SHRINE world music venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powel Jr Blvd
Tel: (212) 6907807
Sunday June 5th 2016 at 11:00PM Atlas Soul Brings Global Funk to NYC premier world music venue The SHRINE!
Atlas Soul performs original music that celebrates melodies & polyrhythm rooted in the Afro-Mediterranean traditions. Jazz, intelligent hip hop and deep funk wave their way organically into the mix to produce burning hot live performances!
They have played scores of major venues such as The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Festival International de Louisiane, the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, NYC’s Joe’s Pub, Montreal Festival Nuits d’Afrique and more. They regularly sell out shows in the Boston area and beyond.
Atlas Soul sings in French, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew and English, making their performances truly cross-cultural music experiences. The lyrics speak of love, ecology, oppression, happiness, immigration, spicy food!
Atlas Soul’s core is a quintet but they love to invite a special guest musician or add a full horn section depending on the show! They features two outstanding lead vocalist, Regie Gibson an award winning poet, a percussionist and a natural power house performer and Jacques Pardo from France, a saxophonist, guitarist, composer and the band leader. Drummer extraordinary Fathi Tabouche from Algeria and bassist Jonathan Toscano “The groove master” hold the rhythm section along with Greek-American virtuoso guitarist Perry Bakalos.
They have won or placed the Independent Music Awards four times – including the 2013 IMA vox poll in 2 categories - as well as winning accolades from many other music contests (too many to be listed here..)
Atlas Soul’s motto, world music for world peace, spells out its philosophical and political goal: to inspire world peace through a fusion of music and culture that gets people to the dance floor!
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