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THE QUAVERS (formerly T. Griffin Coraline) coax a luminous sound out of decayed samplers, walkmans, vibraphone, low-tech loopers, tape-echo violin and homespun harmonies. Like a space-age Carter Family, they weave grainy electronics around songs sturdy enough to stand up even if the power goes out. They call it "porch techno".

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.

MAVROTHI KONTANIS. The singer and oud player leads what is probably the best Greek ensemble around. Their repertoire draws from early 20th century Istambul, Smyrna, Athens and Salonika: a blend of original compositions and rare old urban songs of the Aegean. Mavrothi just released two stunningly beautiful albums featuring this very special repertoire. With Lefteris Bournias - clarinet; Megan Gould - violin; Anastassia Zachariadou - kanun; Phaedon Sinis - politiki lyra (kemence); Timothy Quigley - percussion and Mavrothi T. Kontanis - oud, voice.

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.

NANINA. The trio's repertoire is a panorama of vocal Georgian music. They perform Alilos (orthodox carols) chants from the eastern and western liturgy, and rousing and/or humorous folk songs from several regions accompanied by panduri, chonguri or chunir. With Jodi Hewat, Carl Linich, and Aurelia Shrenker.

AE: Aurelia Shrenker and Eva Primack sing songs that'll make your eyes water and your toes tingle. Tonight they will share music from Appalachia, Caucasus Georgia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Ukraine, Corsica and beyond, with accompaniment on dulcimer, accordion, and the Georgian panduri.

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

ULULARINET 4TET. Music by Mike, Bhu, Monk, Lacy, Giuffre and more. with Khabu Young - ukulele; ; Mike McGinnis - clarinet & bass clarinet; ; Dean Johnson - bass and Tony Moreno - drums

ANSAMBL MASTKIA. 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.

CHRIS LIGHTCAP TRIO - Bassist and composer Chris Lightcap has collaborated with Marc Ribot, Regina Carter, Craig Taborn, Joe Morris, James Carter, Butch Morris and Ben Monder. Since 1998 he has also led his own groups and produced two critically acclaimed albums of original music. Call him a hidden treasure."(Village Voice). with tony malaby - Saxophones; jeff ballard -drums and Chris Lightcap - bass

HOWARD FISHMAN draws from folk and jazz sources such as Django Reinhardt, Charley Patton and Ralph Stanley and filters them through the gritty sensibility of a latter day Lou Reed.

 A special live broadcast of WFMU's Transpacific Sounds Paradise hosted by Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel.
with Yan Yalego, Pistolera & more tba.

THIERRY STREMLER. A paris-based french singer and songwriter who has released 3 albums in Europe a and written songs for icons such as Françoise Hardy and Coralie Clément. This will be his first ever New York appearance.

ACCORDION ANGELS. An accordion quartet which plays the music of Stephen Foster, Leonard Bernstein, Paolo Conte, Copland, Bizet, Led Zeppelin and Steve Reich. Featuring Bob Goldberg, Carl Riehl, Genevieve Leloup and Mark Nathanson.

ANDY STATMAN .  A truly extraordinary artist, Andy Statman began his career in the 70's as a virtuoso Mandolinist who studied and performed David Grisman, went on to study clarinet the legendary Dave Tarras and became one of the main architect of a Klezmer revival which started out 30 years ago and has since informed and influenced folk, Jazz and improvised music forms. Andy draws equally from hassidic melodies, folk tunes from new and old worlds alike and Albert Ayler-influenced free-improv. The result reads like a very personal search for the sacred based both on traditions and introspection.

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.

DOUG WAMBLE is a guitarist, singer and composer whose musical world encompasses gospel, blues, jazz and pop. His approach is uniquely laid back yet intense in a way that few musicians ever achieve. His new CD, BLuestate, is out on Marsalis music ."Thoroughly integrating rural blues, gospel, swing, and free jazz into an organic musical conception that owes little to any model, this acoustic guitarist, singer, and composer is a one-man compendium of avant Americana. If he only presents one-tenth of his potential live, it will be worth seeing." The New Yorker. -

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

Mark Helias curates every Wednesday in May - $10 per set
MARK HELIAS / ALEX WATERMAN DUO - Bass & Cello duo.

Mark Helias curates every Wednesday in May - $10 per set
MICHAEL ATTIAS TWINES OF COLESION: Michael Attias & Tony Malaby: saxophones, Russ Lossing: wurli, John Hebert: bass, Satoshi Takeishi: drums. The quintet's last concert in New York before recording their debut album for Clean Feed live on tour in Portugal.

MR WAU WAU . Times like these need songs like these. Inspired by a photo of Brecht from the ‘20s, performing with some clowns including the famed Karl Valentin and his partner Liesl Karlstadt: Brecht is standing in a cart playing the flageolette, behind a roll-down cartoon drawing of a strong-man being run over by a car full of revellers, with the inscription “Mr. Wau Wa”. The band is dedicated to performing the songs of Bertolt Brecht has set by his collaborators Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, and Paul Dessau, as well as some original settings. with Gina Leishman, vox, accordion, pump organ; Rinde Eckert, vox, accordion, pump organ; Doug Wieselman, clarinet, sax, guitar Marcus Rojas, tuba.

JUAN-CARLOS FORMELL: Feelin. Cuban guitarist Juan Carlos Formell is a 4th generation musician, now based in New York, with a rare ear for new compositions which meld a sense of tradition with a groundbreaking and powerful writing style. He has released four critically-acclaimed albums to date and has just returned from New Orleans, where he recorded his current project, "Johnny's Dream Club", inspired by Cuba's "Feeling" movement. A precursor to and influence upon bossa nova, Feeling's jazz-infused ballads emerged in the late 1940s from the intimate after-hours clubs of Central Havana. Using free-style guitar with progressive harmonies and diminished chords, Feeling reflected the urbanity and sophistication of bohemian Black musicians: composer/guitarists Jose Antonio Mendez and Portillo de la Luz; singers Elena Burke and Omara Portuondo. As a child, Juan-Carlos learned the technique of the Feeling guitar from masters of the genre: Mendez, Froilan, Guyun. Drawing on this source, as well as his work as a jazz bassist in Cuba, he developed a new repertoire of compositions that continue the concept of Cuban cool. $10

LES CHAUDS LAPINS. Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt cover Charles Trenet songs and other jewels from the French 30's and 40's musical traditions accompanying themselves on banjo-ukes. Prior to their re-incarnation as French entertainers, Meg was better known as one third of the Roulette sisters and Kurt as a reed player and composer who co-led cult instrumental band the Ordinaires and recorded with such luminaries as They Might bit Giants, Frank Black, Firewater, and Drink Me.

Rob Curto's GRUPO SANFONA. Led by accordionist Rob Curto, the band plays the classic brazilian Northeast forros of Luis Gonzagua and Jackson do Pandeiro as well as orignial compositions. Forro comes from the African word “forrobodó” which means big party. Mispronounced by the English railroad workers in Brazil, Forró became For All. Forro Updating the traditional setting, Forro For All uses Accordion, Zabumba (a bass drum strapped on at an angle) and Triangle; Cavaquinho (ukulele-size steel string guitar), a 7-String Guitar (which plays the bass lines), and percussion such as Snare Drum, Agogo and Pandeiro

THE SHUL BAND. The house band for the Shul of NY blends old world Jewish, folk, improvisation, mariachi, jazz, jam band and classical music in a styke which has sometimes been referred to as Jewgrass. They seem as comfortable playing shabbat service as the are at the Cracow festival. with Adam Feder - guitar, vocals; Seth Ginsberg - mandolin, vocals; Dave Hertzberg - bass; Lilly Lavner - vocals; Adam Seidman - piano; Matt Snyder - clarinet; Ernesto Villa-Lobos - violin;

SUSAN MCKEOWN - The acclaimed Irish singer draws influences from sources as far flung as the ancient Irish legend of The Táin, the words of Chief Seattle and the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. She has worked with the Klezmatics and the Mariachi Real de Mexico, has appeared on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion and PBS' American Masters. She will be showcasing new material. With Susan McKeown - vocals; Aidan Brennan - guitar; Lindsey Horner - bass and Dana Lyn - fiddle. "Think Frida Kahlo crossed with Oumou Sangare" - THE IRISH TIMES.

BARBES CLASSICAL. Once a month, Barbès and the Concert Artist Guild present a classical music concert featuring some of the best new talent in the classical world. This month:
BRIDGET KIBBEY. Harpist Bridget Kibbey is a winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant. A leader among harpists active in contemporary music, Ms. Kibbey has premiered works by both emerging and prominent living composers. She performed Britten’s Canticles in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with tenor Ian Bostridge, and she was a soloist in both Weill Recital Hall’s Elliot Carter/Oliver Knussen workshop and MOMA's 2006 Elliot Carter Portrait.“Bridget Kibbey…made it seem as though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.” The New York Times

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.

MAVROTHI KONTANIS. The singer and oud player leads what is probably the best Greek ensemble around. Their repertoire draws from early 20th century Istambul, Smyrna, Athens and Salonika: a blend of original compositions and rare old urban songs of the Aegean. Mavrothi just released two stunningly beautiful albums featuring this very special repertoire. With Lefteris Bournias - clarinet; Megan Gould - violin; Anastassia Zachariadou - kanun; Phaedon Sinis - politiki lyra (kemence); Timothy Quigley - percussion and Mavrothi T. Kontanis - oud, voice.

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.

RUFUS CAPPADOCIA. Rufus is one of the leading voices of cutting edge cello today. His technique and musicianship inspire awe and critics have characterized his playing as "powerful…exploring territory that is positively otherworldly." Rufus plays a self-designed five-string electric cello that extends the bass range of the cello and through amplification expands its tonal possibilities. His rhythmic and sonic approach has led to collaborations with musicians from the Balkans, Ireland, West Africa, Greece and the Caribbean. He has backed the great singers Aretha Franklin and Kasse Mady and has performed at jazz, dance and world music festivals throughout Europe and the Americas. Rufus was at the core of the rhythm section of Urban Tap, a dance company he toured with extensively. Rufus can be heard on cd with Songs for Cello (solo cello) , Bethany & Rufus, The Paradox Trio, Ross Daly, and Kif.

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

Mark Helias curates every Wednesday in May - $10 per set
MARK HELIAS - Solo bass.

FRANK SCHAAP. For more than 30 years, resonator guitarist/vocalist Frank Schaap has toured the American South and Europe fusing ragtime, blues, traditional jazz, and hillbilly into a an energetic blend. He has toured as an opening act with such notables as Madeleine Peyroux, Leon Russell, and Charlie Musselwhite. "He sounds like a 1930's Paramount recording, without the scratches"...Steve Earle.

SAM BARDFELD's UP JUMPED THE DEVIL Sam Bardfeld plays violin for Bruce Springsteen, and the Jazz Passengers among others. His latest project is a tribute to fellow violinist Stuff Smith , one of the founding fathers of Jazz violin. Stuff Smith started playing in the 20's, became a fixture on 52d st and played through the 60's both as a leade rand with such musicians as Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson. He is credited with first amplifying the instrument. Featuring Anthony Coleman - piano; Doug Wamble - guitar and Vocals; Sean Conly - bass and Sam Bardfeld - Violin.

ANDREW VLADECK. Indie Folk by way of Bob Dylan, Jonathan Richman and Beck. Andrew is a former NYC Urban Park Ranger, and has been a fixture on the New York music scene for the past decade. He is also a member of The Honey Brothers and plays with Blathrop, Alabama.

BLATHROP, ALABAMA. "Welcome to Balthrop, Alabama. Founded in 1847 in Alabama's Iron Belt. Things to do while you visit: eat at Bompa and Gigi's Late Nite Diner, get your mail posted at the Dairy Queen located on Henry Street, and then find out all about us at a town meeting held the first Monday of every month at 6pm in Elmore's Barber Shop. Hope to see you soon!"

THE MOONLIGHTERS. Gorgeous vocal harmonies interwoven with guitar and ukulele, the Moonlighters are as comfortable with classic Hawaiian melodies as they are innovative with their original songwriting. With Mark Deffenbaugh on steel guitar; Cindy Ball on guitar and vocals, Peter Maness on bass, and Bliss Blood on Vocals and Ukulele.

CURTIS ELLER's AMERICAN CIRCUS. Banjo Player and Yodeler Curtis Eller sings songs about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus (all of which he claims to have seen) and claims Buster Keaton, Al Jolson and Abraham Lincoln as his biggest influences.

ONE RING ZERO - Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp have released five CDs. Using odd-ball instruments including claviola, toy piano, theremin, and glockenspiel, One Ring Zero creates a musical landscape tha’t is part cartoon, part klezmer, and part circus. Their post-Kurt Weill sound has been described as "Nina Rota on processed sugar.

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.

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.

SKYE STEELE QUINTET. Violinist Skye Steele has collected a menagerie of musical creatures from around the world and let them cross-breed to create a brood of exotic and enchanting new species only to be found in 21st-century Brooklyn. Erik Satie and John Coltrane discuss American politics, a Turkish wedding band ransacks Sesame Street, an olde Irish bard pines for a Persian princess, and much more. Called "Ecclectic and Graceful" by TimeOut NY, tonight the band will play music from the 2007 release late bloomer. as well as music from their new and as-yet-unrecorded book of love songs. Featuring: Skye Steele, violin; Harel Shachal, Turkish Clarinet; Ben Cassorla, guitar; Josh Meyers, bass; John Hadfield, drums.

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

Matt Darriau's BALLIN' THE JACK. Matt Darriau's swing project re-interprets original music from Duke Ellington, John Kirby and the Marx Brothers. Matt Darriau – alto sax, clarinets; Frank London – trumpet; Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
Andrew Laster – baritone sax; Anthony Coleman – piano; Joe Fitzgerald – bass; George Schuller – drums And Special guest: Roy "Groucho" Nathanson – alto sax, vocals.

RACHELLE GARNIEZ. Rachelle Garniez is a native New Yorker who has earned the titles "Diva with a Difference" (Billboard Magazine) and "Master of Surprise" (Entertainment Weekly) by writing, performing and recording inimitable genre-bending tragi-comic story-songs and by playing a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells.

OPERA ON TAP. Opera is fun. Most people don't seem to realize how much fun it really is. In order to prove it, Opera on Tap has taken its act to barrooms where they found out that beer on tap enhances the operatic experience. The company is made up of young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers

THE JACK GRACE BAND. The Martini Cowboy brings us his urban take on Country music. "One of the city's most personable and skilled country stars" Time Out NY

Launch Party for FOU MAGAZINE. A new online poetry journal featuring the works of: Bob Hicok, Elaine Equi, Mark Bibbins, Matthew Zapruder, Lytton Smith, Dorothea Lasky and many more.

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.

AKIKO PAVOLKA AND HOUSE OF ILLUSION. music from their new release "Begin Again" on Tone of a Pitch Records. Akiko's strikingly original compositions blend pop and jazz with the music and sensibilities of her native Japan. With Akiko Pavolka /Vocals & Piano; Matt Pavolka /Acoustic Bass; Pete Rende /Electric Piano; Bill Campbell /Drums.

THE TOLLYWOOD ALLSTARS are a collective of musicians with backgrounds from around the world. Influenced by South American, Cuban, American Jazz, as well as Western and Indian classical music, the Tollywood AllStars have a distinctly original flavor. Founded in the film district of Kolkata, India known as "tollywood," yet wholly a New York ensemble, they combine the subtleties of many moods for the curious listener.

RAFAEL GOMEZ Y EL NUEVO CIRCO.The Venezuelan guitarist was a member of Lapamariposa and Bacalao Men, two influential Venezuelan bands. His new band, now based in Boston, mixes up Latin beat with funk, psychedelia and Caribbean flavor. Rafael Gomez: Vocals, Guitar; Rodrigo Monterrey: Bass and Pablo Bencid: Drums

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.