WFMU world music DJ Rob Weisberg and co-host Irene Trudel present a multi-cultural night of live music featuring Joel Forrester, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Xalam Project and La Internacional Sonora Balkanera as part of the Transpacific Sound Paradise show.
The live broadcasted around the world evening of performances will take place at Barbes in multi-cultural Park Slope in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 13.
The first stop on the night’s global event is with American jazz pianist and composer Joel Forrester, the prolific man behind the theme to National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” show. Forrester co-founded the jazz outfit Microscopic Septet with soprano saxophonist Phillip Johnston. Microscopic Septet recently released their latest album, Manhattan Moonrise, funded by a Kickstarter campaign.
Next, “travel” to India with Brooklyn Raga Massive as they break away for a night from their weekly post Art Cafe in Prospect Heights. Set to perform with Brooklyn Raga Massive is Camilia Celin on sarod, Arun Ramamurthy on violin, Abhik Mukherjee on sitar and Ehren Hanson on the tabla.
Take it back west a bit with Brandon Terzic's Xalam Project bestows sounds of the Islamic World, West Africa and the Balkans with their innovative jazz improve and rock sound. Xalam Project features Matt Kilmer on percussion, Matt Darriau on Horns and winds, John Shannon on guitar Peter Slavov on bass and Terzic himself on the Arabic Oud, Malian Ngoni and Turkish Saz.
Lastly, take it to native Mexicans playing Eastern European music with La Internacional Sonora Balkanera, the creators of the Balkanazo Tropical sound. They released their second album, Balkanazo Tropical, this past November after receiving the 2012 Indie-O Music Award for the best Jazz/Funk/Fusion Album of the year for their self-titled debut.
The event will be broadcast live on WFMU from 6 to 9pm, Weisberg’s Transpacific Sound Paradise show’s regularly scheduled time. The show is free and there will be free WFMU swag, too. Can’t make it? Stream it live over at WFMU.org.
Listen below to an episode of Rob Weisberg and co-host Irene Trudel on Transpacific Sound Paradise.
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