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SMF 2007

SMF 2007 Photo Album

December 4th 2007 (i)
(two events)

OPENING NIGHT AT BB KINGS!!!!

• Soulfarm, The Sarah Aroeste & Roberto Rodriguez Projet, and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
with very special guest Consuelo Luz!

@ BB Kings
237 West 42nd St
Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm / $18 adv / $22 door

<> Soulfarm teams up with SMF to present a beautiful night of mixed Middle Eastern sounds. Our BB Kings show this year will include Ayelet Rose Gottlieb who blew away the SMF audience last year at the Jewish Museum as part of our Women of Tzadik series. Her music is a theatrical journey of poetic sounds. Sarah Aroeste joins the bill performing and preserving the obscure and up tempo Ladino rhythms along with very very special guest Consuelo Luz from New Mexico!

SEPHARDIC SCHOLARSHIP SERIES (Sepharad: New Approaches to a Musical Identity)

• Panelist EVAN RAPPORT / SMADAR LEVI / SAM THOMAS
performances by Smadar and Asefa

@ The Graduate Center CUNY main PHD campus
34th and 5 Ave
6:30pm / $10 door

<> Building upon last year's success, the Sephardic Scholarship Serieswill host two scholars and two bands together for aperformance-based forum on Sephardic music today. At the forefront ofthis renaissance in Sephardic arts is the Third Annual SephardicMusic Festival. In conjunction with this festival, the SephardicScholarship Series provides an opportunity to explore aspects ofSephardic musical culture.

Performances by Smadar and Asefa will be followed by an audience-interactive panel discussion with the artists and with ethnomusicologists Samuel Thomas and Evan Rapport aboutthe field of Sephardic Jewish music. The primary focus of discussionwill center on the role of modernity in Sephardic music, includinghow these artists negotiate preservation and innovation.

* Curated by Samuel R. Thomas - Co-sponsored by: The Foundation for Iberian Music, The Institute for Sephardic Studies, The Ph.D Program in Ethnomusicology, The Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern American Center, Jewish Awareness Through Music, Shemspeed & Modular Moods

December 5th 2007 (ii)

GHETTO BEATS: JEWISH MUSICAL NIGHTLIFE, FROM ITALY TO NEW YORK

• dj handler & The Male Choir of Congregation Shearith Israel, directed by Leon Hyman

@ Center for jewish History
15 West 16th St.
Tel 212-294-8350
8pm / $15/$12 for ASF and YUM members

<> This performance pairs the repertoire of late-Renaissance and Baroque art music from Italy (such as the Hebrew Cantata "Ebraica in Dialogo," by 17th century Venetian composer, Carlo Grossi) with the contemporary resurgence of Sephardic Jewish music in New York City neighborhoods. The Renaissance Jewish repertoire will be performed by the male choir of Congregation Shearith Israel, directed by Leon Hyman. It will be followed by an after-party with DJ Handler, mixing contemporary beats based on the Sephardic musical heritage. * Currated by The American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum

December 6th 2007 (iii)
(two events)

POETIC SPAIN • Gerard Edery & The Hebrew Mamita @ Spanish Portugusse Synagaogue 3 West 70th St. at Central Park West 7pm / $15 adv or $18 door / all ages <> Gerard Edery and his band will transport the audience to Spain with his Classical Spanish guitar and flamenco-inspired Sephardic songs in Hebrew and Ladino mixed with Middle Eastern Hazzanut. Vanessa Hidary a.k.a. the Hebrew Mamita, takes poetry and performance to a new level with her spoken word poetry based on her Sephardic identity. RSVP to Alana 212-873-0300 x209 alana.shultz@shearithisrael.org
BALAGAN BOOGALOO • DJ BALAGAN & dj handler will keep you dancing all night! @ 325 E. 6th Street (b/w 1st & 2nd Aves) 9pm / $10 at www.acteva.com by 12/4; $15 day of (includes open bar!!! & latkes) / 21+ <> This Sephardic, Freestyle, Afro Beat, & Israeli Hip Hop Party is unlike any other in the city. Village Voice dubbed the Balagan party, “Stereotype-defying music.” and the NY Time Out made it their critic's pick. Come see what all the fuss is about. co-sponsored by the 14th Street Y (14StreetY.org), Sixth Street Community Synagogue (eastvillageshul.com) and PresenTense Magazine (presentensemagazine.org)

December 7th 2007 (iiii)

SMF'S New Shabbat Table: Shabbat Dinner with Spirit

• Hosted by Y-Love

@ JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street
9pm / $28.00 - Member / $28.00 - Non-Member

<> Y-Love is the stage name of Jewish hip-hop musician Yitz Jordan. Y-Love converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2000, and later took on the traditions of Hasidism (the mystical branch of Orthodox Judaism). He is among the most innovative freestylers on the scene, weaving seamless polyglot rhymes in English, Arabic, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Most unique is Y-Love's revival of Aramaic, the language used to discuss Jewish Law and Kabbalah. With each word he spits in the tongue of ancient Babylon, Y-Love breathes new life into hip-hop, one beat at a time.

December 8th 2007 (iiiii)
(two events)

SPIN AROUND THE WORLD! (THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY
FOR THE HADAG NACHASH SHOW)

• Y-Love, dj handler plus special guests from the show!!!

@ Drom
Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th)
10:30pm / Only $5 with RSVP, show ticket or Student I.D./$10 without
email rsvp@shemspeed.com
with "spin me" in the subject.
NOTE: RSVP does not ensure entrance, it simply saves you $5 at the door. . To ensure entree come early!!!! space is limited!

<> SMF's night of celebration beyond any other. A celebration of cultures with an emphasis on Sephardic music of all types. A night of speciial guests coming to jel the musics of their worlds in a room full party people!

* Brought to you by Hillels of Baruch, Brooklyn, CSI, Hunter, LIU, Queens and JAFI, EZRA, COJECO, RAJE, Together with Shemspeed and Sephardic Music Festival with co-sponsorship by MASA, Hagshama, Hasbara, IPC.

The 8 Featuring Hadag Nachash, Budos Band, & Soulico
@ Webster Hall
8pm-11pm / $25
presented by JDub Records + Taglit-birthright Israel (check out goeight.com for more info)

December 9th 2007 (iiiiii)
(two events)

SMF's ANNUAL JOE'S PUB SHOWCASE

• Divahn and Smadar

@ Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St (off Astor Place)
Show at 9:30pm
$15 advance / $18 door

<> The SMF's annual Joe's Pub show features the fabulous Divahn as the headlining band alongside new an exciting acts from the Sephardic underground. This year we are pleased to debut Smadar and her sextet of arabic slinging Sephardic artists.

LADINO AND THE MUSIC OF SEPHARDIC SPAIN

• Aviva

@ West Bank Café
407 W 42nd St. (B/w 9th & 10th)
Doors 6:30 Show from 7-8pm Sharps
$15 cover + $15 drink min

<> Aviva is a young, rising mezzo-soprano, with a rich, sultry voice far beyond her years. For the SMF Aviva will feature opratic fusing of Arabic, Ladino and Flamenco styles. A night unlike all others this Chanukah year.

December 10th 2007 (iiiiiii)

SMF's FEATURED ISRAELI BAND
PSHUTEI HAAM (EX SHOTEI HANEVUA)

• Pshutei Ha'am (Simple People), Eyal Maoz & Adam Matta Duo and Heedoosh
(hosted by Y-Love and dj handler)

@ Knitting Factory (Main Space)
74 Leonard St
8pm / $25 / All Ages

<> We are very excited to be able to bring in Pshutei Ha'am from Israel to headline this years SMF! The group which is formed of the founding members of the world famnous, Shotei Hanevua bring Middle Eastern melodies with funk and electronic grooves. Performing for two exclusive nights at the Knitting Factory along with local Sephardic Heroes, Edom and Heedoosh, hosted by Y-Love and dj handler. This is one of two eveings you do not want to miss.

sponsored by The Israeli Consulate

December 11th 2007 (iiiiiiii)
(two events)

SMF's FEATURED ISRAELI BAND
PSHUTEI HAAM (EX SHOTEI HANEVUA)

• Pshutei Ha'am (Simple People), Asefa, and Pharaoh's Daughter
(hosted by Y-Love and dj handler)

@ Knitting Factory (Main Space)
74 Leonard St
8pm / $25 / All Ages

<> We are very excited to be able to bring in Pshutei Ha'am from Israel to headline this years SMF! The group which is formed of the founding members of the world famnous, Shotei Hanevua bring Middle Eastern melodies with funk and electronic grooves. Performing for two exclusive nights at the Knitting Factory along with local Sephardic Heroes, Pharaoh's Daughter, and Asefa, hosted by Y-Love and dj handler. This is one of two eveings you do not want to miss.

sponsored by The Israeli Consulate

ISRAELI GUITAR LEGEND DEBUTS NEW SEPHARDIC MATERIAL!

• Yosi Piamenta/Heavenly Jams Band with opening band, The Rock of David

@ South Paw
125 5th Ave, Park Slope
8pm / $15 cover

<> Yosi Piamenta jumped on the scene in Israel and was immediately dubbed the Jewish Jimi Hendrix after year of releases and thousands of fans he made a second coming with stints of being featured at Matisyahu shows and his new album being released at the same time as SMF!

"The Rock of David", a jewish rock band featuring musical prodigies Yehuda Piamenta and the Bitton Brothers. This band of third and fourth generation musicians is the newest threat to the neighborhood peace. Yehuda Piamenta takes after his father with outrageous guitar soloing, and the Bitton Brothers bring to the mix powerful vocals and thunderous percussion, flavored from a middle eastern blues background.

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SMF 2007
Preview

May 1st 2007 DAVID BROZA @ Makor 35 West 67th St. NYC - 8 PM - $35 Legendary Israeli rock star David Broza is a captivating, compelling artist whose unique music truly knows no borders. Critics have described this intense performer as a “post-modern Leonard Cohen.” After performing for hundreds of fans over the past six years at Makor, Broza returns for one last show on this stage before Makor moves downtown.

May 5th 2007
Balagan Boogaloo
with THE SWAY MACHINERY (feat. BRIAN CHASE the YEAH YEAH YEAH's) / SMADAR / DJ SHOTNEZ (Balkan Beat Box) / DJ BALAGAN
@ MAKOR
35 West 67th st.
NYC - 8pm - $12Adv/ $15door (Buy Now)
The Bhangra, Baile Funk, New Mediterranio & Afro Beat Party. A party unlike any other in the city. Village Voice dubbed the Balagan party, “Stereotype-defying music.” and the NY Time Out made it their critic's pick. Come see what all the fuss is about. The SMF Preview edition of the Balgan brings two incredible live sets by The Sway Machinery and Smadar!

May 14th 2007 PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER CD Release Party @ Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St NYC - 7:30pm $25 (Buy Now) Pharaoh's Daughter celebrates "Haran" which will be released at this new beautiful venue. $25 covers entry and a copy of the new CD.

May 16th 2007 SARAH AROESTE BAND CD Release Concert with THE HEBREW MAMITA / FRANK LONDON'S BRASS ALLSTAR / SCOTT KETTNER'S MARACATU / DJ HANDLER @ Knitting Factory 74 Leonard street NYC - 8 PM / $15 Advance; $18 Door (Buy Now) Celebrate the release of Sarah Aroeste Band's new album, Puertas!!! A night of sizzling Sephardic music mixed with infectious Brazilian drumming and hip hop.

May 17th 2007 Two Generations of Jewish Avant-Garde: Frank London meets Frantic Turtle @ Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery (b/n Bleecker & Houston) NYC - 7:30 PM / $6 Grammy-winning downtown legend Frank London brings together a band of seasoned improvisers to play a set of extended jams inspired by Ethiopian pop music of the '70's. Opening for him is the jazz-poetry/avant-punk outfit Frantic Turtle, doing a Yehuda HaLevy inspired set - poetics of the mystical antinomian ecstasy, Hebraic archetypes washed in the exegetical arak, straight no chaser from Toledo basements and into New York underground. The concluding collaboration session will rip through age-roofs and convention-chairs!!

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SMF 2006

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Saturday December 16th 2006 OPENING NIGHT • Y-Love, Rashanim, Pharaoh's Daughter & a special dj set by 12 tribe sound. @ Makor 8pm / $12 / all ages (buy now) 35 West 67th st off Columbus st <> Opening night showcases the many faces of Sephardic Music and the Jewish music scene at large. Bringing hip hop, traditional melodies and the blues all while nodding your heads to its source at Makor (the source).

Sunday December 17th 2006 SEPHARDIC SCHOLARSHIP SERIES • Ezra Malakov Maqam Ensemble, Ramón Tasat and Fiesta Sefarad, Asefa, DJ Balagan & dj handler just announced, Jake Break and his MPC will be joining Balagan, Handler and Thomas for the closing set!! @ Makor* 7pm / $15 / all ages (buy now) 35 West 67th st off Columbus st <> Following the performance, Ramón Tasat, Evan Rapport and Samuel Thomas will conduct a question and answer session about Sephardic musical traditions. Applying a groundbreaking approach, the Sephardic Music Festival is excited to bring these practitioner-ethnomusicologists to discuss Sephardic music scholarship, its past and present. curated by Samuel Thomas

Monday December 18th 2006
SIZZLING MIDDLE EASTERN FUSION

• Divahn & Shusmo
@ Joe's Pub
9pm / $15 / all ages
(buy now)
425 Lafayette st
<> Jewish-Iranian singer and anthropologist Galeet Darashti and Palestinian composer Tareq Abboushi team up to provide insight into a night that higlights their shared musical heritage. The music spans Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Persian, Arabic, and Latin jazz.
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ISRAELI HIP HOP NIGHT

• DJ Balagan & dj handler
@ Sin Sin
9:30pm /FREE / 21+
248 5th st off 2nd ave (east village)
<> A night celebrating the middle eastern music that has influenced Israeli Hip Hop culture. Get up to get down at this special night of funk, hip hop and oriental Jewish melodies.
* Open Bar from 10-11pm

Tuesday December 19th 2006 DREAM-DIGGING IN BAR YOCHAI'S CAVE • The Hebrew Mamita, David Ben Hayon, Elyakeem Transmission, Frantic Turtle, & Juez @ Tonic 7pm / $6adv / $9door / 18+ 107 Norfolk st. <> A night of mystical dreams honoring the impact Rav Shimon Bar Yochai's teachings on Sephardic culture, channelled through slam-poetry, theatrics, and jazz @ the legendary avantgarde venue.

Wednesday December 20th 2006 WOMEN OF TZADIK • Basya Schechter, Jewlia Eisenberg, and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb @ The Museum of Jewish Heritage doors 6:30pm /show 7pm / $20 adults, $18 seniors, $15 student/members / all ages (buy now ) 36 Battery Place <> An eclectic line-up of innovative, female performers will highlight the diversity of the Sephardic community and its musical traditions with this exciting concert. In addition to sharing a home at the Tzadik record label, these artists share a vision for presenting rich Jewish music in a way that embraces and revives traditional styles while creating a new, modern sound. * get your ticket in advance to ensure entrance (here)

Thursday December 21st 2006 AFRO-SEPHARDIC AND LADINO MUSIC • Afro-Semitic Experience & Sarah Aroeste Band @ Spanish Portugusse Synagaogue 7pm / $12adv or $15 door / all ages 3 West 70th st at Central Park West <> An evening of cross-cultural music with Middle Eastern melodies, the beautiful language of Ladino and the infectious rhythms of Africa. RSVP to Alana 212-873-0300 x209 alana.shultz@shearithisrael.org

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BALAGAN BOOGALOO

The Sephardic, Afro Beat, Bhangra & Israeli Hip Hop Party
VJ Nico with Belly Dancers
• World famous DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra), dj handler (Modular Moods) & DJ Busquelo (busquelo.org) will keep you dancing all night!
@ Mocca
9pm / $8 / 21+
9:30PM Chanukah candle lighting
78 Read st off Church
<> The Bhangra, Baile Funk, New Mediterranio & Afro Beat Party
VJs + DJs in their pjs, Belly Dancers, Live Drummers
A party unlike any other in the city. Village Voice dubbed the Balagan party, “Stereotype-defying music.” and the NY Time Out made it their critic's pick. Come see what all the fuss is about.
co-sponsored by the 14th St Y and JCP Downtown

SMF NIGHT OFF - SHABBAT SHALOM!

Saturday December 23rd 2006

ARABIAN NIGHTS HANUKKAH PARTY

• Smadar, Dancers & dj handler
@ Knitting Factory (Tap Bar)
9pm / $5 for 18+ / $10 for 21+
(buy now)
74 Leonard St
co-sponsored by the Sephardic Education Center, and the Hillels of Baruch and Hunter College, the Indian Jewish Congregation, and the Summit Institute-Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Foster Care for Children and Youth at Risk.
* to ensure entry email rsvp@sephardicmusicfestival.com or (buy now)

Sunday December 24th 2006
HIP HOP SULHA feat. Hadag Nachash

• Hadag Nachash, Saz, Yuri Lane, Y-Love, Jake Break,& dj handler
@ BB Kings
Doors @ 6PM show begins promptly at 8pm / all ages
$40.00 General admission standing room only
$55.00 VIP reserved general admission seating - First come, first seated on seats. All seats are located on sides.
(buy now)
237 West 42nd St.
<> The Hip-Hop Sulha reinvents the concept of the traditional Arab sulha [reconciliation] by bringing leading Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop musicians -- as well as notable American Jewish and Muslim artists -- together to celebrate peace and religious tolerance via the performing arts. for info at www.hiphopsulha.com

AND HIP HOP SULHA MINI (for kids & teens) • featuring a selection mc's from the Hip Hop Sulha series @ The JCC in Manhattan 3pm / / $10 jcc members / $15 non members / all ages 334 Amsterdam Ave @ 76th St. <> The Hip Hop Sulha is an exciting event featuring some of the most current and world-renowned Israeli and Palestinian musicians. Now, for the first time, at the Hip Hop Sulha Mini, kids and teens alike will be part of this unique opportunity to see Arab and Jewish creativity together on one stage. This unique concert will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the musicians. Co-presented with Corner Prophets, an Israeli organization that showcases young hip hop artists by putting them on stage and on the radio. Hosted by the JCC in Manhattan. For more information, see HipHopSulha.org, CornerProphets.com, or visit JCC Manhattan.org or call 646-505-5708 for tickets.

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SMF 2005

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Saturday December 24th 2005 HEEBONISM Y-Love & dj handler set off the Opening Night with Heeb Magazine. @ Happy Valley <> special guest DJs, foxy dancers and the obligatory open bar for the first hour. The night with also include a live performance by Aramaic rapper, Y-Love, Jake Break & dj handler as well as DJ's Blast Crisis & Chromeo's Dave1, goodie bags, giveaways, and plenty of gelt. Guests are strongly advised to arrive before midnight $20 at the door ($18 if you bring the correct change) 9:00 PM 14 E 27 Street, New York, NY, 10016 *STANDING ROOM ONLY!

Sunday December 25th 2005 chavlaz; Israeli hip hop night with Y-Love, Jake Break, DJ Equal, & dj handler @ Leopard Lounge 248 5th st. (at 2nd ave) 9:30pm / Free *STANDING ROOM ONLY!

Monday December 26th 2005 Raquy and The Cavemen and Rashanim with special guest Daniel Carter @ Mo Pitkin's 10pm / $10 34 Ave A b/w 2nd & 3rd st. 212.777.5660

Tuesday December 27th 2005
The Elias Ladino Ensemble and Yardena y son Ladino
@ Congregation Shearith Israel, The Spanish Portuguese Synagogue
7pm / $12adv or $15door
2 West 70th off Central Park West
212 873 0300 ext 209

*SOLD OUT!

AND/OR

"The Last Jews of Baghdad: End of an Exile, Beginning of a Journey "
@ Makor
7:00pm $9 (tues - thurs)

Sarah Aroeste Band, Smadar & Pharoah's Daughter
@ Makor
8pm / $12
35 West 67th st
b/w Central Park West and Columbus Ave

*SOLD OUT!

Wednesday December 28th 2005 Divahn & Yoel ben Simhon & The Sultana Ensemble (with spacial guest dancer - Daliah Carela) @ Joe's Pub 8:30pm / $15 425 Lafayette st b/w 4th st & Astor Place 212.539.8770 *SOLD OUT!

Thursday December 29th 2005 Anthony Coleman's Sephardic Tinge (8pm set) dj handler (between sets) Uri Caine, Ben Perowsky, Brad Jones & Michal Cohen! (10pm) @ Tonic 8pm / $12 10pm / $12 107 Norfolk st b/w Delancy & Rivington st *STANDING ROOM ONLY!

Friday December 30th 2005 no scheduled performances. enjoy Shabbat!

Saturday December 31st 2005 SET THE NEW YEAR ON FIRE!!! NEW YEARS EVE Closing Night Party Just Added a special, round about midnight, performance by Y-LOVE! @ MAKOR New Years Eve with DJ Shotnez* & dj handler (the Boys of Balagan Boogaloo) is the only party in the city to bring together world famous DJs mixing Bhangra, Baile Funk, Israeli hip hop, New Mediterranio and Afro Beat with live dancers and projections, all in one night. Time Out listed it as a critic's pic and the Sephardic Music Festival singled it out as the official party for their first year. => LIVE MUSIC / MOVIES / OPEN BAR / DJs / KARAOKE / RAFFLE / DANCING / WINE TASTING / CARTOONS / IMPROV COMEDY / LOUNGE / KLEZMER JAM / BELLYDANCERS / SEPHARDIC FUSION BEATS / GYPSY-BALKAN SOUNDS / ALL NIGHT LONG!!! - 3 floors of entertainment - Win a 3-day trip for two to Fiji. Raffle prize courtesy of Air Pacific, Ltd. and Mana Is Resort - See James Cagney in White Heat in the screening room followed by Hanukkah cartoons - Two-hour open beer-and-wine bar from 10-12pm followed by a champagne toast at midnight - Open Karaoke All Night - 2 Live Bands & Jam Session - Balagan Boogaloo DJ Handler (Modular Moods) & DJ Shotnez (Balkan Beat Box) Spin 'til Late - Special Surprises - Dress to impress for the party of the year! @ Makor all night / $65 (adv) or $75 (door) *$100 for two tickets (purchased together)* 35 West 67th st b/w Central Park West and Columbus Ave WWW.MAKOR.ORG for reservations 212.601.1000

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The New York Sephardic Music Festival (NY-SMF) seeks to increase interest in and awareness of the Sephardic culture, including Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ladino traditions, highlighting the diversity that exists within the Sephardic branch of Jewish culture and history. The latest Sephardic musical talents in the U. S. will be showcased, working to reinvigorate the thriving Sephardic culture that exists and is waiting to be re-discovered. Our goal is to give people the opportunity to learn and enjoy this rich, sensual tradition that has the power to make hips shake and souls soar.

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