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With solid klezmer roots, spectacular technical virtuosity, and a wry sense of humor, Ilene Stahl and an all-star line-up of Boston’s best musicians re-groove traditional klezmer and Mediterranean melodies, rip up Romanian surf tunes, cover cop show themes and cumbias, slay a few standards, and burnish it all to a funky finish. Ilene is our local klezmer all-star; she is often found playing with Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. With Klezperanto, she takes the genre entirely out of the box and into the dance hall, so make sure you’re dressed to boogie. Limited seating available.

Peace & Rhythm DJs start spinning at 7:30PM and will spin the after-party also! Their international grooves skip around as comfortably as Klezperanto, from cumbia to afrobeat to salsa. Get psyched for hours of dancing.

Tickets are $15 adv / $20 door. Limited seating available Kids under 12 free.

This show is part of our Klezmer in the Brewery cycle. We’re taking klezmer out of the recital hall and into the working-class, proletarian establishments where it truly belongs. This is dancing music. This is drinking music. Come party with us.

Betsyada Machado, the Voice of Venezuela, returns to the Valley for an intimate session at New City Brewery with the peerless cuatro player Jorge Glem, Latin Grammy winner Diego Alvarez “El Negro” on percussion, and jazz bassist Rodner Padilla. While each of these musicians is separately renowned in Venezuela, they’ve partnered together for a special year-end tour to share their holiday traditions with us.

The show will be divided into three Venezuelan musical genres: (Pt 1) Aguinaldos are the LatAm corollary to our carols, traditionally performed by groups going from house to house and presenting “musical gifts” to their neighbors. (Pt 2) Parrandas are more upbeat, meant to create a celebratory mood in the house the musicians are visiting, and to reflect on the year’s happy moments and create positive intentions for the year to come.(Pt 3) Gaitas are a festive and very danceable genre common in the far west of Venezuela, particularly the state of Zulia.

We can’t think of a more fitting finale to Laudable Production’s first year of world music programming than this —  join us on a journey into the holiday traditions of Venezuelan villages, where the year cannot end without hours-long musical celebrations sending best wishes for the year to come.

$15 adv / $20 door. Limited seating available. Handicapped accessible. Children under 12 FREE.

Betsayda Machado y su Parranda: https://youtu.be/TvnxK31rZU8

Jorge Glem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0KC0NicnJw (jump to 2:30 if you’re impatient)