Performance

PLEASE NOTE: This collaborative event with the RPI Arts Department takes place in downtown Troy, not at The Sanctuary for Independent Media!

The celebrated NYC-based Matthew Shipp Trio (featuring Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums) will perform live at the opening of a new gallery show at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street in downtown Troy NY.  The exhibition, which features locally-produced videos and still photos of internationally-known musicians, is called "Freedom Through Collective Improvisation: iEAR Presents! Free Jazz from the Sanctuary" and runs from April 1 through April 30.  There will be an opening reception with light refreshments at 6 PM on April 1, and a closing reception during Troy Night Out on April 30.  Admission to the receptions and gallery show is free of charge; admission to the concert is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income).  Call (518) 273-0552, email info@artscenteronline.org or visit www.artscenteronline.org for gallery hours, more information and directions.

Live From Lock One is a series featuring some of the most creative artists on the local live music scene. Each performance is recorded with a studio audience and streamed live over the internet. This season we'll be focusing on some of the region's great blues talents, hosted by JV & The Cutters. Featured singers include Thomasina Winslow (left) and Mother Judge (right).

Celebrating their debut album War Cry, Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde play a soulful infusion of Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, hip hop and flamenco, with local and international guest dancers, singers and percussionists!  They will be celebrating this grand accomplishment with a BIG CD release party, and it will also be Taina's birthday celebration!

8pm - Music provided by DJ Trumastr of Beatshot Productions for opening reception. Wine, beer and snacks, as well as CD's and t-shirts available for sale.

9pm - Performance by Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde along with:

Victorio Reyes (Emcee, Broadcast Live)
Ayana D (Soul Vocalist)
Los Gringos (Brazilian Samba Percussion)
Charlotte Oniel (Vocalist from Tanzania)
Leah Young (African Dancer)
Lisa Martinez (Flamenco Dancer)

Marcus Anderson (Live Art)

AND MORE STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED!

From the Palace to the People: A Global Griot Saves a West African Tradition with Rock 'n' Roll Revelations and Blues Muses

A virtuoso picker and musical visionary from Mali who blurs the lines between West African and American roots music. Bassekou's work with banjo maverick Bela Fleck just won a Grammy award. His new release is I Speak Fula, on Sub Pop Records. ($10 admission)

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir are coming to Troy!

The rumours are true.  Join us on Friday night, December 18, for a Shopocalyptic Revival.  The Rev, the choir and members of the Not Buying It band promises our old church a performance we will not forget.

Confess your shopping sins! Cast out the demons of overconsumption! Go beyond the market to a life after shopping! Strangalleiuah, children!

Join the live studio audience as we record an evening of performances by some of the Capital Region's top gospel talents, hosted by the Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singers!

Legendary Capital Region performers the Heavenly Echoes Gospel Singers will be joined by the men's chorus of Schenectady's Duryee AME Zion Church and the men's chorus of Lansingburgh's Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church for a special edition of "Live From Lock One" on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8 PM, part of an ongoing concert recording series at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.

Admission for the all-ages show is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income).

Call (518) 272-2390 or email info@MediaSanctuary.org for more information.

Don Wilcock, music writer for the Troy Record and editor of the "Blues Wax" and "Folk Wax" on-line magazines, will emcee the show.

Click here or on the poster image to the right to download a high-resolution poster!

The Persian-American poet/singer/songwriter Haale will perform at 9 PM on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361 Sixth Avenue in Troy.  Admission to the all-ages show is $10 (free to patrons of the Indymedia 10th Anniversary Film Festival, which immediately precedes this show).  Call (518) 272-2390, email info@MediaSanctuary.org, or visit www.MediaSanctuary.org for directions and more information.

Drawing on Persian mystical and American folk traditions, Haale weaves engaging lyrics and trance-inducing melodies in a rare solo acoustic set.  She will sing new songs as well as songs from her album "No Ceiling," hailed by the Boston Globe as "one of the most memorable releases of 2008."

Two of the Capital Region's hottest bands--Taína Asili y la Bande Rebelde and The Ameros--will be featured in a performance webcast live from The Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361 6th Avenue in Troy, on Saturday, May 23, 2009 beginning at 7 PM.  The show will be recorded for later release on DVD.  Beer, wine and other refreshments will be available for purchase by the studio audience.  Admission to this all-ages event is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income). For information and directions, email info@MediaSanctuary.org, visit www.MediaSanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390.

This show is the first of a regular series called "Live From Lock One," documenting some of the most creative local artists on the live music scene.  Each of the performances will be recorded with a studio audience and streamed live.

Taína Assili y la Bande Rebelde
www.TainaAsili.com

This rare assembly brings together Todd Reynolds (Bang on a Can, Yo Yo Ma, Meredith Monk) on violins/laptop, Ed Mann (Zappa) on percussion/electronics, David Barrett (Banda Elastica, Splatter Trio) on saxophones, and Michael Bisio on bass.

Our press release:

Troy Goes Splatto!  Dave Barrett, Michael Bisio, Ed Mann, Todd Reynolds perform as the Splatto Festival Chorus at The Sanctuary for Independent Media