Free Thursday concerts in July
World Financial Center Plaza on the Hudson River
Live Sounds 2012/13 season has been filled with incredible music from around the world inlcuding:
Trinidad: Orishas; Chinese Jaw Harp: Wang Li; Budapest Bar (U.S. debut) globalFEST @ SXSW (La Chiva Gantiva, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino; Terkaft; Red Baraat, A Tribe Called Red); Erdal Erzincan: Turkish Sufi Improvisations; Golem: Jewish Gypsy Punk; Music and Dance of Southern Italy: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino; globalFEST: A Tribe Called Red (Canada); Christine Salem (Réunion); Fatoumata Diawara (Mali); Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan (Iran/Turkey); La Santa Cecilia (Usa); La Shica (Spain); Lo’jo (France); Martha Redbone Roots Project (Usa); Mucca Pazza (Usa); Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe); Stephane Wrembel (Usa); Stooges Brass Band (Usa)); La Llorona: The Rebel Spirit of Chavela Vargas: Ely Guerra, Eugenia León, and Tania Libertad; West African Griot Summit; Justin Townes Earle: In The Spirit of Woody Guthrie (with Joe Pug, John McCauley of Deer Tick and The Low Anthem); Bachata Legends Unplugged: Edilio Pareles with Ramon Cordero, Andre Veloz, and Silo “Jeremias” Jimenez; Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia; Galicia’s Carlos Núñez (US Debut); Mali’s Rising Star: Fatoumata Diawara; Romania’s Gypsy Brass Band Legends: Fanfare Ciocarlia; Crossing Boundaries: Vlada Tomova, Emeline Michel, and Martha Redbone; Joshua Light Show/globalFEST: Debo Band/Forro in the Dark
Tuesday, July 2
Jeffery Broussard & Creole Cowboys
Jeffery Broussard & Creole Cowboys
5:30pm | Plaza
One of the most influential accordionists and vocalists in modern Zydeco music Jeffery Broussard has defined a new style of Creole music, incorporating the soulful sounds of R&B into zydeco music and dance. The son of esteemed accordionist Delton Broussard, Jeffery began his musical journey with his father’s legendary band, the Lawtell Playboys, who were themselves innovators. He will be joined by his band on guitar, bass, scrubboard and percussion.
Tuesday, July 16
A Tribute To Miriam Makeba
Lorraine Klaasen
5:30pm | Plaza
Winner of 2013 Juno Award!
Born and raised in Soweto, Lorraine Klaasen is one of a handful of South African artists to preserve the classic sound of “township music” – a genre born in South Africa’s marginalized, apartheid-era housing projects – which continues to be the most distinctive sound to come out of the country. Influenced by singing legends of the 50s and 60s including Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, and Busi Mhlongo, the 2013 Juno Award nominee has electrified audiences worldwide with her dynamic stage presence and showmanship, accomplishing her childhood dream of taking “township music” to the rest of the globe and creating a truly African sound.
Tuesday, July 23
Native Americana
Martha Redbone Roots Project
5:30pm | Plaza
Winner of 2013 Juno Award!
Martha Redbone’s music flows equally from her distinctive blend of Native American elements coupled with soul-funk and the Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues she was raised on. Her deep roots trace her sound to a rich sojourn from Clinch Mountain, Virginia to Harlan County, Kentucky and beyond to Brooklyn’s Dodge City-esque mean streets. Proudly retracing the path of her uniquely American mixed heritage back to its earliest source, she is merely taking the inevitable next step of a maverick artist who has never been chained by borders. Americana is her natural homecoming, sonic and otherwise.
Tuesday, July 30
Pow Wow Step
A Tribe Called Red
5:30pm | Plaza
Winner of 2013 Juno Award!
A Tribe Called Red’s trio of DJs – NDN, Bear Witness, and Shub – create a unique, never-before-heard sound built from a foundation of Native American chants combined with hip-hop, dance hall, and dubstep, to form a cross-cultural musical mash-up they call “pow wow step.” Based in Ottowa, this crew reimagines pow wow music for Canada’s increasingly urbanized aboriginal youth, reclaiming clichés and transforming them into club beats.
