Friday, February 19 2010

An all new journey of nighttime dreamers who will ignite your imagination with this incredible European style circus.

From the creators of the groundbreaking Broadway hit Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, comes an all new journey of magical sights, sounds, and amazing acrobatics set within a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. Created and Directed by Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams Illumination will marvel and experience a journey of city dwellers who reinvent everyday objects, balance beyond belief, delicately dangle from wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in an array of astounding occurrences that transform the ordinary into extraordinary.

An all new journey of nighttime dreamers who will ignite your imagination with this incredible European style circus.

From the creators of the groundbreaking Broadway hit Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, comes an all new journey of magical sights, sounds, and amazing acrobatics set within a landscape of towering buildings and infinite possibilities. Created and Directed by Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams Illumination will marvel and experience a journey of city dwellers who reinvent everyday objects, balance beyond belief, delicately dangle from wires, leap tall buildings and redefine the risks of flight in an array of astounding occurrences that transform the ordinary into extraordinary.

Lindsay Mac has a cello technique unlike no other. She started adapting her method while living in a wood-heated New Hampshire cabin. Though she had decided that her dream was to be a singer/songwriter, she remained committed to the cello as her instrument. “I just wanted to take my love for the cello and put it into a context in which I felt I was really in touch with my muse.” http://www.lindsaymac.com/home/home.html

Featuring: Steve Heck, Grand Piano; Bob Ullman, Guitar; David Clark, Bass.

In celebration of creative music, the Northampton Center for the Arts presents A World of Piano, a series of solo piano concerts by three modern masters of the jazz keyboard. Joanne Brackeen, Wayne Horvitz and Burton Greene have established international careers and represent a broad range of approaches to the piano.

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for students, and are available at State Street Fruit Store and the Northampton Center for the Arts. The Center invites music lovers to support the Series by buying a "Piece of the Piano" in advance (two tickets per performance for $60) at their website: www.nohoarts.org.

Federico Aubele is an Argentine singersongwriter whose music blends a variety of genres and styles: Jamaican dub and reggae, American ambient and hip-hop, Mexican bolero, and Argentine tango. He describes his music as a synthesis of styles from throughout the Americas. With his newest release, Amatoria, Aubele explores the vast theme of love in variousways.

Think of Dan Goggin's all male ''Nunsense A-Men'' as "Mrs. Doubtfire enters the Convent." Done totally straight, this laugh riot of a musical is, to quote one critic, "no drag." First performed in Brazil as "Novicas Rebeldes," this all-male version of "Nunsense" premiered in New York in 1998 receiving rave reviews and standing ovations. A whole new layer of comedy surfaces with lines like "The guys in the old neighborhood still can't believe I became a nun!" To quote the New York Times: "A change of habit, boy oh, boy!"

Don't miss this hysterically funny, slightly irreverent, toe -tappin' production with a team and cast filled with local IRNE and EMACT winners and nominees!

Doors open 7:30 pm

Abi migrated to Austin, Texas in 2002, where she quickly rooted herself in the city’s thriving live music scene. With its blend of country sincerity, cosmopolitan snap and plethora of skilled pickers, she continued maturing and developing her own style. Along the way she picked up awards and recognition for her songwriting from The Wildflower Music Festival, Austin Songwriters Group and the Kerrville Folk Festival.www.abitapia.com

Having toured with prestigious national and international artists, Jen Lowe is a journey-woman through and through. The songs on her debut solo CD, “From the End of this Hallway”, play like bittersweet battle-cries of a great victory won against fallen relationships and personal struggles in a coming-of-age war. And when the dust settles, there’s the lone voice of Jen’s soul, swaying gently, beautifully, between each song like a feather dropping from the heavens between the limbs of Oak trees. She is a true natural performer, whether she’s pounding ferociously on a djembe or gently finger-picking her old guitar; as a multi-instrumentalist, Jen’s shows are spontaneous, fun and never predictable.

Under the pseudonym El Perro del Mar, Swedish vocalist Sarah Assbring sings with a deep and meaningful longing. Her tender, angelic voice is underscored by shimmering pop and folk melodies, expressing an inner turmoil and boundless desire. Fellow Swede Anna Ternheim will open.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION CALL WORLD MUSIC / CRASHarts (617) 876-4275 Buy online: www.WorldMusic.org

2nd Show 10:00pm

Blues legend Joe Lewis Walker performance was one of the highlights of 2009... Not to be missed

Johnny A grew up listening to Clapton and Hendrix, but the Boston bluesman really came of age as a member of J. Geils Band front man Peter Wolf's Houseparty 5. Everything he learned has been incorporated into his now elegant style: a potent blend of rock, jazz and blues tied together by a sweet tone and a constant emphasis on melody. Jazz Times claims Johnny A’s guitar "…creates dense musical shadings, conveying nostalgia, regret, hope and intrigue...” www.johnnya.com

Featuring: Hossein Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh,Nima Alizadeh, Alireza Hosseini, Rouzbeh Rahimi, Siamak Jahangiry

Masters of Persian Music explores the rich heritage of Persian classical music and ancient Sufi and contemporary poetry. The concert features Hossein Alizadeh, the tar (plucked lute) maestro who is considered an inspiration to an entire generation of Iran’s musical culture; Kayhan Kalhor, the kamancheh (spike-fiddle) virtuoso who through his many musical collaborations, including Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West; and the remarkable young vocalist Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, the leading disciple of the renowned Mohammad Reza Shajarian, who will be touring North America for the first time. They will be accompanied by Nima Alizadeh on robab (lute), Rouzbeh Rahimi on santur (hammered dulcimer), Alireza Hosseini on tombak (drum) and Siamak Jahangiry on ney (flute).

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION CALL WORLD MUSIC / CRASHarts (617) 876-4275 Buy online: www.WorldMusic.org

2nd Show 10:00pm

Pieces of a Dream emerged out of Philadelphia’s music scene in 1976. Keyboardist James Lloyd drummer Curtis Harmon and former bassist Cedric Napoleon, were (and still are) managed by the drummer’s father and uncle, Danny and Bill Harmon, respectively. The group based their name on “Pieces of Dreams,” a cover tune by Stanley Turrentine that the group performed.

You will Dance. Resistance is futile.

Mixing it up with Top 40 Dance Music

The Gregory Dudzienski Quartet: Gregory Dudzienski - Tenor Saxophone, Pamela Hines - Piano, Dave Landoni - Bass, Miki Matsuki - Drums.

Master Chefs of a funky kitchen, The Chicken Slacks dish out the hot-buttered party grooves of classic funk, soul and R&B. Dance, romance, bump, grind, sway, stumble, sing along, celebrate, and get up and get down to the mighty 'Slacks! Put that beat in your feet. Fill that hole in your soul. http://www.johnnyds.com/artist/chickenslacks.html http://chickenslacks.blogspot.com/