From Turkey by way of Brooklyn featuring Dolunay and Layth Sidiq

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/11/2015
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location
Arts at the Armory

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Journeys in Sound presents
From Turkey by way of Brooklyn featuring the debut area appearance of Dolunay plus very special guest Layth Sidiq & friends
Together since 2011, the Brooklyn, NY based trio Dolunay (Turkish for “full moon”) draws upon the songs from the Turkish people living across Rumeli, the former region of the Ottoman Balkans. Dolunay’s intimate sound, sparse in loudness and textured with the dissonance of eastern blues, gives way to a sound at once earthy and celestial, the size of which defies that of the small makeup of the band.
Inspired to engage with the unique repertoire of lesser-known songs and empowered with a knack to enrich the uncovered sounds with a personal note, Dolunay creates the opportunity to breathe new life into melodies of a region culturally diverse and historically rich.
Dolunay features:
Jenny Luna (voice, percussion)
Eylem Basaldi (violin)
Adam Good (ud)

Here is our Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/DolunayNYC

Dolunay performing in Brooklyn in 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0sAwzZ404w

Sharing the bill with Dolunay will be the gifted violinist Layth Sidiq, who put together a well received Arabic music workshop/clinic for Journeys in Sound back in September 2014. Layth was born in Bagdad and raised in Amman, Jordan. He is s leading Middle Eastern violinist on the world music stage and has performed with a wide range of musical luminaries such as AR Rahman, Simon Shaheen, & Ron Carter, to name a few.
http://laythsidiq.strikingly.com/
Layth Sidiq violin solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEZrRJ_BJsg
EVENTBRITE RESERVATIONS
https://dolunayapr2015.eventbrite.com

Suggested donation $13 with a reservation, $10 for students and those on a fixed income ***CASH ONLY**

Without a reservation, $15 & $10 (if room is not to capacity)