NY ESSENTIALS : MUSICA / PERFORMANCE EN MARZO
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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Marzo comienza con mucho Flamenco tanto en el Instituto Cervantes como en el City Center . El Teatro Thalia nos ofrece
Tango y The Armory Show nos trae a Neon Indian!. Henry Cole, Kali Mutsa, Quique González, Vetusta Morla, Alexis Cuadrado, Gato Loco y más.
* Flamenco Festival New York 2012 series of
concerts > Since its creation in 2001, Flamenco Festival USA has
become the most important showcase for Spanish culture outside Spain and
a vital point of encounter between the American public and Spanish
artists. Flamenco Festival will be presented at the most important
venues of USA: NC City Center in New York; Adrienne Arsh Center in Miami
and the Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC.
Eventos en el Instituto Cervantes >> Febrero 24 a Marzo 11 >
>> Instituto Cervantes.
* Flamenco Festival 2012 > City Center Main Stage > Marzo 1 al 4 > Celebrating the tradition of great female flamenco choreographers, will showcase four of today’s best: Rafaela Carrasco, Manuela Carrasco, Carmen Cortés and Olga Pericet, each presenting new works in her own unique style and outlook >> Flamenco.
* The Armory Party 2012 > Con Neon Indian > March 7 > MOMA.
* Federico Aubele > Marzo 8 > Joe's Pub.
Federico Aubele returns to a smoky realm of acoustic guitar licks, heavy rhythms and sinister dub atmospherics for his fourth studio album, Berlin 13. The record pulls from the personal transformation Aubele experienced in his time living in Berlin and the vibe of a city strongly associated with electronic music.
* LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES
> The Black Cat Washington, DC > Marzo 8 > AMIGOS.
> Music Hall of Williamsburg > Brooklyn, NY > Marzo 9 > AMIGOS.
Ya son 1 Latin Grammy + 2 nominaciones al Latin Grammy, 2 nominaciones a los Grammys Americanos, más de 60 paises visitados, 6 discos de estudio, 1 DVD+CD en vivo, 1 álbum de
remixes y 1 casa disquera propia en 19 años de trayectoria con muchos planes en el horizonte.
La Gozadera venezolana sigue dando y dando.
* JUAN LUIS GUERRA Y 440 > Marzo 10 > Radio City Music Hall > GUERRA.
* Muchachito Bombo Infierno > >> March 10 > SOB's.
After 37 years without acting in New York. Muchachito, a Catalan artist originally from Santa Coloma, outskirts of Barcelona is a composer and performer and will show us his particular show to the purest one man band. Muchachito plays guitar, drums and bass box while sings their self-published three albums and some older covers of their favorit.
* VESTUSTA MORLA > Marzo 13 > Highline Ballroom.
VESTUSTA MORLA es un sexteto de
rock originado a finales de los 90 que trata de ir más allá de los estereotipos
del género. Primeramente en un sentido estético, añadiendo timbres y patrones rítmicos
ajenos a la tradición del rock, integrándose en él sin pretender la fusión ni
el mestizaje. Su intenso directo y unas letras que prefieren la sugerencia de
imágenes al mensaje unívoco e invitan a la participación activa del oyente, son
los otros dos anclajes artísticos de su música. Ambas características contribuyen
a una sensación de pertenencia (totalmente real, por otro lado) que nace en
quien les escucha > VETUSTA.
* Quique González > Marzo 13 > Joe's Pub.
Quique González premiers this new project with all the songs that could not have their own space at the ‘Daiquiri Blues’ tour.This show will be presented in a minimalist format for reduced venues and based on a repertoire of b sides, versions, rarities, his last album songs and mostly non edited songs. It is a good opportunity to enjoy songs scarcely performed in the artist’s last tours > Quique.
* Cristina Morrison, I Love > Marzo 13 > Metropolitan Room.
The debut solo jazz effort from singer/songwriter Cristina Morrison, I Love, introduces one of the most distinctively original vocal artists on the scene today. An accomplished actress, a graduate of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ms. Morison’s talent has been hailed as “chameleonic and versatile ” and she brings these same qualities to her music on an album that melds jazz, blues, folk and pop sensibilities of the U.S. with samba, bossa nova and other South American influences, in a unique mélange that is all her own. Born of mixed American and Ecuadorian parentage in Miami, Morrison has resided in Rome, Quito, the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles and now New York City, resulting in a multicultural world view that is reflected in her music, which is informed by her myriad life experiences and keen observations into the nature of the human character.
* Quique González > Marzo 13 > Joe's Pub.
Quique González premiers this new project with all the songs that could not have their own space at the ‘Daiquiri Blues’ tour.This show will be presented in a minimalist format for reduced venues and based on a repertoire of b sides, versions, rarities, his last album songs and mostly non edited songs. It is a good opportunity to enjoy songs scarcely performed in the artist’s last tours > Quique.
* Cristina Morrison, I Love > Marzo 13 > Metropolitan Room.
The debut solo jazz effort from singer/songwriter Cristina Morrison, I Love, introduces one of the most distinctively original vocal artists on the scene today. An accomplished actress, a graduate of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ms. Morison’s talent has been hailed as “chameleonic and versatile ” and she brings these same qualities to her music on an album that melds jazz, blues, folk and pop sensibilities of the U.S. with samba, bossa nova and other South American influences, in a unique mélange that is all her own. Born of mixed American and Ecuadorian parentage in Miami, Morrison has resided in Rome, Quito, the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles and now New York City, resulting in a multicultural world view that is reflected in her music, which is informed by her myriad life experiences and keen observations into the nature of the human character.
* REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE / GATO LOCO > Mar 17 > 92Y Tribeca.
The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music.
Gato Loco’s live shows deliver an instant party, filled with celebration and joy; like a decadent Latin mambo ballroom, thrown in the midst of a 21st century rock show. Formed in 2008 by NYC native Stefan Zeniuk, the group takes its cues from scratchy pre-war Cuban records and vintage betty boop cartoons, while freely incorporating a modern schizoid mentality. Incorporating equal parts Latin, rock, and jazz, Gato Loco is not genre music.
* TANGO 5 SENTIDOS > Ends March 18 >> Thalia Theatre.
* Henry Cole and his Afro-Beat Collective > Marzo 20 > Joe's Pub.
Established on the jazz scene but breaking out his own compositions for the first time, quicksilver Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole and his Afro-Beat Collective are celebrating the release of Cole's debut album, Roots Before Branches. The ensemble shows how Fela Kuti's legacy can unite the diverse Caribbean sounds of Cole's island home, and how jazz can revel in the rootsy sounds of bomba and plena > Cole.
* Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra with Special guest Kali Mutsa > Marzo 23 > SOB's.
Altered States of the Altiplano: Kali Mutsa’s Electro Gypsy Cumbia Bumps Bolder than Bollywood > Whispering in your ear in Romany, dancing to glitchy electronics and booming tubas, Kali turns a hundred years of Chilean history into dancefloor-riffling songs with a sensual twist that make other pop divas pale in comparison.
* FRANCO DE VITA > Marzo 24 > Radio City Music Hall > Vita.
* SONORA PONCEÑA and OCHO Y MASA > Marzo 24 > Lehman Center.
La Sonora Ponceña, entertaining audiences for over five decades and featuring the piano virtuosity of Papo Lucca, will turn up the heat on Lehman's stage for an unforgettable night of old school salsa.* The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca - featuring Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape / Manuel Valera & The New Cuban Express > Marzo 28 > 92Y.
Commissioned by Chamber Music America, “A Lorca Soundscape” reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's 1930 book Poeta en Nueva York with a series of jazz pieces that use the poetry as lyrics. Lorca lived in NYC for a few months in 1929-30 and he wrote a heartfelt set of poems that reflect on the cultural shock and loneliness that he experienced at the time. The book is a raw social commentary that connects with themes that are still an important part of the American reality today including economic inequalities, racial-social discrimination and the brutality of the urban landscape. Poeta en Nueva York connects deeply with the current socioeconomic climate, the "Occupy" movement, and the general population discontent about how our system is working and Cuadrado's music, in turn, is a contemporary reflection on Lorca's themes and cityscape.
COMING IN APRIL:
* Chick Corea > Solo Performance > April 5 > Highline Ballroom.
* RODRIGO Y GABRIELA and C.U.B.A > Abril 20 > Radio City Music Hall > R&G.
This show is in support of the band’s soon to be released album Area 52 (release date: January 24th).
Area 52 contains nine of Rod and Gab's favorite songs from their own catalogue re-arranged and recorded in Havana with legendary producer Peter Asher and a 13-piece Cuban orchestra comprised of some of the country's finest young players.
During the tour and at Radio City Music Hall, Rodrigo y Gabriela will be performing with the band C.U.B.A. in order to showcase the thrilling and dynamic hybrid of metal, latin and jazz featured on the album in a live setting. It will mark the first time in their careers that Rodrigo y Gabriela have toured and performed with a backing band.
* Gilberto Santa Rosa > El Caballero de la Salsa Live in Concert > Abril 14 > Lehman Center.
Gilberto Santa Rosa is known to tropical music fans around the world as
"El Caballero de La Salsa" (The Gentleman of Salsa). He gained
worldwide recognition for a career spanning over 20 years as an
impressive sonero with his unique style of "soneo" (improvisation) in
salsa that permitted him to be successful in both the "tropical" and
"romantic" styles of the music. His string of hits and artistic record
of accomplishment reaffirms him as one of the most prolific masters of
popular Caribbean music.
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