DECEMBER `07

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT CINEMA SERIES
Every first and third Monday: Curated by 4 min - US. A satirical look at the plight
Joe Pacheco.
of the day laborer in the United States.
Directed by Jonathan Browning
Monday, December 3 @ 7pm
Shorts Program
SHOCK AND AWE
HENRY MILLER:ASLEEP & AWAKE
4 min - US. An Iraqi family huddles
35 min - 2007 (1975) - US. Filmed in together while cruise missiles rain down on
the author’s bathroom when he was 81. Baghdad. Directed by Chase Palmer
Henry Miller points out the highlights
of his improvised gallery, speaking of ARE YOU THE FAVORITE PERSON OF
philosophers, writers, painters, mad kings, ANYBODY?
women, and friends. Directed by Tom 4 min - US. A man on the street stops
Schiller.
passers-by to ask the question-- Are You
the Favorite Person of Anybody? Directed
Feature Program
by Miguel Arteta
THE OUTSIDERS OF NEW ORLEANS:
LOUJON PRESS
WHY THE ANDERSON CHILDREN
58 min - 2007 - US. Louise “Gypsy Lou” DIDN’T COME TO DINNER
Webb, now well into her nineties, tells 17 min - Canada. Directed by Jamie Travis
the story of how she and her husband
Jon Webb published the avant-garde
literary magazine The Outsider from a
small apartment in the French Quarter in
the early 1960’s. By day Gypsy Lou sold
paintings on a street corner, and by night
she set the type that introduced the world
to the likes of Charles Bukowski and
Henry Miller. The hand-crafted books are
now rare collectibles. Directed by Wayne
Ewing
DIVORCE LEMONADE
6 min - US. 13 year old Sarah just found
her dad, drunk, and passed out in the front
yard of their freshly built, ‘cookie cutter’,
home in the deep suburbs. Directed by
Justin Hayward
DARLING DARLING
12 min - US. Timid, nervous and unassuming,
Harold (Arrested Development’s Michael
Cera) is faced with the daunting task of
picking up his date, Janet Darling for the
big high school dance. Directed by Matthew
Lessner
Monday, December 17 @ 7pm
Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series
* Two Year Anniversary Screening *
Special Shorts Program
THE SUBCONSCIOUS ART OF GRAFFITI FUNKY FOREST
REMOVAL
15 min (excerpt) - Japan. Unforgettable
17 min - US. Directed by Matt scenes of after - school Dada Directed by
McCormick
Naisu No Mori
DECEMBER ‘07
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
LIFT
18 min - US. An exploration of New 30 min - US. Dominique Pinon (Amelie, City
York City’s post-modern consumer market of Lost Children) stars as Otis, a live-in lift
through artist/businessman Geoff Lupo operator who has never set foot outside
and his seemingly absurd interactions as his elevator and is secretly in love with K,
he advertises and sells everything from a
cracker to a used thumbtack. directed by
Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden
THE JOB
LIVE
Sat 12/01, 6:00pm
MERCURY IN RETROGRADE
Sun 12/02, 7:00pm
THE QUAVERS (formerly
T. Griffin
Coraline) coax a luminous sound out of
decayed samplers, walkmans, vibraphone, lowtech loopers, tape-echo violin and homespun
harmonies. Like a space-age Carter Family,
they weave grainy electronics around songs
sturdy enough to stand up even if the power
goes out. They call it “porch techno”. Tonight
they’re celebrating the release of their CD Lit
By Your Phone.
A play written and directed by Michael Buscemi.
A one act play where a series of unfortunate
events lead the main character to find a reasonable interpretation for his misfortune. Old
fashioned entertainement and existential musings complete with dancing, singing - and a full
band. Featuring Michael Buscemi, Hanna Cheek,
Dennis Gordon, Francesco Saviano as well as a
band made up of Josh Camp, Ron Caswell, Vin- Sun 12/02, 9:00pm
cent Douglas, Ben Holmes, and Oscar Noriega. STEPHANE WREMBEL French
virtuoso Guitarist Stephane Wrembel seems
Sat 12/01, 8:00pm
to have channeled both the technique and the
Russel Scholl presents HERE COMES fire of Django Reinhardt. He studied for years
manouche (the French Gypsies) but has
THE FREEDOM MAN Local film the
also gotten deep into American vernacular
archivist Russell Scholl returns with a program musical styles. His weekly sets will mix up the
of films about War and Patriotism. At turns traditional Django repertoire along gypsy swing
humorous, irreverent and serious, he will re-interpretations of standards.
present an evening of film clips of more than
100 years of war. The great American writer Mon 12/03, 9:30pm
Ambrose Bierce defined war as “a by-product
of the arts of peace,” and peace as “a period CHICHA LIBRE
of cheating between two periods of fighting.” Every Monday! Chicha Libre plays a mixture of
This will be borne out by the educational and latin rhythms, surf music and psychedelic pop
propaganda shorts, newsreel footage and more inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon.
on offer tonight. Join us for scenes of wars The Brooklyn-based band mixes up covers of
old and new, hot and cold, near and far, as we forgotten Chicha classics with French-tinged
originals, re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics
explore one of man’s favorite pastimes.
as well as cumbia versions of pieces by Satie
and Ravel. With Greg Burrows - percussion;
Sat 12/01, 10:00pm
Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; Olivier
LIFE IN A BLENDER
Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy For reason known only to a handful of Greek bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy Quigley
generals, Don Rauf was banished to Seattle a - percussion.
few years back. He’s sneaking back into town
for a special show. “This band has a bizarrely Tue 12/04, 7:00pm
theatrical show (often involving tirades from
a sheep-headed hand puppet named Rugged DANIEL LEVIN TRIO - Daniel Levin
Rick) and a lighthearted surreal sensibility that’s - cello; Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten - bass & Gerald
capable of amusing the surliest indie rocker.” Cleaver - drums
The New Yorker
Tue 12/04, 7 to 9:00pm
Sun 12/02, 5:30pm
A special Screening. CONEY ISLAND
Brooklyn NY, USA. Narrative Short, 27 minutes.
A guy down on his luck finds himself lost in Coney
Island where he meets a woman he mistakes
for a Mermaid. They spend the day together
and dream about running off to start a new life.
Directed by Ramen Cromwell.
A Battle of the Bands - Balkan style OFF
THE WAGON - A balkan-inspired
groove band, specializing in fake folk songs
and broken beats. Luke Schneiders - Drums;
Tucker Yaro - Bass; Ilia Skibinsky - Alto Sax; Alex
Pryrodny - Keys
VEVERITSE - A Serbian-style brass
band which makes use of the diversity of the
members’ musical backgrounds. JR Hankins,
Sara Ferholdt - Trumpet; Greg Squared,
Aurora Nealon - Sax; Quince Marcum, Erin Bell,
Patrick Farrell, Don Godwin - Midhorns; Joe
Keady - Tuba; Emily Geller and Luke Schneiders
- Percussion.
Wed 12/05
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
LIMBS Every wednesday. curated by
Michael Attias. $10 per set.
8:00pm - EVAN GALLAGHER
Evan Gallagher: keyboards and compositions
+ mystery band with bassoon and other
instruments
10:00pm - C O L E M A N /
KESZLER/PAUL Ashley Paul: alto
saxophone, Eli Keszler: drums Anthony Coleman:
keyboards. A trio in search of a name...each
gig better and better, each audience smaller
and smaller...Trio Maudit ? Come help reverse
the trend. We promise not to play worse just
because you’re there
Thu 12/06, 8:00pm
Matt Darriau’s BALLIN’ THE JACK
Matt Darriau’s swing project re-interprets early
Duke Ellington, John Kirby and other swing
classics. Matt Darriau – alto sax, clarinets;
Frank London – trumpet; Curtis Hasselbring
– trombone Andrew Laster – baritone sax;
Anthony Coleman – piano; Joe Fitzgerald
– bass; George Schuller – drums.
Thu 12/06, 10:00pm
a junior typist who is afraid of elevators
and has never set foot in one. Directed by
Hugues Dalton & Jeff Garton
guitar & banjo and Marcus Rojas.
Fri 12/07, 10:00pm
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.
Sat 12/08, 6 to 9:00pm
A LIVE BROADACAST
FROM BARBES ON WFMU
Rob Weisberg and Irene Trudel host a live
broadcast of Transpacific Sound Paradise
featuring music from the Ukraine, Bulgaria,
France and Colombia with:
- Julian Kytasty’s Bandura Downtown
- Bulgarian vocal duo with members of Yasna
Voices
- Les Chauds Lapins
- Sebastian Cruz ‘s Cheap Landscape Quartet
Sat 12/08, 10:00pm
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.
Sun 12/09, 7:00pm
GARNIEZ The
singer and accordionist is one of the most
mesmerizing performer around. She is here
the first thursday of every month, and each
time manages to sound new.
BARBES CLASSICAL
Fri 12/07, 8:00pm
The Janaki String Trio hails from LA and
performs the rarely heard string trio repertoire,
a twist on the more standard string quartet
repertoire. The New York Times, in a review of
their Carnegie Hall debut, wrote about them as
being “magnificently polished” and exhibiting “an
irresistible electricity. Serena McKinney, violin;
Katie Kadarauch, viola and Arnold Choi, cello.
RACHELLE
MUSETTE EXPLOSION
Once a month, Barbès and the Concert Artist
Guild present a classical music concert
featuring some of the best new talent in the
classical world. This month:
THE JANAKI STRING TRIO
exploration and re-creation or the music of the
great French Accordionists of the 30’s and
40’s: (Gus Viseur, Tony Murena, Joe Privat et
al) who, along with Django Reinhardt, borrowed
from American Jazz to create Hot Swing, Gypsy
Swing and other delightful hybrids, injecting the
dance music of its time with both excitement
and unparalleled musical creativity. featuring Sun 12/09, 9:00pm
Will Holshouser -accordion; Matt Munisteri - STEPHANE WREMBEL.
Mon 12/10, 7:00pm
Jazz and improvised music forms. Andy draws
equally from hassidic melodies, folk tunes from
new and old worlds alike and Albert Aylerinfluenced free-improv. The result reads like a
very personal search for the sacred based both
on traditions and introspection.
8:00pm - MAGICAL LISTENING
HOUR Nate Wooley: trumpet, Steve Swell:
trombone, Louis Belogenis: tenor saxophone,
Michael Attias: alto saxophone. “They are
indeed inventing a new language and it is up to
us to listen close and reap some new rewards.”
Bruce Gallanter DMG Newsletter
Fri 12/14, 8:00pm
SEBASTIEN MARTEL with 10:00pm - JAMES CARNEY
OREN BLOEDOW. French guitarist GROUP
Sebastien Martel is best known here for his
Cuban-influenced trio Las Ondas Marteles - He’s Thu 12/20, 8:00pm
also a busy sideman who has collaborated with SANDA WEIGL Romanian-born
a who’s who of French artists - from Camille, Sanda Weigl has had a tumultuous career, first
to M - and a solo artist whose last cd, Coitry, as a singer for the popular east-german rock
showcased his singing and songwriting. He’ll be band Team 4, then as an imprisoned dissident
Fri 12/10, 9:00pm
joined by Oren Bloewdow, guitarist, for Elysian and finally as a New York -based musician
SEBASTIEN MARTEL French Fields.
who has collaborated with such luminaries as
guitarist Sebastien Martel is best known
Robert Wilson and Pina Bausch.
here for his Cuban-influenced trio Las Ondas Fri 12/14, 9:00pm
Marteles - He’s also a busy sideman who has
& RUTHY An acoustic duo from Thu 12/20, 10:00pm
collaborated with a who’s who of French artists MIKE
NY State with gentle, tight harmony singing on MATT MUNISTERI is a guitarist,
- from Camille, to M - and a solo artist whose classic and original folk and pop songs, Mike &
last cd, Coitry, showcased his singing and Ruthy accompany eachother on guitar, fiddle, composer and singer who likes pop music from
the past 80 years - from Hoagy Carmichael to
songwriting. (see also 12/14)
banjo, ukulele, and the occasional harmonica Bob Dylan - and his own songs should one day
or glockenspiel. You may know their work from figure in the American pantheon of Great Tunes.
Mon 12/10, 9:30pm
their larger string-band, The Mammals.
He is here the 3rd thursday of every month a
CHICHA LIBRE Every Monday! Chicha
variety of projects ranging from tributes to
Libre plays a mixture of latin rhythms, surf music Fri 12/14, 10:00pm
Willard Robison, Lionel Belasco or Eddie Lang
and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music
& his orchestra to groups dedicated to his own music
ETHAN
LIPTON
from the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band Post-modern crooner Ethan Lipton writes
mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha classics sidesplitting songs of love and loss among the Fri 12/21
with French-tinged originals, re-interpretation of invisible classes. Profiled on NPR’s “Weekend
70’s pop classics as well as cumbia versions of Edition,” he’s been compared to Randy Newman STAGGER BACK BRASS
pieces by Satie and Ravel. With Greg Burrows and Tom Lehrer, and his debut CD “A New Low” BAND Returns to Barbes for the first
- percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner Electravox; was dubbed a “Free to Be You and Me” for time since May! Led by accordionist Patrick
Farrell, this 9-piece ensemble plays all original
Olivier Conan - Cuatro & Vocals - Nicholas adults.
brass music inspired by traditions from the
Cudahy - bass; Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy
Americas, France, and the Balkans. Ridiculous
Quigley - percussion.
Sat 12/15, 8:00pm
antics, intentional self-destructions, and
MARK SNYDER Mark has written fleeting moments of beauty are the order of
Tue 12/11, 7:00pm
orchestra, choir, wind ensemble, various the day. Patrick Farrell- accordion, alto horn;
JENNY SCHEINMAN Violinist/ for
chamber combinations, multi-media, film,
composer Jenny Scheinman works a variety of theatre and dance. Mark’s music has been Ben Holmes & JR Hankins- trumpets; Greg
performers including Norah Jones, Bill Frisell, performed throughout the United States, in Squared & Aurora Nealand- reeds; Brian
Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. She is in Argentina and Taiwan. As a performer, Mark Drye- trombone, tenor horn; Quince Marcumresidence every Tuesday an almost infinite has recorded and toured the U.S. with with percussion, alto horn; Don Godwin- bass drum.
variety of lineup. This week with Steve Cardenas an eclectic list of ensembles: One Ring Zero,
Fri 12/21, 10:00pm
(guitar) and Rudy Royston (drums).
Dirtball, Easy Chair, Spike the Dog, Klezalachia,
LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE Las
GB, J. D. Hutchinson, and Billy Rhinehart.
Rubias’ sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic
Tue 12/11, 9:00pm
throwback to a time and place mostly imagined
Sat 12/15, 10:00pm
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY
where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and
Best Reason Tuesdays are the New Friday. Best
ONE RING ZERO is Michael Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy
of The Village Voice 2007...
Hearst and Joshua Camp, a Brooklyn-based tunes and Bollywood classics. The result
duo which has released five CDs. Using odd- plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical
Wed 12/12
ball instruments including claviola, toy piano, harmonies set to a Latin beat. Songs on their
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED theremin, and glockenspiel, One Ring Zero latest album Panamericana have been called
a musical landscape tha’t is part “sparlking gems” (The New Yorker) and their
LIMBS - 8:00pm & 10:00pm, $10 per set, creates
cartoon, part klezmer, and part circus. Their harmonies described as “pure as Andean air”
THE ANGELICA SANCHEZ post-Kurt Weill sound has been described as (LA Times). $10
QUINTET
W/
MARC “Nina Rota on processed sugar.
Sat 12/22, 8:00pm
DUCRET Angelica Sanchez: keyboard, Sun 12/16, 7:00pm
Marc Ducret: guitar, Tony Malaby: saxophones,
THE SOUNDS OF TARAAB
Drew Gress: bass, Tom Rainey: drums. With a DAVID ROGERS QUINTET Music of Zanzibar. A little over 100 years
brilliant combination of talent, Sanchez’s quintet Jazz composer/saxophonist David Rogers’s ago, the Sultan of Zanzibar sent his court
set forth on excursions that blend freedom and music, heard from jazz clubs to Carnegie musicians abroad to study. They returned
structure with aplomb. An absorbing piano Hall, piles melody onto countermelody, and and ‘Taraab’ was born. A spicy blend of East
stylist, Sanchez generally avoids compulsory rhythm onto polyrhythm, before bursting forth African Rhythms, Arabic modalities, and Indian
free jazz clamor, opting for a more varied and into freewheeling improvisation. From Cuban influences,’Taraab’ is sung in Kiswahili and
subtle approach. Her folksy, even romantic rhythms to medieval chorales, no theme is too is popular in the coastal cities of Tanzania
lyricism has an adventurously wayward side.
distant for this fresh, spirited take on modern and Kenya. “The Sounds of Taraab” features
jazz. “Rogers is an inventive and charismatic vocalist Alsarah accompanied by oud master
saxist, and as a bandleader he’s savvy enough Haig Manookian, Ismail Butera on accordion
Thu 12/13, 7:00pm
make optimal use of what he’s got.” — Global and vocals, Michael Hess on violin and nai flute,
NANINA The trio’s repertoire is a toRhythm
Magazine. $10
and a duo percussion team of Tiye Giraud &
panorama of vocal Georgian music. They
April Centrone.
perform Alilos (orthodox carols) chants from
the eastern and western liturgy, and rousing Sun 12/16, 9:00pm
Sat 12/22, 10:00pm
and/or humourous folksongs from several STEPHANE WREMBEL.
regions accompanied by panduri, chonguri or
THE MANDINGO
chunir. With Jodi Hewat, Carl Linich, and Aurelia Monday, December 17th, 7pm
AMBASSADORS This legendary
Shrenker.
Brooklyn Independent band was originally formed in Guinea, West
Africa, in the late 1960’s by Guitarist Mamady
Cinema Series
Thu 12/13, 8:00pm
“Djelike” Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah.
ANDY BISKIN Andy Biskin is a * Two Year Anniversary Their music became some of the most beloved
clarinetist and composer who leads several Screening *
and influential of their generation and their
ensembles and has composed scores for film,
songs were widely imitated. Mamady Kouyate
(SEE
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dance, and theater. Biskin studied music and
later went on to perform for many years with
anthropology at Yale and later worked as an DETAILS)
Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz
assistant to folklorist Alan Lomax. His music,
National while Emile became the singer for
scored for the traditional New Orleans front line Mon 12/17, 9:30pm, Every Monday!
Balla et ses Balladins, a legendary Malian
of clarinet, trumpet, and trombone, recalls early CHICHA LIBRE
band. Now based in New York City, musical
jazz and social music, but with sudden shifts in
director and lead guitarist Mamady Kouyate
unexpected directions. Biskin’s compositions Tue 12/18, 7:00pm
has rejoined with his longtime friend and
have been compared to Raymond Scott, Charles
colleague, singer Emile Soumah, and along with
Mingus, Charles Ives, Carla Bley, and Lawrence JENNY SCHEINMAN
young singer Ismael “Bon Fils” Kouyate, have
Welk. He will be at barbès once a month, with Violinist/composer Jenny Scheinman works a revived The Mandingo Ambassadors. They are
rotating cast of musicians. With Andy Biskin - variety of performers including Norah Jones, backed by Ambassadors Mohamed Kouyate on
clarinet/compositions; Matt Moran - vibes; Ron Bill Frisell, Madeleine Peyroux and John Zorn. guitar, Peter Barr on drumset, Andy Alguire on
She is in residence every Tuesday an almost balafon and keyboards, Nick Cudahy on bass,
Horton - trumpet and John Hebert - bass
infinite variety of lineup. This week with Doug Brian Glashow on percussion.
Weiselman (clarinet) and Adam Levy (guitar).
Thu 12/13, 10:00pm
DOUG WAMBLE
is a guitarist,
singer and composer whose musical world
encompasses gospel, blues, jazz and pop.
His approach is uniquely laid back yet intense
in a way that few musicians ever achieve. His
new CD, BLuestate, is out on Marsalis music
.”Thoroughly integrating rural blues, gospel,
swing, and free jazz into an organic musical
conception that owes little to any model, this
acoustic guitarist, singer, and composer is a
one-man compendium of avant Americana. If he
only presents one-tenth of his potential live, it
will be worth seeing.” The New Yorker. with matt
wilson on drums and ben allison on bass
ANDY
STATMAN A truly Tue 12/18, 9:00pm
extraordinary artist, Andy Statman began his
career in the 70’s as a virtuoso Mandolinist SLAVIC SOUL PARTY Balkan
who studied and performed David Grisman, Party. Every Tuesday. For ever!
went on to study clarinet the legendary Dave
Tarras and became one of the main architect Wed 12/19, $10 per set
of a Klezmer revival which started out 30 years NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
ago and has since informed and influenced folk, LIMBS
Sun 12/23, 9:00pm
SHEQER
(which means “sugar” in
Albanian and Serbo-Croatian), plays traditional
Balkan melodies with a Brooklyn edge. the
band features Jessica Lurie on saxophone with
Matthew Fass (of the Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar)
on accordion, JOey Weisenber (Village Klezmer
Quintet, Romashka) on guitar, bassist Reuben
Radding and percussionist Timothy Quigley (Las
Rubias Del Norte, One Ring Zero). They will be
playing music to make you dance. Catch their
modern interpretation of traditional tunes at
this rare Barbes appearance.
Tue 12/25
Closed for Christmas Day
Wed 12/26
NIGHT OF THE RAVISHED
LIMBS $10
8:00pm - ANDERS NILSSON
10:00pm - TOMAS FUJIWARA
TRIO Tomas Fujiwara: drums, Shoko Nagai:
keyboard, TBD: bass.
Thu 12/27, 8:00pm
ROY NATHANSON’S THE
MUSIC TEACHERS The Jazz
Passenger and educator takes on a repertoire
of West Coast pop songs which, to his own
admission, are a complete mystery to him, and
gives them a new and quirky twist: featuring
fellow teachers Sean Sondregger, Pete Karp as
well as Adam Jackson and Marcus Rojas.
Thu 12/27, 10:00pm
NURSE KIAH A String ensemble led by
nurse and bassist Tim Kiah.
Fri 12/28, 8:00pm
LAMBIC Lambic is style of Belgian ale
that is spontaneously fermented from wild
yeasts present in the air. Lambic is also a band
featuring Paul Sullivan (Paul Sullivan group)
on guitars and effects, and Stephen Moses
(alice donut) on drums, trombone, and effects.
Lambic is spontaneously fermented music, free
improvisation with a groove. Like it’s namesake,
Lambic is always changing and evolving,
sometimes messy, but always exciting.
Fri 12/28, 10:00pm
DELTA DREAMBOX
Miss Blood of the Moonlighters leads this blues
string band which concentrates on Mississippi
Delta Blues from the 1920’s-40’s, and features
material by Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie,
Charlie Patton, Bo Carter, Ma Rainey, and other
blues greats of the era. With Bliss Blood: vocals,
tenor guitar; Ernesto Gomez: harmonicas; Al
Duvall: tenor banjo & guitar; Marty Bartolomeo:
piano and Mark Deffenbaugh: steel guita
Sat 12/29, 8:00pm
THE WOES Frontman Osei Essed and
Cicero Jones, a French Horn player and gospel
organist, formed The Woes in 2002, inspired by
Delta blues, early Country, bluegrass and New
Orleans marching band music, they call their
music “Post-Apocalyptic traditional music”
Sat 12/29, 10:00pm
ROB CURTO’S FORRO FOR
ALL The band plays the classic brazilian
Northeast forros of Luis Gonzagua and Jackson
do Pandeiro. Forro comes from the African
word “forrobodó” which means big party.
Mispronounced by the English railroad workers
in Brazil, Forró became For All. Updating the
traditional setting, Forro For All uses Accordion,
Zabumba (a bass drum strapped on at an
angle) and Triangle; Cavaquinho (ukulele-size
steel string guitar), a 7-String Guitar (which
plays the bass lines), and percussion such as
Snare Drum, Agogo and Pandeiro. Dancing may
be mandatory
Sun 12/30, 9:00pm
STEPHANE
WREMBEL
Traditional Django repertoire along gypsy swing
re-interpretations of standards.
Mon 12/31, 10:00pm, $10
NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH
CHICHA LIBRE
Chicha Libre plays a mixture of latin
rhythms, surf music and psychedelic
pop inspired by Peruvian music from
the Amazon. The Brooklyn-based band
mixes up covers of forgotten Chicha
classics with French-tinged originals,
re-interpretation of 70’s pop classics
as well as cumbia versions of pieces by
Satie and Ravel. With Greg Burrows
- percussion; Joshua Camp - Hohner
Electravox; Olivier Conan - Cuatro
& Vocals - Nicholas Cudahy - bass;
Vincent Douglas - Guitar - Timothy
Quigley - percussion.