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Don't miss Persian Jewish vocal innovator Galeet Dardashti's CD Release Party for THE NAMING. With original live music modern dance, video art, and special guests (and great food), it promises to be an amazing night! Mycale (the all-female John Zorn Vocal Project). THE NAMING is the new multi-disciplinary work created by Galeet Dardashti--the driving force behind the popular all-woman Middle Eastern band, Divahn. In THE NAMING, Dardashti draws on the Eastern music deep in her bones to transform the ghostly outlines of Biblical women into full-blown flesh-and-blood personalities. She unites the Persian classical music that made her grandfather a musical icon in Iran, with a deep connection to Jewish poetry and song, to create lush electronica-edged Middle Eastern compositions in Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Persian. Her songs tell the stories of why the brilliant Queen of Sheba shaved her legs, how the stunning Vashti laid down the line for her drunken husband, and how a mysterious witch spoke King Saul’s doom and then served him a nice dinner. For Dardashti, the stories of some of the women in her songs also intertwine with her own Iranian family’s tales of women breaking the rules as well as those of women in the Middle East today fighting to have their voices heard; some also echo through her personal story, in her recent transition into motherhood.
"A heart-stopping effort" that will "make you fall hard in love." (The Huffington Post)
"An elaborate, scintillating piece." (Jewish Week)
"Nothing is more satisfying than the sound of Dardashti’s own voice." (Tablet Magazine)
"The marriage of centuries is fully and passionately consummated, providing an enveloping sonic venue for Dardashti’s powerful voice and Talmudic wisdom." (Milwaukee Express)
"Exhilarating." (Lucid Culture)
Doors, kitchen and bar open at 6:30 09/13/10 >> go there
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