Tradition to Innovation at Tilles Center
Nov
19
3:00 PM15:00

Tradition to Innovation at Tilles Center

Indian classical music has touched the hearts of people from around the world. Tradition to Innovation takes you on a journey, beginning with pure classical ragas from India and traveling towards contemporary adaptations in America.

About Tradition to Innovation
Indian classical music has touched the hearts of people from around the world. Brooklyn Raga Massive brings the ensemble, Tradition to Innovation, to Long Island, where musicians Neel Murgai, Arun Ramamurthy, Damon Banks, Aaron Shragge, Mir Naqibul, and Kane Mathis will take you on a journey, beginning with pure classical ragas from India and traveling towards contemporary adaptations in America. While standing on the shoulders of giants like Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane, the ensemble will present their original visions of raga music, reflective of their experiences with communities and cultures from across the world. 

Tradition to Innovation is excited to bring the spectrum of classical and contemporary forms of Indian music to audiences in Long Island who are new to BRM and Indian Classical music on Nov 19th at 3:00 PM!

TICKETS HERE

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Festival Of New Trumpet Music Tribute to Jon Hassell
Sep
11
8:15 PM20:15

Festival Of New Trumpet Music Tribute to Jon Hassell

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Jon Hassell's visionary style of composition and unique approach to trumpet playing has influenced a generation of trumpeters/composers. In this tribute, trumpeter Aaron Shragge will present new works that draw inspiration from distinctive points in Hassell's forty plus year career.

Sept 11, 7pm ET

Tribute to Jon Hassell by Aaron Shragge

The New School, 55W 13th Street

Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall, 4th floor

Get your tickets now: fontmusic.org/tickets

(Free admission for students from The New School)

Aaron Shragge (tp/shakuhachi/fx), Luke Schwartz (g), Damon Banks (b), Deric Dickens (dr), special guest: Nadje Noordhuis (tp/fx)

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Ragas Live
Nov
19
7:00 PM19:00

Ragas Live

Since 2011 the Ragas Live Festival has expanded the audience and presentation of raga, South Asia’s epic, classical music form. Inspired by the time specific nature of raga, where certain modes are only invoked to match the mood of specific times of day, Ragas Live first broke new ground in 2011 when a community of 50 musicians collaborated for a 24 hour radio broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY, the first of its kind, even in India.

Four years later, the festival graduated from the radio studio and was broadcast remotely in front of an enthusiastic audience at Pioneer Works. In 2020 the festival again broke new ground during the height of the pandemic lockdowns, when it broadcast a 24 video livestream from 15 cities and 9 countries. This iteration of the festival featured 90 musicians, including many legends of music such as Toumani Daibate (from Côte D’Ivoire), Zakir Hussain (from SF Jazz), Betsayda Machado (from Venezuela), and the legendary composer Terry Riley from Japan.

This year’s Ragas Live Festival will once again expand the boundaries of raga presentation with an immersive, experiential performance of Brooklyn Raga Massive’s large ensemble work, In D, in collaboration with the subject of their homage, Terry Riley, who will perform virtually with ensemble.

Under the Artistic Direction of Adrien Tillman—whose vision was key to Ragas Live Festival 2020’s triumph—and featuring animations by Jesse Johanning, the audience will be surrounded by projection mapping and quadraphonic sound while the piece, a combination of Riley’s compositional approach and classical raga, is performed live by a large ensemble.  

The evening will begin with a traditional classical set by the young maestros, Jay Gandhi and Abhik Mukherjee, and will close with the spiritual ecstatic trance music of Innov Gnawa.

This live event will be the finale of a 24 hour, 24 set broadcast featuring performances by an international community of musicians. The radio broadcast on WKCR-FM will begin at the stroke of midnight on November 19th and will conclude with live performances at Pioneer Works.

The celebration of the festival’s 10th anniversary will continue the next day! Beginning at 7pm on November 20th, the 24-hour livestream of last year’s Ragas Live Festival 2020, which featured 90 musicians from 15 cities, will be re-broadcast in full online.

Presented by Pioneer Works, Brooklyn Raga Massive, and NYC Radio Live.

Ragas Live Festival is supported by the Brooklyn Arts Council. Brooklyn Arts Fund (DCLA) is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). The Ragas Live broadcast is produced with the support of Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia.

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BRM Weekly Online
Nov
16
8:00 PM20:00
Brooklyn Raga Massive at SHAG Music Festival
Aug
7
4:00 PM16:00
Neel Murgai and Aaron Shragge
Jan
5
8:00 PM20:00

Neel Murgai and Aaron Shragge

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

BRM Networked Concerts: Neel Murgai and Aaron Shragge

8PM EST- 9PM

Online

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Event Description

We start out the new year with a new initiative from BRM, our first live networked music concert! That means musicians are collaborating together in real time from their homes using the low latency software Artsmesh. We have done this in the past as a prerecorded concert and are now trying to present this live for the first time. BRM's own Neel Murgai (in Brooklyn, NY) and Aaron Shragge (in Amherst, MA) have been exploring ways to achieve this since the beginning of the quarantine and have developed a new sound and method of playing together forced and inspired by the technical limitations and possibilities. Neel's sitar, overtone singing, percussion and looping meets Aaron's shakuhachi, trumpet and looping with droning ethereal soundscapes, raga minimalism, primal rhythms and improvisational flights of fancy.

Artist Bios

Neel Murgai is a sitarist, overtone singer, daf player, composer and teacher from Brooklyn, NY. He is a co-founder and co-artistic director of the Brooklyn Raga Massive. Neel has studied sitar for 25 years, currently with his guru Pundit Krishna Bhatt. Overtone singing Neel learned from Batuvshin of the Buriyat performance group Uragsha and from Timothy Hill of the Harmonic Choir. He is a graduate of Goddard College's MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. His 2020 release “Reorientation” features his compositions with Neel Murgai Ensemble as well as recent experiments in overtone singing and looping. Neel has performed around the world with numerous artists from varying disciplines including, Bill T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Wyclef Jean, Andre DeShields, Karsh Kale, Vijay Iyer, Adam Rudolph, Daniel Bernard Romain, Dana Leong, Ellen Stewart, Laraaji, Yuerba Buena, Baba Israel, Raz Mesinai, Mission on Mars, Akim Funk Buddha, Loren Conners, Suzanne Langille, Louis Bellogenis and Cosmo Vinyl. He has performed at venues ranging from the Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center to Late Night with David Letterman to jazz clubs such as the Blue Note and at festivals around the U.S including Art Wallah, Arts Plosure, Masala! Mehndi! Masti! and many others. Neel played in the orchestra for Disney’s musical theater adaptation of “The Jungle Book” directed by Mary Zimmerman. Neel has composed music for many film, TV, video, theater and dance projects including the features, “The Yes Men Fix the World", which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and "A Decent Arrangement" starring Shabana Azmi. His music has been featured in the BBC series, “Holidays in the Danger Zone", and TBS programs, “Women of the Ink", and “Spotlights".  

Aaron Shragge's music "...delves deeper into that satori place in your brain" - Jazz Times. Aaron Shragge has performed with Daniel Carter, Ben Monder, Dave Douglas, William Parker, Jon Gibson, The Sam Roberts Band, Akim Funk Buddha, and Medeski Martin and Wood's Billy Martin at such venues as Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and The Blue Note. Aaron's unique instrument the Dragon Mouth Trumpet was designed to expand the trumpet’s melodic capacity and is the result of over a decade of studying both the Shakuhachi (Japanese, Flute) as well as North Indian Vocals. Being part of Brooklyn Raga Massive since 2014, Shragge regularly performs in various BRM ensembles, serves on BRM's management committee and is also a co-founder of the Brooklyn Raga Massive Music Therapy Initiative.

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Ragas Live Festival 2020
Nov
21
to Nov 22

Ragas Live Festival 2020

11.21-22 from 7pm-7pm I'll be performing at Ragas Live Festival 2020 (24 sets over 24hours!) for the release of Brooklyn Raga Massive's new album In D. This year the Ragas Live will feature some incredible artists performing from all around the world such as Terry Riley as well as Zakir Hussain among many others. Full line up here.

Stream it from anywhere here.

Facebook event here


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Shragge-Chess Quartet @37th St Theatre
Mar
15
4:00 PM16:00

Shragge-Chess Quartet @37th St Theatre

Shragge-Chess Quartet @ 37th Street Theater
325 W 37th st NY, NY 10018
10 floor, buzzer 10F

Aaron Shragge - Trumpet/Shakuhachi
Tomchess- Oud/Ney/Morsing
Scott Colberg- Bass
Deric Dickens- Drums

We’ll be playing wide-ranging repertoire from original compositions to Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and 900 yr old Shakuhachi songs.

Doors open 3pm. Music at 4pm

Held at the Infamous 37th Street Theatre, run by mega-talented artist John Bonafede in a beautiful midtown loft space with spacious terrace and great listening room.

Light snacks and beverages. byob.

$15 suggested donation, no one turned away. Hope to see you all there!

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Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder at BRM Weekly
Feb
6
8:00 PM20:00

Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder at BRM Weekly

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The Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder duo is an exploratory, meditative collaboration, has been praised as “...lyrical and heartwarming...” (Jazz Times) and “thoroughly modern with a definitive sound...” (The Birmingham Times). This performance will premier new compositions inspired by the works of painter Hilma Af Klint. 

8pm:

Aaron Shragge -dragon mouth trumpet, shakuhachi
Ben Monder - Guitar

10pm:

Jam session!

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Charbonneau / Amato  & Countertransference
Nov
16
9:00 PM21:00

Charbonneau / Amato & Countertransference

An evening adventurous music at Cafe Resonance

$20 suggested donation

9pm: Charbonneau / Amato duo

Pietro Amato -synths/electronics/french horn

Mathieu Charbonneau -synths/piano/electronics

10pm: Countertransference

Aaron Shragge - trumpet/shakuhachi/electronics/composition

Robbie Kuster - drums/electronics/samples

bios:

Charbonneau / Amato duo

You may recognize the names Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato. Over many years, the two Montreal musicians have worked together and apart in multiple musical formations. Initially, they were two thirds of instrumental trio Torngat, who in their time as a group made four albums and toured widely. Later, Amato and Charbonneau contributed to the group Ferriswheel, and for many years toured and recorded as core members of the Luyas. Pietro continues to work with the Luyas and is a member of Bell Orchestre, while also playing with countless others. Mathieu is a member of Timber Timbre and Avec Pas d'Casque. Both musicians are sought-after collaborators, producers, film composers and accomplished multi-instrumentalists.

Although their names are familiar, and Amato and Charbonneau have worked together off and on since their earliest days of music-making, Synth Works Vol.1 is actually your first occasion to hear these two together specifically as a duo. This project continues on a path initially forged by early electronic artists like Harmonia, Neu! and Laurie Spiegel, among many others. Synth Works Vol.1 is a slow, pensive experience that unfolds over many listens. Entirely self-produced and thoughtfully rendered, the music was made over long distance while each player was on tour with other bands; Charbonneau developed the modular synth elements, and Amato fleshed out the minimalist arrangements with texture and melody, until ultimately the two reconvened to sculpt, edit and mix these instrumental tracks. The spacious soundscapes, unidentifiable sounds and complex textures offer suggestive nods to some ambient music references, but there remains always a melodic thread that brings the work into focus. Charbonneau and Amato plumb the depths of all of their unique sensibility, talent and shared history to bring you something calming, compelling and entirely new.

Countertransferense:

Aaron Shragge's music "...delves deeper into that satori place in your brain" - Jazz Times.

Aaron Shragge has performed with Daniel Carter, Ben Monder, Dave Douglas, William Parker, Jon Gibson, The Sam Roberts Band, Akim Funk Buddha, and Medeski Martin and Wood's Billy Martin at such venues as Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and The Blue Note. Aaron is an active in the NYC improvised/creative music scene serving on the board of Festival of New Trumpet Music NY/Canada. Aaron's unique instrument the Dragon Mouth Trumpet was designed to expand the trumpet’s melodic capacity and is the result of over a decade of studying both the Shakuhachi (Japanese, Flute) as well as North Indian Vocals. Aaron Shragge's current projects include a duo with Ben Monder, a Jazz quintet that plays the music of Tom Waits and his continuing solo works for Dragon Mouth Trumpet/Shakuhachi. 

Robbie Kuster:

Robbie Kuster was born in Switzerland in 1977 and lived there until the age of 12. In 1990 his family moved to Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. There he continued his formal education at Balenas High School where, very serendipitously, he was mistakenly enrolled in band class. Having never played an instrument in his life the band teacher, in need of a drummer, asked him if he’d be interested in trying.... and that’s how his love story with making mu-
sic and playing the drums began. He started by playing in the school’s concert and stage bands and shortly after founded his first band, “Pigeon”, with his friends. Having grown up in both francophone Switzerland and anglophone Canada has given Robbie the ability to express himself perfectly in both the french language and the english language. After completing his high school education, Robbie went on to study jazz performance at Vancouver Island University (then called Malaspina College) in Nanaimo, B.C. It is there that he began playing professionally in the local blues bars and cafés. He then enrolled on a cross-Canada tour with a local sKa band called “The Kilt Lifters”.

This tour took him to all the major Canadian cities including Montreal. One step out of the van is all it took form him to instantly know where he wanted to be next. 3 months later Robbie moved to Montreal.

There, he studied at Vanier CEGEP where he met his long term collaborators to be, Mishka Stein and Patrick Watson. He then went on to study at McGill university but was interrupted by the blooming success of the Patrick Watson band. Since then, Robbie has made his mark on the local music scene with his versatile, singular and passionate style.

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Innocent When You Dream at Cafe LunÀtico
Nov
8
9:00 PM21:00

Innocent When You Dream at Cafe LunÀtico

Innocent When You Dream:

Aaron Shragge - Dragon Mouth Trumpet/Shakuhachi

Ryan Anselmi - tenor sax 

Nico Soffiato - guitar

Alexi David - bass 

Deric Dickens - Drums

Innocent When You Dream dives deep into the distinct collection of Tom Waits' material, exploring the colors and tonality of his lyricism, through unique instrumentation and arrangements. Covering a wide period of Waits' career the band moves beyond the realm of covers, creating a distinctive sound that draws from jazz, rock, blues, world music and the avant-garde.

 

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Ragas Live Festival 2019
Oct
19
to Oct 20

Ragas Live Festival 2019

Ragas Live is an epic 24-hour, 24-set festival featuring over 70 world-class musicians.

Aaron Shragge playing in the following sets:

10.20.19

4:00 AM - Unstruck Sound
Aaron Shragge (Shakuhachi), Neel Murgai (overtone loops), David Ellenbogen (guitar, electronics) Eric Fraser (bansuri)

10.20.19

6:00 PM - Brooklyn Raga Massive: In "D"
Large ensemble performance of 20 + musicians. Composed by Neel Murgai and David Ellenbogen

TICKETS
SATURDAY (7PM–7AM) ADVANCED: $30
SATURDAY DAY-OF: $35
SUNDAY (7AM–7PM) ADVANCED: $30
SUNDAY DAY-OF: $35
24-HOUR PASS ADVANCED: $50
24-HOUR PASS DAY-OF: $60

FULL LINE UP HERE.

THIS SHOW IS A GENERAL ADMISSION SHOW.

A celebration of what The New York Times calls “the Raga Renaissance, flowering in Brooklyn,” the event is rooted in the unique time cycle of Indian Classical Music in which specific musical modes are performed at specific times of day. The diverse musical offerings flow between traditional presentations and cross-cultural, genre-blurring collaborations with jazz legends, African virtuosos, minimalist composers, dance troupes, and beyond.

Now in its 8th year, a global audience shares the experience via a 24-hour broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM, while the harmonizing, immersive experience can be enjoyed under the stars and through the sunrise at Pioneer Works.

Co-presented with NYC Radio Live and Brooklyn Raga Massive
DOORS AT 6:30PM


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Jean Rohe, Katherine Ella Wood & Innocent When You Dream at Jalopy Theatre
Aug
10
8:00 PM20:00

Jean Rohe, Katherine Ella Wood & Innocent When You Dream at Jalopy Theatre

8:30pm

Jean Rohe

Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the internal world as with the external. Her latest record as a bandleader, Sisterly, won best Adult Contemporary album at the 2019 Independent Music Awards. Produced by her longtime collaborator, Liam Robinson, Sisterly is a collection of songs about communication and missed connections, and tackles topics from love, lust, and longing to prisons, police violence, and migration.

She is perhaps best known for her much-covered 2012 video single, “National Anthem: Arise! Arise!” an aspirational alternative national anthem performed with choir and brass ensemble. Her award-winning 2013 release Jean Rohe & The End of the World Show was hailed by an Elmore Magazine reviewer as “enchanting” and “remarkable in so many ways I can think of no comparison.”

9 pm

Katherine Ella Wood

Katherine Ella Wood is a jazz vocalist, comedienne, and actress who has played with a variety of bands throughout the city. She sings hip-hop, reggae, pop, and soul, and is currently working on her debut album. Her style draws upon the theatricality and comedy of the stage, with a lyric attentiveness that lends itself to storytelling. She has performed at Joe's Pub, The Williamsburg Hotel, Minton's Playhouse, Smoke Jazz Club, South Jazz Kitchen, Public Records, Hotel Chantelle, and is excited to be making her Jalopy Premiere.

Katherine Ella Wood Group

Katherine Ella Wood -Vocals

Alex Haley - Guitar

Reginald Chapman - Bass Trombone

10 pm

Innocent When You Dream:

Aaron Shragge - Dragon Mouth Trumpet/Shakuhachi

Ryan Anselmi - tenor sax 

Nico Soffiato - guitar

Alexi David - bass 

Deric Dickens - Drums

Innocent When You Dream dives deep into the distinct collection of Tom Waits' material, exploring the colors and tonality of his lyricism, through unique instrumentation and arrangements. Covering a wide period of Waits' career the band moves beyond the realm of covers, creating a distinctive sound that draws from jazz, rock, blues, world music and the avant-garde.

$10 in advance/$15 at door.

 

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Rite of Summer Presents Brooklyn Raga Massive
Aug
10
1:00 PM13:00

Rite of Summer Presents Brooklyn Raga Massive

Join us on Governors Island at Nolan Park to enjoy two musical performances by Brooklyn Raga Massive! Catch the live performances on Saturday, August 10 at both 1 and 3 PM. This event is FREE, outdoors, and family-friendly. We hope to see you there!

Please note: In the event of poor weather conditions, all concerts will be re-scheduled for the following day, Sunday at 1 and 3 PM.

Program:
Terry Riley's - In C

View additional concert and artist information here:
https://www.riteofsummer.com/festival/brooklyn-raga-massive/

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Breathing Peace - Music for a More Peaceful World
Aug
4
2:00 PM14:00

Breathing Peace - Music for a More Peaceful World

BREATHING PEACE
Solo and Duo Performances of Classical, Jazz and World Music

A concert to envision peace and find a path to compassion and tolerance through inward reflection and outward action. Sixteen New York musicians donate time and talent to an afternoon of reflection through which we, individually and as a community, can build a more peaceful world.

Musicians include:
Douglas J. Cuomo - Guitar
Charley Gerard – Alto Saxophone
Eva Gerard - Viola
Steve Gorn - Bansuri
Taka Kigawa - Piano
Thomas Piercy – Clarinet and Hichiriki
Ayako Morino - Piano
Nora Suggs – Shakuhachi
Kathleen Supove - Piano
Hikaru Tamaki - Cello
Miyama McQueen-Tokita - Koto (ancient Japanese harp)
Aaron Shragge - Shakuhachi
William Stevens -Trumpet
Tomoko Sugawara - Kugo
John Thompson - Guqin (ancient Chinese zither)

Admission is free, but please register here - https://breathingpeace.eventbrite.com
You are encouraged to donate to or volunteer for an organization that promotes peace and tolerance.

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The Unstruck Sound at Drone Fest
Apr
28
8:00 AM08:00

The Unstruck Sound at Drone Fest

The Unstruck Sound, is a project inspired by the Vedic concept of Anahata Nada, the primordial sound that emanates from the universe. The group explores just intonation drones, overtone singing, and South and North Indian Raga influences to create new sonic spaces.

The Unstruck Sound features:
Neel Murgai - Overtone Singing, Loops, Daf
Eric Fraser - Bansuri
Aaron Shragge - Trumpet, Shakuhach, FX, Loops
David Ellenbogen - Guitars, Electronics

Eric Fraser's vintage bansuri flute playing rings with authenticity, subtlety, and lilting tone. An exponent of a unique vocal style of North-Indian flute playing and Fulbright senior research scholar for Indian classical music, Fraser takes listeners on a journey to a timeless musical world. Eric Fraser has been learning intensively through annual trips to Kolkata, India from his guru Pandit Gopal Roy since 2003. Fraser has performed with renowned maestros of Indian music including Pandit Krishna Bhatt, Pandit Ramesh Mishra, Steve Gorn and Bollywood composer A.R Rahman at Carnegie Hall, including radio performances (NPR morning edition and WKCR New York).

Neel Murgai is a multi-instrumental performer, composer and teacher, and co-founder of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a raga inspired musician's collective. He is a graduate of Goddard College's MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. His journey into sitar and Indian classical music began with Pundit Ravindra Goswami in Banaras, in 1994. For the past 18 years Neel has studied with his guru and mentor, Pundit Krishna Bhatt. His interest in music began at a young age with trombone and guitar. While obtaining a degree in Civil Engineering, Neel worked as a radio DJ, hosting an international music program. This fostered in him an abiding interest in music from around the world. He went on to live in India, immersing himself in the music and culture of his parent’s homeland. Upon returning to the U.S., Neel began a career in music.

David Ellenbogen has studied and performed music in over a dozen countries including India, Mali, Cuba and Brazil. He has expanded the audience for world music through his radio broadcasts on WKCR, his podcast, NYC Radio Live, and ambitious live productions like the Ragas Live Festival, a 24 hour, 60 musician, experience held at the Rubin Museum of Art and Pioneer Works. David’s work as a guitarist and artist director of Brooklyn Raga Massive has led to praise in the New York Times for “Preserving the past while blurring genres in an inventive spirit” and the Wall Street Journal for “Expanding the notion of what raga—the immersive, epic form of Indian music—can mean.”

Aaron Shragge’s music “...delves deeper into that satori place in your brain”- Jazz Times.
Aaron Shragge has performed with Daniel Carter, Ben Monder, Dave Douglas, William Parker, Jon Gibson, The Sam Roberts Band, Akim Funk Buddha, and Medeski Martin and Wood's Billy Martin at such venues as Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and The Blue Note. Aaron is an active in the NYC improvised/creative music scene serving on the board of Festival of New Trumpet Music NY/Canada. Aaron's unique instrument the Dragon Mouth Trumpet was designed to expand the trumpet’s melodic capacity and is the result of over a decade of studying both the Shakuhachi (Japanese, Flute) as well as North Indian Vocals. Aaron Shragge's current projects include a duo with Ben Monder, a Jazz quintet that plays the music of Tom Waits and his continuing solo works for Dragon Mouth Trumpet/Shakuhachi.

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Pete's Candy Store double bill: Orly Bendavid & Innocent When You Dream
Feb
10
8:30 PM20:30

Pete's Candy Store double bill: Orly Bendavid & Innocent When You Dream

8:30pm

Orly Bendavid - guitar/vocals

Orly Bendavid is a Brooklyn based, singer/songwriter, & poet. She was chosen to perform on the 2018 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival’s emerging artist stage, & has opened for Carolann Solebello, & Rachael Kilgour. Orly frequently performs in NYC’s music scene, as well as at several “unplugged” Sofar Sounds shows. Orly & the Mona Dahls’ first album “Mona” was recorded at Grand Street with producer Huw Price (David Bowie & Primal Scream)

9:30pm

Innocent When You Dream:

Aaron Shragge - Dragon Mouth Trumpet/Shakuhachi

Ryan Anselmi - tenor sax 

Nico Soffiato - guitar

Alexi David - bass 

Deric Dickens - Drums

Innocent When You Dream dives deep into the distinct collection of Tom Waits' material, exploring the colors and tonality of his lyricism, through unique instrumentation and arrangements. Covering a wide period of Waits' career the band moves beyond the realm of covers, creating a distinctive sound that draws from jazz, rock, blues, world music and the avant-garde.

$ Donation

 

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Shragge/Chess quartet at Brooklyn Raga Massive Weekly at Jalopy
Feb
7
8:00 PM20:00

Shragge/Chess quartet at Brooklyn Raga Massive Weekly at Jalopy

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$10 Advance | $15 Door | 8pm | BRM Weekly Raga Jam- 10pm

8:00pm: Shragge/Chess quartet

The newly formed quartet brings together several existing longterm musical collaborations. Drawing from traditional Arabic music, Indian Classical Raga, the meditative music of the Shakuhachi and Free Jazz the quartet creates a captivating and adventurous sound. The combination of two end blown flutes, the ney and the shakuhachi, is at the forefront of their sound along with a unique instrumentation that also includes: oud, morsing, sarod, sarangi and kanjira.

Aaron Shragge - dragon mouth trumpet/shakuahci/fx

Tomchess - oud/ney/morsing

Michael Gam - Bass, sarod, sarangi, kanjira

Deric Dickens - Drums

10pm - Jam Session

**Special announcement for Musicians!** BRM cordially invites you to join us in the ongoing effort to cultivate a home for intercultural musical dialogue. We are happy to offer FREE ENTRY TO MUSICIANS AFTER 10 PM WHO COME WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS AND ARE READY TO PLAY! Please come out and engage with one of NYC's most vibrant and diverse communities of improvising musicians hailing from all over the music world!

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2nd Official Brooklyn Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert
Nov
16
7:30 PM19:30

2nd Official Brooklyn Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert

TICKETS.
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Friday, November 16th, is the eve of what would have been Jeff Buckley's 52nd birthday. Join us as we usher in his 21st anniversary in the afterlife since his untimely passing in 1997.
We will remember, celebrate, and relive the artist's work with an intimate evening filled with tribute performances by a diverse range of talented independent musicians. Confirmed performers include Raka Banerjee, Nicky BarbatoBrooklyn Raga Massive, Chris Carrigain of Deep SeaChurch of Betty Trio, Curtis J, Mike Horn and Eric Lense of FloodWaves, Mark Lesseraux, ON THE SUN, and more! Also featuring an array of merch and exciting raffle prizes!

7:30 p.m. doors, 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. show, with intermission. 

The after party will be at 11 p.m. at Littlefield's sister business Parklife just around the corner at 636 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. A DJ will play, craft beers will flow, and tacos and burritos will abound!

This event is strictly 21+. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase at a bar staffed by the venue - cards are accepted. 

Parklife's Antojitos El Atoradero will have food for purchase at a kiosk inside the venue. Patrons may also order their own food to the venue.

Proceeds from this event will go to these amateur/independent artists, as well as to the Education Through Music (ETM), a NYC-based 501(c)(3) that partners with city schools to provide music education as a CORE subject for ALL students in the school.

It will be a rockin', feel-good night. See you music lovers soon - bring everyone you know and care about.

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BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE + FANTASTIC PLANET FILM + LIVE SCORE
Nov
9
7:00 PM19:00

BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE + FANTASTIC PLANET FILM + LIVE SCORE

Brooklyn Raga Massive artist collective performs a live film score to the 1973 animated sci-fi classic Fantastic Planet at The Rubin Museum of Art. The film, directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor, is a surreal journey to the future with powerful allusions to the challenges of today. BRM’s raga-drenched live film score brings the experience of this otherworldly movie to new heights. 
Fantastic Planet (La planète sauvage)
1973, René Laloux, France, 72 minutes

About the Musicians

Praised by the Wall Street Journal for “expanding the notion of what raga—the immersive, epic form of Indian music—can mean” and dubbed the “leaders of the raga renaissance” by the New Yorker, the fun-loving members of the Brooklyn Raga Massive collective have made huge waves for “preserving the past while blurring genres in an inventive spirit” (New York Times). They will bring a large ensemble to create an original live score to Fantastic Planet.

Advance Tickets: $28.00

Day of: $30.00

BUY TICKETS HERE.


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BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE + FANTASTIC PLANET FILM + LIVE SCORE
Nov
3
7:00 PM19:00

BROOKLYN RAGA MASSIVE + FANTASTIC PLANET FILM + LIVE SCORE

Brooklyn Raga Massive artist collective performs a live film score to the 1973 animated sci-fi classic Fantastic Planet at Hudson Hall. The film, directed by René Laloux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor, is a surreal journey to the future with powerful allusions to the challenges of today. BRM’s raga-drenched live film score brings the experience of this otherworldly movie to new heights. 
Fantastic Planet (La planète sauvage)
1973, René Laloux, France, 72 minutes

About the Musicians

Praised by the Wall Street Journal for “expanding the notion of what raga—the immersive, epic form of Indian music—can mean” and dubbed the “leaders of the raga renaissance” by the New Yorker, the fun-loving members of the Brooklyn Raga Massive collective have made huge waves for “preserving the past while blurring genres in an inventive spirit” (New York Times). They will bring a large ensemble to create an original live score to Fantastic Planet.

Ticket Price: $35/$30 in advance

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