Crossroads Music presents:
Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 7:30 pm
SOL Y CANTO
"One of the strongest Afro-Latin bands around... Styles from tango to
flamenco and beyond... Vocal harmonies peerless. Top-shelf jazz
improvisation." - Boston Phoenix
Calvary Center, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue
Sol y Canto ("Sun and Song") is an exuberant Latin musical ensemble
headed by Rosi and Brian Amador, two of the founding members of the
renowned Boston-based Latin band, Flor de Cana (1984 - 1994). Brian's
warm, versatile playing shows how the nylon-string guitar, often
abandoned in contemporary popular Latin music, provides a backbone of
harmony, melody and percussive rhythms from the Flamenco styles
brought by the Spanish settlers to the sones of the Trio Matamoros,
and how vibrantly relevant that instrument is to the music of today.
Rosi's expressive, crystalline voice has been described by the Boston
Globe as "like clean spring water: it's smooth, it's clear, and
somehow, you come to believe that its necessary for life."
Invited to perform in venues as diverse as the White House and the
Kennedy Centers Millennium Stage, the Vancouver Folk Festival, and
the Philadelphia Art Museum, the group has established a national
reputation for its unique interpretations of Latin music, and for
making this music accessible to non-Spanish and native speakers alike.
Music samples, tickets ($10-$20 sliding scale) and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=27
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, January 26, 2008 at 2:00 pm
DAVID JONES
Charles Dickens Birthday Celebration, sponsored by Friends of Clark
Park.
Griffith Hall, 43rd Street and Kingsessing Avenue
More information: http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=32,
Friday, February 1, 2008 at 7:30 pm
ALI AKBAR MORADI: SACRED KURDISH TANBUR
"Delicate but fiery Middle Eastern mountain music reflecting love and
anguish in equal measure." - Songlines
Calvary Center, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=28
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm
UNIDOS DA FILADELFIA
Pulse Pounding Brazilian Samba
WHAT CHEER? BRIGADE
18-piece brass band from the streets of Providence, RI
Calvary Center, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=29
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 7:30 pm
ANDY M. STEWART & GERRY OBEIRNE
"Among the finest interpreters of Scottish folk songs and a wonderful
songwriter." Boston Globe
McNeil Center, University of the Sciences, 45th Street & Woodland Avenue
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=31
Friday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA: HINDUSTANI SLIDE GUITAR
"You will likely never hear better acoustic slide playing than this.
Using the centuries-old raga tradition, Bhattacharya takes the
listener to a place of deep emotional expression beyond the boundaries
of time." Henry Kaiser, Acoustic Guitar Magazine Music samples,
tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=30
For more information on Crossroads Music:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-285-2307
