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Martha Redbone Roots Project via The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (Live Stream)

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Martha Redbone Roots Project via The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (Live Stream)
Feb. 3, 11 AM EST, Part of "Barzakh Festival"
Free. Watch via YouTube or Facebook Live

The Martha Redbone Roots Project looks at the music of her own family roots in Native and African-American traditions. But the singer and multi-instrumentalist doesn’t stop there – she updates that sound for the contemporary era, and has even done an album of what sound like traditional folk songs but are in fact settings of 18th century poetry by William Blake. On Wed., Feb. 3, The Arts Center at NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus presents Redbone, joined for this performance by long-time collaborator Aaron Whitby on piano, keys and beloved stalwarts, New York master musicians Charlie Burnham on violin, Marvin Sewell on guitar, Fred Cash on bass, and Rocky Bryant on drums. Since they’re 9 hours ahead of us, the live stream show starts at 11AM EST.

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