Fri, May 29 - Putney, VT, Next Stage, 7:30pm: Baklava Express CD release https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/866/866Nxtstage_Baklava +May 30, Brooklyn NY, Sababafest #sephardicmusic #jewishmusic #middleasternmusic
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present Baklava Express Friday, May 29, at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill. Brooklyn-based Baklava Express “creates vibrant, high-energy music that evokes the atmosphere of an open-air Mediterranean market,” said organizers in a news release. Blending ancient and modern instruments, the ensemble performs original compositions rooted in Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Arab, Mizrahi, and Sephardi musical traditions, while weaving in touches of jazz, flamenco, rock, and Ottoman classical music. Led by oud player and composer...
