Black Roots Music
Vienna Carroll & Friends: Black Roots Music and All That Jazz
Vienna electrifies audiences with sparkling rhythms, energy and humor, sharing her beloved Black Roots music – spirituals, work songs, and early/prison blues – and jazz and pop favorites.
Friday May 1, 2015 7pm
Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY
L train to Bedford Avenue
10$
She is joined by:
Hilliard Greene – Bass. A regular at Minton’s, Greene performed and recorded with Jimmy Scott for 20+ years, serving as his Musical Director from 1995 to 2011. Greene was also Cecil Taylor’s Concert Master for his group “Phtongos.”
Newman Taylor Baker – Washboard / Percussion. Best known for Singin’ Drums, his exploration of the washboard, and his work with musicians Henry Threadgill, Billy Bang, Henry Grimes and Leroy Jenkins.
Keith Johnston – Guitar. Artistic Director, American Theatre of Harlem. Co-founder, Back-A-Yard Theater. Musical Director, RUINED, Denver Center. Director BET 30 Anniversary Upfront! Program Director, CUNY Creative Arts Team.
At the Living Room (which is now in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – see map). Check it out, lots of space, great sound, wonderful hosts. Only 10$
Friday May 1, 2015. 7pm Tickets
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Living Room, Brooklyn – March 9 7pm
Join us, Vienna Carroll and Keith Johnston, as we celebrate our Ancestors in stories and songs.
Living Room, 134 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn (Bedford Avenue stop on the L train)
10$
Click link for tickets:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/
Diaspora Art Mart Saturday February 14, 2015
Vienna and Friends at Harlem Arts Festival
Folk First: Black Roots Music is Vienna’s newest project. Debuted at the recent Harlem Arts Festival, it was a fabulously entertaining and riveting musical experience! It is no surprise that the intellectually gifted Vienna has a degree from Yale in African American Studies and Political Science. What is so remarkable is how perfectly she and her excellent band (Newman Taylor Baker – washboard; Keith Johnston – guitar; Henrique Prince – fiddle) convey the contemporary meaning of Work Songs and Spirituals and Prison Blues so that both young and old are rapturously engaged. You have to hear it for yourself.
Folk First: Black Roots Music with Vienna Carroll & Friends from Mark Johnson on Vimeo.
FOLK FIRST: BLACK ROOTS MUSIC
Before there was jazz or blues or gospel, there was Black folk music, the foundation of American music today. Come enjoy songs from a time when you had to make music to hear it. Songs from your Granny’s country church down South (or the little church you pass by right here in Harlem); songs from the vegetable man every Thursday; songs that helped our ancestors endure prison and escape slavery; songs of joy. Enjoy, join in, sing and dance with us.
https://soundcloud.com/viennacarroll/singin-wid-a-sword-in-ma-han
Want to hear more? Come see Vienna Carroll & Friends, Featuring Keith Johston Henrique, Prince and Newman Taylor Baker perform live at the Harlem Arts Festival!
June 29, 2014 at 5:30pm. Main Stage. Marcus Garvey Park.
Festival Lineup: http://harlemartsfestival.com
Profile, Vienna & Friends: http://harlemartsfestival.com/portfolio/vienna-carroll-friends
