This Week at Barbes

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================================== Check out our new film series - CINE BARBES <a href="http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cinebarbes.html">http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/cinebarbes.html</a> Every third Sunday of the month at 5pm Feb 19th - BEAUTIFUL DARLING =============================================================== And a new SATURDAY MIDNIGHT SERIES. Check out our calendar for a new series of midnight shows on Saturdays. Thu 02/02 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). 8:00pm Thu 02/02 THE WARSAW VILLAGE BAND Based in Warsaw, WVB has been described as the Polish Pogues. Their understanding of Polish folk music runs deep, yet they have mangaed to re-invent a whole genre. Their village music is urban, modern and connected to history in a way that folk revivals almost never are. They don't rely on traditional purity or electronic mixes but on sheer musical energy combining lyricism and power in a totally idiosyncratic way. The group is in town from Poland working on an opera by Andy Teirstein, A Blessing on the Moon $10 10:00pm Every Friday, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, our special coctail hour set. THE CROOKED TRIO plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. Fri 02/03 PEDRO GIRAUDO SEXTET The Argentinean bassist has received much praise for his Jazz Orchestra - his last album got numerous awards and downbeat magazine wrote about it that it was "An opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisions, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies. His new project is pared down version of the orchestra. 8:00pm Fri 02/03 BABY SODA They play an eclectic mix influenced by New Orleans brass bands, jug music, southern gospel and hot jazz and feel at home at the Village Vanguard or playing on the street. The band features members New Orleans band the Loose banda Marbles and alumni of Stephane Wrembel's Hot Club of NY. With Ben Polcer, Trumpet; Patrick Harison, Accordion; Jared Engel, Banjo; David Langlois, Washboard and Peter Ford, Washtub bass. 10:00pm Sat 02/04 A special screening of : HIDE AND SEEK. Denmark. 20 minutes. directed by Jazbo Gross. Seven adults play a game of hide-and-seek in a garden on a hot summer day. Supported by Zentropa and Filmworkshop. The director will be there for a Q & A. 7:00pm Sat 02/04 VEVERITSE Veveritse Brass Band finds its inspiration in the drama of the Romany(Gypsy) music of the Balkans. With an eye to the powerful exactitude of these melodies, Veveritse makes room for play. With two trumpets, a saxophone, four mid-horns, a tuba and two drummers, they are ten deep, creating not a wall of sound, but a loud tapestry. Members of the band also play in other great NYC bands like Romashka, Hungry March Band, Zlatne Uste, The Woes, Ansambl Mastika, and Stagger Back Brass Band....not to mention the infamous and nefarious "Top Secret Attack Band"! Veveritse, with its theatrical bent, has scored various nights of films, played benefits, parties and numerous clubs. 8:00pm Sat 02/04 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's best (and only) Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice. 10:00pm Sat 02/04 - Midnight ECHIDNA. Famous across the galaxy for their soothing, intoxicating, and hypnotic sound, Emily Geller, Kristina Vaskys, and Heather Cole use Rembetika, Macedonian, and Serbian songs to lure listeners towards their spume-flecked and reef-surrounded searocks. According to the Ming of Smrbia, "Echidna kicks some serious ass." Heather Cole-violin; Emily Geller-dumbek; Kristina Vaskys-guitar, vocals. Sun 02/05 ALON YAVNAI The pianist and composer has toured with Yo-Yo Ma, Nancy Wilson and Freddie Hubbard and is a member of Paquito D''Rivera's quintet. He also leds his own big band as well as smaller bands such as this one. With Alon Yavnai - piano ; Haggai Cohen-Milo - bass and Satoshi Takeishi - drums. "Mr. Yavnai is a unique and brilliant artist." - Yo-Yo Ma.. 7:00pm Sun 02/05 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 02/06 DAYNA KURTZ. "With vocal comparisons to Nina Simone and a musical style that pulls from jazz, blues and country, singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz has found her best success not in America but in Europe. Kurtz started out as a folkie, but has expanded her influences over the years, creating a sound that fits in best with an Americana umbrella." 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 70s 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 02/07 Barbès and Concert Artist Guild present a series of solo classical Piano. THE UPRIGHT PIANO BRIGADE. SOEYON LEE & RAN DANK. First prize winner of the prestigious 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition, Korean pianist Soyeon Lee has already been hailed by The New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," while The Washington Post has lauded her for her "stunning command of the keyboard. She will be joined by Ran Dank of whome the NY Times wrote "Mr. Dank is a player with technique, imagination, and powerhouse pianist" 7:00pm Tue 02/07 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 locals 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 02/08 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. Josh Sinton's PINE BARREN & TRIO CAVEAT. Celebrating the release of two short albums packaged on a single CD (done under the auspices of Engine Records), Josh Sinton will perform "Pine Barren" as a solo work for baritone saxophone and bass clarinet at 8. Trio Caveat (Jonathan Moritz, Chris Welcome and James Ilgenfritz) will perform freeform improvisations in honor of their half of the CD entitled "Introspective Athletics" starting at 8:45. 8:00pm Wed 02/08 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 02/09 ANNA GARANO & MARC RIBOT Each guitarist will play a solo set followed by duets. Italian flamenco guitarist, Anna Garano, has studied contemporary music at the University of Trieste, Indian and Arabic music at the International Institute of Comparate Music of Venezia, and composition at the Rotterdam Conservatorium. In 1992 she traveled for the first time to Andalusia, Spain to study flamenco guitar, and over the years continued her studies under the guide of flamenco masters including Paco Serrano, Manolo Franco and Manolo Sanlucar. In 2007, Anna released the CD "Come il re di un paese piovoso", which includes her own compositions to the works of Baudelaire, Swiss poet Phillipe Jaccottet and Verlaine, arranged for her trio with singer Alessandra Chiurco and trumpet player Flavio Davanzo. Enigmatic guitarist Marc Ribot has released 6 very diverse solo guitar albums and his latest release, Silent Movies (Pi Recording 2010) has been described as a "down-in-mouth-near master piece" by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board. His live solo performances are unpredictable events which may draw on all of these or none, creating a sonic matrix of memory, free improvisation, zeitgeist, extra-terrestrial radio signals, and much more...always leaving the listener on the edge of their seats. 7:00pm Thu 02/09 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. 10:00pm Fri 02/10 JEN CHAPIN Jen Chapins music plays urban folk story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city. Critics have hailed her work as brilliant.. soulfully poetic (NPR), thoughtful.. worth-savoring (People), addictive (Boston Globe), smart, observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). JazzTimes has called her a first-rate storyteller while Relix regards her as one of the freshest voices singing today." She has been featured on Late Nite with Conan OBrien, honored by the USA Songwriting Competition, appeared on stage with Bruce Springsteen, and opened up for Bruce Hornsby and the Neville Brothers. Her performances are powerful, spotlighting the world-class musicianship and rare chemistry of Grammy-nominated acoustic bassist/husband Stephan Crump and unflappable melodist (New York Times) guitarist Jamie Fox. 8:00pm Fri 02/10 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary. 10:00pm Sat 02/11 KOTORINO European waltzes, Latin Tango and rural Americana played on guitar, violin, tuba, bass clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, pump-organ, voice, banjo, drums, accordion, bass and musical saw . 8:00pm Sat 02/11 CHICHA LIBRE Psychedelic Cumbia. A rare weekend appearance by Monday regulars as they get ready for the release of their new album,Canibalismo, due out May 8th. 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 70s 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. 10:00pm Sun 02/12 BARBES CLASSICAL. Barbès and the Concert Artist Guild present some of the best new talent in the classical music world. This month: THE LINDEN STRING QUARTET. Described as truly riveting by MusicWeb International, the Linden String Quartet is a winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. The performance will include Ravels String Quartet in F, Schuberts Quartettsatz, Beethovens Op. 18, No. 4 and Dark Energy (2007) by Canadian composer Kelly Marie Murphy. 7:00pm Sun 02/12 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT: 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. 9:00pm Mon 02/13 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 Fri 02/13 LLAMA. Psychedelic Salsa! Steeped in the salsa dura of the 1970's, Llama goes the trippy way with heavy ambient and psychedelic touches without ever losing its clave. A mixture of Peruvian, Colombian and New York musicians, Llama is part of the new wave of tropical music. Erik Baumann-Bongos; Juan Calderon-Guitar; Joy Hanson-Lead vocals; Megan Moncrief-Piano; Michael Rafalowich-Bass; Efrain Rozas-Director, Timbales; Yvonne Ubillus-Synthesizer; Oscar Rebolledo -Conga. 9:30pm Mon 02/13 DJ SULTÁN From Mexico City, DJ Sultan is one of the founding members of the Mexican electro-balkan combo La Internacional Sonora Balkanera; he has been spinning music since the late 90s, shaking audiences from Montreal to London and Mexico to Oaxaca with his peculiar blend of Balkan beat, funky groove, nortec vibes and Latin rock. Currently living in New York, DJ Sultán has performed at Obra Negra, the basement bar of the Mexican restaurant Casa Mezcal in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. 10:30pm Tue 02/14 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 locals 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 02/15 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. JIM BLACK MYSTERY. With Jim Black - drums; Chris Speed reeds & Ben Street - bass. Jim Black is at the forefront of a new generation of musicians bringing jazz into the 21st century. In addition to being one of the most influential drummers of our time, he is also the leader of one of the world's most forward-thinking bands, AlasNoAxis. 8:00pm Wed 02/15 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 02/16 MATT MUNISTERI A phenomenal guitarist and songwriter whose ongoing monthly Barbès residency is now close to ten years old. 8:00pm Thu 02/16 MARTA TOPFEROVA. "The Other Shore" CD release. Marta Topferova's musical journey is closely linked to her unique, cross-cultural roots. Growing up on both sides of the Atlantic, Topferova often traveled back and forth between her native Czech Republic and the Americas. Highly acclaimed for her previous albums of Latin-flavored music in Spanish, "The Other Shore" is Topferova's first collection of original songs in English. As always, her writing is both lyrical and uplifting, and these songs bring a new dimension to her artistry. The album features Ben Monder on electric guitar, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and Adam Cruz on drums. "Topferova sings with an elegant longing in her voice" - New York Times 10:00pm Fri 02/17 A Screening of Cory McAbee's "STINGRAY SAM". In this surreal sci-fi musical western serial, a dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. McAbee is the same mad genius who masterminded the cult classic "The American Astronaut". Written and Directed by Cory McAbee; Music by The Billy Nayer Show; Narrated by David Hyde Pierce. "STINGRAY SAM leaves one begging for more..."- Dennis Harvey, Variety 8:00pm Fri 02/17 SERENA JOST Serena Jost is a Swiss-American singer-songwriter and cellist. She recently finished recording her new album, A Bird Will Sing, with Producer Anton Fier (Golden Palominos). The album features Serena's extraordinary band and some very special guests including Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) and will be released this Spring. TimeOut said of her music: "The term art songnormally tied to 19th-century concert musicusefully characterizes Josts carefully arranged pieces and succinct lyrics, neither quite rock nor folk." Serena is an original member of Rasputina, the well-corseted cello group, and appears tonight with Julian Maile on guitar plus some surprise guests. 9:00pm Fri 02/17 PINATALAND Pinataland's theatrical, darkly romantic music conjures lovelorn astronauts, murderous Mormons, and the atom bomb. Tonight they're bringing back 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 singing, Bill Gerstel on drums, Ross Bonadonna on bass, and Deni Bonet on violin and Josh Camp on piano. "America's best bet for singalong historical fiction." - The New Jersey Star Ledger. 10:30pm Sat 02/18 GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA Trumpeter/composer Brian Carpenter leads the Ghost Train Orchestra through radical new arrangements of strange and beautiful early American chamber jazz from bandleaders Alec Wilder, John Kirby, Raymond Scott, and Reginald Foresythe. Brian Carpenter (trumpet, harmonica), Mazz Swift (violin), Andy Laster (alto saxophone), Petr Cancura (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Dennis Lichtman (clarinet), Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba), Avi Bortnick (guitar), Michael Bates (bass), Rob Garcia (drums). 8:00pm Sat 02/18 SMOKEY's ROUNDUP Smokey Hormel is probably best known for his works with Beck, Tom Waits and his Brazilian project with Miho Hatori. He's also been playing western swing for timequite some 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; Andrew Borger - Drums. 10:00pm Sun 02/19 BYOV 2:00pm Sun 02/19 CINE BARBES - OUR NEW FILM SERIES. Curated by Blandine Mercier-McGovern. Every third Sunday of the month. This week: BEAUTIFUL DARLING. The Life and Time of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol's Superstar. Written and directed by James Rasin and featuring Cholé Sevigny and Patton Oswalt's voices. 5:00pm Sun 02/19 MAX JOHNSON TRIO. The trio will be performing the content of their upcoming album in its entirety. With Kirk Knuffke - Cornet; Max Johnson - Bass and Ziv Ravitz - Drums. Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

This Week at Barbes

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:07:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================================== THE WARSAW VILLAGE BAND Thursday 02/02 - 10pm. $10 A very rare chance to see the Polish band in an intimate setting. <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/WVB.html">http://barbesrecords.com/WVB.html</a> =============================================================== SATURDAY MIDNIGHT SERIES. Check out our calendar for a new series of midnight shows on Saturdays. This Saturday, Quince goes Greek with a little help from Apollinaire. Every Friday, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, our special coctail hour set. THE CROOKED TRIO plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. Fri 01/27 LLAMA Psychedelic Salsa! Steeped in the salsa dura of the 1970's, Llama goes the trippy way with heavy ambient and psychedelic touches without ever losing its clave. A mixture of Peruvian, Colombian and New York musicians, Llama is part of the new wave of tropical music. Erik Baumann-Bongos; Juan Calderon-Guitar; Joy Hanson-Lead vocals; Megan Moncrief-Piano; Michael Rafalowich-Bass; Efrain Rozas-Director, Timbales; Yvonne Ubillus-Synthesizer; Oscar Rebolledo -Conga. 8:00pm Fri 01/27 CUMBIAGRA Since their creation in the summer of 2008, Cumbiagra has been hosting legendary dance parties throughout New Yorks Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Mexico and beyond. Though Cumbiagra is largely inspired by the Colombian dance style known as cumbia, their music has developed into a synthesis of styles, drawing on the diversity of its members and the rich musical environment of the New York Metro area. George Saenz - accordion, trombone and vocals; Rafael Gomez - bass and vocals; Brian Lazarus - guitar and vocals and Brian Glashow - percussion. 10:00pm Sat 01/28 BOMBAY RICKEY Bombay Rickey might be the soundtrack to a Bollywood noir film from the 1960s, or perhaps to a spaghetti western that never existed. Bombay Rickey counts Ennio Morricone and Yma Sumac as influences. Exotic dance rhythms, coloratura soprano, surf guitar. 7:00pm Sat 01/28 BENYORO Led by guitarist and ngoni fola Sam Dickey, and with members hailing from Mali, Senegal, Martinique, and Wisconsin, Benyoro (which means meeting place in the Bambara language) plays West African Maninka and Bambara music that comes out of centuries of tradition, but has been updated and transformed into a sound that is unstoppably danceable. This is the sound of modern West Africa, as meditative tradition meets raucous dance music and traditional instruments mingle with guitar, bass, and drums. 8:00pm Sat 01/28 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 Sat 01/28 - SATURDAY MIDNIGHT SERIES. check out our calendar for a new series of midnight shows of Saturdays QUE VLO-VE. Songs of drugs, toughs and unrequited love, mostly in Greek. Q. V.-v. performs the Rebetika songbook according to the lights of the eponymous debauched Walloon. Wade Ripka & Nick DiFeo, guitars; Quince Marcum, vocals. Sun 01/29 ANTHONY COLEMAN Pianist, keyboardist and composer Anthony Coleman has been an integral part of the downtown music scene since the early 1980's. He has worked closely with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Glenn Branca, Marc Ribot, Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek. He is a voraciously curious musician and a superb pianist who can play Monk, Art Tatum or Sephardic music just as well as he can play post-modern mambo on a Casio. Some of his own projects include The Self Haters, Sephardidc Tinge and a tribute to Jelly Roll Morton. 7:00pm Mon 01/30 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/30 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 70s 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 01/31 SEMI-FREE Opening up straight-ahead songwriting forms to make room for the emotional power of free jazz, SEMI-FREE is the loose-limbed trio of guitarist Brandon Ross (Har riet Tubman:the band, Cassandra Wilson, Henry Threadgill), violinist Charlie Burnham (Steven Bernstein's MTO, James Blood Ulmer, Medeski Martin & Wood) and singer/writer/rhythm guitarist Janine Nichols. Her idiosyncratic sense of space and time elevates everything she sings (David Greenberger, Metroland ). Doug Wieselman joins on bass clarinet. 7:00pm Tue 01/31 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 locals 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 02/01 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. 8:00pm Wed 02/01 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 02/02 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). 8:00pm Thu 02/02 THE WARSAW VILLAGE BAND Based in Warsaw, WVB has been described as the Polish Pogues. Their understanding of Polish folk music runs deep, yet they have mangaed to re-invent a whole genre. Their village music is urban, modern and connected to history in a way that folk revivals almost never are. They don't rely on traditional purity or electronic mixes but on sheer musical energy combining lyricism and power in a totally idiosyncratic way. The group is in town from Poland working on an opera by Andy Teirstein, A Blessing on the Moon $10 10:00pm Fri 02/03 PEDRO GIRAUDO SEXTET The Argentinean bassist has received much praise for his Jazz Orchestra - his last album got numerous awards and downbeat magazine wrote about it that it was "An opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisions, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies. His new project is pared down version of the orchestra. 8:00pm Fri 02/03 BABY SODA They play an eclectic mix influenced by New Orleans brass bands, jug music, southern gospel and hot jazz and feel at home at the Village Vanguard or playing on the street. The band features members New Orleans band the Loose banda Marbles and alumni of Stephane Wrembel's Hot Club of NY. With Ben Polcer, Trumpet; Patrick Harison, Accordion; Jared Engel, Banjo; David Langlois, Washboard and Peter Ford, Washtub bass. 10:00pm Sat 02/04 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's best (and only) Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice. 10:00pm Sun 02/05 ALON YAVNAI The pianist and composer has toured with Yo-Yo Ma, Nancy Wilson and Freddie Hubbard and is a member of Paquito D''Rivera's quintet. He also leds his own big band as well as smaller bands such as this one. With Alon Yavnai - piano ; Haggai Cohen-Milo - bass and Satoshi Takeishi - drums. "Mr. Yavnai is a unique and brilliant artist." - Yo-Yo Ma.. 7:00pm Sun 02/05 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 02/06 DAYNA KURTZ. "With vocal comparisons to Nina Simone and a musical style that pulls from jazz, blues and country, singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz has found her best success not in America but in Europe. Kurtz started out as a folkie, but has expanded her influences over the years, creating a sound that fits in best with an Americana umbrella." 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 70s 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 02/07 Barbès and Concert Artist Guild present a series of solo classical Piano. THE UPRIGHT PIANO BRIGADE. SOEYON LEE & RAN DANK. First prize winner of the prestigious 2010 Naumburg International Piano Competition, Korean pianist Soyeon Lee has already been hailed by The New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," while The Washington Post has lauded her for her "stunning command of the keyboard. She will be joined by Ran Dank of whome the NY Times wrote "Mr. Dank is a player with technique, imagination, and powerhouse pianist" 7:00pm Tue 02/07 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 locals 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 02/08 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. Josh Sinton's PINE BARREN & TRIO CAVEAT. Celebrating the release of two short albums packaged on a single CD (done under the auspices of Engine Records), Josh Sinton will perform "Pine Barren" as a solo work for baritone saxophone and bass clarinet at 8. Trio Caveat (Jonathan Moritz, Chris Welcome and James Ilgenfritz) will perform freeform improvisations in honor of their half of the CD entitled "Introspective Athletics" starting at 8:45. 8:00pm Wed 02/08 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 02/09 ANNA GARANO & MARC RIBOT Each guitarist will play a solo set followed by duets. Italian flamenco guitarist, Anna Garano, has studied contemporary music at the University of Trieste, Indian and Arabic music at the International Institute of Comparate Music of Venezia, and composition at the Rotterdam Conservatorium. In 1992 she traveled for the first time to Andalusia, Spain to study flamenco guitar, and over the years continued her studies under the guide of flamenco masters including Paco Serrano, Manolo Franco and Manolo Sanlucar. In 2007, Anna released the CD "Come il re di un paese piovoso", which includes her own compositions to the works of Baudelaire, Swiss poet Phillipe Jaccottet and Verlaine, arranged for her trio with singer Alessandra Chiurco and trumpet player Flavio Davanzo. Enigmatic guitarist Marc Ribot has released 6 very diverse solo guitar albums and his latest release, Silent Movies (Pi Recording 2010) has been described as a "down-in-mouth-near master piece" by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board. His live solo performances are unpredictable events which may draw on all of these or none, creating a sonic matrix of memory, free improvisation, zeitgeist, extra-terrestrial radio signals, and much more...always leaving the listener on the edge of their seats. 7:00pm Thu 02/09 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. 10:00pm Fri 02/10 JEN CHAPIN Jen Chapins music plays urban folk story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city. Critics have hailed her work as brilliant.. soulfully poetic (NPR), thoughtful.. worth-savoring (People), addictive (Boston Globe), smart, observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). JazzTimes has called her a first-rate storyteller while Relix regards her as one of the freshest voices singing today." She has been featured on Late Nite with Conan OBrien, honored by the USA Songwriting Competition, appeared on stage with Bruce Springsteen, and opened up for Bruce Hornsby and the Neville Brothers. Her performances are powerful, spotlighting the world-class musicianship and rare chemistry of Grammy-nominated acoustic bassist/husband Stephan Crump and unflappable melodist (New York Times) guitarist Jamie Fox. 8:00pm Fri 02/10 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary. 10:00pm Sat 02/11 KOTORINO European waltzes, Latin Tango and rural Americana played on guitar, violin, tuba, bass clarinet, tenor sax, trumpet, pump-organ, voice, banjo, drums, accordion, bass and musical saw . 8:00pm Sat 02/11 CHICHA LIBRE Psychedelic Cumbia. A rare weekend appearance by Monday regulars as they get ready for the release of their new album,Canibalismo, due out May 8th. 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 70s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie and Ravel. 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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:49:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================================== THIS MONDAY - 9pm - THE REVELERS One of Southwestern Louisiana's best bands is passing through barbès. Don't miss it. Cajun. Swamp rock. Zydeco. Western Swing. With Brain Cloud at 7pm and Chicha Libre at 10:30pm =============================================================== Fri 01/20 ANDERS NILSSON BAND Guitarist Anders Nilsson moved from his native Sweden to New York in 2000 and has made an impression as a versatile guitarist and band leaser. He performs regularly with singer Fay Victor as well as with William Parker, Sabir Mateen, Paquito DRivera, Eugene Chadbourne and many others. Anders Nilsson guitar; Brahim Fribgane oud and percussion; Daniel Kelly piano and synth; David Ambrosio bass and Satoshi Takeishi drums and percussion. 8:00pm Fri 01/20 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 Sat 01/21 PEOPLE'S CHAMP Peoples Champs play music for the mind, body and soul. Enamored with roots dance music from all over the world, they mix jazz, hip-hop, rock and soul from the USA, Latin America and Africa to create new hybrids. The result is a passionate sound that will move you. Literally. Led by trombonist/vocalist Alex Asher, Peoples Champs feature some of New Yorks top musicians, who also perform regularly with Slavic Soul Party!, Meta and the Cornerstones, Baye Kouyate, Jo Jo Kuo and his Afrobeat Collective, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Afrodesia, Nation Beat and many others. 10:00pm Sun 01/22 DJANGO A GO GO WORKSHOP A special Gypsy Swing workshop with Sebastien Felix, Biel Ballester, Kyle Dillingham and Stephane Wrembel. $50 For reservations, please email Stephane Wrembel. 4:00pm to 6:00pm Sun 01/22 TRIO BLASPHEMY A brass band in miniature, Trio Blastphemy explores the edges of what you might expect from a brass ensemble. Repertoire includes pop songs, folk music, arrangements of Works for guitar, and improvisation-driven originals. Featuring Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Ben Holmes (trumpet) and Marcus Rojas (tuba). 7:00pm Sun 01/22 DJANGO A GO GO With STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT: A yearly affair, curated by guitarist Stephane Wrembel, which gathers some of the best Gypsy Musicians from the US and Europe. The festival spans 10 days, with dates in Philadelphia, DC, Boston and a number of New York venues. 9:00pm Mon 01/23 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/23 THE REVELERS Known as the Red Stick Ramblers "minus one", the Revelers combine Swamp-pop, Cajun, Country, Blues and Zydeco into a powerful tonic of roots music straight from southwest Louisiana. Members have played and recorded with with Natalie Merchant, Linda Ronstadt, Preston Frank, Walter Mouton, Mamadou Diabate, Dirk Powell, Cedric Watson and Tim O'Brien. 9:00pm Mon 01/23 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 70s 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 01/24 BOPPIN' AT THE BOP The music of Lee Allen and more, featuring Petr Cancura - saxophone; Brian Drye - keys, trombone; Rob Jost - bass and Vinnie Sperrazza - drums. 7:00pm Tue 01/24 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 locals 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 01/25 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 01/25 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. KRIS DAVIS TRIO. Kris Davis-piano; Mike Sarin-drums and Eivind Opsvik-bass. 8:00pm Wed 01/25 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 01/26 HEARTS & BONES A strange yet oddly compelling fusion of jazz, bluegrass, klezmer and rock, Hearts & Bones is bassist Dave Hertzbergs first project as a leader. The band combines his original compositions with Paul Simon covers and arrangements of traditional folk songs, and features Itai Kriss (flute), Alan Grubner (violin), Rick Snell (acoustic guitar), Dave Hertzberg (bass) and Joel Arnow (drums) 8:00pm Thu 01/26 SMOKEY'S SECRET FAMILY - Every Thursday in January. Smokey Hormels résumé reads like a history of American popular music over the decades. He has worked closely with Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond. His projects have included the Brazilian-influenced Smokey and Miho, as well as an ongoing tribute to Western swing. His latest endeavor is an idiosyncratic take on early Congolese rumba. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, African musicians looked to Cuba for inspiration. They recognized African roots in the music but were also captivated by its cosmopolitan aspect, which mirrored the evolution of their own culture. Using the electric guitarfast becoming the symbol of urban culturethey forged a new hybrid that became an early soundtrack of decolonization. Hormel has hybridized the music further and taken it to the Americas for the second time. Keeping its pre-rock roots intact, he relies on a core sound of wild guitars bursting through small amps afloat on a sea of hand drums and shakers." 10:00pm Fri 01/27 LLAMA Psychedelic Salsa! Steeped in the salsa dura of the 1970's, Llama goes the trippy way with heavy ambient and psychedelic touches without ever losing its clave. A mixture of Peruvian, Colombian and New York musicians, Llama is part of the new wave of tropical music. Erik Baumann-Bongos; Juan Calderon-Guitar; Joy Hanson-Lead vocals; Megan Moncrief-Piano; Michael Rafalowich-Bass; Efrain Rozas-Director, Timbales; Yvonne Ubillus-Synthesizer; Oscar Rebolledo -Conga. 8:00pm Fri 01/27 CUMBIAGRA Since their creation in the summer of 2008, Cumbiagra has been hosting legendary dance parties throughout New Yorks Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Mexico and beyond. Though Cumbiagra is largely inspired by the Colombian dance style known as cumbia, their music has developed into a synthesis of styles, drawing on the diversity of its members and the rich musical environment of the New York Metro area. George Saenz - accordion, trombone and vocals; Rafael Gomez - bass and vocals; Brian Lazarus - guitar and vocals and Brian Glashow - percussion. 10:00pm Sat 01/28 BOMBAY RICKEY Bombay Rickey might be the soundtrack to a Bollywood noir film from the 1960s, or perhaps to a spaghetti western that never existed. Bombay Rickey counts Ennio Morricone and Yma Sumac as influences. Exotic dance rhythms, coloratura soprano, surf guitar. 7:00pm Sat 01/28 BENYORO Led by guitarist and ngoni fola Sam Dickey, and with members hailing from Mali, Senegal, Martinique, and Wisconsin, Benyoro (which means meeting place in the Bambara language) plays West African Maninka and Bambara music that comes out of centuries of tradition, but has been updated and transformed into a sound that is unstoppably danceable. This is the sound of modern West Africa, as meditative tradition meets raucous dance music and traditional instruments mingle with guitar, bass, and drums. 8:00pm Sat 01/28 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 01/29 ANTHONY COLEMAN Pianist, keyboardist and composer Anthony Coleman has been an integral part of the downtown music scene since the early 1980's. He has worked closely with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Glenn Branca, Marc Ribot, Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek. He is a voraciously curious musician and a superb pianist who can play Monk, Art Tatum or Sephardic music just as well as he can play post-modern mambo on a Casio. Some of his own projects include The Self Haters, Sephardidc Tinge and a tribute to Jelly Roll Morton. 7:00pm Mon 01/30 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/30 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 70s 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 01/31 SEMI-FREE Opening up straight-ahead songwriting forms to make room for the emotional power of free jazz, SEMI-FREE is the loose-limbed trio of guitarist Brandon Ross (Har riet Tubman:the band, Cassandra Wilson, Henry Threadgill), violinist Charlie Burnham (Steven Bernstein's MTO, James Blood Ulmer, Medeski Martin & Wood) and singer/writer/rhythm guitarist Janine Nichols. Her idiosyncratic sense of space and time elevates everything she sings (David Greenberger, Metroland ). Doug Wieselman joins on bass clarinet. 7:00pm Tue 01/31 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 locals 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 02/01 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. 8:00pm Wed 02/01 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 02/02 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). 8:00pm Thu 02/02 THE WARSAW VILLAGE BAND Based in Warsaw, WVB has been described as the Polish Pogues. Their understanding of Polish folk music runs deep, yet they have mangaed to re-invent a whole genre. Their village music is urban, modern and connected to history in a way that folk revivals almost never are. They don't rely on traditional purity or electronic mixes but on sheer musical energy combining lyricism and power in a totally idiosyncratic way. The group is in town from Poland working on an opera by Andy Teirstein, A Blessing on the Moon $10 10:00pm Fri 02/03 PEDRO GIRAUDO SEXTET The Argentinean bassist has received much praise for his Jazz Orchestra - his last album got numerous awards and downbeat magazine wrote about it that it was "An opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisions, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies. His new project is pared down version of the orchestra. 8:00pm Fri 02/03 BABY SODA They play an eclectic mix influenced by New Orleans brass bands, jug music, southern gospel and hot jazz and feel at home at the Village Vanguard or playing on the street. The band features members New Orleans band the Loose banda Marbles and alumni of Stephane Wrembel's Hot Club of NY. With Ben Polcer, Trumpet; Patrick Harison, Accordion; Jared Engel, Banjo; David Langlois, Washboard and Peter Ford, Washtub bass. 10:00pm Sat 02/04 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's best (and only) Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice. 10:00pm Sun 02/05 ALON YAVNAI The pianist and composer has toured with Yo-Yo Ma, Nancy Wilson and Freddie Hubbard and is a member of Paquito D''Rivera's quintet. He also leds his own big band as well as smaller bands such as this one. With Alon Yavnai - piano ; Haggai Cohen-Milo - bass and Satoshi Takeishi - drums. "Mr. Yavnai is a unique and brilliant artist." - Yo-Yo Ma.. 7:00pm Sun 02/05 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 02/06 DAYNA KURTZ. "With vocal comparisons to Nina Simone and a musical style that pulls from jazz, blues and country, singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz has found her best success not in America but in Europe. Kurtz started out as a folkie, but has expanded her influences over the years, creating a sound that fits in best with an Americana umbrella." 9:00pm Mon 02/06 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 70s 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 Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

This Week at Barbes

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================================== CINE BARBES - OUR NEW FILM SERIES. Every third Sunday of the month. This week: FOREIGN PARTS. Set in Queens Willets Points, among scrapyards and auto salvage shops, Foreign Parts observes and captures the struggle of a contested "eminent domain" neighborhood before its disappearance under the capitalization of New York's urban ecology. With Co-director Véréna Parvavel in person. =============================================================== Fri 01/13 ORAN ETKIN Oran Ektin has performed around the world with musicians ranging from guitarist Mike Stern to rapper Wyclef Jean, as well as Brooklyn-based groups such as Mandingo Ambassadors and Baby Soda. Oran's last album, Kelenia, featured his working group with Malian Griot musicians as well as Lionel Loueke, John Benitez and a string quartet. All Music Guide declared that it "sets a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000 8:00pm Fri 01/13 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 10:00pm Sat 01/14 GYAN RILEY TRIO Guitarist and composer Gyan Riley has performed across Europe and the U.S., both as a soloist and in ensembles with various artists such as Zakir Hussain, Mike Marshall, Dawn Upshaw, the San Francisco Symphony, the Falla Guitar Trio, and his father, the composer and pianist Terry Riley. He will be joined by Ches Smith on drums and Timba Harris on strings. 8:00pm Sat 01/14 HOWARD FISHMAN Howard Fishman, composer, guitarist and bandleader is equally adpet at performing his own compositions or drawing on a seemingly endless repertoire of American popular music - all filtered through a sensibility and aesthetic entirely his own. Fishman's performances combine the exuberance and spontaneity of jazz with a storyteller's sense of drama, emotional depth and play. The New York Times has written that his work "transcends time and idiom." 10:00pm Sun 01/15 CINE BARBES - OUR NEW FILM SERIES. Curated by Blandine Mercier-McGovern. Every third Sunday of the month. This week: FOREIGN PARTS. Set in Queens Willets Points, among scrapyards and auto salvage shops, Foreign Parts observes and captures the struggle of a contested "eminent domain" neighborhood before its disappearance under the capitalization of New York's urban ecology. "Gentrification, economic inequality, class conflict, and the rusty reality of the American Dream...are omnipresent concerns, given profound weight by the directors' patient, attentive approach." - Nick Schager, THE VILLAGE VOICE Co-director Véréna Parvavel in person. Suggested donation: $5 5:00pm Sun 01/15 VINNIE SPERRAZZA BAND Featuring Loren Stillman, Brandon Seabrook and David Ambrosio. An idiosyncratic blend of structure and freedom, swing and abstraction, intellectual headiness, humor, and gut-punch feel, the Vinnie Sperrazza Band creates an engaging instrumental jazz sound that's at once distinct, personal, and welcoming. Complexity without headiness, myriad influences, and tight endings to the songs. Featuring Loren Stillman on alto sax, Brandon Seabrook on guitar, and David Ambrosio on bass. 8:00pm Sun 01/15 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 01/16 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/16 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 70s 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 01/17 RUFUS CAPADOCIA Critics have characterized his cello playing as "powerful and 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. He has collaborated with musicians from the Balkans, Ireland, West Africa, Greece and the Caribbean. He has backed the great singers Aretha Franklin and Kasse Mady. He 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, among others. 7:00pm Tue 01/17 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 locals 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 01/18 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 01/18 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. TONY MALABY. Tony malaby Sax; Angelica Sanches piano and Tom Rainey drums. 8:00pm Wed 01/18 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 01/19 MATT MUNISTERI A phenomenal guitarist and songwriter whose ongoing monthly Barbès residency is now close to ten years old. 8:00pm Thu 01/19 SMOKEY'S SECRET FAMILY - Every Thursday in January. Smokey Hormels résumé reads like a history of American popular music over the decades. He has worked closely with Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond. His projects have included the Brazilian-influenced Smokey and Miho, as well as an ongoing tribute to Western swing. His latest endeavor is an idiosyncratic take on early Congolese rumba. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, African musicians looked to Cuba for inspiration. They recognized African roots in the music but were also captivated by its cosmopolitan aspect, which mirrored the evolution of their own culture. Using the electric guitarfast becoming the symbol of urban culturethey forged a new hybrid that became an early soundtrack of decolonization. Hormel has hybridized the music further and taken it to the Americas for the second time. Keeping its pre-rock roots intact, he relies on a core sound of wild guitars bursting through small amps afloat on a sea of hand drums and shakers." 10:00pm Fri 01/20 ANDERS NILSSON BAND Guitarist Anders Nilsson moved from his native Sweden to New York in 2000 and has made an impression as a versatile guitarist and band leaser. He performs regularly with singer Fay Victor as well as with William Parker, Sabir Mateen, Paquito DRivera, Eugene Chadbourne and many others. Anders Nilsson guitar; Brahim Fribgane oud and percussion; Daniel Kelly piano and synth; David Ambrosio bass and Satoshi Takeishi drums and percussion. 8:00pm Fri 01/20 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 Sat 01/21 PEOPLE'S CHAMP Peoples Champs play music for the mind, body and soul. Enamored with roots dance music from all over the world, they mix jazz, hip-hop, rock and soul from the USA, Latin America and Africa to create new hybrids. The result is a passionate sound that will move you. Literally. Led by trombonist/vocalist Alex Asher, Peoples Champs feature some of New Yorks top musicians, who also perform regularly with Slavic Soul Party!, Meta and the Cornerstones, Baye Kouyate, Jo Jo Kuo and his Afrobeat Collective, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Afrodesia, Nation Beat and many others. 10:00pm Sun 01/22 DJANGO A GO GO WORKSHOP A special Gypsy Swing workshop with Sebastien Felix, Biel Ballester, Kyle Dillingham and Stephane Wrembel. $50 For reservations, please email Stephane Wrembel. 4:00pm to 6:00pm Sun 01/22 TRIO BLASPHEMY A brass band in miniature, Trio Blastphemy explores the edges of what you might expect from a brass ensemble. Repertoire includes pop songs, folk music, arrangements of Works for guitar, and improvisation-driven originals. Featuring Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Ben Holmes (trumpet) and Marcus Rojas (tuba). 7:00pm Sun 01/22 DJANGO A GO GO With STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT: A yearly affair, curated by guitarist Stephane Wrembel, which gathers some of the best Gypsy Musicians from the US and Europe. The festival spans 10 days, with dates in Philadelphia, DC, Boston and a number of New York venues. 9:00pm Mon 01/23 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/23 THE REVELERS Known as the Red Stick Ramblers "minus one", the Revelers combine Swamp-pop, Cajun, Country, Blues and Zydeco into a powerful tonic of roots music straight from southwest Louisiana. Members have played and recorded with with Natalie Merchant, Linda Ronstadt, Preston Frank, Walter Mouton, Mamadou Diabate, Dirk Powell, Cedric Watson and Tim O'Brien. 9:00pm Mon 01/23 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 70s 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 01/24 BOPPIN' AT THE BOP The music of Lee Allen and more, featuring Petr Cancura - saxophone; Brian Drye - keys, trombone; Rob Jost - bass and Vinnie Sperrazza - drums. 7:00pm Tue 01/24 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 locals 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 01/25 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 01/25 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. KRIS DAVIS TRIO. Kris Davis-piano; Mike Sarin-drums and Eivind Opsvik-bass. 8:00pm Wed 01/25 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 01/26 HEARTS & BONES A strange yet oddly compelling fusion of jazz, bluegrass, klezmer and rock, Hearts & Bones is bassist Dave Hertzbergs first project as a leader. The band combines his original compositions with Paul Simon covers and arrangements of traditional folk songs, and features Itai Kriss (flute), Alan Grubner (violin), Rick Snell (acoustic guitar), Dave Hertzberg (bass) and Joel Arnow (drums) 8:00pm Thu 01/26 SMOKEY'S SECRET FAMILY - Every Thursday in January. Smokey Hormels résumé reads like a history of American popular music over the decades. He has worked closely with Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond. His projects have included the Brazilian-influenced Smokey and Miho, as well as an ongoing tribute to Western swing. His latest endeavor is an idiosyncratic take on early Congolese rumba. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, African musicians looked to Cuba for inspiration. They recognized African roots in the music but were also captivated by its cosmopolitan aspect, which mirrored the evolution of their own culture. Using the electric guitarfast becoming the symbol of urban culturethey forged a new hybrid that became an early soundtrack of decolonization. Hormel has hybridized the music further and taken it to the Americas for the second time. Keeping its pre-rock roots intact, he relies on a core sound of wild guitars bursting through small amps afloat on a sea of hand drums and shakers." 10:00pm Fri 01/27 LLAMA Psychedelic Salsa! Steeped in the salsa dura of the 1970's, Llama goes the trippy way with heavy ambient and psychedelic touches without ever losing its clave. A mixture of Peruvian, Colombian and New York musicians, Llama is part of the new wave of tropical music. Erik Baumann-Bongos; Juan Calderon-Guitar; Joy Hanson-Lead vocals; Megan Moncrief-Piano; Michael Rafalowich-Bass; Efrain Rozas-Director, Timbales; Yvonne Ubillus-Synthesizer; Oscar Rebolledo -Conga. 8:00pm Fri 01/27 CUMBIAGRA Since their creation in the summer of 2008, Cumbiagra has been hosting legendary dance parties throughout New Yorks Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Mexico and beyond. Though Cumbiagra is largely inspired by the Colombian dance style known as cumbia, their music has developed into a synthesis of styles, drawing on the diversity of its members and the rich musical environment of the New York Metro area. George Saenz - accordion, trombone and vocals; Rafael Gomez - bass and vocals; Brian Lazarus - guitar and vocals and Brian Glashow - percussion. 10:00pm Sat 01/28 BOMBAY RICKEY Bombay Rickey might be the soundtrack to a Bollywood noir film from the 1960s, or perhaps to a spaghetti western that never existed. Bombay Rickey counts Ennio Morricone and Yma Sumac as influences. Exotic dance rhythms, coloratura soprano, surf guitar. 7:00pm Sat 01/28 BENYORO Led by guitarist and ngoni fola Sam Dickey, and with members hailing from Mali, Senegal, Martinique, and Wisconsin, Benyoro (which means meeting place in the Bambara language) plays West African Maninka and Bambara music that comes out of centuries of tradition, but has been updated and transformed into a sound that is unstoppably danceable. This is the sound of modern West Africa, as meditative tradition meets raucous dance music and traditional instruments mingle with guitar, bass, and drums. 8:00pm Sat 01/28 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 01/29 ANTHONY COLEMAN Pianist, keyboardist and composer Anthony Coleman has been an integral part of the downtown music scene since the early 1980's. He has worked closely with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Glenn Branca, Marc Ribot, Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek. He is a voraciously curious musician and a superb pianist who can play Monk, Art Tatum or Sephardic music just as well as he can play post-modern mambo on a Casio. Some of his own projects include The Self Haters, Sephardidc Tinge and a tribute to Jelly Roll Morton. 7:00pm Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:50:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================================== Happy holidays and many thanks to all of you for supporting Barbès. 2012 will be our 10th year. We can't believe we've lasted this long and are truly grateful to all the musicians and patrons that have made this place what it is. We couldn't think of a better way to have spent the past ten years and are looking forward to another 10 year - should fate, real estate fluctuations and the economy be on our side. Look for a big anniversary bash sometime around May Day. =============================================================== NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY - Fri 12/16 ONE RING ZERO One Ring Zero is led by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. The Brooklyn-based band has released six CDs, including their critically acclaimed album, As Smart As We Are, a book-cum-CD, featuring songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers and Rick Moody. They have released two new albums this year - The Recipe Project, a book/Cd with recipes by famous chefs set to music, and The Planets, a journey though our solar system featuring ORZ's usual assorment of bizarre sounds and instruments and more than a few references to 1970's progressive rock, as well as nods to Stravinsky, Mahler, and of course, Gustav Holst. 8:00pm Fri 12/23 YALE STROM & HOT PSTROMI Yale Strom (violin) has been hailed as "a leading light of the klezmer revival" (Time Out) and "a folk roots trip unto himself" (Dirty Linen). Hot Pstromi is rounded out by an all-star band made up of Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals), Norbert Stachel (reeds), Peter Stan (accordion) bassist Sprocket and percussionist David Licht. 7:00pm & 8:30pm Fri 12/23 THE UNDERGROUND HORNS A 6 piece brass band that plays afro funk bhangra new orleans salsa grooves and beyond... ; cooking audio gumboour special recipe includes some funk, jazz, hip hop mixed with brass band traditions spiced up with african and other world rhythmsmusic for the people! kick-ass dance musicthat brushes up against psychedeliawith shots of funky brass juice (All-About-Jazz NY) 10:00pm Sat 12/24 A PURELY COINCIDENTAL NIGHT OF KLEZMER PART IV Featuring Ben Holmes (trumpet), Karen Waltuch (viola), Reuben Radding (bass), Uri Sharlin (accordion) & special guests. For the past four years, December 24th has proven to be an exceptionally lovely evening for klezmer, for no particular reason that we can ascertain, really. The first concert certainly wasn't motivated by a book we found at an elementary school music program with the fascinating title of "Christmas Music for Everyone". This year, ditch the movie and come to the continuation of the klezmer coincidence for a delightful evening of music, dancing and drink. Sets at 8 pm & 10 pm, $10 suggested. 7:00 & 9:00pm Sun 12/25 closed Mon 12/26 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 Tue 12/27 ILUSHA TSINADZE Ilusha Tsinadze left Tbilisi, Georgia, with his family at the age of eight. In Georgia, Ilusha had always admired the drummers who accompanied his brother's traditional dance classes, but before he was old enough to join them he was suddenly whisked away to America. Ilusha wouldn't return to Georgia until 2005, by which time he had graduated from William Patterson University's jazz program with a degree in jazz guitar. There, he rediscovered his musical heritage. It became a bridge between cultures and lands, between his family in Georgia and himself. His project features Richie Barshay (drums), Chris Tordini (bass), Rob Hecht (violin and bass clarinet), Liam Robinson (accordion), and guest vocalist Jean Rohe, who all bring their unique talents and a keen interest in Georgian tradition to the mu 7:00pm Tue 12/27 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 locals 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 12/28 SASHA DOBSON Every Wednesday at 7pm. Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen marga rita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her. 7:00pm Wed 12/28 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. JOHN HEBERT 8:00pm Wed 12/28 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 cassic 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 12/29 An Evening With MATT DARRIAU. In addition to playing with the Klezmatics, reed player Matt Darriau has made it a specialty to explore and twist genres as disparately varied as Balkan music, tango or early swing. 8:00pm Thu 12/29 SCOTT KETTNERS FORRO BRASS BAND The latest project of Nation Beat and Maracatu New York ringleader Scott Kettner is a funk infused brass band that performs dance music from northeastern Brazil and the southern US. With Scott Kettner - drums; Brian Drye - trombone; Sam Hoyt - trumpet; Petr Cancura: saxophone and George Rush - tuba. 10:00pm Fri 12/30 OURIDA Born and raised in Paris, the pianist and singer has spent the past few years between France, Brazil and Canada. Her trio was awarded the Grand Zebrock prize. " A ringmaster"! (Radio Nova) 8:00pm Fri 12/30 ROB CURTO'S PE DE SERRA ALL-STARS Liliana Araujo, vocals and percussion; Rob Curto, accordion and vocals; Scott Kettner, drums and percussion; Mike LaValle, electric bass; Zé Mauricio, percussion. Forró, from northeastern Brazil, seems to have surpassed even samba as the countrys most popular dance genre. The accordionist Rob Curto, its foremost ambassador in the United States, studied and performed with forrós greatest namesDominguinhos, Arlindo dos Oito Baixos, and Camarão. His group mixes raw energy with virtuosity. Rob Curto is a musician playing in our time the voices of time pastof smiling faces, of moving bodies, of shoes stirring the dust beneath them to celebrate this gentle existence. Lila Downs. 10:00pm Sat 12/ 31 CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY. Boogaloo, Latin Swing and Shingaling. The sounds of 1960's Spanish Harlem. "What Sharon Jones did for oldschool soul, what Antibalas did for Afrobeat and what Chicha Libre is doing for chicha, Spanglish Fly is doing for bugalu. As dance music, its irresistible." -- Lucid Culture. $15 With Charly Rodriguez - timbales; David Frankel - percussion; Howard Britz, bass; Erica Ramos -lead vocals; Gabo Tomasini -percussion; Jonathan Flothow bari sax; Jonathan Goldman - trumpet; Mick Santurio - congas; Maria Christina Eisen -tenor sax; Sebastian Isler - trombone. $15 10:00pm Sun 01/01 THE QUAVERS Brooklyn duo The Quavers are T. Griffin and Catherine McRae with frequent collaboators Dennis Cronin and Bruce Cawdron. They coax a luminous sound out of decayed samplers, walkmans, vibraphonette, footpedal loopers, tape echo violin and homespun harmonies. Like a space-age Carter Family, they weave low-tech electronics around songs sturdy enough to stand up even if the power goes out. They call it "porch techno". Their New Year's Day appearance has become a bit of a tradition - there is not better way to start the year. 7:00pm Sun 01/01 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT: 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. 9:00pm Mon 01/02 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/02 CHICHA LIBRE. Psychedelic Cumbias from the Amazon and Brooklyn. 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 70s 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 01/03 Barbès and Concert Artist Guild present THE UPRIGHT PIANO BRIGADE 7:00pm Tue 01/03 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 locals 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 01/04 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 01/04 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. 8:00pm Wed 01/04 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 01/05 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). 8:00pm Thu 01/05 SMOKEY'S SECRET FAMILY - Every Thursday in January. Smokey Hormels résumé reads like a history of American popular music over the decades. He has worked closely with Beck, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond. His projects have included the Brazilian-influenced Smokey and Miho, as well as an ongoing tribute to Western swing. His latest endeavor is an idiosyncratic take on early Congolese rumba. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, African musicians looked to Cuba for inspiration. They recognized African roots in the music but were also captivated by its cosmopolitan aspect, which mirrored the evolution of their own culture. Using the electric guitarfast becoming the symbol of urban culturethey forged a new hybrid that became an early soundtrack of decolonization. Hormel has hybridized the music further and taken it to the Americas for the second time. Keeping its pre-rock roots intact, he relies on a core sound of wild guitars bursting through small amps afloat on a sea of hand drums and shakers." 10:00pm Fri 01/06 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 01/06 Special APAP perfomances MATT MUNISTERI PLAYS THE LOST MUSIC OF WILLARD ROBISON. Throughout the 1920's, Willard Robison worked as a pianist and arranger along side many of the stars of the new jazz vanguard - including Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Paul Whiteman, and Eddie Lang - while simultaneously recording a string of startling recordings. Before there was Hoagy, or Randy Newman, or Brian Wilson, or Van Dyke Parks - Willard Robison wrote, orchestrated, conducted, and sang his own utterly unclassifiable songs in a series of pioneering recordings - none of which have ever been re-released since.Guitarist, songwriter and singer Matt Munisteri has long held a fascination for this seminal American innovator and has recorded an album of some of Willard's best songs (to be released in 2012) which he will be previewing. 8:00pm Fri 01/06 Special APAP perfomances THE VICTORY BAND. choice western swing from Brooklyn and Louisiana featuring Raphael McGregor - lap steel; Chas Justus - guitar and special guests. 9:00pm Fri 01/06 Special APAP perfomances MARCO CALLIARI Montreal resident and former member of trash metal band Anonymus, Marco Calliari explores the music of the Italian diaspora with nods to Flamenco, Klezmer and ska. 10:00pm Fri 01/06 Special APAP perfomances MATUTO Brazilian Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. Matuto's sound mixes brazilian percussion with american bluegrass and Old Timey music. Featuring Rob Curto - Accordion; Clay Ross - guitar; Rob Hecht - Fiddle and Vocals; Skip Ward - Acoustic and Electric Bass; Richie Barshay - Drum Kit and Ze Mauricio - Percussion. 11:00pm Sat 01/07 Special APAP perfomances JORDAN TICE TRIO Drawing from bluegrass, jazz, classical composition, and a love of traditional music of all types, Jordan synthesizes diverse elements into something new. With Jordan Tice - guitar; Paul Kowert (Punch Brothers) - bass and Simon Chrisman (The Bee Eaters) - hammer dulcimer 8:00pm Sat 01/07 Special APAP perfomances BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's only Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice 10:00pm Sun 01/08 Special APAP perfomances THE BROTHERS NAZAROFF The joyous public debut of the united heirs of legendary outsider Yiddish troubadour Nathan "Prince" Nazaroff, recorder of the mysterious 1954 Folkways EP "Jewish Freilach Songs", the missing link between our post-modern Babylonian exile and the lost Atlantis of Yiddish "Middle-Europe". Scattered all over the globe from Moscow, Berlin, Budapest, and New York, the lost Nazaroff brothers come together one time only at Barbes, in Brooklyn. Together, Pasha Nazaroff, Danik Nazaroff, Meyshke Nazaroff, Zaelic Nazaroff, and Yankl Nazaroff will celebrate the discordant, obscure, jubilant, ecstatic legacy of their Happy Prince. 7:00pm Sun 01/08 Special APAP perfomances STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 01/09 Special APAP perfomances 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 01/09 Special APAP perfomances 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 70s 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 ============================================================= BARBES & ELECTRIC COWBELL TAKE MANHATTAN: DROM, JAN 7TH <a href="http://www.dromnyc.com/events/1331/barbes-records-electric-cowbell-presents">http://www.dromnyc.com/events/1331/barbes-records-electric-cowbell-presents</a> With Smokey's Secret Family, Chicha LIbre, Raya Brass Band, Cheick Hamala Diabate, No BS! Brass and DJ Geko Jones ============================================================= Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:35:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com ===================== NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY ===================== Fri 12/16 ONE RING ZERO One Ring Zero is led by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. The Brooklyn-based band has released six CDs, including their critically acclaimed album, As Smart As We Are, a book-cum-CD, featuring songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers and Rick Moody. They have released two new albums this year - The Recipe Project, a book/Cd with recipes by famous chefs set to music, and The Planets, a journey though our solar system featuring ORZ's usual assorment of bizarre sounds and instruments and more than a few references to 1970's progressive rock, as well as nods to Stravinsky, Mahler, and of course, Gustav Holst. 8:00pm Fri 12/16 RED BARAAT Led by drummer Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol n brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful live sound. Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), drumset, percussion, sousaphone, horns, and various vocalese, this NYC-based group plays fresh originals and Bollywood classics with an explosive stage performance and presence. In the short time since their inception, the group has delivered blistering performances at such varied places as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Chicago World Music Festival, Lincoln Center, the Pori Jazz Festival (Finland) and India Independence Day Parade. $10. 10:00pm Sat 12/17 BAD REPUTATION Pierre de Gaillande sings George Brassens. From the 50s through the late 70s, George Brassens redefined French Chanson. He was an anarchist bard whose songs were sometimes raunchy, sometimes polemic, often poignant, and always steeped in classic French poetry. He went on to become one the most emblematic French singer of the 20th century. His songs, unlike those of his friend Jacque Brel, never became known outside of France, mostly because of the literary aspect of his lyrics. Franco-American singer and composer Pierre de Gaillande has translated a number of Brassens songs. He has stuck to the rhyming scheme and verse length of the original songs, thus matching the melodies perfectly. He has re-arranged the music with a cinematic sensibility, using a combination of guitars, clarinets, lapsteel and Charango. Best way to describe the record would be to compare it to a perfect movie adaptation of a book classic. Think Stanley Kubrick or Raoul Ruiz. Barbès Records released a CD of his songs earlier last summer. Listen to what NPR's Scott Simon had to say about it. 8:00pm Sat 12/17 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE. Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary. 10:00pm Sun 12/18 THE DELOREAN SISTERS. The Sisters are all children of the 80s with souls as old as the resin in your grandpappys corn cob pipe. Together theyve taken to reimagining synth-pop hits and keytar karaoke staples as old timey, early 20th century Americana. Diane Wohland and Jessica Spiegel both play guitar and harmonize; Clive Thompson plays lead guitar and harmonica; Brian Braiker is on banjo, slide guitar and ukulele, and Gary Lowery sings, hollers, washboards, and tinkles the meanest triangle you ever did hear. Its Marty McFly with a washboard; Hank Williams in legwarmers. The Dust Bowl meets the Superbowl Shuffle. 7:00pm Sun 12/18 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 12/19 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 12/19 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 original`s, re-interpretation of 70s 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 12/20 CHRIS COCHRANE A solo performance by one of New York's most inventive and fiercely passionate guitarist/composer/songwriter. Chris has worked with a vast array of great artists such as as Eszter Balint, John Zorn, Fred Frith, T Bone Burnett, Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot and many more. 7:30pm Tue 12/20 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 locals 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 12/21 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 12/21 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. ZENO DE ROSSI / DANILO GALLO / CHRIS SPEED / MARC RIBOT 8:00pm Wed 12/21 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 12/22 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. $10 8:00pm Thu 12/22 CHIA'S DANCE PARTY Martin Vejarano, leader of La Cumbiamba EneYe, has concocted a new project based on the sounds of traditional Colombian marching bands, but with enough of urban bastardazition and personal idiosyncracies to please a squadron of ethnomusicologists. The music is fun, driven and adventurous. It's very deeply rooted in Colombian music but not quaint, folkloric or exotic in anyway. With Ben Stapp - tuba; Alex Terrier - soprano saxophone; Justin Wood - alto sax and flute; Rafi Malkiel - Bombardino and Martín Vejarano - drums & compositions. 10:00pm Fri 12/23 YALE STROM & HOT PSTROMI Yale Strom (violin) has been hailed as "a leading light of the klezmer revival" (Time Out) and "a folk roots trip unto himself" (Dirty Linen). Hot Pstromi is rounded out by an all-star band made up of Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals), Norbert Stachel (reeds), Peter Stan (accordion) bassist Sprocket and percussionist David Licht. 7:00pm & 8:30pm Fri 12/23 THE UNDERGROUND HORNS A 6 piece brass band that plays afro funk bhangra new orleans salsa grooves and beyond... ; cooking audio gumboour special recipe includes some funk, jazz, hip hop mixed with brass band traditions spiced up with african and other world rhythmsmusic for the people! kick-ass dance musicthat brushes up against psychedeliawith shots of funky brass juice (All-About-Jazz NY) 10:00pm Sat 12/24 A PURELY COINCIDENTAL NIGHT OF KLEZMER PART IV Featuring Ben Holmes (trumpet), Karen Waltuch (viola), Reuben Radding (bass), Uri Sharlin (accordion) & special guests. For the past four years, December 24th has proven to be an exceptionally lovely evening for klezmer, for no particular reason that we can ascertain, really. The first concert certainly wasn't motivated by a book we found at an elementary school music program with the fascinating title of "Christmas Music for Everyone". This year, ditch the movie and come to the continuation of the klezmer coincidence for a delightful evening of music, dancing and drink. Sets at 8 pm & 10 pm, $10 suggested. 7:00 & 9:00pm Sun 12/25 closed Mon 12/26 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 Tue 12/27 ILUSHA TSINADZE Ilusha Tsinadze left Tbilisi, Georgia, with his family at the age of eight. In Georgia, Ilusha had always admired the drummers who accompanied his brother's traditional dance classes, but before he was old enough to join them he was suddenly whisked away to America. Ilusha wouldn't return to Georgia until 2005, by which time he had graduated from William Patterson University's jazz program with a degree in jazz guitar. There, he rediscovered his musical heritage. It became a bridge between cultures and lands, between his family in Georgia and himself. His project features Richie Barshay (drums), Chris Tordini (bass), Rob Hecht (violin and bass clarinet), Liam Robinson (accordion), and guest vocalist Jean Rohe, who all bring their unique talents and a keen interest in Georgian tradition to the mu 7:00pm Tue 12/27 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 locals 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 12/28 SASHA DOBSON Every Wednesday at 7pm. Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen marga rita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her. 7:00pm Wed 12/28 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. JOHN HEBERT 8:00pm Wed 12/28 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 cassic 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 12/29 An Evening With MATT DARRIAU. In addition to playing with the Klezmatics, reed player Matt Darriau has made it a specialty to explore and twist genres as disparately varied as Balkan music, tango or early swing. 8:00pm Thu 12/29 SCOTT KETTNERS FORRO BRASS BAND The latest project of Nation Beat and Maracatu New York ringleader Scott Kettner is a funk infused brass band that performs dance music from northeastern Brazil and the southern US. With Scott Kettner - drums; Brian Drye - trombone; Sam Hoyt - trumpet; Petr Cancura: saxophone and George Rush - tuba. 10:00pm Fri 12/30 OURIDA Born and raised in Paris, the pianist and singer has spent the past few years between France, Brazil and Canada. Her trio was awarded the Grand Zebrock prize. " A ringmaster"! (Radio Nova) 8:00pm Fri 12/30 ROB CURTO'S PE DE SERRA ALL-STARS Liliana Araujo, vocals and percussion; Rob Curto, accordion and vocals; Scott Kettner, drums and percussion; Mike LaValle, electric bass; Zé Mauricio, percussion. Forró, from northeastern Brazil, seems to have surpassed even samba as the countrys most popular dance genre. The accordionist Rob Curto, its foremost ambassador in the United States, studied and performed with forrós greatest namesDominguinhos, Arlindo dos Oito Baixos, and Camarão. His group mixes raw energy with virtuosity. Rob Curto is a musician playing in our time the voices of time pastof smiling faces, of moving bodies, of shoes stirring the dust beneath them to celebrate this gentle existence. Lila Downs. 10:00pm Sat 12/ 31 CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY. Boogaloo, Latin Swing and Shingaling. The sounds of 1960's Spanish Harlem. "What Sharon Jones did for oldschool soul, what Antibalas did for Afrobeat and what Chicha Libre is doing for chicha, Spanglish Fly is doing for bugalu. As dance music, its irresistible." -- Lucid Culture. $15 With Charly Rodriguez - timbales; David Frankel - percussion; Howard Britz, bass; Erica Ramos -lead vocals; Gabo Tomasini -percussion; Jonathan Flothow bari sax; Jonathan Goldman - trumpet; Mick Santurio - congas; Maria Christina Eisen -tenor sax; Sebastian Isler - trombone. $15 10:00pm Sun 01/01 THE QUAVERS Brooklyn duo The Quavers are T. Griffin and Catherine McRae with frequent collaboators Dennis Cronin and Bruce Cawdron. They coax a luminous sound out of decayed samplers, walkmans, vibraphonette, footpedal loopers, tape echo violin and homespun harmonies. Like a space-age Carter Family, they weave low-tech electronics around songs sturdy enough to stand up even if the power goes out. They call it "porch techno". Their New Year's Day appearance has become a bit of a tradition - there is not better way to start the year. 7:00pm ============================================================= BARBES & ELECTRIC COWBELL TAKE MANHATTAN: DROM, JAN 7TH <a href="http://www.dromnyc.com/events/1331/barbes-records-electric-cowbell-presents">http://www.dromnyc.com/events/1331/barbes-records-electric-cowbell-presents</a> With Smokey's Secret Family, Chicha LIbre, Raya Brass Band, Cheick Hamala Diabate, No BS! Brass and DJ Geko Jones ============================================================= Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

This Week at Barbes

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:25:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com ===================== NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY ===================== Fri 12/02 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 12/02 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 chandelier. 8:00pm Fri 12/02 THE ROULETTE SISTERS The Roulette Sisters have been turning heads and stopping traffic since forming in the cold winter of 2003. Noticing that their warm velvet harmonies and spicy hot licks were melting the snow outside, the sisters realized that they had started something not only weather-altering but soul-stirring as well. The sexy sisters play a hip-shaking blend of American country blues, traditional songs, popular tunes and old timey music from the first half of the 20th century. With Mamie Minch: resonator guitar, Meg Reichardt: electric guitar, Megan Burleyson: washboard, Karen Waltuch: viola. 10:00pm Sat 12/03 ROB CURTO An early devotee of North American swing music, bebop piano, funk, rock and blues, Rob Curto combines these influences with his mastery of their South American counterparts forró, chorinho, samba, maracatu, frevo and the many other styles that belong to the Brazilian accordion tradition. The result is completely original, authentic and stimulating to fans of all kinds 7:00pm Sat 12/03 ROBIN AIGNIER & PARLOUR GAME A multi-instrumentalist who weaves tall tales into smart, quirky songs, Aigner has been likened to the Decemberists and Regina Spektor. A member of New York's "Antique Guarde," she has toured the Southeast U.S. extensively and recently, Europe. With Robin Aigner, uke, guitar, banjo (Pinataland, Strung Out String Band),Rima Fand, violin (Luminescent Orchestrii), Gavin Smith- clarinet (Les Sans Coulottes, the Magpie), Larry Cook - bass; Brady Jenkins - piano and Bill Gerstel - drums. 8:00pm Sat 12/03 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's only Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice 10:00pm Sun 12/04 NELLY REIFLER presents a reading with Christian Hawkey, Pam Dick and Uljana Wolff. 5:00pm Sun 12/04 THE FOUR BAGS With their new album Forth The Four Bags tackle death metal, Persian classical, Brazilian pop, and French electronica using a captivating blend of trombone (Brian Drye), accordion (Jacob Garchik), guitar (Sean Moran) and woodwinds (Mike McGinnis). 10:00pm Sun 12/04 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 12/05 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 12/05 CHICHA LIBRE. Psychedelic Cumbias from the Amazon and Brooklyn. 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 70s 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 12/06 Barbès and Concert Artist Guild present THE UPRIGHT PIANO BRIGADE: 4X2. MICHAEL BROWN and Special Guest Jerome Lowenthal Michael Brown (First Prize, 2010 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition) is joined by special guest Jerome Lowenthal, is a former teacher and longtime mentor of Brown. The duo will play four-hand selections from Ravels Mother Goose Suite, Poulencs Sonata, Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Barbers Souvenirs and more. 7:00pm Tue 12/06 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 locals 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 12/07 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 12/07 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. DAVID KING & MATT MITCHELL DUETS 8:00pm Wed 12/07 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 12//09 RUSSELL SCHOLL presents a Monthly Screening. TALL TALES, MYTHS & LEGENTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN FOLKLORE Film / video archivist Russell Scholl presents a program of American tall tales, myths, legends and more. You'll meet heroic steel drivers, manly cowboys, outsized lumberjacks, blue oxen and then some. You'll encounter tricksters, railroad men and headless horsemen. You'll see yourself in the mirror. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll sing! You'll plotz! Come and enjoy an evening of japery, humor and pure delight. (Film clips will span the 20th century and include abundant vintage animation.) 8:00pm Thu 12//09 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. 10:00pm Fri 12//09 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 12//09 SOLO: HER. A program of three solo acts curated by violinist. Three Women, Unaccompanied, Not Unplugged Phyllis Chen / Terry Dame / MazzMuse Curated by violinist and composer Mazz Swift (Burnt Sugar, Howard Fishman, BrazzTree) Solo:Her is an evening of three solo female performance acts. The night's lineup will includes sets by: MazzMuse: Swift's own solo project combining elements of classical, folk, electronica, jazz and otherwise free improvisational music to create a complete musical experience; Terry Dame: the mastermind behind Electric Junkyard Gamelan, Dame performs a solo set on her own original musical inventions, tuned glasses, saxophone, loops, samples and whatever else she might find to make sound on between now and then. Phyllis Chen, composer and toy piano wizard (International Contemporary Ensemble, founder UnCaged Toy Piano Festival) will prove once and for all the toy piano isn't just for kids! 8:00pm Fri 12//09 MATUTO Brazilian Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. Matuto's sound mixes brazilian percussion with american bluegrass and Old Timey music. Featuring Rob Curto - Accordion; Clay Ross - guitar; Rob Hecht - Fiddle and Vocals; Skip Ward - Acoustic and Electric Bass; Richie Barshay - Drum Kit and Ze Mauricio - Percussion. 10:00pm Sat 12//10 A LIVE BROADCAST OF WFMU'S TRANSPACIFIC SOUNDS PARADISE, hosted by Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel. Live from Barbès.With Sanda Weigl, Shoko Nagai; Alexandros Papadakis; TriBeCaStan and the Raya Brass Band 6:00pm to 9:00pm Sat 12//10 RAYA BRASS BAND Raya Brass Band gleefully mashes up the music of Eastern Europe with funky American dance grooves. Featuring odd meters, unusual scales and a fine helping of gorgeous Balkan and Romany (Gypsy) melodies played on reeds, trumpet, accordion, tuba and drums, Raya Brass Band slakes the thirst for something old and new at the same time, unusual and catchy, spiritedly played by some of NYC's finest Balkan folk musicians. Greg Squared (clarinet), Ben Syversen (trumpet), Matthew Fass (accordion), Don Godwin (tuba) and EJ Fry (tupan). 10:00pm Sun 12/11 BARBES CLASSICAL: STING CENTRIC. For its sixth season, barbès classical focuses on string programs. This month: KONO MICHI & FRIENDS. Led by singer, songwriter and violinist Michi Wiancko (Winner, 2002 CAG Competition), Kono Michi offers an eclectic mix of original songs and arrangements for an ensemble of strings, percussion and voice.7:00pm Sun 12/11 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT: 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. 9:00pm Mon 12/12 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 12/12 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 70s 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 12/13 PARTICLE ACCELERATOR Scott Robinson and Rob Garcia are veterans of the traditional jazz scene, and have performed numerous times together in various settings such as Randy Sandkes group performing the music of Bix Beiderbeck and Eddy Daviss band. They have also been very involved in the avant guarde performing with such artists as Marshall Allen (Robinson) and Joseph Jarman (Garcia). This trio debut will smash these two worlds (others as well) as they utilize their full scope of experience and visit traditional jazz repertoire with a fresh new approach. The very musical and talented guitarist Nate Radley will also take part. With Scott Robinson - Reeds and other things, Rob Garcia - big old luminescent bass drum and other percussions and Nate Radley - guitar. 7:00pm Tue 12/13 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 locals 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 12/14 SASHA DOBSON. Every Wednesday at 7pm. Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 12/14 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. INGRID LAUBROCK'S ANTI-HOUSE. With Ingrid Laubrock saxophones; Mary Halvorson guitar; Kris Davis piano; John Hebert bass and Tom Rainey drums. 8:00pm Wed 12/14 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 12/15 MATT MUNISTERI PLAYS THE LOST MUSIC OF WILLARD ROBISON. Throughout the 1920's, Willard Robison worked as a pianist and arranger along side many of the stars of the new jazz vanguard - including Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Paul Whiteman, and Eddie Lang - while simultaneously recording a string of startling recordings. Before there was Hoagy, or Randy Newman, or Brian Wilson, or Van Dyke Parks - Willard Robison wrote, orchestrated, conducted, and sang his own utterly unclassifiable songs in a series of pioneering recordings - none of which have ever been re-released since.Guitarist, songwriter and singer Matt Munisteri has long held a fascination for this seminal American innovator and has recorded an album of some of Willard's best songs (to be released in 2012) which he will be previewing. 8:00pm Thu 12/15 PEOPLE'S CHAMP Peoples Champs play music for the mind, body and soul. Enamored with roots dance music from all over the world, they mix jazz, hip-hop, rock and soul from the USA, Latin America and Africa to create new hybrids. The result is a passionate sound that will move you. Literally. Led by trombonist/vocalist Alex Asher, Peoples Champs feature some of New Yorks top musicians, who also perform regularly with Slavic Soul Party!, Baye Kouyate, Jo Jo Kuo and his Afrobeat Collective, Sister Sparrow, Afrodesia, and many others. 10:00pm Fri 12/16 ONE RING ZERO One Ring Zero is led by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. The Brooklyn-based band has released six CDs, including their critically acclaimed album, As Smart As We Are, a book-cum-CD, featuring songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers and Rick Moody. They have released two new albums this year - The Recipe Project, a book/Cd with recipes by famous chefs set to music, and The Planets, a journey though our solar system featuring ORZ's usual assorment of bizarre sounds and instruments and more than a few references to 1970's progressive rock, as well as nods to Stravinsky, Mahler, and of course, Gustav Holst. 8:00pm Fri 12/16 RED BARAAT Led by drummer Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol n brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful live sound. Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), drumset, percussion, sousaphone, horns, and various vocalese, this NYC-based group plays fresh originals and Bollywood classics with an explosive stage performance and presence. In the short time since their inception, the group has delivered blistering performances at such varied places as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Chicago World Music Festival, Lincoln Center, the Pori Jazz Festival (Finland) and India Independence Day Parade. $10. 10:00pm Sat 12/17 BAD REPUTATION Pierre de Gaillande sings George Brassens. From the 50s through the late 70s, George Brassens redefined French Chanson. He was an anarchist bard whose songs were sometimes raunchy, sometimes polemic, often poignant, and always steeped in classic French poetry. He went on to become one the most emblematic French singer of the 20th century. His songs, unlike those of his friend Jacque Brel, never became known outside of France, mostly because of the literary aspect of his lyrics. Franco-American singer and composer Pierre de Gaillande has translated a number of Brassens songs. He has stuck to the rhyming scheme and verse length of the original songs, thus matching the melodies perfectly. He has re-arranged the music with a cinematic sensibility, using a combination of guitars, clarinets, lapsteel and Charango. Best way to describe the record would be to compare it to a perfect movie adaptation of a book classic. Think Stanley Kubrick or Raoul Ruiz. Barbès Records released a CD of his songs earlier last summer. Listen to what NPR's Scott Simon had to say about it. 8:00pm Sat 12/17 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE. Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary. 10:00pm Sun 12/18 THE DELOREAN SISTERS. The Sisters are all children of the 80s with souls as old as the resin in your grandpappys corn cob pipe. Together theyve taken to reimagining synth-pop hits and keytar karaoke staples as old timey, early 20th century Americana. Diane Wohland and Jessica Spiegel both play guitar and harmonize; Clive Thompson plays lead guitar and harmonica; Brian Braiker is on banjo, slide guitar and ukulele, and Gary Lowery sings, hollers, washboards, and tinkles the meanest triangle you ever did hear. Its Marty McFly with a washboard; Hank Williams in legwarmers. The Dust Bowl meets the Superbowl Shuffle. 8:00pm 12/31 10:0pm til late CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SPANGLISH FLY. Boogaloo, Latin Swing and Shingaling. The sounds of 1960's Spanish Harlem. "What Sharon Jones did for oldschool soul, what Antibalas did for Afrobeat and what Chicha Libre is doing for chicha, Spanglish Fly is doing for bugalu. As dance music, its irresistible." -- Lucid Culture. $15 With Atsushi Tsumura, trumpet; Charly Rodriguez, timbales; Christelle Durandy, percussion; Dmitri Moderbacher, bass; Erica Ramos, lead vocals; Gabo Tomasini, percussion; Jonathan Flothow, bari sax; Jonathan Goldman, trumpet; Martin Wallace, piano; Mick Santurio, congas; Rose Imperato, tenor sax; Sebastian Isler, trombone. 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This Week at Barbes

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BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com ========================== Tonight at 10:00pm! The Hot Future Five Swing without nostalgia ========================== Thu 10/27 CONTINUUM presents a reading by AARON COHEN. Aaron Cohen will be at Barbes to launch the publication of his new book, "Aretha Franklin's 'Amazing Grace'" (33 1/3/Continuum). Along with reading from this new book, he will also play songs from the album, and the gospel singers who inspired it, and play short video clips. Cohen is the reviews editor of DownBeat and his writing on jazz, gospel and r&b has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Oxford American and other publications. 6:00pm Thu 10/27 HOT FUTURE FIVE According to French magazine La Nouvelle Louisiane, "Nostradomus correctly predicted that the future would belong to banjos and tubas. What he couldn't have seen was the damage they could do to the Grand Dixieland Repertoire in the hands of The Hot Future Five". A new swing band without a trace of nostalgic indulgence. With Frank Perowsky-clarinet; Tony Scher-banjo; Marcus Rojas-tuba and Ben Perowsky-drums. 10:00pm Fri 10/28 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 10/28 REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTETS RVSQ is a string quartet made up of four women who also sing and whose influences range from traditional American string band music to contemporary improvisation, Brazilian folk rhythms and West African tradition. Original songs backed by the strings and original compositions of the highlights of their performances. After collaborating with Feist on her latest album, Paste magazine called the quartet "Feist's secret weapon." 7:00pm Fri 10/28 HOUSE OF STRIDE Part performance-project, part-band, House of Stride From wanders from classic stride piano to old-School cabaret gems and re-imagined pop classics. With Allison Leyton-Brown - piano; Russ Meissner - drums; Jim Whitney - upright bass. 8:00pm Fri 10/28 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 Sat 10/29 ROBIN AIGNIER & PARLOUR GAME A multi-instrumentalist who weaves tall tales into smart, quirky songs, Aigner has been likened to the Decemberists and Regina Spektor. A member of New York's "Antique Guarde," she has toured the Southeast U.S. extensively and recently, Europe. With Robin Aigner, uke, guitar, banjo (Pinataland, Strung Out String Band),Rima Fand, violin (Luminescent Orchestrii), Gavin Smith, clarinet (Les Sans Coulottes, the Magpie), Larry Cook, bass; Brady Jenkins, piano 6:00pm Sat 10/29 CHOLA This new project revisits the songbook of George Jones, Skeeter Davis and other Country greats and features singer Sasha Dobson; bassist Trevor Dunn (mr bungle, fantomas) Oscar Noriega (Banda de Los Muertos, Paul Motian) on drums and Steve Elliott on lapsteel and guitar. 8:00pm Sat 10/29 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 10/30 ANDY BISKIN'S IBID Andy Biskin is a clarinetist and composer who leads several ensembles and has composed scores for film, dance, and theater. Biskin studied music and anthropology at Yale and later worked as an assistant to folklorist Alan Lomax. His music recalls early jazz and social music, but with sudden shifts in unexpected directions. Biskin's compositions have been compared to Raymond Scott, Charles Mingus, Charles Ives, Carla Bley, and Lawrence Welk. with Andy Biskin - clarinet and compositions, Kirk Knufke - trumpet, Brian Drye - trombone, Jeff Davis - drums. 7:00pm Sun 10/30 Sun 10/30 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 10/31 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 Tue 11/01 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 locals 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 11/02 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. DAVID SCOTT 8:00pm Wed 11/02 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 11/03 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). Rachelle has released four CDs as well as a single "My House of Peace", which was produced by Jack White and released on vinyl by Third Man Records. Rachelle also composed the music for Taylor Mac's epic 5-hour long theater piece "The Lily's Revenge" which premiered at Here Arts Center October '09. 8:00pm Thu 11/03 CELEBRATING ITALIAN LABEL'S AUAND'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY Auand is a prolific label based in the small seaside town of Bisceglie, near Bari in Puglia, southern Italy. It specialises in placing American players with Italian bands. GIANCARLO TOSSANI'S SYNAPSER (Talmor, Gallo, Baron). the Italian pianist leads a group which is more of an ecosystem than a classic band. All musicians take and give signals to each other while trying to run a lively conversation developed with consciousness and passion. "The dynamic music has clear, developed motifs and driving rhythms that will get you moving. Put this on when you need a pick-me-up. Terrific. (Budd Kopman, All About Jazz ) 10:00pm PARTIPILO / OKAZAKI / WEISS. Auand's commitment to cross-cultural diversity is evident in this trio co-led by Italian alto sax player Gaetano Partipilo and New York based guitarist Miles Okazaki and drummer Dan Weiss. 11:00pm Fri 11/04 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 11/04 PERCY JONES AND MJ-12 Percy Jones and MJ-12 is an trio which uses the vocabulary of 1970's jazz and prog rock, contemporary improvisation, punk and a few more unidentified sources. With Percy Jones-fretless bass (Brand X, Brian Eno, Soft Machine); Stephen Moses-drums/trombone (Alice Donut) and Aubrey Sith mith - vox/keyboard (Heldin, The Batterie). 8:00pm Fri 11/04 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary.10:00pm Sat 11/05 CANTATACCO (Sing the Boot-heel) plays folk music from Puglia, the heel of Italy's boot. From lively tarantellas to a cappella ballads of gritty southern life, CantaTacco's music bites like the tarantula to make you move your feet and stir your sole. Gregory Frumin - Songs, Tamburello; Craig Judelman - Fiddle; Matthew Fass - Accordion. 6:00pm Sat 11/05 DEBUTANTE HOUR Sounds like... Lawrence Welk if he grew up in the 80's listening to New Order and Ella Fitzgerald. Like the Mandrell Sisters if they grew up in the suburbs outside of D.C. and learned traditional Ukrainian songs from their mother and blues piano from a Jewish civil rights lawyer. 8:00pm Sat 11/05 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's only Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice 10:00pm Sun 11/06 THE FOUR BAGS With their new album Forth The Four Bags continue a decade-long adventure. The Four Bags tackle death metal, Persian classical, Brazilian pop, and French electronica, ever expanding their stylistic palette while imprinting a distinctive stamp on the music. Forth follows three critically acclaimed releases on NCM East Records. A captivating blend of trombone (Brian Drye), accordion (Jacob Garchik), guitar (Sean Moran) and woodwinds (Mike McGinnis), The Four Bags have been based in New York City since 1999. They have been featured at the "Next Next" festival at BAM, "Celebrate Brooklyn!" festival in Prospect Park, the Wall to Wall Joni Mitchell Marathon at Symphony Space, a tribute to Burt Bacharach in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Friends of Alec Wilder Concert at St. Peter's Church, and on the WNYC shows "Spinning on Air", "Sound Check" and "New Sounds". 7:00pm Sun 11/06 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 11/07 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 11/07 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 70s 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 11/08 ELECTRIC JUNKYARD GAMELAN Loosely inspired by Indonesian Gamelan, EJG plays original groove-driven music played on made-up instruments and household objects. Haunting melodies and layered, interlocking rhythms are performed on musical contraptions such as the Rubarp, Sitello, Kachapitar and Terraphone. An experience as stimulating visually as it is aurally exciting. 7:00pm Tue 11/08 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 locals 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 11/09 SASHA DOBSON Sasha's talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world. Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones. ...... Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years.. Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her 7:00pm Wed 11/09 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. BOP ON POP Featuring Frank and Ben Perowsky + special guests playing bebop on drummer Ben Perowsky's dad's 76th birthday. 8:00pm Wed 11/09 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 11/10 RUSSELL SCHOLL'S MONTHLY SCREENING. 8:00pm Thu 11/10 ALASH These young musicians from the Siberian republic of Tuva belong to the new generation of throat singers. They are all graduates of the Kyzyl Arts College in the basement of which they formed the ensemble. Two of the members of Alash were students of master Xoomeizhi (throat-singer) Kongar-ool Ondar (of Ghengis Blues fame) at the Republic School of the Arts, and Mr. Ondar has played a key role in the life of the ensemble since its early days as Artistic Director, encouraging and guiding their formation as an ensemble. They are among the first of the post-Soviet generation to display brilliance in Tuvan traditional music; through subtle and knowing acquaintance with the precepts of western music. The result is thoroughly mesmerizing. $10 10:00pm Fri 11/11 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 11/11 THE WEAL AND THE WOE Vintage country, gospel classics and close harmony from a faraway time. Drawing from the deep well of country "brother" duets from the middle third of the twentieth century, they sing songs of love and loss, drinkin' and cheatin', Old Time Religion and life back home in the Gowanus Valley-including vintage classics as well as newly penned originals. With Barbara Ann (bass & vocals), Russell Scholl (guitar & vocals), Jason Cade (fiddle & banjo) and Mark Deffenbaugh (lap steel). 8:00pm Fri 11/11 A Special Screening of: PIONEER (15 min). By David Lowery. This compelling new film by Texas filmmaker David Lowery has been wowing festival audiences around the world. A father (Will Oldham) tells his son (Myles Brooks) the most epic bedtime story ever. www.pioneershort.com. "Pioneer" will be accompanied by a selection of shorts centered around the theme of American folklore and tall tales, curated by acclaimed film archivist Russell Scholl. 9:30pm Fri 11/11 PINATALAND the subjects of Pinataland's darkly romantic tunes include lovelorn astronauts, murderous Mormons, and the atom bomb. Tonight they'll perform songs from their fifth CD "Hymns for the Dreadful Night", with Robin Aigner and Doug Stone singing, Bill Gerstel on drums, Ross Bonadonna on bass, and Gerald Menke on pedal steel. 10:00pm Sat 11/12 SIERRA NOBLE. Singer and violinist Sierra Noble plays a mixture of Celtic, Bluegrass Pop and Jazz. the Canadian native has opened for Paul McCartney and Bonjovi (not at barbès) and performed around the world. She will performing an acoustic set. 6:00pm Sat 11/12 BANNING EYRE Writer & Guitarist Banning Eyre has been specializing in all things African for over 15 years. As a guitarist, he has played with Thomas Mapfumo of Zimbabwe and has toured with Super Rail Band of Mali. His book - and its companion CD - In Griot Times, have won him much deserved praise as has his work for NPR. His shows draw form various African sources (South Africa, Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Mali.) and include guests from all over the African continent. With special guest Sam Dickey. 8:00pm Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

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Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:08:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com =============================================== CHICHA LIBRE at CMJ tonight Latin Showcase at CMJ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=298926453455827">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=298926453455827</a> =============================================== Thu 10/20 MATT MUNISTERI Matt's guitar playing is phenomenal, and phenomenally tasteful. He is also an great songwriter whose songs should one day figure in the American pantheon of Great Tune 8:00pm Thu 10/20 GATO LOCO They play 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). 10:00pm Fri 10/21 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. Fri 10/21 BANNING EYRE Writer & Guitarist Banning Eyre has been specializing in all things African for over 15 years. As a guitarist, he has played with Thomas Mapfumo of Zimbabwe and has toured with Super Rail Band of Mali. His book - and its companion CD - In Griot Times, have won him much deserved praise as has his work for NPR. His shows draw form various African sources (South Africa, Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Mali.) and include guests from all over the African continent. With Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabate. 8:00pm Fri 10/21 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. "Something beyond mesmerizing: Ecstatic, powerful and danceable as hell." (Lucid Culture) with Matt moran - percussion; Reuben Radding - bass; Joey Weisenberg - guitar; Matthew Fass - accordion; Catherine Foster - trumpet and Greg Squared - Sax and clarinet. 10:00pm Sat 10/22 SHERITA Acoustic music of the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East featuring Renee Bergan - percussion; Rima Fand - violin, viola, vocals - Adam Good: oud, guitar, tambura andGreg Squared: clarinet, sax, vocals. 7:00pm Sat 10/22 VILLA DELIRIUM "Disturbed Songs for Disturbed Times" Villa Delirium combines eerie traditional folk songs of Germany, Ireland and the Balkans with murder ballads of the American South and heir own startling compositions. With Tine Kindermann - Voice, saw and violin; John Kruth - Voice, guitar, mandolin, banjo and flutes; Kenny Margolis - Accordion and keyboards; Steve Bear - Pots, pans and boxes and Doug Wieselman - clarinets and bass harmonica. 8:00pm Sat 10/22 BAD REPUTATION & SPECIAL GUESTS CELEBRATES GEORGES BRASSENS' BIRTHDAY BAD REPUTATION Pierre de Gaillande sings George Brassens. From the 50s through the late 70s, George Brassens redefined French Chanson. He was an anarchist bard whose songs were sometimes raunchy, sometimes polemic, often poignant, and always steeped in classic French poetry. He went on to become one the most emblematic French singer of the 20th century. His songs, unlike those of his friend Jacque Brel, never became known outside of France, mostly because of the literary aspect of his lyrics. Franco-American singer and composer Pierre de Gaillande has translated a number of Brassens songs. He has stuck to the rhyming scheme and verse length of the original songs, thus matching the melodies perfectly. He has re-arranged the music with a cinematic sensibility, using a combination of guitars, clarinets, lapsteel and Charango. Best way to describe the record would be to compare it to a perfect movie adaptation of a book classic. Think Stanley Kubrick or Raoul Ruiz. Barbès Records released a CD of his songs earlier last summer. Listen to what NPR's Scott Simon had to say about it. 10:00pm Sun 10/23 Suphala and John Hadfield's ELECTROCUSSION A tabla player and a percussionist/drummer, respectively, Suphala and John are also experienced producers interested in moving past simple distinctions between acoustic and electronic. Suphala is a protégée of Zakir Hussein and has colloaborated with the likes of Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Edie Brickell, Vernon Reid, Timbaland and Sean Lennon. John Hadfield is trained in the western classical tradition as well as in carnatic and Hindustani percussion.. Suphala - tabla, laptop; John Hadfield - cajon, laptop 7:00pm Sun 10/23 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 10/24 KANYE TWITTY With Oran Etkin: Reeds; Vinnie Sperazza: drums; Jason Sypher: Bass; Ross Martin: Guitar and bRaphael McGregor: steel guitar. 7:00pm Mon 10/24 CUMBIAGRA Since their creation in the summer of 2008, Cumbiagra has been hosting legendary dance parties throughout New Yorks Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Mexico and beyond. Though Cumbiagra is largely inspired by the Colombian dance style known as cumbia, their music has developed into a synthesis of styles, drawing on the diversity of its members and the rich musical environment of the New York Metro area. George Saenz - accordion, trombone and vocals; Rafael Gomez - bass and vocals; Brian Lazarus - guitar and vocals and Brian Glashow - percussion. Tue 10/25 LJOVA AND KONTRABAND Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Founded by maverick film composer, arranger, and violist Lev 'LJOVA' Zhurbin --- hailed by Billboard magazine as "one of New York's fastest rising composers and instrumentalists" -- the ensemble also features his close collaborators on vocals, accordion, bass and percussion. 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 7:00pm Tue 10/25 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 locals 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 10/26 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. MCGINNIS +9 featuring music for clarinet and a 9-piece ensemble. Mike McGinnis will be performing Bill Smith's Concerto for Clarinet and Jazz Combo (1956) and a new composition McGinnis composed for the same ensemble. with Mike McGinnis: clarinet; Jeff Hermanson: trumpet; Justin Mullens: french horn; Brian Drye: trombone; Steve Welsh: tenor sax; Barry Saunders: baritone sax; Vinnie Sperrazza: drums and Jacob Sacks: piano. 8:00pm Wed 10/26 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 10/27 CONTINUUM presents a reading by AARON COHEN. Aaron Cohen will be at Barbes to launch the publication of his new book, "Aretha Franklin's 'Amazing Grace'" (33 1/3/Continuum). Along with reading from this new book, he will also play songs from the album, and the gospel singers who inspired it, and play short video clips. Cohen is the reviews editor of DownBeat and his writing on jazz, gospel and r&b has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Oxford American and other publications. 6:00pm Thu 10/27 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. $10 8:00pm Thu 10/27 LAYALI EL ANDALUS Layali El Andalus, led by Moroccan master musician Rachid Halihal, the Judeo-Muslim ensemble evokes the spirit of golden-age Andalusia. The band's repertoire focus on North African - Andalusian, chaabi, and genawa- but also expands to folk music from the Middle East and the Gulf area, classical Arabic music from Lebanon and Egypt, as well as Israeli and Sephardic Jewish music. With Rachid Halihal - Oud/Vocals, Daphna Mor - Ney/Recorder,Uri Sharlin - Accordion; Brahim Fribgane - Dumbek, David Buchbut - Riq. 10:00pm Fri 10/28 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 10/28 REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTETS RVSQ is a string quartet made up of four women who also sing and whose influences range from traditional American string band music to contemporary improvisation, Brazilian folk rhythms and West African tradition. Original songs backed by the strings and original compositions of the highlights of their performances. After collaborating with Feist on her latest album, Paste magazine called the quartet "Feist's secret weapon." 7:00pm Fri 10/28 HOUSE OF STRIDE Part performance-project, part-band, House of Stride From wanders from classic stride piano to old-School cabaret gems and re-imagined pop classics. With Allison Leyton-Brown - piano; Russ Meissner - drums; Jim Whitney - upright bass. 8:00pm Fri 10/28 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 Sat 10/29 ROBIN AIGNIER & PARLOUR GAME A multi-instrumentalist who weaves tall tales into smart, quirky songs, Aigner has been likened to the Decemberists and Regina Spektor. A member of New York's "Antique Guarde," she has toured the Southeast U.S. extensively and recently, Europe. With Robin Aigner, uke, guitar, banjo (Pinataland, Strung Out String Band),Rima Fand, violin (Luminescent Orchestrii), Gavin Smith, clarinet (Les Sans Coulottes, the Magpie), Larry Cook, bass; Brady Jenkins, piano 6:00pm Sat 10/29 CHOLA This new project revisits the songbook of George Jones, Skeeter Davis and other Country greats and features singer Sasha Dobson; bassist Trevor Dunn (mr bungle, fantomas) Oscar Noriega (Banda de Los Muertos, Paul Motian) on drums and Steve Elliott on lapsteel and guitar. 8:00pm Sat 10/29 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 10/30 ANDY BISKIN'S IBID Andy Biskin is a clarinetist and composer who leads several ensembles and has composed scores for film, dance, and theater. Biskin studied music and anthropology at Yale and later worked as an assistant to folklorist Alan Lomax. His music recalls early jazz and social music, but with sudden shifts in unexpected directions. Biskin's compositions have been compared to Raymond Scott, Charles Mingus, Charles Ives, Carla Bley, and Lawrence Welk. with Andy Biskin - clarinet and compositions, Kirk Knufke - trumpet, Brian Drye - trombone, Jeff Davis - drums. 7:00pm Sun 10/30 Sun 10/30 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 10/31 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 Tue 11/01 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 locals 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 11/02 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. DAVID SCOTT 8:00pm Wed 11/02 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 11/03 RACHELLE GARNIEZ Dubbed a"Master of Surprise" by Entertainment Weekly, Rachelle writes and performs darkly optimistic story-songs and accompanies herself on a variety of instruments including accordion, piano, claviola, guitar and plastic bells, "...leaving nothing behind but sweet wreckage." (The New Yorker). Rachelle has released four CDs as well as a single "My House of Peace", which was produced by Jack White and released on vinyl by Third Man Records. Rachelle also composed the music for Taylor Mac's epic 5-hour long theater piece "The Lily's Revenge" which premiered at Here Arts Center October '09. 8:00pm Thu 11/03 CELEBRATING ITALIAN LABEL'S AUAND'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY Auand is a prolific label based in the small seaside town of Bisceglie, near Bari in Puglia, southern Italy. It specialises in placing American players with Italian bands. GIANCARLO TOSSANI'S SYNAPSER (Talmor, Gallo, Baron). the Italian pianist leads a group which is more of an ecosystem than a classic band. All musicians take and give signals to each other while trying to run a lively conversation developed with consciousness and passion. "The dynamic music has clear, developed motifs and driving rhythms that will get you moving. Put this on when you need a pick-me-up. Terrific. (Budd Kopman, All About Jazz ) 10:00pm PARTIPILO / OKAZAKI / WEISS. Auand's commitment to cross-cultural diversity is evident in this trio co-led by Italian alto sax player Gaetano Partipilo and New York based guitarist Miles Okazaki and drummer Dan Weiss. 11:00pm Fri 11/04 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 11/04 PERCY JONES AND MJ-12 Percy Jones and MJ-12 is an trio which uses the vocabulary of 1970's jazz and prog rock, contemporary improvisation, punk and a few more unidentified sources. With Percy Jones-fretless bass (Brand X, Brian Eno, Soft Machine); Stephen Moses-drums/trombone (Alice Donut) and Aubrey Sith mith - vox/keyboard (Heldin, The Batterie). 8:00pm Fri 11/04 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary.10:00pm Sat 11/05 CANTATACCO (Sing the Boot-heel) plays folk music from Puglia, the heel of Italy's boot. From lively tarantellas to a cappella ballads of gritty southern life, CantaTacco's music bites like the tarantula to make you move your feet and stir your sole. Gregory Frumin - Songs, Tamburello; Craig Judelman - Fiddle; Matthew Fass - Accordion. 6:00pm Sat 11/05 DEBUTANTE HOUR Sounds like... Lawrence Welk if he grew up in the 80's listening to New Order and Ella Fitzgerald. Like the Mandrell Sisters if they grew up in the suburbs outside of D.C. and learned traditional Ukrainian songs from their mother and blues piano from a Jewish civil rights lawyer. 8:00pm Sat 11/05 BANDA SINALOENSE DE LOS MUERTOS - New York's only Mexican Banda. In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, brass bands (bandas) are part of every public celebration. In the 1940's, the pioneering Banda El Recodo started mixing up traditional brass band tunes with contemporary Mexican music - mostly ranchera - and soon transformed the idiom into a powerful new popular genre. In the 1990's, banda music experienced a renewal, especially among young Californian Mexicans, many of whom have family roots in Sinaloa. Banda music's popularity exploded in Mexico as well and has become the new urban music of choice 10:00pm Sun 11/06 THE FOUR BAGS With their new album Forth The Four Bags continue a decade-long adventure. The Four Bags tackle death metal, Persian classical, Brazilian pop, and French electronica, ever expanding their stylistic palette while imprinting a distinctive stamp on the music. Forth follows three critically acclaimed releases on NCM East Records. A captivating blend of trombone (Brian Drye), accordion (Jacob Garchik), guitar (Sean Moran) and woodwinds (Mike McGinnis), The Four Bags have been based in New York City since 1999. They have been featured at the "Next Next" festival at BAM, "Celebrate Brooklyn!" festival in Prospect Park, the Wall to Wall Joni Mitchell Marathon at Symphony Space, a tribute to Burt Bacharach in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Friends of Alec Wilder Concert at St. Peter's Church, and on the WNYC shows "Spinning on Air", "Sound Check" and "New Sounds". 7:00pm Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;

This Week at Barbes

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:36:00 GMT

BARBES CALENDAR Unless otherwise noted, all events carry a strongly suggested minimum donation of $10. Happiness: $1 off beer and $8 cocktails everyday until 7:00pm. www.Barbesbrooklyn.com Fri 10/14 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 10/14 THE PENDULUM SWINGS New York City's hottest and coolest big band swing ensemble, featuring original "instant standard" songs by powerhouse frontman/vocalist Jason Trachtenburg (formerly and currently of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.) 8:00pm Fri 10/14 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. "Life in a Blender is a long-running Brooklyn institution specializing in quirkily heartfelt pop that is both surreal and thought-provoking. Lately, the lead singer Don Raufs endearingly absurdist musings come augmented with lush arrangements. Though rife with oddness, the bands work hides moments of poignancy and introspection amidst the laughs" The New Yorker. 10:00pm Sat 10/15 THE UNIVERSAL THUMP Chapter Three' digital release party! With special guests THE XYLOPHOLKS (best animal-costumed band in the world). Brooklyn-based orchestral pop collective led by acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Greta Gertler and and co-producer Adam D. Gold. Born of a whale-less whale-watching expedition to Canada, and inspired at least a little by Melville's Moby Dick, The Universal Thump is a search for space, survival and triumph in song. 7:00pm Sat 10/15 LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Their sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their new album, Ziguala is an attempt to imagine what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence which was so prevalent until the early 60's had continued its course without interruption. The tracks on the album are re-interpretations of songs from Spain, France, Peru, India, Mexico, Greece, Venezuela, Colombia and Naples. Ziguala is not so much a latin record as it is a pop record that uses a latin vocabulary. Think of it as the opposite of Rock en Español, itself a Latin genre which uses a rock vocabulary. 10:00pm Sun 10/16 BYOV. 3:00pm Sun 10/16 MOACYR LUZ The Rio native is a singer and composer whose songs have been interpreted by Maria Bethani, Emílio Santiago, Nana Caymmi, Leila Pinheiro and Elba Ramalho. He will be making a rare NY appearance. With special guests guitarist João luiz and percussionist Ze Mauricio. 7:00pm Sun 10/16 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 10/17 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 Clouds 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-1940s 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 10/17 CHICHA LIBRE. Psychedelic Cumbias. 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 70s 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 10/18 ALLISON MILLER & ERIK DEUTSCH QUARTET. As of late, pianist Erik Deutsch and drummer Allison Miller have joined forces, co-leading a new quartet where they share compositional and artistic duties. This new collaboration is sublime and is further enhanced by the great Jenny Scheinman on violin and bassist extraordinaire, Ben Allison. 7:00pm Tue 10/18 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 locals 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 10/19 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. MARA ROSENBLOOM Lyrically contemplative & rhythmically pulsating...This quartet plays music that renders believable the future of jazz (All About Jazz, NYC)." Pianist & Composer, Mara Rosenbloom presents her original compositions in concert with "One of NYC's most incisive & passionate saxists," (Time Out NY) Darius Jones, highly in demand bassist Sean Conly (Paquito D'Rivera, Tony Malaby, Randy Brecker), and innovative drummer Nick Anderson (Stephane Wrembel Trio, Ian Rapien's Spectral Awakenings) 8:00pm Wed 10/19 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 10/20 MATT MUNISTERI Matt's guitar playing is phenomenal, and phenomenally tasteful. He is also an great songwriter whose songs should one day figure in the American pantheon of Great Tune 8:00pm Thu 10/20 GATO LOCO They play 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). 10:00pm Fri 10/21 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. Fri 10/21 BANNING EYRE Writer & Guitarist Banning Eyre has been specializing in all things African for over 15 years. As a guitarist, he has played with Thomas Mapfumo of Zimbabwe and has toured with Super Rail Band of Mali. His book - and its companion CD - In Griot Times, have won him much deserved praise as has his work for NPR. His shows draw form various African sources (South Africa, Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Mali.) and include guests from all over the African continent. With Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabate. 8:00pm Fri 10/21 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. "Something beyond mesmerizing: Ecstatic, powerful and danceable as hell." (Lucid Culture) with Matt moran - percussion; Reuben Radding - bass; Joey Weisenberg - guitar; Matthew Fass - accordion; Catherine Foster - trumpet and Greg Squared - Sax and clarinet. 10:00pm Sat 10/22 SHERITA Acoustic music of the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East featuring Renee Bergan - percussion; Rima Fand - violin, viola, vocals - Adam Good: oud, guitar, tambura andGreg Squared: clarinet, sax, vocals. 7:00pm Sat 10/22 VILLA DELIRIUM "Disturbed Songs for Disturbed Times" Villa Delirium combines eerie traditional folk songs of Germany, Ireland and the Balkans with murder ballads of the American South and heir own startling compositions. With Tine Kindermann - Voice, saw and violin; John Kruth - Voice, guitar, mandolin, banjo and flutes; Kenny Margolis - Accordion and keyboards; Steve Bear - Pots, pans and boxes and Doug Wieselman - clarinets and bass harmonica. 8:00pm Sat 10/22 BAD REPUTATION & SPECIAL GUESTS CELEBRATES GEORGES BRASSENS' BIRTHDAY BAD REPUTATION. Pierre de Gaillande sings George Brassens. From the 50s through the late 70s, George Brassens redefined French Chanson. He was an anarchist bard whose songs were sometimes raunchy, sometimes polemic, often poignant, and always steeped in classic French poetry. He went on to become one the most emblematic French singer of the 20th century. His songs, unlike those of his friend Jacque Brel, never became known outside of France, mostly because of the literary aspect of his lyrics. Franco-American singer and composer Pierre de Gaillande has translated a number of Brassens songs. He has stuck to the rhyming scheme and verse length of the original songs, thus matching the melodies perfectly. He has re-arranged the music with a cinematic sensibility, using a combination of guitars, clarinets, lapsteel and Charango. Best way to describe the record would be to compare it to a perfect movie adaptation of a book classic. Think Stanley Kubrick or Raoul Ruiz. Barbès Records released a CD of his songs earlier last summer. Listen to what NPR's Scott Simon had to say about it. 10:00pm Sun 10/23 Suphala and John Hadfield's ELECTROCUSSION A tabla player and a percussionist/drummer, respectively, Suphala and John are also experienced producers interested in moving past simple distinctions between acoustic and electronic. Suphala is a protégée of Zakir Hussein and has colloaborated with the likes of Norah Jones, Perry Farrell, Edie Brickell, Vernon Reid, Timbaland and Sean Lennon. John Hadfield is trained in the western classical tradition as well as in carnatic and Hindustani percussion.. Suphala - tabla, laptop; John Hadfield - cajon, laptop 7:00pm Sun 10/23 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Mon 10/24 KANYE TWITTY. With Oran Etkin: Reeds; Vinnie Sperazza: drums; Jason Sypher: Bass; Ross Martin: Guitar and bRaphael McGregor: steel guitar. 7:00pm Mon 10/24 CHICHA LIBRE. Psychedelic Cumbias from the Amazon and Brooklyn. 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 70s 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 10/25 LJOVA AND KONTRABAND Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Founded by maverick film composer, arranger, and violist Lev 'LJOVA' Zhurbin --- hailed by Billboard magazine as "one of New York's fastest rising composers and instrumentalists" -- the ensemble also features his close collaborators on vocals, accordion, bass and percussion. 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 7:00pm Tue 10/25 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 locals 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 10/26 THE PALIMPSESTIC SERIES, CURATED BY OSCAR NORIEGA. Every Wednesday. $10. MCGINNIS +9 featuring music for clarinet and a 9-piece ensemble. Mike McGinnis will be performing Bill Smith's Concerto for Clarinet and Jazz Combo (1956) and a new composition McGinnis composed for the same ensemble. with Mike McGinnis: clarinet; Jeff Hermanson: trumpet; Justin Mullens: french horn; Brian Drye: trombone; Steve Welsh: tenor sax; Barry Saunders: baritone sax; Vinnie Sperrazza: drums and Jacob Sacks: piano. 8:00pm Wed 10/26 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 10/27 CONTINUUM presents a reading by AARON COHEN. Aaron Cohen will be at Barbes to launch the publication of his new book, "Aretha Franklin's 'Amazing Grace'" (33 1/3/Continuum). Along with reading from this new book, he will also play songs from the album, and the gospel singers who inspired it, and play short video clips. Cohen is the reviews editor of DownBeat and his writing on jazz, gospel and r&b has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Rolling Stone, Oxford American and other publications. 6:00pm Thu 10/27 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. $10 8:00pm Thu 10/27 LAYALI EL ANDALUS Layali El Andalus, led by Moroccan master musician Rachid Halihal, the Judeo-Muslim ensemble evokes the spirit of golden-age Andalusia. The band's repertoire focus on North African - Andalusian, chaabi, and genawa- but also expands to folk music from the Middle East and the Gulf area, classical Arabic music from Lebanon and Egypt, as well as Israeli and Sephardic Jewish music. With Rachid Halihal - Oud/Vocals, Daphna Mor - Ney/Recorder,Uri Sharlin - Accordion; Brahim Fribgane - Dumbek, David Buchbut - Riq. 10:00pm Fri 10/28 THE CROOKED TRIO - Every Friday at 5:00pm. The trio plays straight and skewed standards with Oscar Noriega - drums; Brian Drye - piano; Ari Folman-Cohen - bass and a rotating cast of special guests. 5:00pm Fri 10/28 REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTETS RVSQ is a string quartet made up of four women who also sing and whose influences range from traditional American string band music to contemporary improvisation, Brazilian folk rhythms and West African tradition. Original songs backed by the strings and original compositions of the highlights of their performances. After collaborating with Feist on her latest album, Paste magazine called the quartet "Feist's secret weapon." 7:00pm Fri 10/28 HOUSE OF STRIDE Part performance-project, part-band, House of Stride From wanders from classic stride piano to old-School cabaret gems and re-imagined pop classics. With Allison Leyton-Brown - piano; Russ Meissner - drums; Jim Whitney - upright bass. 8:00pm Fri 10/28 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 Sat 10/29 ROBIN AIGNIER & PARLOUR GAME A multi-instrumentalist who weaves tall tales into smart, quirky songs, Aigner has been likened to the Decemberists and Regina Spektor. A member of New York's "Antique Guarde," she has toured the Southeast U.S. extensively and recently, Europe. With Robin Aigner, uke, guitar, banjo (Pinataland, Strung Out String Band),Rima Fand, violin (Luminescent Orchestrii), Gavin Smith, clarinet (Les Sans Coulottes, the Magpie), Larry Cook, bass; Brady Jenkins, piano 6:00pm Sat 10/29 CHOLA This new project revisits the songbook of George Jones, Skeeter Davis and other Country greats and features singer Sasha Dobson; bassist Trevor Dunn (mr bungle, fantomas) Oscar Noriega (Banda de Los Muertos, Paul Motian) on drums and Steve Elliott on lapsteel and guitar. 8:00pm Sat 10/29 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 10/30 ANDY BISKIN'S IBID Andy Biskin is a clarinetist and composer who leads several ensembles and has composed scores for film, dance, and theater. Biskin studied music and anthropology at Yale and later worked as an assistant to folklorist Alan Lomax. His music recalls early jazz and social music, but with sudden shifts in unexpected directions. Biskin's compositions have been compared to Raymond Scott, Charles Mingus, Charles Ives, Carla Bley, and Lawrence Welk. with Andy Biskin - clarinet and compositions, Kirk Knufke - trumpet, Brian Drye - trombone, Jeff Davis - drums. 7:00pm Sun 10/30 STEPHANE WREMBEL presents THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT 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. 9:00pm Barbes is located at 376 9th st in Park Slope Brooklyn, corner of 6th avenue - www.Barbesbrooklyn.com You are receiving this email because you suscribed to this list - or because we think you did - If you didn't, you can follow the link below to unsuscribe. <<a href="http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt">http://barbesbrooklyn.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/Events/&gt</a>;