1. Lúnasa with Karan Casey
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, NY, NY 10009, 212- 777-1157)
Ticket: $25
Genre: Irish music
Karan Casey has been critically acclaimed from Japan to America as one of Ireland’s greatest singers. The Wall Street Journal has described her as one of the true glories of Irish music today. One of the most influential voices in contemporary Irish music, Karan Casey is a natural innovator. More than a decade ago American audiences were introduced to her as vocalist for the Irish “supergroup” Solas. Following their groundbreaking early releases, Casey struck out on her own. She now has 4 solo releases to her credit and multiple collaborations (including the Grammy-winning “Celtic Solstice” with Paul Winter & Friends and Tim O’Brien’s “Two Journeys.”
2. SoSaLa
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Time: 10pm til midnight
Venue: Silvana (300 W 116th Street, between Manhattan Ave & 8th Ave, New York, NY 10026)
Ticket: $10
Genre: nu world trash
In SoSaLa, front-man, saxophonist and vocalist Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi blends melancholic melodies with those of his native Iran. Fueled by improvisation, with lo-fi electronics, the diverse instruments make for an ambient and psychedelic take on World music.
The members are: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax and vocals, Kaveh Haghtalab on kemancheh (Persian fiddle), Marko Pankovich on guitar and Greg Zweiben on electric bass and and Alessio Romano on drums. on drums.
3. The Ben Allison Band
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Time: 9:30pm
Venue: Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003, 212-967-7555)
Tickets: $20
Genre: jazz
Bassist/composer Ben Allison is one of a few band leaders working in jazz today who has developed his own instantly identifiable sound. Known for his inspired arrangements, inventive grooves and hummable melodies, Ben draws from the jazz tradition and a range of influences from rock and folk to 20th century classical and world music traditions, seamlessly blending them into a cinematic, cohesive whole. His band features some of the most creative musicians on the modern jazz scene. Together they bend the genre with smart humor and a healthy disregard for the status quo.
4. Psychic Shapes Ensemble
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Time: 10pm
Venue: Spectrum (121 Ludlow, Second Floor, New York, NY, 650-400-5100)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv
A World Premier performance of Chris Welcome’s new piece “Psychic Shapes”.
Featuring:
Jonathan Moritz: Saxophones
Kirk Knuffke: Cornet
Jesse Stacken: Piano
Mike Pride: Percussion
Chris Welcome: Guitar & Electronics
Hallucinatory Music for Surreal Times.
5. NOW VS. NOW
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (196 Allen St, New York, New York 10002)
Ticket: t.b.a.
Genre: hip hop/art & progressive rock
NOW VS. NOW celebrates their new album EarthAnalog (Now Vs Now Productions) with the IRON BAR BEATRHYMERS feat. Kid Lucky
Now vs Now is a band featuring Jason Lindner (keys), Panagiotis Andreou (bass) & Mark Guiliana (drums)
‘Earth Analo” the second album by the virtuosic, analog art rock trio Now vs Now, featuring keyboardist Jason Lindner (“a musical universe!” – Chick Corea), electronica and dub-influenced drummer Mark Guiliana (“at the forefront of an exciting new style of drumming” – Modern Drummer) and bassist Panagiotis Andreou (“one of the bass guitar’s most original, unsung voices – Bass Player), “…an outfit singularly devoted to delivering an immersive mind-body experience through heavy groove.”- New York Times
Their debut album was produced by longtime fan and collaborator Meshell Ndegeocello and mixed by Bob Power (Q-Tip, Roots). Steeped in Guilianaʼs hard grooves, Lindnerʼs ambient soundscapes, and bassist Andreouʼs subby, syncopated bass lines and Balkan Gypsy-style vocal work.
6. NEW JAZZ AT GROTTO
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: GROTTO (100 Forsyth Street, NY, NY 10002)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz/improv/free music
Line up:
CHERYL PYLE – FLUTE
NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER – PERCUSSION
FRANCOIS GRILLOT- BASS
with ANTHONY CERRETAIN -LIVE PAINTING
7. JEAN-MICHEL PILC TRIO + 1
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia St., NY, NY 10014)
Ticket: $10
Genre: jazz
Jean-Michel Pilc, piano; Sam Minaie, bass; Ross Pederson, drums; Rhys Tivey, trumpet
“A very special trio, with an exceptional chemistry between the musicians, and a breathtaking virtuosity at the service of music and emotion. Rhys Tivey, a young musician with a trumpet sound never heard beore, will add his magic to the mix.”7.
8. Ehren Hanson
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Venue: Rubin Museum (150 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011, 212-620-5000)
Ticket: free
Genre: Indian classical music
Ehren Hanson began learning tabla when he was 15 years old under Misha Masud of New York City. In 2000, he was accepted as a disciple by the great Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and has developed into an exciting performer and a dynamic teacher. Ehren then went on to teach rhythm as an assistant professor at Bard College in 2002 and in 2005 he received the prestigious Senior Performing Arts Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies. He has had the honor of accompanying great musicians such as Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee, Pandit Subrata Roy Chaudhuri, Steve Gorn, and others. In 2012, The Time of India described his tabla solo performance as “enthralling.” Ehren currently lives in New York where he is an active performer and teacher. He is also the director of the Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla.
Abhik Mukherjee was born in Calcutta in a family that has a rich musical and educational heritage. He was initiated to sitar at the age of six by his father Sri Tarit Kumar Mukherjee. His father took training of Vishnupur gharana from Sri Gaurhari Kabiraj ji and Abhik inherited some of his father’s rich treasures of Vishnupur gharana.
Abhik is a gold–medalist from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, with a Master’s in Musicology and a visiting-faculty member at the famous Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation, Tampa, Florida. He received a national scholarship in sitar by the ministry of culture, India and a scholarship from the West Bengal board of Secondary education for his board exams. He is also a first-class degree holder in Masters in Computer Application.
Currently, a resident of New York, Abhik has performed all over the globe. He also shared the stage with legends like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder in the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at Washington DC, in the presence of U.S. president Barack Obama.
9.Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Date: Friday December 6, 2013
Time: 7pm
Venue: Rubin Museum (150 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011, 212-620-5000)
Ticket: $20
Genre: jazz
CD release concert forMusic of Ryuichi Sakamotoby Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
“Chamber jazz has found its queen in Meg Okura,” boasted All About Jazz of Okura whose concert and new CD pay an acoustic tribute to synth-pop pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Violinist, composer, and erhu player Meg Okura leads the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, a group of virtuosi defining world-chamber jazz today. Hailed by the New York Times as “vibrant” and “sophisticated,” the ensemble “… mixes a classically trained mastery of strings, piano, and drums with quick-witted compositional twist performed with high energy” (Downbeat Magazine).
Meg Okura (violin, erhu)
Anne Drummond (flute)
Helen Sung (piano)
Martin Wind (bass)
Yonadav Halevy (drums)
10. Terry Dame’s Weird Wednesdays Episode X – Weird Holidaze
Date: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Time: 7pm
Venue: BrandedSaloon (603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238)
Ticket: $ t.b.a.
Genre: electronics/improv/weird music
Weird Wednesdays (on Sunday) is an ongoing monthly series dedicated to presenting musical instrument inventors and players of objects and other musical oddities. Each month two guest artists and host/curator Terry Dame perform the finest in original creative music in a most unusual way. Episode X – Weird Holidaze, the final show of 2013, presents the work of RADIO WONDERLAND (aka Joshua Fried) and vocalist Amy X Neuburg. Plus… a short new work by chief weirdo Terry Dame, plus, plus 60 Seconds of Weirdness.
AMY X NEUBURG (Oakland, California) has been developing her own brand of irreverently genre-crossing works for voice, live electronics and chamber ensembles for over 25 years, known for her innovative use of live looping technology with electronic percussion, her 4-octave vocal range and her colorful — often humorous — lyrics. One of the earliest performers to work with live digital looping, Amy has presented her solo “avant-cabaret” songs at such diverse venues as the Other Minds and Bang on a Can new music festivals, the Berlin International Poetry Festival, the Wellington and Christchurch Jazz Festivals (New Zealand), the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, electronic music festivals, colleges, rock clubs and concert halls throughout the U.S. and abroad.www.amyxneuburg.com/
RADIO WONDERLAND is Joshua Fried, performing solo live sound processing by drumming on old shoes (he’s a drummer) and manipulating a steering wheel (he’s a, er, wheel player). RADIO WONDERLAND turns live commercial FM radio into recombinant funk.
All the sounds originate from an old boombox, playing radio LIVE. Nothing is pre-recorded; anything picked up during the performance is fair game until the end. All the processing is by custom software he wrote in the MaxMSP programming environment. But he hardly touch the laptop. The controllers are a vintage Buick steering wheel, old shoes mounted on stands, and some gizmos. You’ll hear grooves, built step by step, out of recognizable radio, and even UN-wind the grooves back to the original source.www.radiowonderland.org/
Terry Dame is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and instrument inventor. Her current project is a solo one, performing on the Horn of Plenty Sounds, a sensor driven controller instrument built from recycled old brass horns, sprayers and pumps. Various types of sensors, such as motion, light and proximity, are imbedded in each object which when triggered can produce an unlimited variety of musical sounds. An old copper insecticide sprayer now sprays piano notes, a bike pump delivers electric guitar riffs, a laser toy casts an invisible beam that when plucked plays an upright bass, a rooster crows out from an old straight trumpet. The Horn of Plenty Sounds is one part musical instrument, one part science experiment, one part pure delight. www.terrydame.com
11. Zevious/Hyrrokkin/Pants Exploder & Matt Schulz + Gregory Saunier 4Tet
Date: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Union Pool (484 Union Avenue, corner of Union & Meeker, Brooklyn, NY, 718-609-0484)
Ticket: $10
Genre: avant rock/noise/improv
Dig this night of unfettered and dynamic avant garde/experimental sound, filtered through the textures, heinous volume and electric tones of rock ‘n’ roll…
This is a record release party for Hyrrokkin’s debut LP Pristine Origin!
Zevious
(avant-prog from brooklyn – members of dysrhythmia, many arms – cuneiform records)
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Hyrrokkin
(free rangin’ ohio-based avant/math rock trio – sick room records)
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Pants Exploder
(noise/math metal a la am rep, brooklyn)
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Matt Schulz + Gregory Saunier 4Tet
(woah – free improv from members of holy fuck, deerhoof, enon)
