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Music listings: 8/16 through 8/22

1.  Ajda the Turkish Queen w. Thomas Simon, Pete Galub

Date: Monday, August 16, 2010
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: The Delancy (768 Delancy, NY)
Ticket: free
Genre: soft-goth/ singer song writer

Ajda the Turkish Queen performing solo for the first.  “My influences are both Western and Middle Eastern (Turkish mother but grew up in Texas).  The songs are alternative in the vein of Sonic Youth and the Cocteau Twins, I suppose, and I have been told I have a “commanding wail-like moan”.

2. Lee Scratch Perry w. Lionize

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Documentary Film on Jamaica’s Underground Music Community: RiseUp!

ImageNation and Society of Lincoln Center present the NYC Premiere of RiseUp, a cinematic journey into the heart of Jamaica where artists fight to rise up from obscurity and write themselves into music history. Directed by Luciano Blotta, RiseUp features reggae legends Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and many rising starts including Turbulence.

This special premiere opens with a live performance by Judah Tribe and ends with a director Q&A and discussion on reggae music and its global influence.

Thursday 25th at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. Reception at 6pm, program at 7pm. For tickets go to http://www.imagenation.us/pages/main.htm

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