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The New York Sephardic Music Festival (NY-SMF) showcases a minority within the minority. NY-SMF seeks to increase interest in and awareness of Sephardic culture, including Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ladino traditions, highlighting the diversity that exists within the Sephardic branch of Jewish culture and history. Artists at the forefront of both the traditional and the contemporary Sephardic music scene will perform during the eight nights of Chanukah, from December 16 through 24. Opening night will be at Makor showcasing Pharaoh's Daughter and will mark the anniversary of Y-Love, an Aramaic/Yiddish/Arabic and Hebrew rapper, live. Closing night will be a the 2nd of Modular's Hip Hop Sulha series which features top-selling Israeli hip-hop artist HaDag Nachash (whose last U.S. tour sold-out coast-to-coast); Palestinian rapper SAZ (who has been the subject of two documentary films); Jewish American beatboxer Yuri Lane; Orthodox Jewish rap sensation Y-Love; turntablist sensation; DJ Handler; and the frontmen of two of the West Coast's leading Palestinian hip-hop outfits, Ragtop of the Philistines and Omar of the N.O.M.A.D.S. All the nights in between are filled with exciting shows and will take place at the hottest NYC venues such as Joe's Pub, Tonic, and BB Kings.
Musicians scheduled to perform include: Hadag Nachash, The Hebrew Mamita, Juez, Smadar, Yuri Lane, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Y-Love, Pharaohs Daughter, Saz, Jake Break, Nat Rahav aka DJ Busquelo , DJ Rekha, Jewlia Eisenberg, Shusmo, DJ Balagan, Asefa, Ramón Tasat and Fiesta Sefarad, Ezra Malakov, Omar Offendem of the N.O.M.A.D.S., Ragtop of the Phitlistine's, Frantic Turtle, Matthue Roth, Elyakeem Kinstlinger, Samuel Thomas, Sarah Aroeste, Aliza Hava, Afro Semitic Experience, dj handler & Divahn
The NY-SMF is sponsored by Modular Moods and Barzilai Productions, with support from the Sephardic Education Center and The American Sephardi Federation. Barzilai Productions is a non for profit organization dedicated to promoting multicultural art events. Modular Moods, its sister company, is an independent record label that produces a variety of hip-hop, rock and klezmer-jazz bands. Both companies are involved in several collaborative projects with other artists and organizations, including The Workmen's Circle, DJ Rekha, Sangament, Heeb magazine, and Corner Prophets.
extended info at www.sephardicmusicfestival.com
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday Dec 16th |
OPENING NIGHT
• Pharaoh's Daughter, Y-Love & special guests
@ Makor
8pm / $12 / all ages
(buy now)
35 West 67th st off Columbus st
<> Opening night showcases the many faces of Sephardic Music and the Jewish music scene at large. Bringing hip hop, traditional melodies and the blues all while nodding your heads to its source at Makor (the source).
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Sunday Dec 17th 
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SEPHARDIC SCHOLARSHIP SERIES
• Ezra Malakov Maqam Ensemble, Ramón Tasat and Fiesta Sefarad, Asefa, DJ Balagan & dj handler
@ Makor
7pm / $15 / all ages
(buy now)
35 West 67th st off Columbus st
<> Following the performance,
Ramón Tasat, Evan Rapport, and Samuel Thomas will conduct a question and answer session about Sephardic musical traditions. Applying a groundbreaking approach, the Sephardic Music Festival is excited to bring these practitioner-ethnomusicologists to discuss Sephardic music scholarship, its past and present.
curated by Samuel Thomas |
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Monday Dec 18th  |
SIZZLING MIDDLE EASTERN FUSION
• Divahn & Shusmo
@ Joe's Pub
9:30pm / $15 / all ages
(buy now)
425 Lafayette st
<> Jewish-Iranian singer and anthropologist Galeet Darashti, and Palestinian composer, Tareq Abboushi team up to provide insight into a night that higlights their shared musical heritage. The music spans Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Persian, Arabic, and Latin jazz.
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ISRAELI HIP HOP NIGHT
• DJ Balagan & dj handler
@ Sin Sin
9:30pm /FREE / 21+
248 5th st off 2nd ave
<> A night celebrating the middle eastern music that has influenced Israeli Hip Hop culture. Get up to get down at this special night of funk, hip hop, and oriental Jewish melodies.* Open Bar from 10-11pm
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Tuesday Dec 19th  |
DREAM-DIGGING IN BAR YOCHAI'S CAVE
• The Hebrew Mamita, Matthue Roth, Elyakeem Transmission, Frantic Turtle, & Juez
@ Tonic
7pm / $6adv / $9door/ 18+
107 Norfolk st.
<>
A night of mystical dreams honoring the impact Rav Shimon Bar Yochai's
teachings on Sephardic culture, channelled through slam-poetry,
theatrics, and jazz @ the legendary avantgarde venue.
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Wednesday Dec 20th
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WOMEN OF TZADIK
• Basya Schechter, Jewlia Eisenberg, and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
@ The Museum of Jewish Heritage
7pm / $20 adults, $18 seniors, $15 student/members / all ages
(buy now)
36 Battery Place
<> An eclectic line-up of innovative, female performers will highlight the
diversity of the Sephardic community and its musical traditions with
this exciting concert. In addition to sharing a home at the Tzadik
record label, these artists share a vision for presenting rich Jewish
music in a way that embraces and revives traditional styles, while
creating a new, modern sound.
* get your ticket in advance to ensure entrance (here)
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Thursday Dec 21st
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BALAGAN BOOGALOO
The Sephardic, Afro Beat, Bhangra & Israeli Hip Hop Party
VJ Nico with Belly Dancers
• World famous DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra), dj handler (Modular Moods) & DJ Busquelo (busquelo.org) will keep you dancing all night!
@ Mocca
9pm / $8 / 21+
9:30PM Chanukah candle lighting
78 Read st off Church
<> The Bhangra, Baile Funk, New Mediterranio & Afro Beat Party
VJs + DJs in their pjs, Belly Dancers, Live Drummers
A party unlike any other in the city. Village Voice dubbed the Balagan party, “Stereotype-defying music.” and the NY Time Out made it their critic's pick. Come see what all the fuss is about.
co-sponsored by the 14th St Y and JCP Downtown
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AFRO-SEPHARDIC AND LADINO MUSIC
• Afro-Semitic Experience & Sarah Aroeste Band
@ Congregation Shearith Israel - The Spanish & Portuguese Synagaogue
7pm / $12adv or $15 door / all ages
2 West 70th st at Central Park West
An evening of cross-cultural music with Middle Eastern melodies,
the beautiful language of Ladino and the infectious rhythms of Africa.
RSVP to Alana 212-873-0300 x209
alana.shultz@shearithisrael.org
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Saturday Dec 23rd |
ARABIAN NIGHTS HANUKKAH PARTY
• Smadar, Dancers & dj handler
@ Knitting Factory (Tap Bar)
9pm / $5 for 18+ / $10 for 21+
(buy now)
74 Leonard St
co-sponsored by the Sephardic Education Center, the Hillels of Baruch and Hunter College and the Summit Institute-Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Foster Care for Children and Youth at Risk.
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rsvp to ensure entry rsvp@sephardicmusicfestival.com
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Sunday Dec 24th  |
HIP HOP SULHA feat. Hadag Nachash
• Hadag Nachash, Saz, Yuri Lane, Y-Love, Omar Offendum of the N.O.MA.D.S., Ragtop of the Philistine's, Jake Break,& dj handler
@ BB Kings
Doors @ 6PM show begins promptly at 8pm / all ages
$40.00 General admission standing room only
$55.00 VIP reserved general admission seating - First come, first seated on seats. All seats are located on sides.
(buy now)
237 West 42nd St.
<> The Hip-Hop Sulha reinvents the concept of the traditional Arab sulha
[reconciliation] by bringing leading Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop
musicians -- as well as notable American Jewish and Muslim artists --
together to celebrate peace and religious tolerance via the performing
arts. for info at www.hiphopsulha.com
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HIP HOP SULHA MINI (for kids & teens)
• featuring a selection mc's from the Hip Hop Sulha series
@ The JCC in Manhattan
3pm / $10 jcc members / $15 non members / all ages
334 Amsterdam Ave @ 76th St.
<> At the Mini Sulha, children of all ages are welcome to attend a rare
performance of international Arab and Jewish hip-hop music and see
first-hand what is possible when we put our differences aside and come
together around a common interest like hip-hop. The concert will be
followed by an exclusive Q&A session with the musicians. This event
is co-sponsored by Corner Prophets, a Jerusalem-based artists
collective which promotes conflict transformation through the arts.
Hosted by the JCC in Manhattan. For more information, see
hiphopsulha.com or CornerProphets.com. For tickets, visit
JCCManhattan.org or call 646-505-5708. |
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