Jaffna “Brings together traditional Middle Eastern melodies with Indian rhythms. The area that turns me on is that marriage. It's a pretty unique concept.” - Philadelphia Inquirer
April 2, 2016 at 7:30 pm Free children's program at 6:00 Crossroads Music 801 South 48th Street (in Calvary Church) Tickets ($10-$30) and more info at www.crossroadsconcerts.org Jaffna plays original acoustic music rooted in the Indian and Middle Eastern backgrounds of its members, who have worked for decades to create a musical universe where oud, guitar, tabla, and dumbek can live together, argue, eat and stay good friends. The band features Roger Mgrdichian (oud, saz, cumbus), Raji Malik (guitar, sarod), Branavan Ganesan (tabla, kanjira), and Joe Tayoun (dumbek, riq, cajon). The easy description of their music points to the geographical heritage of the musicians, but that’s really just a starting point. Along with the strong Mid-East and Indian flavor come unmistakable flamenco, rock, Balkan and jazz influences, the result of jamming in and around the vibrant Philadelphia world music scene of the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Branavan moved to North Carolina, so chances to hear Jaffna in recent years have been few and far between. Fortunately, he’s recently moved back to Philly and they have developed a lot of new music for their first Crossroads — and West Philadelphia — show since 2005. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity-Announce." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. You may post announcements to this list, but this list attempts to prevent discussion. Please use univcity to discuss messages on this list. Subscribers of univcity receive all mail to this list.
