, trombone. “What Sharon Jones did for oldschool soul, what Antibalas did for Afrobeat and what Chicha Libre is doing for chicha, Spanglish Fly is doing for bugalu. . As dance music, it’s irresistible.” — Lucid Culture

2. Natacha Atlas

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Music listings – 7/26 through 8/1

1. Darius Jones Trio

Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Roulette (20 Greene St, NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: Jazz

Darius Jones Trio
Adam Lane: Bass
Jason Nazary: Drums
Darius Jones: Alto Sax and Composition

Darius Jones is a Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist, composer, and producer. He joined the New York music community in 2005 after living and studying in Richmond, Va. Jones graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelors in Jazz Studies in 2003 and received a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance/Composition from New York University in 2008. He received an Advanced Certificate in New Music Education at…(more)

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Music listings – 7/19 through 7/25

1. New York Sufi Music Festival hosted by Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon and Pakistani Peace Builders – from July 20 through July 22, 2010

Concert I

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Venue: Union Square Park (north end, opposite Barnes & Noble, East 17th Street , btwn. Park Avenue South and Broadway)
Ticket: free admission

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