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Iraqi-Jewish street food and Balkan Brass. Two very not-New England things come together in a quintessentially New England place: a barn on a farm on a hill called Valley View. Its a Balkan Brass Barn Takeover — bring some friends, bring some family; because you’re going to wish you’d brought them otherwise. Exotic food, crazy dancing, a bonfire, craft beer and house-made cider, strange trumpet riffs, machine-gun tapan drumming — all in a beautiful gem of a place. Its music + all. of. the. things. How fortunate we are!

All food proceeds go to the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Fresh pitas will be baked in-house for “sabich” egg-eggplant sandwiches — exalted Tel Aviv street fare — plus a mezze of salatim (salads) and a special dessert. Kitchen opens at 5 PM for early diners but come during the afternoon to enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing around the 900 acre property. Cocek Brass Band rolls in from Boston for a couple of sets starting at 8PM. Cover is $10 at the door from 7:00PM on. Kids 12 and under free. (Tickets are $8 in advance)

Sponsored in part by Real Pickles and Bart’s Ice Cream!

Sometimes described as “subversive acoustic traditionalists” and a “party band with a conscience” The Mammals are Ruth Ungar, Mike Merenda, and a cohort of compelling collaborators who form a thrilling howl of Americana fiddle, banjo, guitar, organ, bass, and drums. These guys are fun! And their emotionally-charged songs are heavily influenced by traditional folk, soul, old-time, blues, Cajun, Celtic and rock and roll. “The Mammals don’t suffer from multiple genre syndrome, they celebrate it as if gleefully aware that the sound barriers separating old-timey music, vintage pop and contemporary folk are as permeable as cotton.” – Washington Post

Chefs Alex Kemper and Katrina Pierson of Little Truc will prepare a seasonal feast served family style at rustic farm tables.. “It’s just good ingredients, prepared thoughtfully,” says Kemper. Menu to be announced shortly.

Eli Catlin opens. Melding Blues, Folk, Country and American Primitive styles, he plays and sings with an intensity, and honesty, that make for a truly engaging musical experience. 

This year, we’re encouraging guests to come for the afternoon and explore Valley View Farm – weather permitting. Bring your x-country skis, snowshoes, or rugged boots and wander the trails that surround the property. We’ll be serving hot cocoa and cider in the barn to warm you up.

Net proceeds will go to the Rosenberg Fund for Children (www.rfc.org), a group which Mike & Ruthy support as members of its Advisory Board. The RFC helps kids in the U.S. whose activist parents are under attack, and youth activists who are harmed directly. With RFC funding, children are able to go to camp and get therapy, make art, play sports, and do other joyful and healing things, while they or their parents fight to protect immigrants, combat racism and police brutality, preserve the environment, and safeguard the rights of queer and trans folks, workers, prisoners, and others whose lives are under threat.

Tickets are $60 in advance, $65 door for dinner and the show.
Skip dinner and come just for the music – $20 advance/$25 at the door.

Concert only tickets are standing room only. This will be a dancing show!

The Collider series bids a tearful Adieu to the Burgy Grange with a stacked line-up featuring Noura Mint Seymali’s molten psychadelic Saharan funk from Mauritania, Brooklyn-blendered afropop from Antibalas alum Nikhil P Yerawadekar, and Turning Jewels Into Water’s beat-and-ritual-based electro-acoustic percussion project.

Tickets are $20 advance and $25 at the door. Kids under 12 free. Doors open at 6:30PM and the show starts early at 7PM to fit all of the talent. Light refreshments and pizza by the slice will be sold downstairs. No alcohol permitted, per Grange rules. The Williamsburg Grange is not handicapped-accessible.

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Noura Mint Seymali is a nationally beloved star and one of Mauritania’s foremost musical emissaries. Born into a prominent line of Moorish griot (West African praise singers, poets and musicians) Noura began her career at age 13 as a supporting vocalist with her step-mother, the legendary Dimi Mint Abba.  From a very early age, she was trained in instrumental and vocal technique by her grandmother, Mounina, mastering the ardine, a harp reserved only for women, and singing at weddings with family.

“Noura Mint Seymali…comes from an ancient family of griots, and she has a commanding, wide-open voice…the pentatonic melodies of her songs had something in common with the blues. But her fusion was particular and selective…She only meets American music on her own terms.” -NEW YORK TIMES

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Multi-instrumentalist and producer Nikhil P. Yerawadekar creates propulsive new flavors with his Low Mentality project, delivering personal and uplifting original songs suitable for dancefloors, car stereos and headphones worldwide. The group plays organically cultivated styles drawing from Nikhil’s wide range of experiences, from his formative years as a teenage hip-hop junkie in Queens, NY, to later in his life when he found himself working closely with artists such as Hailu Mergia (Awesome Tapes From Africa), Zap Mama, Tony Allen, Cedric “Im” Brooks and Khaira Arby, and performing all over the world with Antibalas and collaborators such as Santigold, Sharon Jones, Billy Gibbons, Nels Cline and Esperanza Spalding.

“Nikhil P. Yerawadekar and Low Mentality make some of the best music coming out of NYC. Not the best Afrobeat, not the best post-highlife, not the best South African psychedelic disco. Some of the best music, period.” -Saxon Baird, AFROPOP WORLDWIDE

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Electro-percussive duo Turning Jewels Into Water make ancient drum music from the future. The duo finds inspiration in Val Jeanty’s Haitian roots and Ravish Monin’s fascination with N. African, Middle Eastern, and Indian musical traditions. Their collaboration is defined by improvisation, incantation, and the free fusion of jazz, ragas, Haitian voodoo, turntable beats, and acoustic + electric instrumentation. Join us in celebrating the release of their debut full-length recording, “A Map of Absences.”

“The project of Ravish and Val has penance in its name: Turning Jewels Into Water, transforming jazz into electronic music, turning dance into ritual and yes, turning realities into a single jewel, since talking about them also implies talking about the migration; of two people outside their country turning their talent into something as essential as water.” -ULTRAMARINO

We just can’t wait to have Anbessa Orchestra back in our hood again — the dapper septet of Israeli Brooklynites wow’d a capacity crowd at the Brewery last August with their hard-hitting funk from the Golden Age of Ethiopian music. Get ready for some heavy jams inspired by the music of Addis Ababa in the 60s-70s, when the sounds of American jazz and James Brown-style funk rocketed through the clubs of so-called Swinging Addis and pollinated with Ethiopia’s own exotic scales and rhythms.

Ethiopian Groove is entirely its own kind of jazz-funk thing, and Anbessa approaches it with reverence and creativity; their original compositions pay homage to the genre rather than plagiarizing it. Their retro-African vibe is flecked with curious inspirations ranging from surf rock to reggae, Balkan to the middle-east.

Some very special guests from Argentina are also joing us! Mica Farías Gómez & Manu Uriona fuse LatAm rhythms with flamenco, hip-hop, funk, and other musical traditions. Their set starts at 8PM.

Tickets are $12 adv, $14 at the door. Children 12 and under free. Anbessa Orchestra plays two sets starting at 8PM.