About
DakhaBrakha is world music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha, create a world of unexpected new music.
The name DakhaBrakha is original, outstanding and authentic at the same time. It means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian culture.
Live Soundtrack for “Earth”: In addition to their own performances, DakhaBrakha also performs their original live soundtrack alongside a screening of the classic 1930 film, “Earth”, by Aleksandr Dovzhenko (considered to be one of the most important films of the Soviet era). Dovzhenko is a master of composition, and the film—with its intense close-ups and the impressive expanses of the landscape—is a passionate tribute to the countryside, to nature, and to the people that work on it.
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Areas of Representation: The Americas, UK, Australia, New Zealand, China
Biography
Photo by Steve Carrillo for CAP UCLA
DakhaBrakha is music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music.
DakhaBrakha was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH” by the avant-garde theatre director – Vladyslav Troitskyi – and given the name that means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Theatre work has left its mark on the band performances – their shows are always staged with a strong visual element.
After experimenting with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating the bright, unique and unforgettable sound of DakhaBrakha. They strive to help open up the potential of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the rest of the world as well.
Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian culture. At the crossroads of Ukrainian folklore and theater, their musical spectrum is at first intimate then riotous, plumbing the depths of contemporary roots and rhythms, inspiring “cultural and artistic liberation”.
In March 2010, DakhaBrakha won the prestigious Grand Prix prize named after S.Kuriokhin, in the sphere of contemporary art, and confirmed its place in the culture once again. In March 2011 DakhaBrakha was discovered by Australian Womadelaide and began their ascent in the international music scene. They have since played more than 300 concerts and performances and have taken part in major international festivals throughout Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, and North America. DakhaBrakha has also collaborated with such international musicians as: Port Mone (By), Kimmo Pohjonen Cluster (Fi), Karl Frierson (DePhazz) (Ge), Steve Cooney (IRL), Inna Zhelannaya (Ru), Kievbass (UA), Djam (UA-Iran), and David Ingibaryan (Hu).
Live Soundtrack for “Earth”:
In addition to their own performances, DakhaBrakha also performs their original live soundtrack along with screening of the classic 1930 film, “Earth”, by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, considered to be one of the most important films of the Soviet era. Dovzhenko is a master of composition, and the film—with its intense close-ups and the impressive expanses of the landscape—is a passionate tribute to the countryside, to nature, and to the people that work on it.
“Earth” was banned 9 days after it’s original release, and was glorified in Ukraine only after Dovzhenko’s death in 1956. Full of lyrical pantheism and utopian exaltation, it demonstrated the ambiguity of Ukrainian geopolitical choice in the 1920s. In 1958, a film critics’ forum in Brussels named “Earth” one of the 12 best films in the history of world cinema.
The group has this to say about the creation of their soundtrack for “Earth”:
“Making music for Alexander Dovzhenko’s “Earth” was a great honor for us and a difficult creative challenge. Frame by frame, this Ukrainian masterpiece of world cinema impressed us every time we worked on it. No matter how we tried to work on the film as a self-contained artistic endeavor, avoiding ideological evaluation, we could not. Of course, we voiced the film in the human terms of the 21st Century, even while being aware that after 1930, when the work was completed on “Earth”, came the years of the Communist famine of 1932-1933, the years of repression, and we know about the difficult fate of the Dovzhenko socialist empire. Together, we tried to convey the authenticity, and also the naivety, of those feelings and messages brought to us from that time and that era, to us today and our Earth.”
Marko Halanevych – vocals, darbuka, tabla, accordion
Marko is the only representative of the countryside in the band. He was born in the village of Krushenivka, in the Vinnitskiy region. into a family of village intellectuals. He graduated from the faculty of the Ukrainian philology, but came into the theatre, became an actor of the Centre of Contemporary Art “DAKH” and then accidentally found himself working with the band. Marko is fond of design – he creates the visual images of DakhaBrakha and also for the “DAKH” theatre where he continues to perform on stage as an actor.
Iryna Kovalenko – vocals, djembe, bass drums, accordion, percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano
Ira has played Ukrainian ethnic music since her early childhood. Moreover, she has graduated from the faculty of folklore. She is fond of yoga, yachting, and rowing. Ira is responsible for the “brass section” of the group, as she easily gets the feel of different musical instruments. She also performs at the “Dakh” theatre as an actress.
Olena Tsybulska – vocals, bass drums, percussion, garmoshka
Lena is one of the specialists at the folklore department of the National University of Ukraine. When she has some time off, she works on preparing her Candidate’s dissertation about traditional Ukrainian wedding songs. She is fond of driving, sewing and interior design.
Nina Garenetska – vocals, cello, bass drum
Nina professionally studied folklore and is a self-taught cellist. She is the most artistically open-minded member of the band and is always up for collaborating with other musicians. Nina is fond of traveling, photography, fancywork and adornment creation.
Ethno-Chaos: DakhaBrakha Reinvents Ukraine’s Unsung Roots Music With Global Finesse
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A shadowy procession to the pounding of drums, to the murmur of a cello, morphs into an anthem, an invocation, a wild and wacky breakdown. Drones and beats, crimson beads and towering black lambs-wool hats all serve as a striking backdrop for an unexpected, refreshingly novel vision of Eastern European roots music. This is the self-proclaimed “ethno-chaos” of Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha, a group that feels both intimately tied to their homeland, yet instantly compelling for international audience.
“We just want people to know our culture exists,” muses Marko Halanevych of DakhaBrakha, the remarkable Kyiv-based ensemble that has broken down the tired musical framework for Ukrainian traditional music. “We want people to know as much as possible about our corner of the world.”
The quartet does far more than introduce Ukrainian music or prove it is alive and well. They craft stunning new sonic worlds for traditional songs, reinventing their heritage with a keen ear for contemporary resonances. With one foot in the urban avant-garde theater scene and one foot in the village life that nurtured and protected Ukraine’s cultural wealth, DakhaBrakha shows the full fury and sensuality of some of Eastern Europe’s most breathtaking folklore.
Refined yet saucy, eerie yet earthy, Ukrainian music has languished in relative obscurity, though its achievements are diverse and sophisticated: complex polyphonic singing with interlocking lines so tight the ears buzz, long and philosophical epics, humorous ditties, instrumental virtuosity, and raucous dance tunes. Ritual and ribaldry, urbane composition and rural celebration, Asian influences and Western harmony all combined to give contemporary musicians a true wealth of potential sources.
DakhaBrakha knows these sources well: the three female vocalists have spent many summers traveling around Ukraine’s villages collecting songs and learning from elder women in remote areas. Like these village tradition-bearers, they have spent years singing together, a fact that resonates in the beautifully close, effortlessly blended sound of their voices. Marko grew up steeped in village life, and draws on his rural upbringing when contributing to the group.
Yet the young musicians and actors were determined to break away from purist recreations and from the stale, schmaltzy, post-Soviet remnants of an ideology-driven folk aesthetic. Urged on by Vladyslav Troitsky, an adventuresome theater director at the DAKH Center for Contemporary Art, a cornerstone of the Kyiv arts underground, the group resolved to create something radically different. They wanted to experiment, to discover, to put Ukrainian material in a worldly context, without divorcing it from its profound connection to land and people. That’s why tablas thunk and digeridoos rumble, filling out DakhaBrakha’s sound, and yet never overshadow the deeply rooted voices and spare, yet unforgettable visual aesthetic.
“The beginning was pretty primitive,” recalls Halanevych. “We tried to find rhythms to match the melodies. We tried to shift the emphasis of these songs. We know our own material, our native music well, yet we wanted to get to know other cultures and music well. We started with the Indian tabla, then started to try other percussion instruments. But we didn’t incorporate them directly; we found our own sounds that helped us craft music.”
Through this experimentation and repurposing of instruments from other cultures to serve DakhaBrakha’s own sound, the band was guided by the restraint, the elemental approach that owed a debt to the emotionally charged minimalism of Phillip Glass and Steve Reich.
“At the same time as we explored ethnic music, we got interested in minimalism, though never in a way that was literal or obvious,” Halanevych explains. “The methods of minimalism seemed to us to be very productive in our approach to folk. The atmospheric and dramatic pieces that started our work together were created by following that method.”
This mix of contemporary, cosmopolitan savvy and intimacy with local traditions and meanings cuts to the heart of DakhaBrakha’s bigger mission: To make the world aware of the new country but ancient nation that is Ukraine. “It’s important to show the world Ukraine, and to show Ukrainians that we don’t need to have an inferiority complex. That we’re not backward hicks, but progressive artists. There are a lot of wonderful, creative people here, people who are now striving for freedom, for a more civilized way of life, and are ready to stand up for it.”
Tour Dates
Tour History
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2020
Apr 9, 2020 |
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Santa Barbara, CA USA |
Campbell Hall |
8:00PM |
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Apr 3, 2020 |
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Cancelled |
Grass Valley, CA USA |
Center for the Arts |
7:30PM |
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Apr 3, 2020 |
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Cancelled |
Salem, OR USA |
Chemeketa Auditorium,Building 6 |
7:30PM |
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Cancelled |
Ithaca, NY USA |
State Theatre - Ithaca |
8:00PM |
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Cancelled |
Kingston, ON CANADA |
Regina Rosen Auditorium |
7:30 PM |
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Cancelled |
St.Catherines, ON CANADA |
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre |
7:30 PM |
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Mar 5, 2020 |
Diamond Season |
Cancelled |
Markham, ON CANADA |
Markham Theatre |
8:00 PM |
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2019
Oct 20, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Duncan, BC CANADA |
Cowichan Theatre |
7:30PM |
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Oct 19, 2019 |
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Vancouver, BC CANADA |
Chan Shun Concert Hall |
8:00PM |
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Winspear Centre |
8:00 PM |
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Seattle, WA USA |
Triple Door |
7:30PM |
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Seattle, WA USA |
Triple Door |
7:30PM |
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Oct 13, 2019 |
Beloved Open-Air Sacred Art and Music Festival |
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Portland, OR USA |
First Congregational United Church of Christ |
8:00PM |
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Oct 12, 2019 |
Beloved Open-Air Sacred Art and Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Portland, OR USA |
First Congregational United Church of Christ |
8:00PM |
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Oct 9, 2019 |
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Berkeley, CA USA |
Freight and Salvage |
8:00PM |
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Oct 8, 2019 |
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Berkeley, CA USA |
Freight and Salvage |
8:00PM |
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Oct 6, 2019 |
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass |
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San Francisco, CA USA |
Porch Stage |
1:20PM to 2:00PM |
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Oct 4, 2019 |
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Holyoke, MA USA |
Gateway City Arts |
8:00PM |
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Oct 3, 2019 |
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Brooklyn, NY USA |
Murmrr Theater |
8:00PM |
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Sep 29, 2019 |
Rock in Rio |
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Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRASIL |
Rock Street Asia |
4:50-5:50PM |
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Sep 28, 2019 |
Rock in Rio |
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Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRASIL |
Rock Street Asia |
7:00-8:00PM |
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Sep 27, 2019 |
Rock in Rio |
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Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRASIL |
Rock Street Asia |
4:50-5:50PM |
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Bristol, UK |
The Lanes |
9:30 PM |
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Jul 28, 2019 |
Port Eliot Festival |
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St Germans, Cornwall UK |
Port Eliot |
9:00PM |
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Jul 27, 2019 |
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Charlton Park, Wiltshire UK |
WOMAD - Siam Tent |
8:15PM-9:30PM |
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Jun 27, 2019 |
Ottawa Intl Jazz Fest |
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Ottawa, ON CANADA |
Confederation Park |
10:30 PM |
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Ithaca, NY USA |
The Haunt |
8:00PM |
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Jun 23, 2019 |
San Francisco Jazz Festival |
Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Miner Auditorium |
7:00PM |
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Jun 22, 2019 |
NoHo Summer Nights |
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North Hollywood, CA USA |
North Hollywood Park |
8:00 PM |
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:00PM |
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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New York, NY USA |
Schimmel Center for the Arts |
7:30PM |
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Jun 9, 2019 |
Fairy House Festival |
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Lewiston, NY USA |
Artpark, Lower Park, Emerald Grove stage |
4:00PM |
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Jun 8, 2019 |
PVDFest |
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Providence, RI USA |
PVDFest Outdoor Stage |
TBD |
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Apr 21, 2019 |
Soul'd Out Festival |
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Portland, OR USA |
The Crystal Ballroom |
8:00 PM |
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Chicago, IL USA |
Patio Theater |
8:00PM |
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Tallahassee, FL USA |
Ruby Diamond Concert Hall |
7:30PM |
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Apr 14, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Toronto, ON Canada |
Koerner Hall |
7:00 PM |
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Somerville, MA USA |
Somerville Theatre |
8:00PM |
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
College Park, MD USA |
Milkboy Arthouse |
8:00PM |
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Apr 9, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Holyoke, MA USA |
Gateway City Arts |
8:00 PM |
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Apr 7, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
6:00 PM |
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Apr 6, 2019 |
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Venue Info |
St. Joseph, MN USA |
Gorecki Family Theater |
7:30 PM |
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2018
Oct 17, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
London, Lambeth United Kingdom |
Queen Elizabeth Hall |
7:30PM |
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Oct 14, 2018 |
Open Spaces KC |
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Kansas City, MO USA |
Starlight Theater |
6:00PM |
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Oct 12, 2018 |
Desert Daze Festival |
Venue Info |
Moreno Valley, CA USA |
Lake Perris |
TBD |
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Oct 9, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
San Jose, CA USA |
The Ritz |
8:00PM |
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Oct 7, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Petaluma, CA USA |
Mystic Theatre |
8:30PM |
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Oct 5, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Arcata, CA USA |
Fulkerson Recital Hall |
8:00PM |
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Oct 2, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Folsom, CA USA |
Three Stages |
7:30PM |
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Berkeley, CA USA |
Freight and Salvage |
8:30PM |
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Sep 29, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Berkeley, CA USA |
Freight and Salvage |
8:30PM |
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
The Theater at Ace Hotel |
8:00PM |
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Portland, OR USA |
Aladdin Theater |
8:00PM |
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Portland, OR USA |
Aladdin Theater |
8:00PM |
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Sep 22, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Duncan, BC CANADA |
Cowichan Theatre |
7:30 PM |
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Sep 21, 2018 |
Vancouver Island MusicFest |
Venue Info |
Courtenay, BC CANADA |
Native Sons Hall |
8:00PM |
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Aug 15, 2018 |
Central Park Sessions |
Venue Info |
Madison, WI USA |
Central Park |
7:30PM |
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Aug 12, 2018 |
Regina Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Regina, SK CANADA |
Victoria Park |
6:00 PM |
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Aug 11, 2018 |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Gallagher Park |
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Aug 10, 2018 |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Gallagher Park |
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Aug 5, 2018 |
Pickathon Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Happy Valley, OR USA |
Pendarvis Farm |
7:10- 8:10 PM |
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Aug 3, 2018 |
Pickathon Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Happy Valley, OR USA |
Pendarvis Farm |
11:00 -12:10 PM |
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Jul 31, 2018 |
Music on The Half Shell |
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Hillsboro, OR USA |
Stewart Park |
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:00PM |
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Jul 27, 2018 |
Friday Night Live |
Venue Info |
Detroit, MI USA |
Detroit Institute of Arts - North Lawn |
7:00PM |
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Washington, DC USA |
City WInery - DC |
8:00PM |
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
New York, NY USA |
Sony Hall NYC |
8:00PM |
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Jul 20, 2018 |
Finger Lakes Grass Roots Festival |
Venue Info |
Trumansburg, NY USA |
Trumansburg Fairgrounds |
10:30PM |
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Miner Auditorium |
7:30pm |
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Santa Cruz, CA USA |
Kuumbwa Jazz Center |
7:00PM |
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Jul 14, 2018 |
Vancouver Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Vancouver, BC CANADA |
Jericho Beach Park |
7:00PM |
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Jul 13, 2018 |
Vancouver Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Vancouver, BC CANADA |
Jericho Beach Park |
7:00PM |
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
St. Joseph, MN USA |
College of Saint Benedict - Gorecki Family Theater |
7:30 PM |
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
Toronto, ON Canada |
Koerner Hall |
7:00 PM |
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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Venue Info |
College Park, MD USA |
Milkboy Arthouse |
8:00PM |
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2017
Dec 4, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Bristol, UK |
The Lanes |
9:00 PM |
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Dec 2, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Gateshead Quays, Gateshead UK |
The Sage Gateshead |
8:00PM |
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Dec 1, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Bangor, Wales UK |
Pontio Arts Center |
8:00PM |
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Brighton, UK |
Attenborough Centre for the Arts |
Time TBD |
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
London, UK |
The Oval |
Time TBD |
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Nov 26, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Reston, VA USA |
CenterStage at Reston Community Center |
7:00 PM |
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Nov 25, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Wilmington, DE USA |
Baby Grand |
8:00PM |
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Nov 24, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
Old Town School - Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall |
8:00PM |
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Cleveland Heights, OH USA |
Concert Hall |
8:00PM |
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Rochester, NY USA |
Kilbourn Hall - Eastman School of Music |
8:00PM |
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Brooklyn, NY USA |
Littlefield |
8PM |
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Alliston, MA USA |
Brighton Music Hall |
9:00PM |
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
N Bethesda, MD USA |
Music Center at Strathmore |
8:00 PM |
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Nov 14, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Gainesville, FL USA |
Curtis M. Phillips Center - U of FL |
7:30PM |
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
West Palm Beach, FL USA |
Rinker Playhouse - Kravis Center |
7:00PM Sun & 10:30AM Mon |
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
West Palm Beach, FL USA |
Rinker Playhouse - Kravis Center |
7:00PM Sun & 10:30AM Mon |
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Nov 8, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Grass Valley, CA USA |
Center for the Arts |
7:30 PM. |
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Nov 5, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Seattle, WA USA |
Neptune Theatre |
8:00 PM |
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Nov 3, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Portland, OR USA |
Star Theater |
9:15PM |
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Nov 2, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
Echoplex |
10:30PM |
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Nov 1, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Miner Auditorium |
7:30PM |
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Oct 3, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Huangpu Qu, Shanghai CHINA |
The Medium Theatre, Shanghai Grand Theatre |
7:30PM |
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Oct 2, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Huangpu Qu, Shanghai CHINA |
The Medium Theatre, Shanghai Grand Theatre |
7:45PM |
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Jul 23, 2017 |
Grassroots Festival |
Venue Info |
Trumansburg, NY USA |
Trumansburg Fairgrounds |
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Jul 23, 2017 |
Grassroots Festival |
Venue Info |
Trumansburg, NY USA |
Trumansburg Fairgrounds |
3:45-5:15PM |
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Jul 22, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
East Meredith, NY USA |
West Kortright Centre |
8:00 PM |
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Jul 21, 2017 |
Capital Ukrainian Festival |
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Ottawa, ON CANADA |
St John the Baptist Ukrainian Shrine grounds |
8:00PM |
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Jul 21, 2017 |
Capital Ukrainian Festival |
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Ottawa, ON CANADA |
St John the Baptist Ukrainian Shrine grounds |
8:30PM |
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Jul 20, 2017 |
Hamilton World Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Hamilton, ON CANADA |
Lincoln Alexander Centre |
8:00PM |
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Jul 20, 2017 |
Hamilton World Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Hamilton, ON CANADA |
Lincoln Alexander Centre |
8:00PM |
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Jul 16, 2017 |
Vancouver Island MusicFest |
Venue Info |
Courtenay, BC CANADA |
The Concert Bowl Stage |
7:00 PM |
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Jul 15, 2017 |
Vancouver Island MusicFest |
Venue Info |
Courtenay, BC CANADA |
The Concert Bowl Stage |
7:00 PM |
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Jul 14, 2017 |
California Worldfest |
Venue Info |
Grass Valley, CA USA |
Nevada County Fairgrounds |
11:30AM |
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Jul 13, 2017 |
California Worldfest |
Venue Info |
Grass Valley, CA USA |
Nevada County Fairgrounds |
7:50-8:40PM |
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Jul 11, 2017 |
Festival D'ete de Quebec |
Venue Info |
Quebec, QC CANADA |
Place d'Youville Square |
9:10PM |
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Jul 9, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
London, ON CANADA |
Victoria Park |
5:45 PM |
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Jul 8, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
London, ON CANADA |
Victoria Park |
10:00 PM |
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Jul 7, 2017 |
Winnipeg Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Manitoba, MB CANADA |
Birds Hill Provincial Park |
11:10PM |
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Jul 7, 2017 |
Winnipeg Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Manitoba, MB CANADA |
Birds Hill Provincial Park |
11AM / 2:45PM |
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Jun 30, 2017 |
Canada 150 Years |
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Toronto, ON CANADA |
Humber Bay Park West |
8:15 PM |
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Jun 29, 2017 |
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival |
Venue Info |
Rochester, NY USA |
XRIJF BIG TENT |
8:30PM & 10:00PM |
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Jun 27, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Washington, DC USA |
U Street Music Hall |
8:30PM |
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Jun 24, 2017 |
The Santa Fe Railyard Concert Series |
Venue Info |
Santa Fe, NM, NM USA |
The Santa Fe Railyard |
7:00PM |
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
Disney Hall |
8:00 PM |
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Berkeley, CA USA |
Freight and Salvage |
8:00PM |
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Apr 23, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Seattle, WA USA |
Neptune Theatre |
7PM |
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Vancouver, BC CANADA |
York Theatre |
8:10 PM |
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
Nanaimo, BC CANADA |
The Port Theatre |
7:30PM |
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Apr 15, 2017 |
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Venue Info |
New York, NY USA |
Schimmel Center for the Arts |
7:30PM |
|
Apr 14, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Durham, NC USA |
Baldwin Auditorium |
8:00 PM |
|
Apr 12, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Montreal, QC CANADA |
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier |
8:00 PM |
|
Apr 10, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
South Burlington, VT USA |
Higher Ground |
8PM - opener |
|
Apr 9, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Portsmouth, NH USA |
The Music Hall Loft |
7PM |
|
Apr 7, 2017 |
|
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Amherst, MA USA |
Buckley Recital Hall - Amherst College |
8:00 PM |
|
Apr 6, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Storrs, CT USA |
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts |
7:30PM |
|
Apr 4, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
University Park, PA USA |
Schwab Auditorium - Pennsylvania State University |
7:30 PM |
|
Apr 2, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:00 PM |
|
Apr 1, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Batavia, IL USA |
Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium |
8:00 PM |
|
Mar 31, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
Old Town School - Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall |
8:00PM |
|
Mar 29, 2017 |
UMS - University Musical Society. |
Venue Info |
Ann Arbor, MI USA |
Michigan Theater |
7:30 PM |
|
Mar 25, 2017 |
Savannah Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Savannah, GA USA |
Lucas Theatre for the Arts |
3:00PM |
|
Mar 23, 2017 |
The Big Ears Festival |
Venue Info |
Knoxville, TN USA |
The Standard |
11 PM |
|
Mar 22, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Kennett Square, PA USA |
Longwood Gardens Open Air Theatre |
8:00PM |
|
Mar 17, 2017 |
Globalfest@SXSW |
Venue Info |
Austin, TX USA |
Palm Door on Sixth |
11:59PM |
|
Mar 16, 2017 |
SXSW Music Fest |
Venue Info |
Austin, TX USA |
International Day Stage |
2:00PM |
|
Mar 16, 2017 |
SXSW Film Fest |
Venue Info |
Austin, TX USA |
Stateside Theatre |
5:30PM |
|
Mar 15, 2017 |
Riot Nights @ SXSW |
Venue Info |
Austin, TX USA |
Speakeasy |
12:30AM(Thur) |
|
Mar 14, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Phoenix, AZ USA |
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) |
7:00PM |
|
Mar 12, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Albuquerque, NM USA |
Kimo Theater |
7:30PM |
|
Mar 11, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
El Prado, NM USA |
Taos Mesa Brewing |
9:00PM |
|
Mar 10, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Overland Park, KS USA |
Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College |
8:00PM |
|
Mar 9, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Denver, CO USA |
Gates Concert Hall - Newman Center of Performing Arts |
7:30 PM |
|
Feb 17, 2017 |
|
Venue Info |
Doha, Abu Dhabi UAE |
East Plaza, NY University |
7:30 PM |
|
2016
Oct 9, 2016 |
Mimo Fest Tiradentes |
Venue Info |
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
Rio de Janeiro Venues |
Time TBD |
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Oct 8, 2016 |
Mimo Fest Tiradentes |
Venue Info |
Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
Rio de Janeiro Venues |
Time TBD |
|
Aug 21, 2016 |
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival |
Venue Info |
Lyons, CO USA |
Planet Bluegrass Ranch |
3:15 PM |
|
Aug 19, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Miner Auditorium |
7:30PM |
|
Aug 14, 2016 |
San Jose Jazz SummerFest 2016 |
Venue Info |
San Jose, CA USA |
California Theater |
3:00 PM |
|
Aug 13, 2016 |
Beloved Open-Air Sacred Art and Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Tidewater, OR USA |
Tidewater Falls |
8PM |
|
Aug 12, 2016 |
Wanderlust Festival |
Venue Info |
Mont Tremblant, QC CANADA |
Wanderlust Mont Tremblant |
9:45PM |
|
Aug 10, 2016 |
Festival des Traditions du Monde |
Venue Info |
Sherbrooke, QC CANADA |
Scene Desjardins |
7 PM |
|
Aug 7, 2016 |
Music Haven Concert Series |
Venue Info |
Schenectady, NY |
The Agnes Macdonald Music Haven Stage |
7:50 PM |
|
Aug 6, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
8:00 PM |
|
Aug 5, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
8:00 PM |
|
Aug 4, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Madison, WI USA |
Central Park |
8:30PM |
|
Jun 24, 2016 |
Glastonbury Festival 2016 |
Venue Info |
Glastonbury, Somerset, UK |
West Holts Stage |
2:30PM |
|
Jun 23, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Shoreditch, London UK |
The Rich Mix |
8:30 PM |
|
May 26, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Zapopan, Jalisco MEXICO |
Auditorio Telmex |
10PM |
|
May 21, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
New York, NY USA |
Schimmel Center for the Arts |
7:30PM |
|
May 20, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
New York, NY USA |
Schimmel Center for the Arts |
7:30PM |
|
May 15, 2016 |
Lake Eden Arts Festival 2016 |
Venue Info |
Black Mountain, NC USA |
Lake Eden |
2:15PM |
|
May 13, 2016 |
Joshua Tree Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Joshua Tree, CA USA |
Joshua Tree Lake Campground |
6:30PM |
|
May 12, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA |
Echoplex |
8PM |
|
May 11, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
La Jolla, CA USA |
Price Center Ballroom - UC |
8:00 PM |
|
May 7, 2016 |
|
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Santa Ana, CA USA |
Yost Theatre |
7:30PM |
|
May 5, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Livermore, CA USA |
Bankhead Theater |
7:30PM |
|
May 4, 2016 |
|
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Santa Cruz, CA USA |
Kuumbwa Jazz Center |
7:00PM |
|
May 1, 2016 |
10 X 10 |
Venue Info |
Fayetteville, AR USA |
Walton Arts Center |
7:00PM |
|
Apr 28, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Whitefish, MT USA |
O'Shaughnessy Center |
1:00 PM |
|
Apr 28, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Whitefish, MT USA |
O'Shaughnessy Center |
7:30 PM |
|
Apr 27, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Sandpoint, ID USA |
Panida Theater |
10:00 AM |
|
Apr 27, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Sandpoint, ID USA |
Panida Theater |
7:30 PM |
|
Apr 24, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Toronto, ON CANADA |
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium |
2:00 PM |
|
Apr 23, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Toronto, ON CANADA |
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium |
8:00 PM |
|
Apr 22, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Manchester, NH USA |
Dana Center |
8:30PM |
|
Apr 21, 2016 |
World Music CRASH Arts |
Venue Info |
Alliston, MA USA |
Brighton Music Hall |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 20, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Portsmouth, NH USA |
The Music Hall Loft |
7PM |
|
Mar 20, 2016 |
Womad NZ |
Venue Info |
New Plymouth, AUSTRALIA |
Brooklands Stage (Brooklands Park) |
|
|
Mar 20, 2016 |
Womad NZ |
Venue Info |
New Plymouth, New Zealand |
TSB Bowl Stage (Brooklands Park) |
2PM |
|
Mar 19, 2016 |
Womad NZ |
Venue Info |
New Plymouth, AUSTRALIA |
Brooklands Stage (Brooklands Park) |
1PM |
|
Mar 18, 2016 |
Womad NZ |
Venue Info |
New Plymouth, AUSTRALIA |
Brooklands Stage (Brooklands Park) |
7:15PM |
|
Mar 14, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Warrnambool, Vic AUSTRALIA |
Port Fairy Festival |
|
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Mar 13, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Warrnambool, Vic AUSTRALIA |
Port Fairy Festival |
8:30PM |
|
Mar 12, 2016 |
WOMADELAIDE 2016 |
Venue Info |
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA |
Novatech stage - Botanic Park |
4:00 PM |
|
Mar 11, 2016 |
WOMADELAIDE 2016 |
Venue Info |
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA |
Novatech stage - Botanic Park |
9:30PM |
|
Feb 6, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Portland, ME USA |
Port City Music Hall |
8:00PM |
|
Feb 5, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Saint John, NB CANADA |
Imperial Theatre |
8:00PM |
|
Feb 4, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Frederickton, NB CANADA |
Fredericton Playhouse |
7:30PM |
|
Feb 3, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Moncton, NB CANADA |
Capitol Theatre |
7:30 PM |
|
Jan 31, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Guelph, ON CANADA |
St. George's Sanctuary |
7:30PM |
|
Jan 30, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Kingston, ON CANADA |
Regina Rosen Auditorium |
7:30 PM |
|
Jan 29, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Burlington, ON CANADA |
Burlington Performing Arts Centre |
8:00PM |
|
Jan 28, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
St.Catherines, ON CANADA |
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre |
7:30 PM |
|
Jan 24, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Sainte-Geneieve, QC CANADA |
Salle Pauline-Julien |
3PM |
|
Jan 23, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Beloeil, QC CANADA |
Centre culturel de Beloeil |
8PM |
|
Jan 22, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Longueuil, QC CANADA |
Theatre de la Ville |
8PM |
|
Jan 21, 2016 |
|
|
Gatineau, QC CANADA |
Salle Jean-Desprez |
8PM |
|
Jan 20, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Outremont, QC CANADA |
Theatre Outremont |
8:00PM |
|
Jan 18, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Brooklyn, NY USA |
Brooklyn Bowl |
9:45PM |
|
Jan 15, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Washington, DC USA |
Millennium Stage - Kennedy Center |
6:00PM |
|
Jan 13, 2016 |
|
Venue Info |
Hanover, NH USA |
Hopkins Center for the Arts |
7:00PM |
|
2015
Oct 2, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Gateshead, UK |
The Sage Gateshead |
8PM |
|
Oct 1, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
London, UK |
Village Underground |
9PM |
|
Sep 29, 2015 |
|
|
Maidstone, UK |
Maidstone Studios |
|
|
Sep 27, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
St. Albert, AB CANADA |
The Arden Theatre |
7:30PM |
|
Sep 26, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Seattle, WA USA |
Neptune |
8:00PM |
|
Sep 25, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
Royce Hall |
10:30AM |
|
Sep 25, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angles, CA USA |
Royce Hall |
8:00 PM |
|
Sep 22, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Oakland, CA USA |
New Parish |
10:15 PM |
|
Sep 21, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Pullman, WA USA |
M.G. Carey Senior Ballroom Compton Union Building |
7:30M |
|
Sep 19, 2015 |
TBA Festival |
|
Portland, OR USA |
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art |
8:30PM |
|
Sep 17, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Reno, NV USA |
Nightingale Concert Hall |
7:30PM |
|
Sep 16, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Reno, NV USA |
Northwest Reno Library |
6:30PM |
|
Sep 15, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Reno, NV USA |
UNR music students, in performance hall. |
12PM |
|
Sep 13, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Santa Fe, NM USA |
Skylight |
7:30PM |
|
Sep 12, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
San Antonio, TX USA |
La Villita Historic Arts Village |
6:30PM |
|
Sep 12, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
San Antonio, TX USA |
La Villita Historic Arts Village |
8PM |
|
Sep 11, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Albuquerque, NM USA |
National Hispanic Cultural Center - Journal Theatre |
7:30PM |
|
Jul 26, 2015 |
Flaunt |
Venue Info |
Toronto, ON CANADA |
Harbourfront Centre - WestJet Stage |
4:30 PM |
|
Jul 26, 2015 |
Hillside Festival |
Venue Info |
Guelph, ON CANADA |
Guelph Lake Conservation Area |
TBA |
|
Jul 25, 2015 |
Hillside Festival |
Venue Info |
Guelph, ON CANADA |
Guelph Lake Conservation Area |
8:55 PM |
|
Jul 24, 2015 |
Calgary Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Calgary, AB CANADA |
Prince's Island Park |
4PM |
|
Jul 23, 2015 |
Calgary Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Calgary, AB CANADA |
Prince's Island Park |
6:30PM |
|
Jul 19, 2015 |
Stern Grove Festival |
Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Stern Grove |
2 PM |
|
Jul 17, 2015 |
World Fest |
Venue Info |
Grass Valley, CA USA |
Nevada County Fairgrounds |
7:15PM |
|
Jul 14, 2015 |
Festival D'ete de Quebec |
Venue Info |
Quebec, QC CANADA |
Place d'Youville Square |
9:30PM |
|
Jul 12, 2015 |
TD Sunfest |
Venue Info |
London, ON CANADA |
Victoria Park |
5:45PM |
|
Jul 11, 2015 |
Concert of Colors |
Venue Info |
Detroit, MI USA |
Max Fisher Music Center |
3PM |
|
Jul 10, 2015 |
TD Sunfest |
Venue Info |
London, ON CANADA |
Victoria Park |
10:00 PM |
|
Jul 8, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Havre-Aubert (Iles-de-la-Madeleine), QC CANADA |
Au Vieux Treuil |
|
|
Jul 8, 2015 |
Scene Rideau |
Venue Info |
Havre-Aubert (Iles-de-la-Madeleine), QC CANADA |
Au Vieux Treuil |
8:30PM |
|
May 10, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Brighton, UK |
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 26, 2015 |
Festival International de Louisiane |
Venue Info |
Lafayette, LA USA |
Downtown Stages and Venues |
3:45PM |
|
Apr 25, 2015 |
Festival International de Louisiane |
Venue Info |
Lafayette, LA USA |
Downtown Stages and Venues |
9:45PM |
|
Apr 23, 2015 |
Alverno Presents |
Venue Info |
Milwaukee, WI USA |
Pitman Theater |
8 PM |
|
Apr 22, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Appleton, WI USA |
Harper Hall - Lawrence University |
8 PM |
|
Apr 21, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:00PM |
|
Apr 21, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 20, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 19, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
Mayne Stage |
6:00PM & 8:00PM |
|
Apr 16, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Miner Auditorium |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 15, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Stanford, CA USA |
Bing Concert Hall |
7:30PM |
|
Apr 13, 2015 |
|
|
Santa Cruz, CA USA |
Kuumbwa Jazz Center |
7:00PM |
|
Apr 11, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
W.M Keck Children's Amphitheater (Disney Hall rooftop) |
11:00AM |
|
Apr 11, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
W.M Keck Children's Amphitheater (Disney Hall rooftop) |
12:30PM |
|
Apr 10, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Santa Ana, CA USA |
Yost Theatre |
8:30PM |
|
Apr 7, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Mexico, DF MEXICO |
Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 6, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Mexico, DF MEXICO |
Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina |
8:00PM |
|
Apr 4, 2015 |
Savannah Music Festival 2015 |
Venue Info |
Savannah, GA USA |
Ships of the Sea Museum & Garden |
9:00 PM |
|
Apr 2, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Washington, DC USA |
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue |
8 PM |
|
Apr 1, 2015 |
|
Venue Info |
Lewisburg, PA USA |
Campus Theater-Bucknell University |
7:30 PM |
|
2014
Dec 7, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz |
7:30PM |
|
Dec 6, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Tucson, AZ USA |
Rialto Theatre |
8:00PM |
|
Dec 5, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Phoenix, AZ USA |
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) |
|
|
Dec 3, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Socorro, NM USA |
Macey Center |
7:30PM |
|
Dec 2, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
El Prado, NM USA |
Taos Mesa Brewing |
8:00PM |
|
Dec 1, 2014 |
Globalquerque |
Venue Info |
Albuquerque, NM USA |
The Dirty Bourbon |
7:30PM |
|
Nov 30, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
City Winery |
8:00PM |
|
Nov 28, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Toronto, ON CANADA |
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium |
8:00PM |
|
Nov 27, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Toronto, ON CANADA |
Aga Khan Museum Auditorium |
8:00PM |
|
Nov 24, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Portsmouth, NH USA |
The Music Hall Loft |
7 PM |
|
Nov 23, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Portsmouth, NH USA |
The Music Hall Loft |
7 PM |
|
Nov 22, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Cambridge, MA USA |
First Parish Unitarian Church |
8 PM |
|
Nov 18, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Sherbrooke, QC CANADA |
Centennial Theatre |
7:30PM |
|
Nov 16, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Richmond, VA USA |
Modlin Center for the Arts |
7:30 PM |
|
Nov 15, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Reston, VA USA |
CenterStage at Reston Community Center |
8 PM |
|
Nov 14, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Arden, DE USA |
Arden Gild Hall |
8:00 PM |
|
Nov 13, 2014 |
NC State University - Center Stage |
Venue Info |
Raleigh, NC USA |
State Ballroom, Talley Student Union |
8 PM |
|
Nov 11, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Gainesville, FL USA |
Curtis M. Phillips Center - U of FL |
|
|
Nov 9, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
West Palm Beach, FL USA |
Rinker Playhouse - Kravis Center |
7:30 PM |
|
Nov 8, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Cutler Bay, FL USA |
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center - Backyard Concert Lawn & Plaza |
8:30PM |
|
Sep 7, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
San Francisco, CA USA |
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival |
1:50 PM |
|
Sep 6, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Folsom, CA USA |
Three Stages |
7:30 PM |
|
Sep 5, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Los Angeles, CA USA |
Grand Performances |
8 PM |
|
Sep 1, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Seattle, WA USA |
Bumbershoot |
2:45PM |
|
Aug 31, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Vancouver, BC CANADA |
Rio on Broadway |
9:00PM |
|
Aug 29, 2014 |
World Fest |
|
Louisville, KY USA |
Louisville Belvedere |
9:30PM |
|
Aug 28, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Madison, WI USA |
Capitol Theater |
8:00PM |
|
Aug 27, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:50 PM |
|
Aug 26, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN |
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant |
7:50 PM |
|
Aug 24, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
Mayne Stage |
6PM & 8PM |
|
Aug 22, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Cleveland, OH USA |
Music Box Supper Club |
8:10PM |
|
Aug 21, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
East Meredith, NY USA |
West Kortright Centre |
7 PM |
|
Aug 20, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
N Bethesda, MD USA |
Gudelsky Concert Gazebo at Strathmore |
7 PM |
|
Aug 17, 2014 |
Philadelphia Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Schwenksville, PA USA |
Martin Guitar Main Stage |
5:40 PM |
|
Aug 15, 2014 |
Festival Internacional Chihuahua |
Venue Info |
Chihuahua, CHI MEXICO |
Teatro de los Heroes |
8:00PM |
|
Aug 13, 2014 |
Festival Internacional Chihuahua |
Venue Info |
Ciudad Juarez, CHI MEXICO |
Teatro Victor Hugo Rasocn Banda en el C.C.C.P.N |
8:00PM |
|
Aug 10, 2014 |
Regina Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Regina, SK CANADA |
Victoria Park |
12:45PM |
|
Aug 10, 2014 |
Regina Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Regina, SK CANADA |
Victoria Park |
4:15 PM |
|
Aug 10, 2014 |
Regina Folk Festival |
Venue Info |
Regina, SK CANADA |
Victoria Park |
7:05 PM |
|
Aug 9, 2014 |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
11:00 AM |
|
Aug 9, 2014 |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
3 PM |
|
Aug 8, 2014 |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
Venue Info |
Edmonton, AB CANADA |
Edmonton Folk Music Festival |
6:00 PM |
|
Jun 16, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
New York City, NY USA |
Brookfield Place New York |
8:30PM approx |
|
Jun 13, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Manchester, TN USA |
Bonnaroo |
3:30 PM |
|
Jan 19, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Minneapolis, MN USA |
Cedar Cultural Center |
7:30 PM |
|
Jan 18, 2014 |
A Prairie Home Companion |
|
Saint Paul, MN USA |
Fitzgerald Theater |
5:00PM |
|
Jan 17, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Phoenix, AZ USA |
Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) |
7:30PM |
|
Jan 16, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Chicago, IL USA |
Mayne Stage |
8 PM |
|
Jan 15, 2014 |
|
Venue Info |
Philadelphia, PA USA |
Ukrainian Hall |
7:30 PM |
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Jan 14, 2014 |
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Washington, DC USA |
Millennium Stage - Kennedy Center |
6 PM |
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Jan 12, 2014 |
GlobalFEST |
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New York, NY USA |
Webster Hall |
8:35 PM |
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Jan 10, 2014 |
Festival Centro |
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Bogota, Colombia |
Fundacion Gilberto Alzate Avendano |
5 PM |
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2013
Oct 13, 2013 |
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Kirkland, WA USA |
Kirkland Performance Center |
8:00 PM |
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Oct 11, 2013 |
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Winthrop, WA USA |
Methow Arts |
7:00 PM |
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Oct 6, 2013 |
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Toronto, ON Canada |
Revival |
9:00PM |
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Oct 5, 2013 |
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London, ON CANADA |
Aeolian Hall |
8:00PM |
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Oct 4, 2013 |
Friday Night Live |
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Detroit, MI USA |
Rivera Court-Detroit Institute of Art |
7 and 8:30 PM |
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Oct 3, 2013 |
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Somerville, MA USA |
Johnny D's |
8 PM |
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Sep 28, 2013 |
Lotus Festival 2013 |
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Bloomington, IN USA |
Ivy Tech/Old National Tent |
10:30 PM |
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Sep 27, 2013 |
Lotus Festival 2013 |
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Bloomington, IN USA |
Ivy Tech/Old National Tent |
10:30 PM |
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Sep 25, 2013 |
Landfall Festival of World Music |
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Cedar Rapids, IA USA |
CSPS Hall |
8:00 PM |
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Sep 24, 2013 |
Global Roots Festival |
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Minneapolis, MN USA |
Cedar Cultural Center |
7:30 PM |
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Sep 22, 2013 |
Chicago World Music Festival |
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Chicago, IL USA |
Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theater |
5:30 PM |
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Sep 21, 2013 |
Madison World Music Festival |
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Madison, WI USA |
Willy St Stage - World Music Fest |
3:30 PM |
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Sep 20, 2013 |
Globalquerque |
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Albuquerque, NM USA |
National Hispanic Cultural Center - Journal Theatre |
8:30 PM |
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Live@365 |
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New York, NY USA |
Elebash Hall |
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News
- Photos: Kyiv musicians bring soul to Niagara
Ukraine world-music quartet DakhaBrakha entertains FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre audience
Wed., March 1, 2023
DakhaBrakha, an ensemble from Kyiv, Ukraine, brought their eclectic style of world music to the stage at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines Wednesday night.
Original Article
- DakhaBrakha Wins globalFEST’s Artist Award
globalFEST presents a series of annual awards that celebrate those that excel in the underrecognized but crucial global music field in the USA.
The awards are presented to artists, professionals, and organizations who have been instrumental in making significant, long-standing contributions to the field through risk-taking; addressing cultural diversity and diplomacy; activism; helping to keep, transmit, ...
- DakhaBrakha’s Ukraine Update: Dec 2022
Excerpt from interview in the Greek journal Hellas: Posts English
When the war started were you in Ukraine? What is happening in the country right now?
“When the war started we were all in Ukraine. At that particular moment we had started our tour of Ukraine. In fact, we had to travel to another city in the ...
- DakhaBrakha, a Band From Kyiv, Saw a War Coming
“We can’t make any music,” the singer and cellist Nina Garenetska said. “This is our life now: An air raid siren goes off.”
By Laura van Straaten – New York Times
March 3, 2022, 12:55 p.m. ET
For years, the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha has ended its shows chanting, “Stop Putin! No war!” What they had protested has now ...
Press
“One of the most inspiring sets of the entire festival [New Orleans JazzFest 2022] came on day two, when hundreds of festers crowded into the Cultural Exchange Pavilion to watch the rousing Ukrainian band DrakhaBrakha celebrate the spirit and determination of Ukraine against a backdrop emblazoned with the credo of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians: Won’t Bow Down.” — DOWNBEAT
“We start with a brief brush with greatness. Tonight’s headliners first came across my radar a few years ago at Womad.
Your humble reviewer was helping out in the records and merch tent at the festival when approached by a customer. “Have you heard this lot next door? Absolutely amazing.” I popped my head out of the tent to see the large Siam Tent next door going absolutely crazy. The cause of this mania: Dakhabrakha. The knocked out customer: Robert Plant. If they’re good enough for a casually passing rock god I thought, they’re good enough for me.” – BRISTOL24/7
“But the new(ish) kids on the block are DakhaBrakha who attracted a huge crowd to the Siam stage and had the longest queue for merchandise after the show that anyone could ever remember. DakhaBrakha are a quartet – Olena, Iryna, Nina and Marko – from Ukraine. They’ve branded themselves with their incredible polyphonic singing and stovepipe hats. The short opening song in their set started with super-clashing vocals and then two of the ladies hammering on a thunderous drum. The magic is the vocal power and the theatricality.” review at WOMAD 2019 – SONGLINES
“That mesh of ancient and contemporary is DakhaBrakha’s mission. DakhaBrakha — which means give-take in old Ukrainian — has researched rural folk songs across Ukraine, then reshaped them: first as the house band for a theater company in Kyiv, and now on the international circuit.” — NY TIMES
“Ukrainian folkdrone Björkpunk quartet Dakhabrakha went into Bonnaroo as unknowns but ended up with one of the most receptive crowds of the weekend. They got cheers for mournful accordion and apocalyptic cello sawing. Animal noises and bird whistles and howls got the audience to return favor, turning the tent into a happy menagerie.” — ROLLING STONE
“The group mixes everything from punk-pop to traditional Ukrainian songs in cool yet beguiling textures, often with the close harmonies usually associated with Balkan music. But it’s really the live shows that take DakhaBrakha beyond mere curiosity to utter brilliance.” — NPR
“All that’s left to do is pick up our jaws from the ground, for DakhaBrakha’s diapasons and vocal ranges are second to none. And all I can do is convulse in the ecstatic rhythm of ‘Carpathian rap’.” — WNUR 89.3 FM
“With their otherworldly singing and self-described ethno-chaos sounds, this Ukrainian quartet mesmerized for a magical 90 minutes, while adding messages of peace and solidarity. A truly remarkable experience.” — Star Tribune
Download KQED Arts article on DakhaBrakha’s soundtrack for the Soviet-era Ukrainian film classic, “Earth”.
Download Feature Article from ‘Mouthing Off’ with musical analysis.
Download transcript of PBS News Weekend piece on April 2022 tour during Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Testimonials
“The band were absolutely brilliant, the perfect ending to the festival and the biggest most engaged crowd I have seen on a Sunday night.”
— Roberta Quincey-Jones, Festival Coordinator, Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall, UK
“People always ask me, “What’s your favorite Tiny Desk Concert?” Well, right now it’s the one recently performed by DakhaBrakha. The creative quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine make music that sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard, with strands of everything I’ve ever heard. (…) I want the world to see this Tiny Desk Concert more than any other right now. It’s refreshing to hear the power of acoustic music and the many worlds of sound still waiting to be explored.”
— Bob Boilen, Host and Creator, Tiny Desk Concert, NPR
“Damn it was amazing, sublime, beautiful. Audience went crazy. They are just spectacular. My 5th show with them. It was a true pleasure. Magnificent.”
— Isabel Soffer, Globalfest, Live Sounds, New York City
“Dakhabrakha delivered a truly transcendant set…….folks were levitating after the show. ”
— Barnett English, Director, Joshua Tree Festival, CA
“It would be an understatement to say it will be the highlight of our season. It might be one of the highlights of my entire presenting career.”
— Caitlin North, Programming Presenter, Arden Theatre, City of St. Albert, Canada
“Because our membership bought up those tickets so fast after we announced it last year in June, we moved the show to our big hall. Blew our minds. So glad we made this happen!”
— Valerie Hiller, Director of Programming, The Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton, NB, Canada
“One of my top 5 best and proudest moments of my professional life. Audience was amazing mix of our regular “PAC” patrons and Portland hipster scene. And EVERYONE loved it.”
— Aimee Petrin, Exec. Director, Portland Ovations, Portland, ME
“DakhaBrakha has left me speechless. This was an experience of a lifetime, not only as a concert, but as a fully-realized evening of theater. I was completely mesmerized, enchanted, and moved, as was the audience. The spouse of a faculty member (who could not attend) brought their young daughter, and this professor wrote to me to say that her husband reported “that it was the best performance he has seen in his life! They had a wonderful time and came home dancing in the streets!”
The musicians were also incredibly generous with their time and insights that they shared with 35 students of our Music 103 – World Cultures class. The professor was greatly appreciative and felt the lec/dem was enormously valuable to these impressionable young people. Marko, especially, delivered a succinct history of the country and where they are today politically.
DakhaBrakha brought in many, many first-time attendees to our hall (I extended a special rate for parishioners of the two Ukrainian Catholic churches in our area, too), some audience traveled from significant distances, and ranged in age from 5 to 91. A professor from a college 70 miles away attended, bemoaning that her college did not have the group on campus, as it would have been so useful to the course she is teaching on music and war. Donations and sales of merchandise raised over $2,650 for Razom.
Please extend my admiration and appreciation to the artists, as well as [manager] Iryna Gorban, for sharing their music, artistry, and beautiful spirit in Easton.”
— Hollis Ashby, Artistic and Executive Director, Williams Center for the Arts, Easton, PA
“I wanted to thank you all for bringing DakhaBrakha to Port City Music Hall last weekend. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance (we are mid-50’s, for demographic purposes). It was so different and unexpected. The first few pieces were so new to our ears – the close harmonies and odd style of the vocals, and the bending notes of the instrumentation – that it took a little bit, but I could feel myself being drawn in. When they got to the bird-call number, I was hooked. I absolutely loved the rap number, whatever the lyrics were; the rhythms were so totally recognizable and the attitude so familiar, it was delightful. The young woman standing next to me and I could not suppress giggles, it was so weird that the crowd was completely mesmerized when we had no idea what they were actually saying. The whole thing was a hoot. Also it was a GREAT venue for that kind of show. I hope you do more there. We had a fantastic time. Thank you!”
— Audience member letter to Aimée Petrin, Executive Director, Portland Ovations, Portland, ME
“They were fabulous. It was an exceptional concert; we sold out; and the audience LOVED them! Additionally, we had a pretty large student walk-up that night, which doesn’t always happen for us. All in all, it was a great success!”
— Sharon Moore, Center Stage Director, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
“I just wanted to write to let you know what an incredible show we had with Dakhabraka on Friday. I invited five other promoters along to see them who all raved about them. Among their comments back to me today they said:
“This was without doubt one of the most unexpectedly brilliant gigs I have heard in a good few years!”
— Nick Reed, Chief Exec, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK
“They were extraordinary – the best live band I’ve seen in a very long time. They absolutely knocked everyone out at the Sage – they are the type of band that, within about 2 mins of them starting, you want to round up everyone you know and bring them to hear the them play.”
— Nick Hallam, Marketing & Communications Director, West Yorkshire Playhouse, UK
— from Tamsin Austin, Sage Gateshead, UK
“We LOVE LOVE LOVE DakhaBrakha! (…) We had to make a security line to get them through in order to sign merch. Thank you for them!”
— Paul Douglas Michnewicz, Arts and Events Director, Reston Community Center, Reston, VA
“The show was AMAZING! I have received so much positive feedback about the show. One of the most roaring standing ovations I have seen in our room.”
— Libby Brickson, Program Director, City Winery, Chicago, IL
“They sounded great and our crowd adored them. (…) We need to talk about a return!”
— Tom Frouge, Co-Producer/Curator, Globalquerque, Albuquerque, NM
“They earned rave reviews– everyone was in awe. They are such talented and creative artists. We would like to bring them back anytime.
— John Henderson, Presenter, Roots and Wires Presents, Taos, NM
“It was fabulous!!!!! (…) It was one of those concert experiences that no one can stop talking or thinking about. (…) The audience interrupted a few songs with applause before they ended and gave them several standing ovations–even for individual songs. Thanks so much for your part in getting DakhaBrakha here. We’ll have them again ANY ole time.”
— Martha Van Burek, Executive Director, West Kortright Center, NY
“They were simply great! I was blown away by their versatile and intriguing presentation. It was indeed one of the highlights of the festival.”
— Ken Clay, Presenter, World Fest, Louisville, KY
“I wanted to get in touch and let you know that I went to the performance by DakhaBrakha last night at The Port Theatre in Nanaimo. Wow! I loved them the first time I saw them at WAA in Seattle, but they far exceeded my expectations last night. It was an incredible experience and the three others I took with me all said it was the best concert they had ever been to, which is saying a lot since they are avid music lovers. I was kicking myself for not having brought them to the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre.”
— Kirsten Schrader, Cowichan Theatre, Duncan, BC, Canada
Download pdf of audience comments after concert 5/1/16
— Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Downloads/Media
Technical Riders:
DakhaBrakha Rider: Download (pdf)
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