WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING DOLUNAY & CESNI TRIO PERFORM THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH FROM 7:30-10 PM IN THE DCSC! DOORS OPEN AT 7 PM!

TURKISH AND RUMELI MUSIC ENSEMBLES DOLUNAY AND ÇEŞNİ TRIO ANNOUNCE NORTHEAST TOUR

Brooklyn based Dolunay and Boston based Çeşni Trio will hit the road for their second annual winter tour. They’ll kick things off at one of New York City’s liveliest, most musically diverse hot spots in Barbes, tour listening rooms across New England and close things out at the historic Club Passim in Cambridge, MA.

DOLUNAY / ÇEŞNİ TRIO TOUR DATES

• 1/16/18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barbes - 7 PM
• 1/18/18 - Sheffield, MA @ Race Brook Lodge (Down County Social Club) - 7:30PM
• 1/19/18 - Peterborough, NH @ Mariposa Museum - 7 PM
• 1/20/18 - Bellow’s Falls, VT @ Stone Church Arts - 7:30PM
• 1/21/18 - Kittery, ME @ The Dance Hall - 4PM
• 1/22/18 - Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim - 7PM

With a musical vision that is at once ethereal and grounded, Dolunay flirts with the soundscape of the ancient Ottomans, tracing its migration through Balkan villages, coaxing it across seas and oceans, and grafting it onto a Brooklyn-based backdrop. The trio infuses classic and contemporary traditions with an urban grit that can only be found in New York City’s confluence of musical and cultural forces. With an array of original compositions offered alongside renditions of Turkish and Rumeli standards, the music of Dolunay (Turkish for “full moon”) offers listeners an escape from the press of city life. The ensemble consists of Jenny Luna (voice and percussion), Adam Good (oud), Eylem Basaldi (violin).

At turns romantic and elegant, vivacious and playful, the music of Çeşni Trio is grounded in the flavors (çeşniler) of Turkish makam music while remaining deeply personal and contemporary. The trio guides listeners from dove-tailing contemplative melodies to odd-metered tunes that throw caution to the wind. Tev Stevig (tanbur, oud, fretless guitar and alterna-telli) and Michael K. Harrist (yaylı tanbur, double bass, ney and voice) first met in Istanbul in 2010. Back home in Boston, MA they found themselves playing and studying Ottoman art music together in Orkestra Marhaba. As an idea for a trio began to take hold, the group found kinship with Fabio Pirozzolo (darbuka, riq, bendir, cajon, tombak, armenian dhol) and Çeşni Trio was born.

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The Down County Social Club convenes most Thursdays, featuring a handpicked selection of extraordinary and rare entertainment presented in an intimate New Orleans style speakeasy. Our live performances include music, dance, performance art, poetry and multimedia works. We also occasionally offer films and academically themed events. Our programming is as eclectic as you can imagine!

For info/directions and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach Tavern, call 413-229-8585

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