News & Updates — Event
Red Baraat Spring 2017 Tour
Our favorite bhangra / funk / go-go / dhol n' brass party band Red Baraat is hitting the road this Spring in anticipation of their forthcoming album Bhangra Pirates, out March 24 on Rhyme & Reason. The record will be released on digital, CD and on LP. (The group's first vinyl, believe it or not!). Pre-order here. The band will be hitting both US coasts, as well as a gig in Abu Dhabi. Dates: 02.17.2017 Abu Dhabi @ NYUAD Arts Center Tickets Info 03.04.2017 Miami, FL @ Carnaval on the Mile Tickets...
Northampton Winter Record Fair, Feb 25
It's that time again! The Northampton Record Fair, put together by a team led by Peace & Rhythm's Studebaker Hawk, will return for its winter edition in Northampton MA's Union Station Banquet Hall, Sat Feb 25, 9am. Local and regional record dealers, from New Jersey to Maine, are bringing out thousands of vinyl records and CDs for your digging pleasure. 50 tables of records and CDs in three rooms! Early admission from 9-11AM is $5 for the die hard's looking to snatch the rare finds. FREE admission from 11-5PM. All ages, everyone's invited Union Station is right in downtown Northampton,...
Klezperanto Return to The Arts Block, Feb 19
You don't want to miss this special concert event with Klezperanto, Sun Feb 19 at The Arts Block, Greenfield MA, for one night only! World-renowned clarinetist Ilene Stahl brings her Boston-based band to "the 413" for a night of cumbias, car chases, and Romanian surf guitar! Try some smokin' hot latkes and an ice cold "belt" of boozy borscht for an un-beet-able night of dance music. 6:30-10pm, at The Arts Block, 289 Main St, Greenfield MA Details here Poster by Thom Dudley / Sightlab http://klezperanto.com/ http://theartsblock.com/
Ola Fresca & DJ Bongohead at ¡Vaya 63! at Lincoln Center, Jan 20
FREE With Cuban soul and a swinging, fearless tropical sound, this trombone-driven power salsa octet, Ola Fresca, preside over our signature Latin dance party, ¡Vaya 63!, at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium. At the helm of the group is Cuban-American singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer Jose Conde, who conjures “a state of harmonic coexistence across conventions” (Time Out New York), spiking Cuban son with New Orleans funk, Nigerian Afrobeat, James Brown rhythms, Haitian compas, New York City boogaloo, and jam-band flights. DJ Bongohead kicks of the night at 7:00 pm and plays between and after the band’s two sets. Presented...
Peace & Rhythm Presents a free-admission weekly music series at The Root Cellar
"Peace & Rhythm Presents" is a weekly eclectic music series every Wednesday night at The Root Cellar, downtown Greenfield's newest music venue. This premier season features bands and performers of various genres and styles, including funk, world music, jazz, reggae, rock, folk, DJs and more. Every Wednesday is FREE ADMISSION, 21+. Doors open at 8, music starts pumping at 9 and goes until 1230. ---Wed, July 27...The Boogalistics (soul-jazz/funk) and Doctor Thing (freak-out psychedelic jazz-funk) - The Boogalistics bring fresh energy to the classic sound of soul jazz. Boogaloo, soul-jazz, funk, this brand new group out of Northampton will satisfy...