BARBES CALENDAR
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CHICHA LIBRE's album CANIBALISMO
now available from Barbès Records.
CD Release party at 92 Y Tribeca May 19
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Thu 05/10
THE WEAL AND THE WOE
The Weal and Woe is a New York-based country/Americana quartet. Their EP "The One To Blame," was recorded and co-produced by Emmy-nominated artist Rench (Gangstagrass). New York Music Daily writes, "The guy/girl close harmonies of guitarist Russell Scholl and bassist Barbara Ann have an unaffected southern charm, soaring over an early 1950s style backdrop with fiddle, lap steel and occasional resonator guitar. Ex-Moonlighter Mark Deffenbaugh's lap steel playing is absolutely off the hook." Rounded out by fiddler extraordinaire Jason Cade, the band plays a tasteful mix of classic and original country / roots music. 8:00pm
Thu 05/10
LEAH PAUL
Leah Paul’s new album “Bike Lane” is a collection of composed music featuring ChrisSpeed (clarinet,) Jessica Pavone (viola,) Katie Young (bassoon,) and Leah Paul (flutes.) The pieces Leah has written for this group explore the lush range of textures and timbres these instruments have in common, while maintaining her rich melodic sensibilities. The inspiration for this album is the ever-merging scenes of classical, improvised, and rock music that are unique to New York City. It is composed chamber music channeling pop structure, with an improvisational spirit and feel. Leah will also be premiering a new woodwind quintet. 10:00pm
Sat 05/12
THE RESTRICTOR
The Restrictor started circa 2004 by sound and visual artist Damien Olsen and Kevin Rozza. Since then, many musicians have participated in various recording sessions helping The Restrictor to find its sound. With Angela "Danger" Chambers- ; flute and Vocals; Adam Dym- Bass Clarinet, saxaphone, Guitar; Kevin Rozza- Bass; Damien Olsen-Keys, Guitar Tim-Drums and persussion 6:00pm
Fri 05/11
PERCY JONES AND THE MJ-12
Percy Jones and the MJ-12: an exciting improvisational trio. They take various starting points of jazz/rock fusion, psychedelia and ambient noise and develop them in unpredictable directions. Nothing sounds the same twice. Percy Jones (Brand X, Eno) fretless Bass, Stephen Moses (Alice Donut) Drums/Trombone, Aubrey Smith (Helden) Vocals/Keyboards. 10:00pm
Fri 05/11
THE PRE-WAR PONIES
20's and 30's forgotten gems such as 'Pettin' In The Park', '(Give Me The) Moon Over Brooklyn', 'Pardon My Southern Accent', and 'The Gentleman Just Wouldn't Say Goodnight.'- with Daria Grace - vocals & baritone uke; J.Walter Hawkes - trombone, ukulele; Mike Neer - guitar; Russ Meissner - drums and Jim Whitney - bass. 8:00pm 10:00pm
Sat 05/12
LES CHAUDS LAPINS
Les Chauds Lapins (The Hot Rabbits..) are lead by New York's Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt and specialize in a repertoire of French swing from the 1930's and 40's. The group has re-arranged long-forgotten French classics for two banjo ukes and a string trio mixing the rootsiness of early American jazz with lushness of a Bernard Hermann film soundtrack. Prior to their re-incarnation as French entertainers, Meg Riechardt was better known as one fourth of Americana group The Roulette sisters and Kurt as a reed player and composer who co-led cult instru mental band the Ordinaires and recorded with such luminaries as They Might be Giants, Frank Black and Firewater. The music oscillates between romantic and quirky, French and American, retro and modern. They are backed by a string section composed of Karen Waltuch - violin; Andy Cotton - bass and Garo Yellin - cello 8:00pm
Sat 05/12
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. 10:00pm
Sun 05/13
BARBES CLASSICAL. Barbès and the Concert Artist Guild present some of the best new talent in the classical music world. This month:
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS with MICHAEL BROWN
Cellist Nicholas Canellakis teams up with pianist/composer Michael Brown for CAG’s monthly installment of Barbès Classical: string-centric. The Duo plays Pärt’s Fratres, Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, Fauré’s Apres un Reve and arrangements by Canellakis of Bulgarian Dances and John Brion’s Little People. Canellakis also performs Brown’s Suite for Solo Cello, a work inspired by Bach that was premiered by Canellakis at Bargemusic earlier this year.
Nicholas Canellakis is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two, is a regular performer at Bargemusic and was a member of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW. He has performed at Weill, Zankel, Merkin, Jordan and Disney Halls, the Kennedy Center and at the festivals of Santa Fe, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Mecklenburg, Moab, Sarasota, Verbier and Aspen.
Michael Brown is the First Prize Winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. He made an acclaimed Weill Hall recital debut on April 10, performing a World Premiere by George Perle, his own Constellations & Toccata and works by Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Soler & Liszt. 7:00pm
Sun 05/13
STEPHANE WREMBEL
The French virtuoso guitarist first learned his craft with the manouche (the French Gypsies) but he has also gotten deep into American vernacular musical styles. He scored the theme song to Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" which he also performed live during the 2012 Academy Awards and he has been called “a revelation” by Rolling Stone. While his playing falls into the general umbrella of Gypsy Swing his weekly sets showcase his own compositions which owe as much to Django Reinhardt as they do Pink Floyd or middle eastern modes. 9:00pm
Mon 05/14
BRAIN CLOUD. Every Monday.
"My brain is cloudy, my soul is upside-down... When I get that low-down feeling, I know the blues must be someplace around." (Bob Wills)The Brain Cloud’s brand of western swing draws from the New Orleans-meets-Texas, strings-meet-horns, jazz-meets-country sound that Bob Wills perfected on his mid-1940’s Tiffany Transcriptions radio broadcasts. The Brain Cloud includes Dennis Lichtman (mandolin/fiddle/clarinet), Tamar Korn - of the Cangelosi Cards (vocals), Raphael McGregor (lap steel guitar), Skip Krevens (guitar), Andrew Hall (bass), and Kevin Dorn (drums), plus frequent guest appearances by Matt Munisteri (guitar) and Rob Hecht (fiddle). 7:00pm
Mon 05/14
CHICHA LIBRE. Psychedelic Cumbia. Every Monday.
Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop inspired by 1970's 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. With Karina Colis - percussion; Joshua Camp - keyboards; Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Neil Ochoa - percussion. 9:30pm
Tue 05/15
RASKOLNIKOV
Drummer Chris Stromquist's band (Slavic Soul Party, Kultur Shock) features Ben Holmes (trumpet), Ari Foldman-Cohen (guitar). Will Bernard (guitar), Tim Vaughan (trombone) and Chris Stromquist (drums) 7:00pm
Tue 05/15
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
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; their half-decade bacchanal is a destination for loc als as well as brass and Balkan fans from around the globe. SSP!'s last four cds (Taketron, Teknochek Collision, Remixed, and Bigger) are all available from Barbès Records. John Carlson & Kenny Warren (trumpet), Peter Hess (sax/clarinet), Peter Stan (accordion), Tim Vaughn & Matt Musselman (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Matt Moran and Chris Stromquist (snare/bubanj/Darabouka). $10. 9:00pm
Wed 05/16
THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10.
THE FAY VICTOR ENSEMBLE. The Ensemble performs combination of jazz, rock, free improvisation and modern classical music all original material written for the group by Fay Victor and Jochem van Dijk. Fay Victor - voice, compositions; Anders Nilsson - electric guitar, effects and Ken Filiano - double bass, effects. 8:00pm
Wed 05/16
THE MANDINGO AMBASSADORS. Every Wednesday
In the 1960's and 1970's, the government of Guinea engaged in a campaign known as Authenticité. It was a drive to create a new musical movement that would be specifically Guinean, but would include the modern wonders that were the electric guitar, the electric bass and the drumset. Musicians were given instruments and orchestras were formed. Surprisingly, the results proved mesmerizing and a myriad new bands were born. Many of them would go on to have a profound and lasting impact on African music. Mamady Kouyate was one of those pioneers. He played in various bands - his own band, Les Ambassadeurs du Mandingue, being one of them - but is probably best known as the guitarist in the classic Bembeya Jazz National. Kouyate, who now lives in NY, has reformed the Mandingo Ambassadors, updating the sound of his youth, but keeping it very close to the standard of Authenticité. The new All-Star band includ es Ismael Kouyate - vocals; Mamady Kourouma - guitar; Oran Etkin - tenor sax
& clarinets; Sylvain Leroux - flute, tambin and alto sax; Andy Algire - drums; Nick Cudahy - bass and Mamady Kouyate - guitar. “dazzling vocal and guitar patterns over a rhythm section that is like a perfect system” Ben Ratliff, NY Times. 10:00pm
Thu 05/17
SAINTS & TZADIKS. Irish singer Susan McKeown and Klezmatics vocalist Lorin Sklamberg, who won Grammys for their work on The Klezmatics' Wonder Wheel draw from a common repertoire of Yiddish and Irish songs, accompanied by Erik Della Penna. 8:00pm
Thu 05/17
CUDDLE MAGIC
Cuddle Magic is an avant-folk band whose songs revolve around complex transformations of deceptively simple folk melodies and perpetually shifting rhythms. In spite of the ensemble's large size and wide-ranging instrumentation, their music is spacious and accessible. Subtle vocal interplay, inventive orchestration, and wry and surreal lyrics combine to create music at once dreamlike and powerfully direct. 10:00pm
Fri 05/18
SAM DICKEY
Sam Dickey is a guitarist and Ngoni player who speicalizes in the music of West Africa. Sam spent two years as a chld in Burkina Faso and returned as an adult to study with an array of African musicians including Toumani Diabate's in whose band he peformed for months whlie living in bamako, and Mamady Kouyate, of the Mandingo Ambassadors. 8:00pm
Fri 05/18
SPOTTISWOODE
Spottiswoode has been nominated for four Independent Music Awards, called a “genius” by The New Yorker and profiled on National Public Radio. His musical, Above Hell’s Kitchen, was staged at the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival. His short film, The Gentleman, played for several years on the Independent Film Channel. But he is most loved for his songs and performances. Spottiswoode has earned comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and David Bowie. However, he is very much his own chameleon. “Nothing short of transportive” - Paste Magazine 9:30pm
Fri 05/18
PINATALAND
Pinataland's theatrical, darkly romantic music conjures lovelorn astronauts, murderous Mormons, and the atom bomb. Tonight they return to Barbes with their energetic stage show of historical mysteries, performing songs from their acclaimed fifth CD "Hymns for the Dreadful Night". With Robin Aigner and Doug Stone on vocals, Bill Gerstel on drums, Ross Bonadonna on bass, and Deni Bonet on violin. "America's best bet for singalong historical fiction." - NJ Star Ledger " 10:30pm
Sat 05/19
WALT WHITMAN: TIME TRAVELER. May 19th marks the193rd Birthday of Brooklyn’s own Walt Whitman. Park Slope native, performer-broadcaster John Farrell will bring his acclaimed characterization of Walt Whitman to bear for a special reading of Whitman’s masterpiece Song of Myself commencing at 4PM. (Free Birthday cake for the 1st ten guests!) 4:00pm
Sat 05/19
OFF THE CLIFF
with João Luiz Rezendo, guitar and cavaquinho - Keita Ogawa, percussion & prepared percussion. Clarice Assad, vocals, piano and bass. 8:00pm
Sat 05/19
BROOKLYN QAWWALI PARTY
Inspired by recordings of the late great Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Brook Martinez founded Brook's Qawwali Party in 2004 as an experiment. What would happen if New York jazz musicians were to play and improvise around the melodies of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan? From this idea, Brook's Qawwali Party was born. BQP consists of fourteen musicians: five horns, three percussionists, guitar, acoustic bass, harmonium and three designated clappers. The exuberant sound of BQP has been enthusiastically welcomed in New York City and across the globe. 10:00pm
Sun 05/20
CINE BARBES Presents:
IVAN & IVANA. Directed by Jeff Daniel Silva | 80 minutes | 2011
After the Kosovo war devastates a young couple's homeland and their dreams for a normal life, they set out unexpectedly from the Balkans, along a wild journey to rebuild their lives anew in America. Arriving in California amidst the peak of a housing boom that would soon burst, the film reveals their trials and tribulations over five years of turbulent economic, political and personal tides to reveal an unorthodox depiction of the American immigrant experience.
Followed by a Q&A with director Jeff Daniel Silva. 5:00pm
Sun 05/20
SUPHALA vs PEGASUS WARNING
Suphala is one of the most versatile young tabla artists making music today. A protégé of the great tabla masters Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, Suphala is fluent in a diversity of musical traditions that inform her unique compositions and her highly improvisational performances, which made history in early 2005 when she traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan as the first musician to play in public since the fall of the Taliban. With three groundbreaking solo albums under her belt and a roster of high-profile collaborators including Norah Jones, Timbaland, Edie Brickell and Yoko Ono, Suphala continues to combine a deep understanding of the proud legacy of the tabla with a passionate commitment to expand the scope of its expression and to communicate it to the wider world.
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his playing falls into the general umbrella of Gypsy Swing his weekly sets showcase his own compositions which owe as much to Django Reinhardt as they do Pink Floyd or middle eastern modes. 9:00pm
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And thank you so much to all those who came to our anniversary celebrations -
it was an amazing week. We are looking forward to the next ten years...
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