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
Providence, Rhode Island's What Cheer? Brigade is a 19-piece roving
brass band that has played in trees, ferris wheels, zoos, grocery
stores, bus stops, parties, farms, bars, libraries, soccer fields,
cemetaries, and elementary school playgrounds since early 2005.
Luddite hardcore, they like to call it. They play instrumental (no
singer) party music with a taste of Bollywood, the Balkans, New
Orleans, Samba, Hip Hop and more. The music owes its history to the
spread of brass throughout the World through military conflict and
colonialism. Brass sounds got mashed up with local rhythms and
traditions and there was a world brass explosion; theyre part of the
fallout.
Unidos da Filadelfia (Philadelphia United) is a community-based samba
school modeled after the Carnaval parade organizations of Rio de
Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia in Brazil. Founded in 2005, the schools
mission is to spread the joy and excitement of Brazilian percussion
through music education and performance. Members of the school have
the opportunity to play the traditional percussion instruments and
learn the rhythmic styles of Brazilian Carnaval, and to perform at
various community events. This event will include both a regular
concert and extensive opportunities for audience participation.
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: SCOTTISH AND IRISH SONGS
"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
Monday, March 3, 2008 at 8:00 pm
GOTTLIEB/FORT/WINOGRAD TRIO
Collaborative concert with Ars Nova Workshop
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=33
Friday, March 21 at 7:30 pm
YUNGCHEN LHAMO: TIBETAN VOCALIST
"Lhamo has quietly established herself as one of the world's most
exquisite voices, the purity and scale of her singing conjuring up the
vastness of her Himalayan homeland" London Observer
Music samples, tickets and more information:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?p=30
Saturday, 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
MORE CONCERTS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
For more information on Crossroads Music:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-729-1028
