Date: October 1, 2013
Venue: Cafe Nadery (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle
One must experience the scene at Cafe Nadery. It’s Iranian culture distilled into a small gathering place within which modern Persian intellectuals, artists, and philosophers, fiercely independent and slightly eccentric men, and impossibly beautiful women cultivate an Iranian American subculture.
Artist: Maracatu New York
Title: Baque Do Brooklyn
Label: On Nation Beat Music
Genre: Afro-Brazilian style of music from Northeastern Brazil
Maracatu New York’s Baque Do Brooklyn
CD review by Matt Cole
Artist: Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi.
Title: Spring
Label: self-released
Genre: Indian/Persian folk music
Date: October 7, 2013
Venue: Shapeshifter (NY)
Text by Dawoud Kringle, photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
On an autumn evening. Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab opened its stage to Visions, a world jazz ensemble led by Kavita Shah.
Date: September 19, 2013
Venue: Drom (NY)
Review by Dawoud Kringle, photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
A lush and joyful tapestry of sound filled the air. A melody of sweetness from the clarinet rose above it. Thus began Arifa‘s performance at Drom. They’re presently on tour, and this was one of two performances in NYC; the other being at the Kennedy Center.
