Every Friday
and Saturday night, BAMcafé Live showcases renowned
and emerging artists, featuring some of the best jazz, R&B,
world beat, pop, and experimental music from Brooklyn and
beyond. Free.
Now featuring a lounge with furniture provided by west elm!
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Junk“KAT” & Modiano + austin willacy
Fri, May 16 at 9pm
Judging from the sounds she coaxes from her flute, Yael Archer’s lungs must contain the winds of another world, breathing fire into the most unassuming of instruments. Extended techniques like overblowing and multiphonics burn in breathy flits over bass-driven turntable beats and keyboard riffs, resulting in a gritty, 70s-inspired mix of virtuosity and fast-burning funk. Pop-rock vocalist/songwriter austin willacy opens, alone with his guitar.
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Brian Jackson
Sat, May 17 at 9pm
Ten years collaborating with poet-musician Gil Scott-Heron does not leave one without musical stories to tell. Nor session work for Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind, and Fire or producing albums for Kool & the Gang. Now, nu-soul pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jackson is on his own, waist deep in a socially-conscious, maddeningly funky fare that virtually dares the audience to sit still.
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The Earthman Experience featuring DJ Hard Hittin Harry
Sat, May 24 at 9:30pm
It isn’t every day that BAMcafé Live discovers an artist praised by Tunisian mystics because of his proficiency at sonic healing. But Haitian-born house music pioneer Richard “Earthman” Laurent is just such a talent. Together with his slick Afrobeat ensemble The Earthman Experience, anchored by the immortal DJ Hard Hittin Harry, Earthman’s musical medicine goes down with ease, soothing the spirit and ears alike.
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Sundance Institute at BAM: An Evening with Pianist Anthony de Mare
Fri, May 30 at 9pm
Formidable new music pianist and concert theater pioneer Anthony de Mare breaks in BAMcafé’s brand new grand with American composer Frederic Rzewski’s “De Profundis,” a setting of Oscar Wilde’s prison letter; Annie Gosfield's "Brooklyn, October 5, 1941,” commemorating the Yankees’ 1941 World Series victory; plus works by Sondheim, John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, DBR and many others.
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Sundance Institute at BAM: Anvil Live!
Sat, May 31 at 9pm
With a name like Anvil, it’s clear that this Canadian clan of head bangers takes its heavy metal very seriously—one they’ve been spinning out at high-tensile strength for over 30 mind-blowing years. In celebration of their silver screen debut in the Sundance Institute at BAM screening of Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Lips, Robb and G5 offer an evening of late-night shredding—torn t-shirts, v-shaped guitars, long hair, and all.
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BAMcafé Live is curated by Darrell M. McNeill.
Photo: Sarah Sloboda |
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HOURS
8pm opening for bar food and drinks on BAMcafé
performance nights. Reservations are not taken for BAMcafé Live.
BAMCAFÉ LIVE MENU
Paninis, salads, snacks, and drinks available at the bar. No table service during BAMcafé Live performances.
DINING AT BAMCAFÉ
BAMcafé is open for dinner and drinks before all performances
in the Howard Gilman Opera House More...
SPONSOR
Programming in the BAM Lepercq Space is supported by The Lepercq
Foundation. |