Pletai Abraham Brody

Gig Alert: Pletai at National Sawdust

Gig Alerts | Oct 5, 2017

Gig Alert: Pletai at National Sawdust
Tickets: $25. Show at 7PM

The Slavic-Baltic group called Pletai was born during an all-night jam session in Moscow. It consists of three Russian musicians and one Lithuanian-American, namely Abraham Brody. All four singers are deeply influenced by Baltic and Slavic folksong, but Brody is also inspired by the so-called minimalists like Philip Glass and Steve Reich. Those influences come together in this arrangement of a Russian song called Ya Gulyala Veselo (I walked Happy).  his own Slavic-Baltic group Pletai

Pletai (with shruti box, overtone flute, and percussion) performs for the first time in New York tonight at National Sawdust. Hear their recent performance in our studio and sample their music via our Spotify playlist:

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