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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Riyaaz Qawwali interview: Sufi qawwali music and more, from the Lone Star State
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You may know the late great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, whose ecstatic Sufi qawwali music broke through to international audiences. That success paved the way for other qawwali artists from South Asia to go global.
But now there is a top-notch qawwali ensemble right here in the US: Houston-based Riyaaz Qawwali, who are in town to play tomorrow - Sunday night April 30th at 7 - at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn as part of the weekend-long World In Trance Festival. (Niyaz, from Canada via Iran, plays the festival at Roulette tonight at 8.)
Riyaaz, with two albums out - Ishq and Kashti - has an emigre twist: While much of the material is based in Sufi mysticism, this multi-cultural group - with members from several countries - incorporate Hindu, Sikh and other themes as well. We'll learn about that and more on this week's show!
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TICKET GIVEAWAYS TONIGHT!
ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO SEE OMAR SOULEYMAN
OR ONE OF TWO GREAT PENN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL EVENTS!
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To get in the running for a pair of tickets to any of these events: Email me, Rob W,
here, please specify first and if possible second and even third choice among the three events available, and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight for Omar Souleyman and Sunday at midnight for the Penn World Voices events. Winners will be notified on Monday. Thanks and good luck!
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We have these ticket giveaways on offer today:
• Omar Souleyman performing dynamic modern dabke and baladi dance music from Syria at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., Thursday May 11th at 7:30 pm. Presented in conjunction with the World Music Institute. 1 pair available.
Concert info c/o Le Poisson Rouge here.
More info on the World Music Institute’s excellent ongoing series of international concerts around NYC at http://worldmusicinstitute.org.
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This week’s Penn World Voices Festival, which in full runs from Sunday April 30th through Sunday May 7th: Tickets for two events on offer:
• Cuban Dreams/Cuban Histories at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West (enter at 81st St.), Thursday, May 4th at 6:30 pm. Two pairs of tickets available.
Background: Explore mythologies and lived experiences of Cubans with renowned contemporary poets Nancy Morejón and Derek Palacio, while immersing yourself in an after-hours discovery of the Museum’s exhibition ¡Cuba!. Moderated by Ana Luz Porzecanski.
• Poetic Duels: Sheyr Jangi at Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie St. in the Lower East Side, Saturday, May 6th at 7:30 pm. Four pairs of tickets available.
Background: Poetic battles, called Sheyr Jangi in Afghanistan, has roots in the early medieval Central Asian Courts. For this event, we pay homage to this tradition—but with a twist. Our “deck” of poems will be based on the theme of Gender and Power, and with the audience’s help, we invite poets to duel. With Majda Gama, Rami Karim, Aurora Masum-Javed, Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Purvi Shah. Moderated by Sahar Muradi and Zohra Saed and produced with CityLore and Ping Chong + Company.
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To get in the running for a pair of tickets to any of these events: Email me, Rob W,
here, please specify first and if possible second and even third choice among the three events available, and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight for Omar Souleyman and Sunday at midnight for the Penn World Voices events. Winners will be notified on Monday. Thanks and good luck!
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More on the Penn World Voices Festival: Founded in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, by Salman Rushdie, Esther Allen, and Michael Roberts with the aim of broadening channels of dialogue between the U.S. and the world, PEN World Voices is the only international literary festival in America, and the only one in the world with a human rights focus. More info at https://worldvoices.pen.org/.
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More on Omar Souleyman: Hailing from Syria, Omar Souleyman has become a worldwide sensation in modern world and electronic music circles. Souleyman, who has collaborated with Björk and Four Tet, began his career as a prolific wedding singer, releasing nearly 500 live albums before civil war broke out in his native Syria in 2011. He then moved to Turkey and in 2013 released Wenu Wenu which NPR called, “…a jam so visceral, thrilling and intense as to make the mysterious matter of earthly borders seem hardly worth the time to contemplate.” Souleyman’s new album, To Syria, With Love, is set for release June 2 via Mad Decent. The follow up to 2015’s Bahdeni Nami marks Souleyman’s third full-length studio record. More at https://www.facebook.com/Omar-Souleyman-116551741600/
This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)
Mexrissey:
International Playgirl (The Last Of The Famous International Playboys)
/ No Manchester
/ Nacional
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GIG: May 4-5 (Thurs-Fri)
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave, Williamsburg:
Mexrissey. 8 pm. La Misa Negra open Thursday, Los Crema Paraiso open Friday.
Willie Rosario: Shining Knight / Various Artists: Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous in Young Nuyorica / Honest Jons (0:04:09 Pop-up)
Pete Rodriguez: I Like it Like That / I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) / Allegre (0:08:12 Pop-up)
Los 300: What a Girl / The Fighting Kangaroo / * (0:12:35 Pop-up)
Star No. 1: Yaye Boy / Various Artists: Senegal Flash - Kaolack (0:15:51 Pop-up)
Eddie Palmieri:
Bomba del Corazon
/ A Man And His Music - The Sun Of Latin Music
/ Fania
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GIG: Subrosa, 63 Gansevoort St:
Eddie Palmieri Quintet: Una Noche del Son Cubano with Special Invited Guest Nelson Gonzalez:
8 and 10 pm sets.
Rene Lopez, Recording Producer & Musical Historian gives a Pre-Concert Lecture.
Idrissa Soumaoro et L'Eclipse De L'Ija:
Djama
/ Le Tioko-Tioko
/ Mississippi
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New reissue
Ouedraogo Youssef: He Ya Wannan / Various Artists: Bobo Yéyé - Belle Époque In Upper Volta / Numero Group (0:34:10 Pop-up)
Mokoomba:
Mokole
/ Luyando
/ Out Here
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GIG: Wednesday night at 7:30 and 9:30 at Subrosa, 63 Gansevoort St.
Angelique Kidjo:
Koro Koro
/ Fifa
/ Mango
(0:48:52 Pop-up)
GIG: Friday, May 5 at 8 at Carnegie Hall
Acid Arab:
A3ssifa
/ Musique de France
/ Crammed Discs
(0:52:32 Pop-up)
Featuring Rizan Said, Omar Souleyman's Keyboardist - GIG - see our giveaway for their May 11th show at Le Poisson rouge on this page!
Omar Souleyman:
Ya Bnayya
/ To Syria, With Love
/ Mad Decent
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GIG / Giveaway: Thursday May 11th at 7:30 pm at Le Poisson Rouge - enter the drawing for a pair of tickets by following the instructions elsewhere on this page.
Metá Metá: Toque Certeiro / MM3 (1:06:16 Pop-up)
Pedro Santos:
Quem Sou Eu?
/ Krishnanda
/ Mr Bongo
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Reissue, from 1968
Juana Molina: Estalaticas / Halo / Crammed Discs / * (1:11:56 Pop-up)
Niyaz:
Parishaan
/ Best of Niyaz
/ Six Degrees
(1:16:50 Pop-up)
GIG: Tonight at 8 at Roulette in Brooklyn
Riyaaz Qawwali: Tujhe Dekhen (When I Look At You) - Bahadur Shah Zafar / Ishq (1:39:19 Pop-up)
Riyaaz Qawwali: Vaishnava Jana To / Kashti (2:02:38 Pop-up)
Riyaaz Qawwali: Man Laagyo / Online only - http://www.riyaazqawwali.com/the-experiment/ (2:22:28 Pop-up)
Riyaaz Qawwali: Ishq mujhko nahi / Online only - http://www.riyaazqawwali.com/the-experiment/ (2:30:08 Pop-up)
Riyaaz Qawwali:
Itna Bhi Karam Unka (Even This Small Gesture By You)
/ Ishq
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GIG: Tomorrow Night at 8 at Roulette
Chartwell Dutiro and Spirit Talk Mbira:
Zunde
/ Dendere Ngoma
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GIGs - tomorrow night at House of Neoillusion, 63 N 3rd St No. 304, Tuesday night at Bar LunAtico, 486 Halsey St., Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and more, see http://www.wfmu.org/world
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