BEIRUT / BALKAN BB / NY GYPSY
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 7:00 PM
Delacorte Theater
Beirut / Balkan BB / NY Gypsy
Beirut / Balkan Beat Box / NY Gypsy All-Stars
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Beirut
Beirut, the 2006 project of musical prodigy, singer and multi-instrumentalist Zach Condon, debuted with the guitar-less Gulag Orkestar. One of 2006's most unexpected indie success stories, Beirut combines horns, violins, cellos, ukuleles, mandolins, glockenspiels, drums, tambourines, congas, organs, pianos, clarinets and accordions (no guitars!) to build and break the melodies under Condon's deep-voiced crooner vocals, swaying to the Eastern European beats like a drunken 12-member ensemble that has fallen in love with The Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads and Neutral Milk Hotel.. The debut gathered critical approbation that quickly moved from the smallest blogs to mainstream media outlets that pegged Condon as a one-man cross between Jeff Mangum, Conor Oberst, and Sufjan Stevens. The follow-up EP Lon Gisland, was released this year.
http://www.beirutband.com/
Balkan Beat Box
The members of Balkan Beat Box do not believe in flags, nationalities, or borders. Jewish, Balkan, Arabic, European, Moroccan, and American influences are united by hip hop beats and dancehall toasts. Founding members Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan have been active for a decade in NYC's premier underground bands. In BBB, they bring together folk traditions with electronic beats, with a rotating cast of players and guests including the Bulgarian Chicks, Itamar Ziegler, Jeremiah Lockwood, gnawa player Hasan Ben Nafar, and Israeli MC Tomer Yosef. Their latest album, Nu Med, released on JDub Records this year, was praised by SPIN as “a global peacekeeping mission that you can dance to.”
http://www.balkanbeatbox.com/
NY Gypsy All-Stars
The NY Gypsy All-Stars, featuring the acclaimed young Macedonian / Turkish clarinet virtuoso Ismail Lumanovski, Tamer Pinarbasi on kunun, Panogiotis Andreu from Greece on bass; Seido Salifoski from Macedonia on percussion/darbouka, and Jordan Pearlman from Philadelphia on drums performing jazz-inflected takes on Turkish, Balkan and Mediterranean Romani (Gypsy) songs. The group is the brainchild of Serdar Ilhan, producer of The NY Gypsy Festival, and offers a broad perspective on various styles of Gypsy music and dance against the backdrop of New York City which, being the crossroads of many cultures, is essentially Gypsy at heart.
www.myspace.com/ismaillumanovskinygypsyallstarsband
In The Event Of Rain
In the event of rain, we may delay the beginning of the performance, but will perform if and when it seems possible. If a performance is cancelled due to rain, tickets for paid events may be returned for refund to the Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10003 by mail or in person during regular Box Office hours (Sun-Mon 1-6pm, Tue-Sat 1-7:30pm). Tickets will be refunded to the original purchaser only, using the original method of payment, and for the price printed on the ticket. Refunds will be processed for cancelled performances only. PLEASE NOTE: NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE DELACORTE THEATER. Back to Top |  | |
