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September 24, 2015UncategorizedBam Cafe, Black Rock Coalition, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Dawoud, Dawoud Kringle, God's Unruly Friends, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, University of the StreetsDawoud Kringle

It’s been an interesting few weeks.

Last weekend I attended the Black Rock Coalition’s Jimi Hendrix Tribute concert; a two day event held on the 45th anniversary of Hendrix’ passing (and, during the month of the BRC’s 30th anniversary). The concert was great! And I had the opportunity to meet percussion master Juma Sultan (who, as you may know, was in Hendrix’ band).

Yesterday, the Brooklyn Raga Massive held a John Coltrane Tribute concert on the master’s 89th birthday. It was, in a word, epic. I had the honor of performing with them; I was a featured soloist on “India.” Performing with these astonishing musicians is a wonderful experience. The BRM is accomplishing some great things; the sense of community and unity in a musical vision is quite amazing.

Today is Eid ul Adha. I was very tired, because I’d had no sleep for a long time.

I’m preparing for the next God’s Unruly Friends gigs. We’re in the Bronx at the University of the Streets next month (October 11th). We have BAM in November, and I’m planning some things as far ahead as March.

Life is interesting!

“In C” Performance with the Brooklyn Raga Massive

August 20, 2015Blog, UncategorizedBrooklyn Raga Massive, Dawoud, Dawoud Kringle, dilruba, Rubin Museum of Art, sitar, Wall Street JournalDawoud Kringle

Once again, I will have the honor of performing with the Brooklyn Raga Massive! We’re performing Terry Riley’s iconic composition “In C.”

Brooklyn Raga Massive is a collective of like-minded, forward thinking musicians rooted in Indian classical music. They’ve hosted a weekly Indian Classical Music Jam Session for two and a half years, with a goal of bringing together the community of Raga music listeners and practitioners.

Under the inspiration of BRN member / co-founder Neel Murghai, the BRM made history last year by performing Terry Riley’s “In C” by using almost exclusively Indian instruments for the performance. This had never been done before, and was given the stamp of approval by the composer himself.

This is happening at the Rubin Museum of Art (150 west 17th street, NYC) on Friday, August 28th, at 7PM.

Oh, and BTW, we made the Wall Street Journal:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-raga-group-takes-minimalism-to-the-max-1440717707

More info and tickets here: http://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/brooklyn-raga-massive-all-stars-08-28-2015

Catching Up

August 20, 2015BlogAbbey Lincoln, art, Bam Cafe, Brooklyn Acadamy of Music, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Dawoud, Dawoud Kringle, Ghosts Appearing Through the Sound, God's Unruly Friends, harmolodic, Harmolodic Raga, Jivamukti Yoga, Kosi, Music Inn NYC, Music Meditation Sessions, Namaste Bookshop, Namaste Healing Center, Openings Collective, paintings, raga, Rubin Museum of Art, University of the StreetsDawoud Kringle

It’s Been a While!

Yes, we need to catch up.

First of all, thanks to all of you who attended the Harmolodic Raga Cycle performance at Music Inn, NYC! It was a marvelous concert (here’s some video).

Now, let’s look ahead!

On Friday, August 28th, I will be joining the Brooklyn Raga Massive All Stars for the next performance of Terry Reily’s “In C.” The performance will start at 7pm, and will be held at the Rubin Museum of Art (150 west 17th street, NYC). Tickets are available. Check us out on facebook.

September will be a landmark for me. On Tuesday, September 1st, 7pm, Openings Collective will be presenting an exhibit titled “On the Inner and Outer Self.” This is happening at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle (405 west 59th st. at Columbus Ave. NYC). I bring this up because I am one of the artists whose work will be featured. This will be my first exhibit. The exhibit will run between 9/1/15 – 10/22/15, and is open to the public.

The next Music Meditation Session will be at the Namaste Healing Center (80 5th avenue, suite 1104, NYC) on Thursday, September 17th, 7pm. The exchange is a mere $15.

The next God’s Unruly Friends performance will be at the University of the Streets on Sunday, October 11th, 7pm. This will be GUF’s FIRST performance in the Bronx!

There will be a Music Meditation Session on Wednesday, October 28th, 6pm at Jivamukti Yoga Center (841 Broadway, NYC). My first Session at Jivamukti!

And don’t forget that God’s Unruly Friends will present a big show at BAM Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn, NY) on Friday, November 13th. More info to come!

Permit me a little nepotism. September 10th, 11th, & 12th, my wife Kosi will present “Ghosts Appearing Through the Sound: Kosi’s Tribute to Abbey Lincoln” This is happening at the WoW Cafe Theater (61 east 4th st, 4th floor, buzzer 6, NYC) More info here.

Well! That’s a lot of information! Thanks for reading all of this. I look forward to sharing beautiful and unique music with all of you!
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