Live@365 2012-2013 Global Concert Series in New York City Kicks Off September 20 2012 From a media release:

Live@365, 2012-2013 Concert Series (NYC): Full Tour Schedule September 20, October 24, November 27, 2012 March 12, April9, May 7, 2013

• Tickets for all events can be purchased here

NEW YORK CITY - From the gathering of New York’s many West African bards on a single stage, to the magical performance of sung Persian poetry, and the fresh and contemplative jaw harp of Wang Li, Live@365 is bringing both contemporary and traditional artists to New York audiences.

Live@365 is a new world music series curated by Isabel Soffer and produced by the CUNY Graduate Center. Bringing diverse and compelling artists to the Elebash Recital Hall gives audience members a chance to experience these performers in an intimate yet acoustically superior venue.

Celebrating its second season, Live@365's first performance this year presents Emeline Michel from Haiti (pictured), Martha Redbone from NYC, and Vlada Tomova from Bulgaria—three artists who are crossing boundaries of traditional and contemporary music. Vlada Tomova, a “vocal sorceress,” creates haunting, otherworldly sounds with influences from Bulgaria and the Balkans, the Middle East, India, and Sephardic Spain, recalling Bulgaria’s cultural origins shaped by ancient migrations.

Internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer, and dancer Emeline Michel, the "Joni Mitchell of Haiti,” merges Haitian compas and rara with jazz, pop, bossa nova, and samba. Martha Redbone, of Shawnee, Choctaw, and African American descent, performs music that flows equally from Native American elements, soul, R&B, funk, and her deep roots in Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues.

September 20, 2012 New York, NY Opening Night (Vlada Tomova, Emeline Michel & Martha Redbone) Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students, Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215

October 24, 2012 New York, NY Bachata Legends Unplugged (Edilou Paredes with special guests Take Out with Joan Soriano) Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students , Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215

November 27, 2012 New York, NY West African Griot Summit Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students, Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215

March 13, 2013 New York, NY Ancient Persia: Songs and Stories (The Shahnameh: Naqquli and Zoorkhaneh) Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students, Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215

April 9, 2013 New York, NY Budapest Bar Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students, Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215

May 7, 2013 New York, NY Wang Li Elebash Recital Hall (The Graduate Center) @ 365 5th Ave. at 34th St. Tix: $25; $20 for Graduate Center Members and Students, Show: 7:00 pm Ph: 212.817.8215