Violin-Clarinet Multi-Night+Mawwal, NYC, Apr 4
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/4 Wednesday
8 pm
Mawwal
Jim Matus (vocals, laouto, saz) Jill O達rien (vocals) Joe O達rien (bass, vocals) Mike Keys (drums) Bill Buchen (tabla, percussion)
Record release party for MAWWAL担 new CD 釘lack Flies� on Ancient Record. MAWWAL (formerly PARANOISE) performs original World Fusion and arrangements of traditional Middle Eastern music in what has been called 殿 new genre� by Progression Magazine.
10 pm
Violin-Clarinet Multi-Night
Mari Kimura (violin) Kinan Azmeh (clarinet)
multi-cultural, multi-media duos and solos
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.