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24-Jul-2015
by Harley Jones
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 The Accordions Around the World Festival in Bryant Park, New York runs each Wednesday, from July 1st to August 26th, at 6 to 8 pm.Each week, 10 accordionists perform throughout the park, playing music from many countries and genre. Bryant Park invite you to "Take a cross-cultural musical journey - from France to Colombia, from the Balkans to Louisiana, from Cumbia to Jazz, and more - with accordions, harmoniums, concertinas, and bandoneons." On Friday August 28th, there is a special event, Accordion Band Festival, 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm, with 6 groups featuring an accordion and music from Eastern Europe, Colombia, France, Ireland, Argentina, and New Orleans. List of remaining performances and information: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Throughout Park Emilio Magnotta - Italian Traditional; Mindra Sahadeo - Harmonium: Indian-Derived Music; Gregorio Uribe - Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato; Bob Nusbaum - 60's Classics + Americana; Brooke Watkins - French Musette; Pete Scalzitti - Classical + Film Soundtracks; John Sherman - Cajun, Appalachian + Blues; Zoran Dobrijevic - Balkan; Paul Belanich - Balkan + Polka; Albert Behar - French Musette. Wednesday, August 12, 2015 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Throughout Park Papa Joe De Clemente - Italian + American Standards; Maestro Tito Castro - Bandoneon: Argentine Tango; Eli Bass - French Musette + Jazz; Ismail Butera - World; Alma Mia - Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato; Melissa Elledge - American Rock + Roots; Shoko Nagai - Japanese + Jewish; Tony Kovatch - French Musette; Jeremy Bloom - Balkan; Eduardo de Carvalho - Brazilian Forró. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Throughout Park Gregory Grene - Irish; Matt Dallow - American Rock + Blues; Christina Crowder - Klezmer; Yuri Lemeshev - World, Classical + Jazz; Kenny Margolis - Zydeco + Blues; Suzanne Davenport - Musette; Eva Salina - Balkan; Sadys Rodrigo Espitia - Colombian Cumbia + Vallenato; David Hodges - Bandoneon: Argentine Tango; Lyndon Blaylock - Concertina: English; Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Throughout Park Charley Layton - Vaudeville, Ragtime + Musette; Christy McNamara - Concertina: Irish Traditional; Karl Sandeman - Celtic, French + Latin; Yuri Lemeshev - World, Classical + Jazz; Art Now - American Standards; Uri Sharlin - World; Jenny Luna - Balkan + Turkish; Maestro Tito Castro - Bandoneon: Argentine Tango; Phil Passantino - Zydeco, Cumbia + Vallenato; Melissa Elledge - American Rock + Roots. SPECIAL EVENT: Friday, August 28, 2015 | 4:30pm – 10:00pm | Throughout Park 6 groups featuring an accordion and music from Eastern Europe, Colombia, France, Ireland, Argentina, and New Orleans. Slavic Soul Party: Throbbing funk grooves, Gypsy accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops: an acoustic mashup of the gospel, techno, funk, dub, jazz, and Latin influences of NYC’s neighborhoods into a fiery Balkan brass setting. slavicsoulparty.com Foncho Castellar & Los Alegres De Colombia: Cumbia and vallenato rhythms led by the renowned accordionist and folklorist who has been promoting Colombian culture in the US for 30 years. Avalon Jazz Band: Parisian and Golden Age swing with a repertoire of timeless American standards and French jazz songs: old classics with a hot twist celebrating France, love, and music. Niall O'Leary Irish Band: A celebration of Irish music brought together by the former All-Ireland and World Dance Champion, who is in demand as a musician, dancer, choreographer and master dance instructor in North America, Ireland, Mexico, Japan and Thailand. Los Chantas: From the guardia vieja to the present in the great Argentine tango tradition, the multinational ensemble plays original arrangements of songs by Gardel, Troilo, Salgán, and Piazzolla with an improvised style in milongas and clubs around NYC since 2002. Krewe de la Rue: Heartfelt and punchy dance hall mix of Cajun and Creole music, capturing the style and energy of the festivals and clubs throughout Southwest Louisiana. |