Music At The Bridge Welcomes Barbès

An evening of live music, video art and other surprises curated by the folks at Barbès. All FREE!

Owned and operated by two French musicians and long-time Brooklyn residents, Barbès boasts an intimate back room that hosts live music, readings and film screenings. Join them in the park under the tent in the historic Tobacco Warehouse. This week Barbès comes to the Park and brings Las Rubias Del Norte, The Parker String Quartet and The Mandingo Ambassadors.

Las Rubias Del Norte
The sound of Las Rubias Del Norte is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Songs on their latest album Panamericana have been called sparkling gems (The New Yorker) and their harmonies described as pure as Andean air (LA Times). The group has been featured on NPR's Weekend Edition. They will be joined by The Parker String Quartet on a few songs. Check them out at: www.lasrubiasdelnorte.com

The Parker String Quartet
Founded in 2002 by four NEC students, The Parker String Quartet has already gone on to win the Grand prize at the Bordeaux String Quartet competition and has been called "extraordinary" by Allan Koznin of The New York Times in his review of their Carnegie Hall debut. The quartet is known for playing high profile concerts in halls across the world as well as more unorthodox concerts in alternative venues such as Barbès. They will join forces with Las Rubias Del Norte on a few songs and draw from their repertoire which includes Beethoven, Bartok, Haydn and Ligeti. For more information visit: www.parkerquartet.com

The Mandingo Ambassadors
The Mandingo Ambassadors originally formed in Guinea, West Africa in the late 1960s by guitarist Mamady Djelike Kouyate and singer Emile Soumah. Their music became some of the most beloved and influential of their generation and their songs were widely imitated. Mamady later went on to perform for many years with Guinea’s most popular group, Bembeya Jazz National. Now based in New York, Mamady Kouyate has decided to revive The Ambassadors. His electrifying guitar-work is supported by the new Mandingo Ambassadors, a crew of Guinean and American musicians who have steeped their glorious sound in classic 60's Guinean mandingo music. Read about them here:
 http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/mamady-kouyats-60s/Aug-06/22546

All free, under the tent in the historic Tobacco Warehouse.
Doors at 6:00pm, capacity is limited. Rain or Shine.

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