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THE PRE-WAR PONIES. 20's and 30's forgotten gems - with Daria Pancaldo - vocals & baritone uke; Jon Dryden - Piano & Tim Luntzel - bass and special guests tba.

KINGS COUNTY QUEENS. Though largely dormant in the last 2 years, KCQ has been an important fixture on the NYC country scene since its debut in 2000. Driven by mostly acoustic arrangements, lush harmonies and bittersweet lyrics, KCQ is true to the country tradition while maintaining a contemporary edge. The group is fronted by Chris Bowers on guitar/vocals and Daria Grace on Baritone uke/vocals and also features Eric Eble on upright bass, Johnny Rock on drums and Elena Belan on piano.

C GIBBS. This Brooklyn based singer/songwriter has played with Modern English, Jim Thirlwell's Foetus, fronted his own rock trio The Morning Glories, went solo and was subsequently signed and dropped by Atlantic Records - all by 1999. The country brother of Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Gibbs intertwines dark country, folk, occasional pop and southern rock influences to create a unique lyricism that ranges from haunting ballads to white-hot finger-picking scorchers. These days he splits his time between bands Lucinda Black Bear and The Droves and has lately been performing in the 7 Tony nominated Broadway musical Passing Strange. Tonight he performs solo and with special guests from his various projects.

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MAMIE MINCH, EVERY FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT IN JUNE.

THE WINGDALE COMMUNITY SINGERS. The Wingdale Community Singers play folk music that could have been written any time in the last sixty years. It's Old Time, it's High Modernist, it's experimental, it's resistant to interpretation, it's funny sometimes, it's full of dread other times. One aspect remains throughout: there's a lot of singing. And a lot of harmony. With Rick Moody (acoustic guitar, vocals) Hannah Marcus (acoustic guitar, piano, fiddle, vocals). David Grubbs (electric guitar, vocals),. Nina Katchadourian (acoustic guitar, accordion, recorder, tomato, vocals).David Grubbs, Nina Katchadourian, Hannah Marcus, Rick Moody

KONO MICHI. Kono Michi's haunting collection of beautiful, dark love songs offer a refreshing blend of classical music sensibility and rare song writing originality. Kono Michi is the singing/song-writing alter-ego of Juilliard-trained concert violinist Michi Wiancko. Kono Michi will be accompanied by a string quintet and percussion to showcase a new series of her trademark Death Haiku songs. She will also perform songs from her forthcoming debut album. With Annaliesa Place - violin; Max Mandel - viola; Carolyn Jeselsohn - cello; Dan Jeselsohn - upright bass; Satoshi Takeishi, percussion.

STEPHANE WREMBEL: French virtuoso Guitarist Stephane Wrembel seems to have channeled both the technique and the fire of Django Reinhardt. He studied for years with the manouche (the French Gypsies) but has also gotten deep into American vernacular musical styles. His weekly sets will mix up the traditional Django repertoire along gypsy swing re-interpretations of standards.

A Release PartY for SLEEPINGFISH. Sleepingfish is a journal of experimental writing and art. Readings by Rick Moody, David Hollander, and Kate Hill Cantrill.

CHICHA LIBRE. Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie and Ravel. Chicha Libre debut cd will be in stores March 25. With Greg Burrows - percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley - percussion.

JENNY SCHEINMAN. Violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman works a variety of performers including Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. She is in residence most Tuesdays with an almost infinite variety of lineup.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY. Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best of The Village Voice 2007.
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is available from Barbès records. John Carlson & Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10

LAMBIC. Lambic is style of Belgian ale that is spontaneously fermented from wild yeasts present in the air. Lambic is also a band featuring Paul Sullivan (Paul Sullivan group) on guitars and effects, and Stephen Moses (alice donut) on drums, trombone, and effects. Lambic is spontaneously fermented music, free improvisation with a groove. Like it’s namesake, Lambic is always changing and evolving, sometimes messy, but always exciting.

VERY BE CAREFUL. The L.A. based group plays the rawest cumbias you’ll ever hear this side of Valledupar, the Colombian city where Vallenato originated.  Very Be Careful uses a traditional lineup of accordion, bass and percussion – including Guacharaca (the Colombian guiro), Bell and Caja Vallenata – but plays with the sort of energy usually associated with the urban antics of punk. The result is traditional music so thoroughly modern- sounding that its country roots seem irrelevant, even though their Cumbias are as authentic as those of Alejo Duran. With Ricky Balboa – Accordion; Brickems: Bajo - Peabody: Guacharaca; The Rip – Campana and Clubber Lang: Caja Vallenata.

CONJUNTO GUANTANAMO. Second generation Cuban musician Ulises Beato leads Conjunto Guantanamo, a band which plays Afro-Cuban rhythms such as Son Montuno, Guaguanco, Mambo, Guaracha and Rumba as well as modern Timba (the Cuban equivalent of New York Salsa)  and descargas - the extended Cuban Jam sessions pioneered by Cuban legendary bassist Cachao. Unlike most New York Latin bands, Conjunto Guantanamo keeps a specifically Cuban focus on the music, drawing from the traditions of Matanzas and Havana as exemplified by Benny Moré, Sexteto Habanero, Miguelito Cuni and Arsenio Rodriguez. The result is adventurous dance music steeped in the Yoruba and Abakua traditions of Cuba – with new flavors borrowed from neworican salsa.  with  Osmay Calvo - lead vocals;  Ulises Beato - conga and vocals; Eddie Valentín - bongó and vocals; Reut Regev – trombone; Pedro Cruz - bass and vocals; Jack Glottman – piano and Isabel Alfonso - backup vocals.

KOTORINO. European-influenced klezmer-flavored American roots music by way of your local salvation army. Familiar songs you've never heard before played by Stefan Zeniuk - Bass Clarinet; Amy Staats - Backing Vocals/Lead Egg/Hand Signals; Jesse Selengut - Trumpet; Max Oliver - 501 French Verbs; Matt Muszynski - Tuba and Jeff Morris - Guitar/Pump-organ/Vocals

ANSAMBL MASTIKA. Greg Squared leads this mostly Balkan-inspired ensemble which plays tunes ranging from the plaintive clarinet 'miroloi' of northern Greece to the funkier grooves of the Serbian and Macedonia Roma (gypsies); from the mysterious qualities of Turkish calgija music to the driving power of Bulgarian wedding music. with Matt moran - percussion; Reuben Radding - bass; Joey Weisenberg - guitar; Matthew Fass - accordion; Catherine Foster - trumpet and Greg Squared - Sax and clarinet.

PEACOCK RECORDING NIGHT. Presenting new releases on the adventurous Brooklyn indie label with performances by Judith Berkson and Jason Cady

JASON CADY. Jason Cady leads an ensemble in "Odi et Amo" for soprano, synthesizer, piano and vibraphone with Erin Flannery, Shawn Onsgard and Aaron Siegel. The piece combines unusual sounds with forms traditionally found in opera. His debut release "Post Madonna Prima Donna" is available on Peacock Recordings.

JUDITH BERKSON 8pm mezzo-soprano and pianist Judith Berkson performs music from "Lu-Lu" her first release on Peacock Recordings. She moves between thorough-composed originals, standards, and Schoenberg and Schubert lieder sung and played on wurlitzer and piano.

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SMOKEY'S ROUNDUP. Smokey Hormel is probably best known for his works sith Beck, Tom Waits and his Brazilian project with Miho Hatori. He's also been playing western swing for quite some time and his new project is inspired by the sounds of Milton Brown and his musical brownies and other Western Swing classics. With Smokey Hormel vocals and guitar; Charley Burnham - fiddle; Tim Luntzel - string bass; Konrad Meisner Drums and Bob Hoffnar - Pedal steel.

GATO LOCO plays arrangements of early Cuban son dance hits from the 1920s-1940s. The quartet plays the great compositions of Ignacio Pinero, Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Quarteto Habanero, Casino De La Playa, Maria Teresa Vera, as well as traditional folk songs, all filtered through subsonic instruments played as delicately as possible. tuba, bari sax, baritone acoustic guitar, and acoustic bass guarantees that you feel the music, rather than hear it. With Stefan Zeniuk (Bari Sax), Ari Folman-Cohen (bass), Joe Exley (tuba), Clifton Hyde (baritone guitar) and Greg Stare (congas)

JENNY SCHEINMAN. Violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman works a variety of performers including Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. She is in residence most Tuesdays with an almost infinite variety of lineup.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY. Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best of The Village Voice 2007.
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is available from Barbès records. John Carlson & Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10

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MATT KANELOS. A pianist, singer and songwriter whose music owes a debt to Bob Dylan. Brahms and Charlie Chapliin.

SERENA JOST. Cellist, singer and composer Serena Jost is an original member of Rasputina, the well-corseted cello group. She has collaborated with numerous artists including poet Dan Machlin, “Above Islands” (Immanent Audio), and has toured the United States and Europe extensively. Her new cd, Closer Than Far (produced by Brad Albetta - Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson) “seamlessly merge classical and pop melodies”. (Lucidculture).

AKIKO PAVOLKA AND HOUSE OF ILLUSION. Japanese born singer and composer Akiko Pavolka has been leading her band
HOUSE OF ILLUSION for the past 10 years. Her new recording on the Lisbon-based label Tone of A Pitch Records, her fourth as a leader, is coming out in the fall. Akiko - Vocals & Piano; Nate Radley - Guitar Matt Pavolka - Bass; Bill Campbell - Drums.

LJOVA AND KONTRABAND (formerly Ljova & the Vjola Contraband) -- Chamber music for the "remix generation". Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Founded by film composer, arranger, and violist Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin --- hailed by Billboard magazine as "one of New York's fastest rising composers and instrumentalists" -- the music is inspired by his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Osvaldo Golijov, the Kronos Quartet, the rapper Jay-Z and others. Ljova's compositions dazzle with intricate textures, odd rhythms and lilting melodies, creating music that is both fresh and timeless. Featuring: Ljova (viola & 6-string violin); Inna Barmash (vocals); Marika Hughes (cello); Mike Savino (bass); and Rich Stein (percussion).

SMOKEY'S ROUNDUP. Smokey Hormel is probably best known for his works sith Beck, Tom Waits and his Brazilian project with Miho Hatori. He's also been playing western swing for quite some time and his new project is inspired by the sounds of Milton Brown and his musical brownies and other Western Swing classics. With Smokey Hormel vocals and guitar; Charley Burnham - fiddle; Tim Luntzel - string bass; Konrad Meisner Drums and Bob Hoffnar - Pedal steel.

LOS CENZONTLES. The Bay area Mexican Roots music effortlessly mix electric bass and drums with traditional Mexican instruments – jarana, vihuela, requinto, pandero and quijada (jawbone) – creating a powerful contemporary sound infused with the gutsy soul of Mexico’s rural roots music. The group, directed by Grammy-nominated producer Eugene Rodriguez, is currently recording a CD with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and has performed and recorded alongside Los Lobos, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Grupo Mono Blanco, Los Tigres del Norte, Lalo Guerrero, Flaco Jiménez, and Santiago Jiménez Jr.

ONE RING ZERO. CD Release Show for "LIVE AT BARBES.
One Ring Zero is led by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. The band has released six CDs, including their acclaimed album, As Smart As We Are–which features lyrics by literary figures including Paul Auster, Rick Moody and Margaret Atwood. Using odd-ball instruments including claviola, accordion, and theremin, ORZ creates a musical landscape tha't is part cartoon, part klezmer, and part circus.

THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. Every Sunday In July.
This legendary band was originally formed in Guinea, West Africa, in the late 1960’s by Guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. Their music became some of the most beloved and influential of their generation and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady later went on to perform for many years with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. His electrifying guitar-work is supported by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, a crew of Guinean and American musicians who have steeped their glorious sound in classic 60's guinean mandingo music.

CHICHA LIBRE. Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie and Ravel. Chicha Libre debut cd will be in stores March 25. With Greg Burrows - percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley - percussion.

JENNY SCHEINMAN. Violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman works a variety of performers including Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. She is in residence most Tuesdays with an almost infinite variety of lineup.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY. Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best of The Village Voice 2007.
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is available from Barbès records. John Carlson & Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10

LES PRIMITIFS DU FUTUR. The legendary Paris-based group does a global take on Musette, the French accordion music from the 30's and 40's. Their album World Musette (famously designed by R. Crumb who also plays on the cd but doesn't play live) mixes out accordion, theremin, xylophone, guitar and original songwriting. Far from being a trendy take on an old genre, the Primitifs are true to form and mix up tradition with world influences.
In the popular Paris of the 30's, accordion balls would typically entertain dancers with Fox-trots, Mazurkas, Polkas, Paso-dobles, Waltzes, Javas, Tangos and Gypsy numbers - The world music of its time. Soon, accordionists also started incorporating American swing and improvisation, transforming the idiom in a way similar to what Django Reinhardt (who collaborated with a number of them) was doing with guitar. These are rare US appearances, don't miss them. $10

THE NEW MELLOW EDWARDS. The New Mellow Edwards, formed in 2000, explore their inner-garage band and channel it into a traditional jazz quartet setting. Inspired equally by Anton Webern and Iggy Pop, composer Curtis Hasselbring promises that there will be a special mixture of improvising, reading music on paper and laying into meaty grooves that really don’t want to go anywhere.The Mellow Edwards are Curtis Hasselbring  (trombones and stuff), Chris Speed (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Trevor Dunn (bass), Ted Poor (drums and percussion). $10

LIFE IN A BLENDER. For reason known only to a handful of Greek generals, Don Rauf was banished to Seattle a few years back. He keeps sneaking back into town though to blend his monstrous, polymorphous life forms in our private laboratory - much to our enjoyment. "This band has a bizarrely theatrical show (often involving tirades from a sheep-headed hand puppet named Rugged Rick) and a lighthearted surreal sensibility that's capable of amusing the surliest indie rocker." The New Yorker

BILL CARNEY'S JUG ADDICTS. Sans-Culottes founder and frontman Bill Carney has been leading various jug bands for over 23 years. His latest incarnation, the Brooklyn-based Jug Addicts, has earned a reputation for exciting live shows. Often a large formation, the Jug Addicts are characterized by their powerful, raucous approach to its jug band, old time, tin pan alley, early jazz and blues repertoire.

THE WILL HOLSHOUSER TRIO. Accordionist Will Holshouser writes mesmerizing hymns, abstract pulsating textures, and plain old catchy tunes for his trio. Trumpeter Ron Horton and bassist Dave Phillips have played with him for ten years. Together they glide through crisp arrangements and free improvsations. "Will Holshouser's utterly unconventional accordion-led chamber trio . . . is a beautiful thing." – All About Jazz NY.

POLKA FREAK OUT - Mexican conjunto music meets Eastern European Polka and Gypsy music - featuring Brave Combo's Bubba Hernandez on bass, and Polka accordionist Alex Meixner. Bubba Hernandez is a founding member of two times grammy-award winning texan band Brave Combo with whom he played for twenty years, spreading the "atomic polka" gospel around the world. For his new project, he has teamed up with Alex Meixner, an accordionist who started playing the Polka circuit at age 6 and has been expanding the scope of his musical interest ever since. Together, as Polka Freak Out, they mix European polka styles with some of the premier Tejano, Conjunto and Texican musicians backing them up.Their debut cd was nominated for Grammy.

8 PROSPECTS. Music inspired by Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Joshua Camp of One Ring Zero and Chicha Libre, pays tribute to Charles Ives, 100 years after his ground-breaking piece Central Park In The Dark. This suite for six musicians reflects Brooklyn's most-loved park and a new century of urban sounds. This project is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. trombones: Brian Drye, Curtis Hasselbring; violas: Karen Waltuch, Victor Lowrie; violin: Ben Lively and vibraphone: Matt Moran $12

THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. Every Sunday In July.
This legendary band was originally formed in Guinea, West Africa, in the late 1960’s by Guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. Their music became some of the most beloved and influential of their generation and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady later went on to perform for many years with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. His electrifying guitar-work is supported by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, a crew of Guinean and American musicians who have steeped their glorious sound in classic 60's guinean mandingo music.

CHICHA LIBRE. Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie and Ravel. Chicha Libre debut cd will be in stores March 25. With Greg Burrows - percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley - percussion.

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY. Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best of The Village Voice 2007.
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is available from Barbès records. John Carlson & Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10

STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
BREAKFAST? Much like Iceland's bizarre landscape of frozen earth and surreal hot springs, Breakfast? employs choppy, slippery, angular, hot/cold improvisations that will make you take out your summer trunks in the dead cold of a North American winter. This Philly-based trio includes Bryan Rogers – saxophone, Amnon D. Freidlin – guitar, and Pete Angevine –drums. 

STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
SEABROOK POWER PLANT. Thirty years ago the energy shifted in bucolic rural New Hampshire when plans went underway to build the Seabrook Station nuclear power facility. Protestors gathered. Arrests were made. The plant has ever since been mired by controversy and enormous debt. Bring a surge of “gleeful rock bombast” (Time Out) to Barbès, Brandon Seabrook (banjo/guitar) rallies with his brother Jared Seabrook on drums and bassist Tom Blancarte.

GRETA GERTLER. "A Brooklyn-based Australian singer-songwriter with a fondness for lushly orchestrated seventies-era pop, appears in the company of the Extroverts, a group that includes a tuba and a bass drum. They’re celebrating the release of Gertler’s new album, “Edible Restaurant,” which, while it is a less elaborate production than her earlier efforts, is just as rewarding." - New Yorker Magazine.

THE MAD JAZZ HATTERS play a joyful mixture of hot 1920's jazz, jugband soul and originals with curious strays and waifs of old time Irish and klezmer thrown in. River Alexander's smooth vocals, guitar, kazoo and chromatic harmonica are joined by Jeff Hudgins on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jonathan Royce on percussion, slide Whistle and jaw harp and Nick Cudahy on
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BEN HOLMES SEXTET. Trumpeter Ben Holmes leads his group through original compositions & other people's words. Featuring Karen Waltuch (viola, vocals), Judith Berkson (piano, vocals), Bob Bowen (bass), Brian Drye (trombone) and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums)

DELTA DREAMBOX. Miss Blood of the Moonlighters leads this blues string band which concentrates on Mississippi Delta Blues from the 1920's-40'S with guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica, steel guitar, and vocals. Current collaborators include Marty Bartolomeo on piano, Ernesto Gomez on harmonica, Al Duvall on banjo and guitar, and Mark Deffenbaugh on steel guitar.

WRIST OF LOVE. A New Play directed by Michael Buscemi.
Resolution? Closesure? Goodwridden's? "better to have love and lost then to not have loved at all" (Yeah, Right!)
Well they say it's the journey that counts. Bill Carey,Michael Hearst, Francesso Saviano are but a few who will perform in and around Michael Buscemi's vignette.

LA CUMBIAMBA ENEYE. La Cumbiamba blends traditional instruments from the African Diaspora in Colombia, with indigenous and European instruments to play the traditional Colombian music that developed through the colonial era and continues to evolve. The band adopted its denomination of "Cumbiamba" from the cultural vocabulary of the north western Caribbean coast in South America. "Cumbiamba" is a familiar word that denotes an outdoors celebration with live cumbia music, or the bands that perform in such events.

8 PROSPECTS. Music inspired by Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Joshua Camp of One Ring Zero and Chicha Libre, pays tribute to Charles Ives, 100 years after his ground-breaking piece Central Park In The Dark. This suite for six musicians reflects Brooklyn's most-loved park and a new century of urban sounds. This project is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. trombones: Brian Drye, Curtis Hasselbring; violas: Karen Waltuch, Victor Lowrie; violin: Ben Lively and vibraphone: Matt Moran $12

THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. Every Sunday In July.
This legendary band was originally formed in Guinea, West Africa, in the late 1960’s by Guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. Their music became some of the most beloved and influential of their generation and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady later went on to perform for many years with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. His electrifying guitar-work is supported by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, a crew of Guinean and American musicians who have steeped their glorious sound in classic 60's guinean mandingo music.

CAMERON GREIDER & JACK PETRUZELLI. Two distinguished rock sidemen, Cameron Greider (Sean Lennon) and Jack Petruzzelli (Faux Fab, Rufus Wainwright), play classical guitar works by Bach, Debussy, Ponce and more.

CHICHA LIBRE. Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie and Ravel. Chicha Libre debut cd will be in stores March 25. With Greg Burrows - percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley - percussion.

KEVIN TKACZ’S LETHAL INJECTION
Bassist Kevin Tkacz innoculates Barbès with his new band, Lethal Injection featuring Shane Endsley –trumpet, Angelica Sanchez – piano and Michael Sarin – drums. His recent CD was met with critical acclaim: rich in lyricism, oblique in harmonic plan, unpredictable in dynamics and textural atmosphere — reflecting an immersion in the finest music of the modern period, traditional and not.” - David Adler

SLAVIC SOUL PARTY. Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best of The Village Voice 2007.
Balkan Party. Every Tuesday. For ever! Fiery Gypsy brass, soulful Balkan anthems, and hip-grinding American funk: Slavic Soul Party! is just what it says. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged a virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City – melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds American jazz and soul .Their new CD Teknochek Collision is available from Barbès records. John Carlson & Ben Holmes (trumpet), Oscar Noriega (clarinet), Jacob Garchik and Brian Drye (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Peter Stan (accordion), Matt Moran (snare/bubanj/darabouka) $10

STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
JESSICA PAVONE...NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE ...No Way to Say Goodbye is a collection of songs for string quartet that substitutes a second violin for a double bass. The music is influenced by an interest in the simplistic beauty of folk songs and a belief that one's ability to accompany oneself in song as one of the more natural expressions of music. Interpreters of these songs: Jessica Pavone – viola, Sam Bardfeld – violin, Loren Depmster – cello, Reuben Radding - double bass.

STOCHASTIC BROOKLYN Every Wednesday in July and August, curated by WFMU's Bethany Ryker. $10 per set
13TH ASSEMBLY The Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians and four different and musically distinct small ensembles. Styled somewhere between the classic r&b/soul revues of the 60’s and a post-modern traveling circus, the Thirteenth Assembly presents a selection of some of the fastest-emerging young artists and bands in New York’s creative music scene in one package. Over the course of an evening, each group performs a short set, offering a glimpse of the vibrant and varied stylistic diversity and creativity of this particular musical community. Jessica Pavone – viola, Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet, Mary Halvorson – guitar, Tomas Fujiwara - drumsJessica Pavone – viola, Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet, Mary Halvorson – guitar, Tomas Fujiwara - drums.

The OSCAR NORIEGA TRIO. Oscar Noriega - Alto sax and clarinets; Trevor Dunn - Bass; Ches Smith- Drums. Original compositions and re-interpretations of Mexican standards including Boleros penned by Oscar Noriega's grandmother.

ADAM LEVY. Adam Levy is best known for his tenure as the featured guitarist in Norah Jones' Handsome Band. He played on her breakout 2002 disk Come Away with Me, her '04 follow-up Feels Like Home, and her latest CD Not Too Late. In his downtime between steady gigs with Jones, Levy has been onstage and/or in the studio with Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee and M. Ward. In addition to Levy's skills as a player, he is a gifted songwriter. He penned "In the Morning" for Jones' Feels Like Home, and other artists have recorded his songs as well.