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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

SHRINE HAPPENINGS

Wednesday, April 15 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 7:00 ROBERTO “ATTO” CASTRO (smotth latin jazz)
Roberto “ATTO” Castro took his first steps in music when he was eight years old, it was clear that this young boy from a small town in Puerto Rico was very talented, as he immediately started learning chords and scales on his guitar. Atto, as he is known by his friends and family, became much more than any one would ever imagine. He continued his education in music at “Universidad Interamericana de P.R and Berklee in San Juan P.R”. He later founded the Pop-rock group known as Dcapolis. The group recorded a CD and toured all over Puerto Rico, with a brief tour through the US. This experience helped him become a better guitarist and composer, but it also exposed him to the producing aspects of the music industry. He later founded Kingdom Music Productions, a state of the art recording studio in Puerto Rico, were he produced and recorded many christian artists. Since then he has evolved into a great guitar player with a mixture of rock, jazz-fusion & latin jazz, that has made his sound and style very unique and incredibly interesting. 9:00 Loud Apt. (Rock / Funk / Indie)
During the past 3 years, New York City based band Loud Apt. have blazed a trail across the city’s club scene, captivating audiences with a hybrid sound that blends rock and funk melodies with percussive Latin rhythms. Led by singer and keyboardist Nevaris, the band formed at the multimedia, multi-genre performance showcase known as Uncomun where they served as the backing band to a diverse lineup of artists including some of the best underground hip-hop, reggae, rock, funk, electronic, and Latin jazz acts in the city. Thursday, April 16 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 7:00 The Karl Walters Jr Trio (Jazz / Progressive / Experimental) 7-9
"THE KARL WALTERS JR TRIO" is Westbrook Johnson (trombone/ firmament separation), Keegan Schelling (bass and tsunamis), and Matthew Ferry (drums/ volcanic eruptions). The music of this unique ensemble hearkens back to the touching, grassroots honesty of the Jazz tradition, while peering into the future with childlike, questioning eyes. The group's clear, improvisational communication brings to life Johnson's solid compositions, in an entertaining evening for fans of all genres. 10:00 Kojo 4eva (Pop / Reggae / R&B) Friday, April 17 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 6:30 Yaala Ballin (Jazz/Big Band) 6:30-8:30
In New York, Yaala's widely attended performances have been enthusiastically welcomed by the city's jazz listenership. A critically acclaimed live recording at Birdland and a recent feature on WKCR's Jazz Alternatives continue to broaden her audiences. Reminiscent of the iconic vocalists who inspire her, she has become a "musician's favorite", frequently collaborating with both established artists and New York's highly recognized younger talents. 9:00 Marques Toliver (Alternative / Classical / R&B)
I came to New York for a week and wound up staying longer than I planned. Adventure Time 2009. -Marques Toliver 10:00 French Cookin' Blues Band (Blues) 10-12
French Cookin’ is a New York-based Blues band playing a wide variety of styles, all firmly rooted in the Blues. Ranging from the Delta to Chicago Blues, back down to Texas and Louisiana "second line", we add our own unique touch to present a new look at a vital American art form. We also play an extensive selection of original titles, presenting the Blues in a more contemporary vein, but still preserving the basic essence that is the core of the music. 12:00 Shrine House DJ (Free)
spinning records that blend old school Hip-Hop, R&B, world & African music a bit of old-fashioned rock and roll. Saturday, April 18 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 7:00 THE SYNCH CHRONICLES from 7-9 9:00 Brave New Girl (Neo-soul / Reggae / Nu-Jazz)
Dunia Best (vox), Aram Sinnreich (fretless bass, guitar, vox), Todd Nocera (fender rhodes), Mark Kaufman (sax), Jeff Dyke (drums) 10:00 Platinum Mustache (Progressive/Soul/Rockabilly)
PLATINUM MUSTACHE � WE KEEP IT BELOW THE NOSE AND ABOVE THE LIPS � A distinctive technique for making the world�s best PLATINUM MUSTACHE was discovered. Today, over a 100 years later, PLATINUM MUSTACHE is grown in the same manner. Imagine sound crystallizing quietly on the surface of female bodies, waiting to be gathered - an age old technique that has yet to be improved upon. When all is said & done, you�re left with vastly pure, unaltered, perverted soul. It�s this unique structure that gives PLATINUM MUSTACHE it�s epic story, easy listening, like - no - other sound betwixt your left and right ear. People the world over can tell the difference. And as you�ll hear yourself, it�s a delicious one. Why do most critics swear that PLATINUM MUSTACHE is the single most important ingredient in soul music? Because PLATINUM MUSTACHE is to taste what air is to breathing. In fact, it is one of the few ingredients on earth that is actually below the nose and above the lips. In essence, great music is great flavor. And when nothing less than the ultimate in soul and sound will do. People look no further than PLATINUM MUSTACHE. 11:00 Silver Dollar (Ska / Jazz / Reggae)
Silver Dollar came together in early 2007 with the goal of keeping the roots and culture of Ska both alive and firmly planted in the tri-state scene. At a time when quality is often sacrificed for quantity, they work to perfect the sounds of 60’s Jamaica while also perfecting and pushing their individual abilities. Bringing Ska, Jazz and Soul together with R&B, Gospel and their many individual influences, the end result has been described as a “Monster” sound that comes out swinging and doesn’t let up. Silver Dollar features members and ex-members of Inspecter 7, The Hub City Stompers, The Brimstones, The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, Pan Opticon, Taste of Coffee, Power of Soul and more. Its members are also active DJs, Record Collectors, Activists, Scooterists, long time supporters of the local music scene and active in the community with Bassist Larry Wiggins playing weekly at the Sharon Baptist Church in New Brunswick, NJ. Whether at the local Scooter Rally, sweaty Punk Club or in the Jazz setting Silver Dollar push themselves to deliver a sound that moves both the soul and body and continue to remind everyone exactly where the music came from. If you are not dancing, you are not listening. 11:10 After Party of Habib Koite from syphony space 12:00 Shrine House DJ (Free)
spinning records that blend old school Hip-Hop, R&B, world & African music a bit of old-fashioned rock and roll. Sunday, April 19 2:00 Mika (R&B/Soul/Indie) 2-4
Mika has been singing since the ripe age of 5 and was born & raised in Harlem, NYC. Her love for music began as most youth, listening to her parents play all those old school tunes like Earth Wind & Fire, Chaka, Stevie Wonder, Teena Marie, Gladys Knight & the list goes on.... Performing in school plays & attending music & dance workshops allowed her to come into her own & become the amazing singer she is today. She has recorded with local artists as well as artists from around the world. Mika is a singer/songwriter/dancer/actress & loves the arts as a whole & is looking forward to work with artists from all genre's of music. Her favorite music of all time is World Music because it's infused with a little Afrobeat, Reggea & Drum n Bass. This sound takes her back to her roots of African Dance. She's currently singing background vocals for several artists & working on her solo project. 4:00 Lu Reid's (Gospel,Blues,Funk/Jazz All Stars 4-8) Free
All Stars is one of the amazing Gospel,Blue,Funk and Jazz Band in Harlem to day and they will be at Shrine All winter Long Every Sunday after noon from 4pm to 8pm 6 pieces Band with more than 6 Guess Singers from All over New York Free of Charge Bring your Friends and Family and Guess to come at Shrine and enjoy the performance of Real Harlem Musicians. 10:00 Sugarca DJ 10-4am Monday, April 20 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 8:00 Yukari Roja "EP release Live"
(acoustic/indie) 9:00 California King (Alternative / Psychedelic / Rock)
Producer/guitarist/vocalist Michael Mills joins the balls out rhythm section of Yohann Potico on bass, and Jerry Williams on drums to fuse indie-rock, soul, and R&B to create a totally new sound experience. Tuesday, April 21 4:00 Shrine Daily Happy Hour Bringing Harlem Spirit Back
1/ $4 for Draft Beer Brooklyn Lager, Guinness, Stella, Blue Moon, Heineken & Anchor steam. 2/ $ 4 Glass of Wine, $4 Frozen Margarita & Pina Colada. 3/ $6 Buffalo Wings feat French Fries or Plantain. With the Best Music of all Time. From 4 pm - 8pm Note : Shrine Side Walk Coffee is open 8:00 Hadar Noiberg Project: Connections (Flutist/Composer/Arranger)
Connections explores the roots of what defines Israeli Music. The project brings together an array of eclectic sounds birthed from the various Jewish ethnicities existing in Israel today. It fuses the Eastern European harmonies with the diverse Middle Eastern rhythms within a contemporary coloration that have transpired from the melting pot of different cultures that are living in Israel today. I will be collaborating with guests such as Omer Avital on Oud. The project has been very successful in Israel and Germany. Connections was created in order to strengthen the lost connections to our ancient roots, overcoming racial and religious barriers and to help in defining the Israeli musical culture. 9:00 Soul 4Real Open Mic Night hosted by Raine Torae (9-12)
Doors open & signup begins @ 8pm RSVP to Soul4RealOpenMic@gmail.com


Shrine is located on the east side of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue), just below 134th Street. It is easily accessible from two subway lines. From the B train, exit at the 135th Street station and walk east, away from the park, one short block across Frederick Douglas Boulevard and one normal block to Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard. From the 2 or 3 train, exit at the 135th Street station and walk west, away from the hospital, one block to Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard. Various buses also run along St Nicholas Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue). The M2 bus runs from the East Village and stops right in front of Shrine’s door.

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