Barbès
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What's on at Barbès
The Mandingo Ambassadors
African music
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- Critics' pick
Guitarist Mamady Kouyaté formed the Mandingo Ambassadors in Guinea in the late ’60s. Now living in New York, Kouyaté leads a new version of the outfit through funky, festive West African tunes each Wednesday night at Barbès.
Andy Statman
Jazz & Experimental, Blues, Roots & Country
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Andy Statman’s fleet-fingered and inventive mandolin playing expands the scope of a folk instrument with seemingly known dimensions. In his equally accomplished clarinet work, Statman melds Eastern European Jewish music with mid-’60s jazz.
Frank London and Jeremiah Lockwood's Songs of Zebulon
Jazz & Experimental, Klezmer
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Klezmatics member Frank London and Sway Machinery leader Jeremiah Lockwood—two key members of the local Jewish-music vanguard—present a new project inspired by their shared fascination with cantorial music.
Rob Curto's Forró All Stars
Reggae, Latin music
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Accordion player Rob Curto, a master of Brazilian forró music, stops by his frequent Park Slope haunt.
Scott Kettner's Orgy in Rhythm
Reggae, Latin music
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- Critics' pick
Nation Beat leader Scott Kettner—an expert in vibrant cross-cultural fusions—steps out with his latest winning project, which joins funk and vibrant Brazilian forró.
Cumbiagra
Latin music
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Local mainstays Cumbiagra perform vintage cumbia music from Colombia and Mexico.
The Quavers
Blues, Roots & Country, Indie rock
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- Critics' pick
Brooklyn band the Quavers issued Lit by Your Phone, an arresting debut album filled with dusty, dreamy, tech-limned songs, in 2007. But they didn't get around to issuing their follow-up, Fell Asleep on a Train, until last year, since founder T. Griffin...
Stephane Wrembel
Categories, Jazz & Experimental
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French guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his guests channel the spirit of Gypsy-jazz phenom Django Reinhardt, while also exploring evocative folk soundscapes and rootsy jams.
The Brain Cloud
Rock, Pop & Hip-hop, Blues, Roots & Country
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- Critics' pick
Dennis Lichtman, of the lively New Orleans–style jazz band the Cangelosi Cards, leads a highly talented group of musicians into energetic Western-swing territory. A mainstay at Barbès and several other local haunts, the Cloud—currently playing behind...
Chicha Libre
Categories, Reggae, World & Latin, Reggae
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- Critics' pick
Members of Barbès favorites Bébé Eiffel, Las Rubias del Norte and One Ring Zero team up in Chicha Libre to play a spacey form of South American psychedelia named for an Incan corn alcohol.
























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