Music for Progress Benefit with Toubab Krewe, November 30th
Art for Progress (AFP) is thrilled and honored to present a night of empowering original music, created for a special evening to benefit AFP’s art education programs. Music for Progress will take place on Friday November 30th at NYC’s quintessential listening room, Rockwood Music Hall (stage 2) and feature psychedelic world-jam group Toubab Krewe, Brooklyn power trio Bad Faces, and 3Bridge Records and Flemcy Music recording artist and DJ, Gatto. Get your tickets [HERE]
Blending American and West African influences into a sound all its own, Toubab Krewe has set “a new standard for fusions of rock ‘n’ roll and West African music” (Afro pop Worldwide). Since forming in 2005, the magnetic Asheville, NC based quintet has won a diverse and devoted following while performing everywhere from Bonnaroo to the Festival of the Desert in Essakane, Mali. Mixing American rock with the musical traditions the band fell in love with on their travels to Africa, their sound also nods to surf and zydeco. This fusion of sound is what the Village Voice describes as “a futuristic, psychedelic, neo-griot frenzy” and Honest Tune hails as “one of the most innovative voices in music today.”
Bad Faces are a Brooklyn power trio as deeply rooted in American traditional music as they are reaching for new stratospheric heights in their improvisational explorations. Led by singer/guitarist Barry Komitor, a fixture in New York’s vibrant folk and bluegrass scene, the group has amassed a strong local following on the heels of successful shows at Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Elements Music and Arts Festival and more. Bad Faces’ rhythm section is powered by Brian Stollery, one of the best known figures in NY jam music on bass, and NY’s most exciting young jazz drummer, Ethan Kogan.
Hitting the decks to close out the night is DJ, producer, Gatto, who’s been part of NYC’s underground house music scene for nearly 20 years. You can find Gatto spinning at fashion shows, special events and top night clubs in NYC and beyond, while his eclectic music productions are dropping on record labels in Europe and in the U.S.
Rockwood Music Hall is located at 196 Allen St, NYC. VIP tickets are available, and will include a premium, private viewing platform, a signed copy of Toubab Krewe’s new album ‘Stylo,’ plus a special gift bag of merchandise and other surprises. Get your tickets [HERE]
