Yasser Tejeda in New York City Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at … [Read more...] about Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots
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Aurelio Martínez & The Garifuna Soul Band Sing Folkloric Jazz for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge
Aurelio Martínez is a Honduran Garifuna singer-songwriter. To our uneducated ear, he sounds like an Afrobeat Bob Dylan with elements of surf guitar and something with the feel of Calypso. Aurelio is a leading voice of the Garifuna people, speakers of the last living Indigenous Carib language. There is a vibrant Garifuna community in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Aurelio … [Read more...] about Aurelio Martínez & The Garifuna Soul Band Sing Folkloric Jazz for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Plays Nuevo Tango for the World Music Institute at Symphony Space
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla plays Nuevo Tango for the World Music Institute at Peter Norton Symphony Space on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). From $35. worldmusicinstitute.org 🇦🇷 Astor Piazzolla Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) blended European Classical music and Jazz into Argentine Tango. When Argentine's first heard his Nuevo Tango (New Tango), they … [Read more...] about Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Plays Nuevo Tango for the World Music Institute at Symphony Space
Ana Crismán Streams a Special Concert of Her Andalusían Flamenco Harp Recorded in Spain
Flamenco harpist Ana Crismán recorded a special concert in Spain for the World Music Institute that is available for streaming on worldmusicinstitute.org (ovationtix.com) from Friday, March 26, 2021 at 7pm. $10 Ticket holders will receive a link to the performance once streaming begins. It provides unlimited viewing for 72 hours from your first access. Flamenco … [Read more...] about Ana Crismán Streams a Special Concert of Her Andalusían Flamenco Harp Recorded in Spain
World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival
For Global Music Month, fifteen world music presenters join forces in a virtual music festival on globalmusicmonth.org from August 29 through October 1, 2020. Countries & Bands These are culture groups, not necessarily the location of the band. For example, Banda de los Muertos is a Mexican banda band from Brooklyn. Oy Vey! Africa Angola Vivalda … [Read more...] about World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival
Niño de Elche & Leonor Leal Present “Colombiana” a Flamenco Show About Caribbean Influences
The World Music Institute puts together experimental Spanish flamenco singer Niño de Elche and experimental Spanish flamenco dancer Leonor Leal. Niño de Elche & Leonor Leal at Le Poisson Rouge Saturday, March 14, 2020 ~ Leonor Leal opens for Niño de Elche on a night of experimental flamenco for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, NYC … [Read more...] about Niño de Elche & Leonor Leal Present “Colombiana” a Flamenco Show About Caribbean Influences
Los Aurora
Los Aurora is a flamenco jazz or jazz flamenco band that is part of the Nuevo Flamenco movement coming out of Barcelona. Le Poisson Rouge Sunday, March 29, 2020 ~ Los Aurora play for the World Music Institute and the Flamenco Festival NYC at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, NYC at 8pm. The show was cancelled to keep New Yorkers safe during the COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Los Aurora
World Music Institute 2019-20 Season
2019 fall and winter is another great season at the World Music Institute. There is Spanish and Venezuelan flamenco, plus Puerto Rican folk. Sunday, October 13, 2019 ~ The Paco de Lucía Project plays and dances Spanish flamenco at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side at 8pm. From $35 Monday, October 21, 2019 ~ Nella Rojas brings her very special Venezuelan flamenco to Le … [Read more...] about World Music Institute 2019-20 Season
Israel Fernandez sings Spanish flamenco at Joe’s Pub
Israel Fernández sings Spanish flamenco for the World Music Institute at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 7pm. 21+, $30 This show is part of the Flamenco Festival New York 2019 Israel Fernández https://youtu.be/6neGwXp4NsY Israel Fernández was born in Toledo, Spain. Influenced by … [Read more...] about Israel Fernandez sings Spanish flamenco at Joe’s Pub
Ismael Fernández, Spanish Flamenco
Ismael Fernández sings Spanish flamenco for the World Music Institute at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7pm. $30 This show is part of the Flamenco Festival New York 2019 Ismael Fernández https://youtu.be/XRq5mrszkug Fernández was born in Seville, Spain, the capital of flamenco country. He is a member of the renowned … [Read more...] about Ismael Fernández, Spanish Flamenco
World Music Institute Spring 2019 Calendar
The World Music Institute is producing several Latin shows in the Spring 2019 Season. Ismael Fernández Spanish flamenco live music for the Flamenco Festival New York March 7, 2019 at 7pm Joe's Pub in NoHo, Manhattan $30 Israel Fernández Spanish flamenco live music for the Flamenco Festival New York His third album 'Universo Pastora' tributes Pastora … [Read more...] about World Music Institute Spring 2019 Calendar
Mariza
It is often silly to invoke the name of a legend to describe an artist, but in the case of Mariza, it's correct. Fado is the Portuguese Music of Saudade Portuguese sailors launched the Age of Discovery which conquered the world for the Europeans. Fado is their music. It's the music of "Saudade," that untranslatable longing for a loved one who is far away. It's a … [Read more...] about Mariza
Ana Moura sings Portuguese Fado at The Town Hall
Ana Moura is a Portuguese Fado singer. She flirts with both traditional Fado and crossover collaborations. She has gained some attention from Pop artists such as The Rolling Stones, Prince, and others. Moura was born in Santarém, Portugal in 1979. She started out singing at Fado nightclubs in Lisbon. Appearances on television helped build her audience. Moura sang with the … [Read more...] about Ana Moura sings Portuguese Fado at The Town Hall
Javier Limón
Javier Limón is a multi-Grammy singer-songwriter and producer who is a Spanish Flamenco institution. He plays, composes, produces, scores films, teaches, explains, and campaigns for humanity. Javier Limón is to Flamenco as Wynton Marsalis is to Jazz https://youtu.be/d9TYtTLtNCw Javier Limón - Agua Misteriosa (Mysterious water)Both artists combine the highest level of … [Read more...] about Javier Limón
Festival Ay! Más Flamenco
WMI’s storied Flamenco dance series returns with four entrancing evenings that range from cutting-edge to traditional. Festival Ay! Más Flamenco world-class dance featuring the avant-garde flair of Quebec's La Otra Orilla, the purity of Spain's eminent solo traditionalists La Lupi and Joaquin Grilo, and the exciting and renowned dancer-singer duo of wife-and-husband Sonia Olla … [Read more...] about Festival Ay! Más Flamenco