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"Transpacific Sound Paradise: Popular and Unpopular
Music from Around the World" can be
heard Saturdays 6-8pm New York / New Jersey time on WFMU 91.1 FM in the New York Metropolitan area and 90.1 in New
York's Hudson Valley.
Listen
to WFMU’s Transpacific Sound Paradise past shows any time (and see
corresponding playlists): http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Robw
Visit the Transpacific Sound Paradise homepage for info on
upcoming shows, recent specials etc: http://www.wfmu.org/tsp.
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Click
here
for a short directory of world music presenters and NYC summer concert series.
Other Concert Listing Pages
Africasounds (Africa in NYC): http://www.africasounds.com/concerts.htm
Afropop Worldwide NYC concert listings via http://www.afropop.org/
Brazilian music in NYC: http://www.brazilny.org/cultural/boletip.htm
Brazil Society calendar: http://www.braziliansociety.org/call/default.asp
Brooklyn live venues (especially small / indie) from GO Brooklyn: http://www.go-brooklyn.com/index.html?html/venues/nightlife.html
Dirty Linen state-by-state (folk/world): http://www.dirtynelson.com/linen/special/bystate1.html
Flamenco in New York:
http://www.flamencomania.com/NYC.html
Indian/South Asian dance parties and shows in NYC, NJ and beyond: http://www.desiparty.com
New York Led: Free concerts in NYC: http://www.newyorkled.com/nyc_events_Free_Concerts.htm
NYC Mosaico: Hip and rootsy Latin-tinged happenings: http://www.nycmosaico.com/
World Music Institute (WMI - presenters of world traditional concerts)
calendar:
http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org
NYC Cool Music Listings: General page, but lots of free,
less-publicized events.
http://newyorkcool.com/listings/music.html
WFMU’s Arbitrary Guide to Popular Culture (Music of
all types):
http://www.wfmu.org/arbguide.php
Upcoming
NYC Area Concerts
All events take place in New York City, borough of Manhattan unless indicated.
Any copy in italics is courtesy of
program presenters or artists.
Important:
Confirm all dates / times with the venues – there may be errors, or changes not
reflected in this calendar (follow the web links!)
July
6 (Sun)
Central Park Summerstage,
Rumsey Playfield, mid-park near 72 St.: Seun Kuti + Afrika Bambaataa + Love
Trio with U-Roy.
http://www.summerstage.org
Seun Kuti is Fela Anikulapo Kuti ‘s last son. Seun’s father, Fela Anikulapo
Kuti, was Nigeria’s most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social
critic until his death in 1997. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa s best-known
pop music stars in the 1970s and 1980s and known for his songs criticizing the
Nigerian military junta. Seun started learning to play saxophone when he was
eight, which is also when he started taking piano lessons. Seun Kuti has been
performing on stage since he was nine years old. He started his career as
opening act with his father’s band, Egypt 80. And he still performs today with
the same band.
Afrika Bambaataa, the legendary DJ and community leader from the South Bronx,
was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. In 2007 he was nominated
for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Legendary Jamaican toaster U-Roy joins forces with Lower East Side dub group
Love Trio to create an improvisational mixture of rock steady beats, sing-song
vocals, electronica and jazz. Love Trio is comprised of Swedish born tenor
saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin, Brazilian Girls’ bassist Jesse Murphy and drummer
Kenny Wollesen. Ewart Beckford, aka U-Roy, is known round the world as the
great Jamaican dubmaster. One of the original remixers, U-Roy began adding his
own vocals to the tracks to create fresh sounds. Together, they have created
Love Trio in Dub featuring U-Roy on Nublu Records.
Barbes, 376 9th St., Park
Slope, Brooklyn: Mandingo Ambassadors. 9pm. http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
This legendary band was originally formed in Guinea, West Africa, in the
late 1960’s by Guitarist Mamady “Djelike” Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah.
Their music became some of the most beloved and influential of their generation
and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady later went on to perform for many
years with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now based in New
York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. His electrifying
guitar-work is supported by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, a crew of Guinean and
American musicians who have steeped their glorious sound in classic 60's
guinean mandingo music.
Kingsborough
Community College campus (outdoors), 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn: Nathan and the Zydeco
Cha Chas. 7:30pm, free. http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcc_arts/
Growing up in a Creole-speaking home in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Nathan
eagerly sought out the music of zydeco originators such as Clifton Chenier.
When he was too young to actually attend a Clifton Chenier dance at a St.
Martinville club, he hovered by the window-sized fan at the back of the
building to hear his idol, only to have the bill of his baseball cap clipped
off by the fan when he leaned too close. Later, while recovering from a serious
illness, Nathan decided to dedicate himself to learning the accordion. That
dedication blossomed into an illustrious career, encompassing seven albums and
spanning close to two decades.
The music of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas is the expression of a remarkable
South Louisiana family. Dennis Paul Williams, Nathan’s brother, brings his
jazz-influenced guitar chops to the band. He’s also a well-known painter whose
work has been shown throughout the country, and who contributed the cover and
tray card paintings for their new album, Hang It High, Hang It Low. Keyboardist
Nathan Williams Jr. is enrolled in the music program at the University of South
Louisiana, while he leads his own band in the Lafayette area. Rubboard player
Mark Williams is a cousin who has been with the band since its inception.
Manager Sid “El Sid O” Williams, the eldest Williams brother, is an
entrepreneur who has built a remarkable network of businesses in Lafayette,
while honing his skills as an accordion contender himself.
Trinity Church, 31-18 37th
St., Astoria, Queens: Sixth Annual
NYC Musical Saw Festival. 2-5pm. http://www.SawLady.com/musicalsawfestival.htm
See the saw players and hear the singing sounds of the saw: the 6th annual
NYC Musical Saw Festival, Saturday July 5th, 2008 , at Trinity Church , 31-18
37th Street, Astoria , Queens .
The cutting edge music starts at 2:00 PM , with a concert featuring about 20
musical saw players from Mexico , Germany , Canada and all over the USA . There
is also an art exhibition featuring the musical saw in paintings and a video
installation.
The world¢s greatest saw players come out of the woodwork to join other
acoustic musicians in a variety of musical performances. You’ll hear classical,
contemporary, folk, gospel, pop, and show tunes throughout the concert. The end
of the concert features the 'Chorus of the Saws' - all the saw players playing
together.
July 7 (Mon)
Barbes, 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn: Gato Loco. 9.30pm. http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com
Gato Loco plays arrangements of early Cuban son dance hits from the
1920s-1940s. The quartet plays the great compositions of Ignacio Pinero,
Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Quarteto Habanero, Casino De La Playa, Maria
Teresa Vera, as well as traditional folk songs, all filtered through subsonic instruments
played as delicately as possible. tuba, bari sax, baritone acoustic guitar, and
acoustic bass guarantees that you feel the music, rather than hear it.
July 8 (Tues)
Drom, 85 Ave A: Timucin
Sahin & Burak Akten. 8pm. http://www.dromnyc.com
"With a voracious musical appetite that includes African, Indian and
more traditional western jazz and contemporary classical music, Sahin has
fashioned a sound that is an intriguing blend." All About Jazz.
Teleki Pal Cserkeszhaz, 66 Plum Street., New Brunswick , NJ: Gazsa Folk Ensemble: Musi