Robert Browning Associates is a pioneering global music (world music) producer of music and dance from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Robert and Helene Browning are the lead producers. It’s home stage is Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
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Flamenco Guitar Master Rafael Riqueni Opens the 2023 Flamenco Festival New York for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
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March 2023
Palestinian singer Nibal Malshi sings women’s music from the Golden Age of Arabic music in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon; for Robert Browning Associates, at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇪🇬 🇱🇧 🇵🇸 🇸🇾
Most Americans aren’t aware of the Arab roots in both Latin and American culture.
Flamenco guitarist and Latin Grammy nominee Rafael Riqueni, from Triana, Seville, makes his U.S. debut for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇪🇸
The ngoni West African lute is the ancestor of the American banjo. Malian griot and ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and his ngoni ensemble Ngoni Ba featuring vocalist Ami Sacko, “the Tina Turner of Mali,” play Malian Blues, a contemporary form of traditional Malian music; for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇲🇱
Wow. You hear the Arab roots in this music, and hints of both Afrobeats and American folk or country music.
Cuban piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita, featuring Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles, explore Caribbean and African spiritual connections in SUBA Revisited: Cuban/African Connections; for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇨🇺🇸🇳🇻🇪
Artists
Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes are USA tango champions, originally from Colombia. 🇨🇴
Antonio Rey flamenco guitar. 🇪🇸
Guillermina Quiroga is one of the best tango dancers in New York City. New York Argentines say that watching Guillermina dance makes them cry – because they’ll never be able to dance like her. 🇦🇷
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles, are a Cuban jazz pianist, Senegalese kora master in the Malian Griot tradition, and Venezuelan percussionist. They explore the musical spirit that connects the Caribbean with Mother Africa. 🇨🇺🇸🇳🇻🇪
Pedrito Martinez is the world’s first-call Cuban rumba and timba percussionist. His music can change your life. It changed ours. ¡Aché! 🇨🇺
Pedro Giraudo is a Latin Grammy-winning tango jazz bassist, composer, and leader. He is one of the rare musicians who knows how to play tango for dancers. 🇦🇷
About Robert Browning Associates
In 1976, Robert Browning Associates were one of the first to produce “world music” events in New York City. In 1985, they helped found the World Music Institute.
We are reluctant to say anyone is the first because advancements in human culture tend to occur in multiple, disconnected places, around the same time. But from what we know, Robert and Helene Browning really were the pioneers of world music/global music. It’s an honor to work with them.
The Grammys now call the category “global music.” Whatever you call it, Robert and Helene Browning are legendary producers.
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DANCE, MUSIC: afrobeats, flamenco, folk, global music, jazz, rumba, tango, timba
