A charismatic performer and multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Joe Bagale has been an essential force on the Bay Area music scene for the past decade. He played a central role in Brass, Bows, & Beats, the critically acclaimed hip-hop symphony performed by the Bay Area’s Jazz Mafia. As a leader he’s released two albums showcasing his well-crafted original songs, while the latest, 2014’s Movies, focuses on his instrumental skills. The album’s success led YouTube to commission him to write and record 30 new tracks for the YouTube audio library. Dubbed Otis McDonald, the solo project features his funkiest and most interesting music to date.
The Klezmatics + Charming Hostess
As America’s most renowned ensemble devoted to the secular, celebratory music of Eastern European Jewry, The Klezmatics emerged from the unique alchemy of New York City’s downtown music scene 30 years ago with the single-minded mission of making Yiddish culture a vital force. Known for collaborations with a glittering array of artists, from John Zorn and Itzhak Perlman to Pilobolus Dance Theatre and the Master Musicians of Jajouka, the Grammy-winning sextet explores new creative frontiers while delivering scorching dance music and heart-rending laments.
The inveterately inventive Bay Area band Charming Hostess kicks off the afternoon of radical Jewish culture with a program of Sephardic women’s music from the Balkans, songs that date back centuries to Spain’s expulsion of Jews in 1492. Led by vocalist and intellectual provocateur Jewlia Eisenberg, Charming Hostess combines beautifully unsettling vocal harmonies with the propulsive grooves of Oakland freak-folk soul.
Meklit
Born in Ethiopia and raised in an academic family in Iowa, New York and Florida, Meklit found herself as an artist in San Francisco. A luminous songstress and a cultural visionary, she’s a TED Global Fellow who spearheaded the transformational Nile Project with Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis, bringing together musicians from the 11 nations traversed by the world’s longest river. With a supple voice that can waft ethereally or take on red-clay grit, she’s a songwriter, guitarist and bandleader who has crafted a singular sound drawing on Amharic folk melodies, soul, hip-hop, and whatever else comes her way. More than an artist, Meklit is an agent of transformation who seduces with sound.
Chelle! & Friends (2 shows)
This children’s program repeats at 12:15pm.
Led by New Orleans-native Michelle Jacques, a soul-steeped vocalist with a big, bold voice, Chelle! & Friends bring to the Gardens a family-friendly taste of the Crescent City, the cradle of so much essential American music. Featuring some of the region’s most exciting musicians, including blues-steeped guitarist Eric Swinderman, jazz bassist Sam Bevan, and vocalist Bryan Dyer, Chelle! & Friends deliver music that’s steeped in the cadences of gospel and animated by the earthy grooves of R&B and the Caribbean. Join the party, move your feet, sing along, and join a Mardi Gras parade!
Clynton Oliver Cox
A soul-drenched guitarist, vocalist and songwriter ripe to break through to a wider audience, Clynton Oliver Cox has earned favorable comparisons to artists such as Anthony Hamilton, Stevie Wonder, and John Legend. A product of the storied Fame LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, he grew up in Brooklyn and earned a degree in writing and production from Berklee College of Music. Currently working on his self-produced debut album Brown House Red Door, Cox is a standout talent. Catch him now so you can say you saw him when.
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