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- Members:
- AMAYO (Vocals & Percussion)
VICTOR AXELROD (Organ/Clavinet)
ERIC BIONDO (Trumpet)
STUART BOGIE (Tenor Sax)
MARCUS FARRAR (Shekere)
MARCOS GARCIA (Guitar)
AARON JOHNSON (Trombone)
JORDAN MCLEAN (Trumpet)
NICK MOVSHON (Bass)
LUKE O'MALLEY (Guitar)
MARTIN PERNA (Baritone Sax)
CHRIS VATALARO (Drums) - Genre:
- Afrobeat/Funk/Experimental
- Hometown:
- Brooklyn, NY
- Record Label:
- Anti Records, Ropeadope Records, Ninja Tune, Daptone Records, Afrosound Records
Antibalas "Broadway’s hottest pit orchestra" - Time Out New York
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Antibalas. The Afrobeat vets assume an unlikely new role: Broadway's hottest pit orchestra. Article in Time Out New York Music
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ChangeUp’s Picks For NYE Parties (under $100) Antibalas: The premiere Afrobeat band in the city, Antibalas has been making waves over the last few years and delivers an amazing performance. Admission also pays for a midnight champagne toast. The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave at H...
Antibalas Check the link this critical analysis of President Obama's speech on WNYC's Brian Lehrer show today with Kevin Mambo (FELA lead in the Broadway show) and Larry Cox of Amnesty International. Get your groove on Thursday @ the Knitting Factory, BKLYN with kindred spirits and Antibalas.
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Today is Human Rights Day. Kevin Mambo, actor playing Fela Kuti in the Broadway musical Fela!; and Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, talk about the day and the lessons of Fela Kuti's life. He also reacts to the President's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech today.
Antibalas See you at the Knitting Factory TONIGHT!!!!
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Knitting Factory361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer St.Thursday, December 10, 17, $12, 11:45pm December 31, $25, 10:00347-529-6696www.bk.knittingfactory.comwww.antibalas.com
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Antibalas, a dynamic onstage band from Brooklyn, suffuses the house in a sea of compulsive, masterfully arranged sound.
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Don't miss the Colbert Report tonight with guest Bill T. Jones -
Director and Choreographer of "FELA!" - as well as a performance of "ZOMBIE" by the cast and musicians of the musical.
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What The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is to evening news, The Colbert Report is to personality-driven pundit shows.
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It’s been a long, slow dance between the United States and Fela Anikulapo Kuti, one that started 40 years ago when the Nigerian musician first toured America and is finally picking up tempo today, with the Broadway show Fela! opening to raves this week and a movie biopic reportedly in the works.
Antibalas Thanks to everyone who came out last night! Dont be left out and get your tickets for next week's show now!!!!
Knitting Factory - Antibalas - Tickets - Knitting Factory Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY - December 10th, 2
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After dedicating the last three years providing the musical foundation and pulse for the latest off- and on-Broadway sensation, Fela!, Antibalas brings the party back to its Brooklyn roots for a weekly residency at the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory. ...
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It may be worth noting that this decade’s most exhilarating new Broadway musicals were developed, at least in part, by creative carpetbaggers. Like Spring Awakening in 2006 and Passing Strange in 2008, Fela!, which opened Monday at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, owes its electrifying score to artists w...
Antibalas Here's the clip from WABC's Eyewitness News in NYC that aired last night and this morning.
Antibalas Catch tonight's 11PM news on WABC in NYC for an excerpt of Bill Ritter's interview Antibalas during a recent rehearsal. Watch it again on Monday morning. The full interview airs on Monday's 5PM News.
Antibalas REMINDER - Free show on Broadway and 63rd Street tomorrow at 6:30PM!
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Bring a canned food donation to the City Harvest truck at Dante Park (63rd Street and Broadway) and support NYC's only food-rescue organization!
Antibalas Listen to the Antibalas Horns on Angelique Kidjo's next album!
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Angelique Kidjo will pay tribute to the music that inspired her growing up in Benin on her new album Oyo. The eclectic studio album, which will be released on February 9, will include covers of material by Aretha Franklin, Santana, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, James Brown and Miriam Makeba, as wel...
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