Search Results for: Bassam Saba and the York Arabic Orchestra

Bassam Saba and his New York Arabic Orchestra @ Symphony Space this coming Saturday!!!

Text by Jim Hoey Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011 Time: 8 pm Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre /Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990) Tickets: $25; Members, Students, Seniors, Children $20; Day of Show $30 – buy tickets Genre: Arabic tradtional music xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Just as protests around the Arabic world are […]

“Nu Iranian Vs. Nu Arabic Music” At SoSaLa’s Nu World Trash Cd Release Party in NY!!

The CD release party for SoSaLa‘s Nu World Trash  is set for March 6 at Manhattan’s Nublu (62 Ave C, between 4th and 5th Street in the Lower East Side. 9pm to 11pm – Ticket: $10), with Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax and vocals, Damon Banks on bass, Michael Wimberly on drums & dembe, and Sinan […]

Interview – Bassam Saba and April Centrone speak about their “baby”: the NY Arabic Orchestra

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Text and interview by Jim Hoey Video camera: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi The New York Arabic Orchestra has quietly been honing their craft for the past three years, after forming out of a series of workshops started by founders Bassam Saba (oud, nay, flute, violin) and April Centrone (lead percussion). What they accomplished on February […]

Music Listings – 12/14 through 12/20/2015

1. The Brooklyn Experimental Song Revival Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Time: 8pm Venue: Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY, Phone: 917-515-5444) Ticket: donation Genre: modern music/Sprechgesang This past fall: the super coda & naked roots conducive hosted the first edition of the Brooklyn experimental song carnival, featuring over 20 artists performing within & against the space between […]

Music Listings – 3/9 through 3/15/2015

1. God’s Untruly Friends Date: Monday, March 9, 2015 Time: 7pm Venue: Theater for the New City / Cino Theater (155 1st Avenue, b/w 10th & 11th street, New York City 10003, 212-254-1109) Ticket: $15 Genre: psychedelic-ambient jazz/electric sitar music/improv God’s Unruly Friends picks up where Dawoud’s previous ensemble Renegade Sufi left off. Featuring Latif Kurfirst […]