VidyA at CounterPulse
Fenny invited me to go see this avant garde jazz band VidyA at the Red Poppy Art House the other night. And loving avant garde jazz I went...
Holy crap.
It may have been one of the best live jazz experiences of my life, if not *the* best. They blend smart, fast jazz percussion with riffs from the sax and violin on classical South Indian ragas. Its not a joke. If you love live music at all, you should go catch them at CounterPulse on May 26th, 27th, or 28th where they will be performing in a dance show called Avatars of Truth and Melody. The show I saw the other night at Red Poppy was a kind of rehearsal for the performance later this month. I was blown away and you will be too.
Bummer of bummers I will be in New York for the shows at the end of the month but at least I got to see them at Red Poppy, that little tiny art space on the corner of 23rd and Folsom that's got alot of cool stuff going on.
VidyA will also be playing at the Himalayan Art Fair at Live Oak Park on May 20 and then they are back at Red Poppy on the 8th of June. Here's their website, click on "Multimedia" > "Music" to hear some music samples. Its better live though.
Holy crap.
It may have been one of the best live jazz experiences of my life, if not *the* best. They blend smart, fast jazz percussion with riffs from the sax and violin on classical South Indian ragas. Its not a joke. If you love live music at all, you should go catch them at CounterPulse on May 26th, 27th, or 28th where they will be performing in a dance show called Avatars of Truth and Melody. The show I saw the other night at Red Poppy was a kind of rehearsal for the performance later this month. I was blown away and you will be too.
Bummer of bummers I will be in New York for the shows at the end of the month but at least I got to see them at Red Poppy, that little tiny art space on the corner of 23rd and Folsom that's got alot of cool stuff going on.
VidyA will also be playing at the Himalayan Art Fair at Live Oak Park on May 20 and then they are back at Red Poppy on the 8th of June. Here's their website, click on "Multimedia" > "Music" to hear some music samples. Its better live though.
posted by cyclona23 at 9:06 AM
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I personally know the lead musician of VidyA.. Prasant Radhakrishnan. Haven't heard him live though. Used to work with me in school.
They play pretty regularly at Red Poppy Art House in the mission/SF. You should check them out sometime, they are really awesome live.
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