1. HarmoNYom in association with Drom & WKCR 89.9 FM Present “A VOICE FOR AYITI” – a benefit concert for the women and children in Haiti

Date: Monday, March 8th
Time: from 6:00 PM to midnight
Venue: DROM (85 Avenue A, between 5/6 Street, New York, NY 10009)
Ticket: donation of $20 Minimum (Cash only at door. 100% of the donations will be channeled to Project Haiti & MADRE. 2 great NGOs working for Women & Children in Haiti.)

In the aftermath of the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake & the 2004 Tsunami, the world stood by those affected in India.
On January 12 2010, HAITI has been devastated by an earthquake, and today we all must support the rehabilitation of their lives!

To support Haitian relief…From INDIA, AFRICA & HAITI, following musicians will join together:

Pandit Ramesh Misra on Sarangi
Arun Ramamurthy, Carnatic Violinist
Sitarist Ustad Ikhlaq Hussain
Nitin Mitta on Tabla
A.R. Balaskandan on Mridangam

Singer & Song writer James Ruff
Zing Experience (Paul Beaubrun & Cynthia Casasola)
Drummer Percussionist Tiga Jean-Baptiste & Tchaka
Source w/ Abdoulaye Diabate
& Special Guest Yacouba Sissoko on Kora

After Party with super DJ Kamala (NYC)

Evening hosted by Hazelle Goodman, Actress & Comedienne and Afro/Caribbean music by WKCR’s DJ David Ellenbogen. And Raffle to win many gifts! All proceeds to the cause.

www.HarmoNYom.org
www.madre.org www.prohaiti.org
www.dromnyc.com www.wkcr.org

For more details contact: Veronique@HarmoNYom.org

2. GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA

An orchestral concept of world/improvisational music, composed and conducted by Adam Rudolph.

Dates: March 15th, 22nd, 29th
Time: 8:30 PM
Venue: Roulette 20 Greene St. (between Canal and Grand) 2 blocks west of Broadway)
Tickets: $15, DTW members students, seniors: $10 (Reservations: 212.219.8242)

 

www.roulette.org www.location1.org

Performing artists:

Sylvain Leroux –Tambin Fulani Flute, C Flute
Ze Luis – C flute, Bamboo Flute
Kaoru Watanabe – Noh Kan, Fue, C Flute
Ned Rothenberg – Bass Clarinet, Shakuhachi 
Avram Fefer – B flat Clarinet
Graham Haynes – Cornet, Bamboo Horn
Stephen Haynes – Trumpet, Conch, Didjiridoo 
Peter Zummo – Trombone, Didjiridoo
Jason Kao Hwang – Violin 
Midori Yamamoto – Violin 
Stephanie Griffin – Viola
Daniel Levin – Cello 
Kenny Wessel – Electric Guitar, Banjo
Marco Cappelli – Acoustic Guitar
Brahim Fribgane – Oud, Cajon, Percussion 
Chris Dingman – Vibraphone
Alex Marcelo – Acoustic Piano and many others.

Web pages:
http://www.metarecords.com/go.html

Go:  Organic Orchestra @ my space:
http://www.myspace.com/goorganicorchestra

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/adamtabl

3. Seeing Jazz With George Wein: Randy Weston

Date: Thu, Mar 11
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Leonard Nimoy Thalia (Symphony Space ( Broadway & 95th, 212-864-5400)
Tickets: $25; Day of Show $30; Members $20

Only at Symphony Space! Jazz impresario George Wein (founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival) projects images from his extensive historic photo album, shares anecdotes about a life lived in jazz, and welcomes leading jazz artists who perform a set on stage in the intimate Leonard Nimoy Thalia.

4. Sweet Electra “Spanish Electronica – Twinged Pop: From Mexico to the Big Apple Comes Sweet Electra” 

Date: Thursday, March 11th

Time: 7pm

Venue: The Studio at Webster Hall , (125 East 11th Street, NY)

Ticket: $10

Contact The Studio: thestudio@websterhall.com

 

Sweet Electra is a well-known band in Guadalajara and Mexico City, Mexico that recently moved to New York to take their music to the next level and to new audiences.

 

Sweet Electra is about to celebrate the release of their third album, When We Abandoned Earth, (Release; April 6, 2010). Unlike the past albums, When We Abandoned Earth is sung in English and Spanish only. The album is full of emotional and memorable experiences making it nostalgic, dramatic and a spacey orchestral pop dream. They will share the stage with: Riot Paris, The American UK, Greg Smith and the Broken English & WarHorse.

 

Sweet Electra, made up of duo Nardiz Cooke on vocals and Giovanni Escalera on keyboards, guitars and programming, is bringing electronica-twinged pop to New York. Their newest single A Feeling mixes various elements to create a celestial experience, all drizzled in pop.

5. Altan

Date: Thursday, March 11th
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Symphony Space ( Broadway & 95th, 212-864-5400)
Tickets: $30/27.50/25

Formed in County Donegal by singer/fiddler Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh and the late Frankie Kennedy, Altan is one of Ireland’s foremost purveyors of traditional Celtic music. The group celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with the release of Altan: 25th Anniversary Celebration (Compass Records). Recorded with the RTE Concert Orchestra, it’s a mix of the band’s favorite songs from over the last quarter century.

6. Fargana and Alim Qasimov: Spiritual Music from the World of Islam

Date: Friday, March 12
Time: 8:00 pm to 10pm
Venue: Asia Institute (725 Park Avenue, New York, NY)
Ticket: $16 members; $18 students w/ID and seniors; $20 nonmembers

Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijan’s best-known and most beloved singer, and his daughter Fargana Qasimov bring a charged charisma and transcendent vocal quality to performances of classical mugham and songs from the bardic ashiq tradition. The Qasimovs are accompanied by a quartet of virtuosic instrumentalists playing tar, kamancha, balaban, and hand drums. The Qasimovs last appeared in New York at the 2009 Lincoln Center Festival as members of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble.

Free pre-performance lecture by ethnomusicologist Ted Levin, Dartmouth College at 7:00 pm.
Watch a preview video.

Related event:
Alim Qasimov Ensemble with the Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, 3/14

7. Zakir Hussain‘s Masters of Percussion

Date: Friday, March 12 & Saturday, March 13
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 60th Street, New York), Box Office: 212-721-6500
Tickets: $40, $55, $70, students $18 (friends of World Music Institute: $35, $50, $65)
Two nights of dazzling drumming and exquisite melody with the peerless tabla superstar Zakir Hussain and his ensemble of virtuoso artists from India’s classical and folk traditions! The legendary percussionist, whose intoxicating rhythms have accompanied India’s major artists and leading names in world music, is joined by drummers Taufiq Qureshi, Navin Sharma, Sridar Parthsarathy and the Motilal Dhakis from Bengal, as well as sarangi (lute) player Sabir Khan and the superb violin duo of Ganesh and Kumaresh.

For more info:
www.myspace.com/zakirhussainofficial

8. Burkina Electric – CD party at Drom. Their CD, “Paspanga”, has just been released on Cantaloupe Music.

Date: Saturday March 13, 2010

Time: 8pm til 9pm (only one set)

Venue: Drom (85 Avenue A, New York, NY, 10009)

Ticket: $12

www.dromnyc.com

BURKINA ELECTRIC is the first electronica band from Burkina Faso, in the deep interior of West Africa. Based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, it is, at the same time, an international band, with members living in New York, U.S.A. and Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as in Ouaga. Burkina Electric’s music combines the traditions and rhythms of Burkina Faso with contemporary electronic dance culture, making it a trailblazer in electronic world music. This diverse and talented group consists of four musicians and two dancers who collectively participate in the creative process and represent disparate musical genres and sounds from across the globe.