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SUMMARY:Gaia Roots World Music Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Join in for a LIVE Gaia Roots concert featuring drummers Aimee Gelinas\, Shanti Stark and Dan Cohen with dancers Alpha “Kabisko” Kaba\, Miguel Periche and Noel Staples-Freeman and the intergenerational drum group The Valley Rhythm Keepers led by Aimee and Dan of Gaia Roots opening up! This incredible line up will bring traditional West African and Caribbean drum\, song\, guitar and dance to you all while being recorded on LIVE TV! Bring your friends and family\, there is theater style seating in the recording studio. Suggested donation at the door. Email aimee (at) gaiaroots.com for more info. Please RSVP via Facebook “Going” so we can get a head count! Hope to see you there\, please share. Doors open at 6:30 so come early!\n\nThis project has been supported in part by a grant from the Holyoke Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council\, a state agency
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/9553/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Afro-Caribbean Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers.\nWith Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\, Danys Pérez and dancers with percussion\n“Bomba de Aquí” with Brendaliz Cepeda and Saul Peñaloza and friends\nJune 13-15\, 2025 \nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 13-14\, 4-5PM) \nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 13-14\, 6-8PM) \nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 15\, 10AM) \nWe gather in Holyoke\, MA.\, to honor the cultural systems of the circum-Caribbean as an innovating force in Our Americas. This second annual Juneteenth event highlights the spirituality of Caribbean peoples. We recognize Holyoke as an extension of the Caribbean through its contemporary Puerto Rican\, Dominican\, Haitian\, Cuban and other island populations. Our program title\, ‘Afro-Caribbean history through the arts’\, is inclusive to welcome all to this occasion with some of the best folk artists of this genre\, who will guide and teach us about the collective genius of Caribbean peoples\, through inherited methods of evoking and memorializing their history within a sacred context. \nOur artists are initiates into Afro-Caribbean systems — traditions that have developed over the centuries to teach mutual respect and co-existence — whose performance art sustains collective support\nfor the expression of visions and sentiments. We are celebrating Juneteenth by embracing the African heritage of the Caribbean as integral to the history of New England. As evoked by Herman Melville in Moby Dick\, as exemplified by the DeWolf family of Rhode Island\, as well as the Amistad ship in Mystic\, Connecticut\, the historic wealth of our coastal communities was developed through Atlantic shipping routes and Caribbean plantations. Today\, this history is being recovered through research\, for example by members of the Congregational Church of Old Lyme\, who have worked to identify and memorialize the enslaved Africans and descendants in their community\, as reflected in their African burial ground. \nUnderstanding the value of ancestors in our lives (even if to appreciate the traditions and ideas they left for us)\, the artists will lead us through songs and dance to honor the deceased who impact our lives positively\, to evoke their legacies\, whether they came from the Kongo\, China\, Native America\, Europe\, and to recall how they fought colonial bondage to give us sovereignty. Responding to a sequence of images from paintings created by culture bearers in the Cuban ritual systems\, the artists will then evoke the Carabalí people\, whose presence in Santiago de Cuba lives through its carnival ‘comparsa’ groups\, and in Havana and Matanzas through the Abakuá society for mutual aid. \nThen they will evoke the West African deities known as Orishá\, who are structured into a group known as the Lukumí Confederation\, where they act essentially as a system of Laws to guide and heal those who serve them. Here in the northeast\, the closest equivalent might be the Iroquois Confederation\, or the Six Nations\, an egalitarian society whose ideas have contributed greatly to North American society.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/afro-caribbean-history-through-the-arts/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250614T180000
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SUMMARY:Afro-Caribbean Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers.\nWith Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\, Danys Pérez and dancers with percussion\n“Bomba de Aquí” with Brendaliz Cepeda and Saul Peñaloza and friends\nJune 13-15\, 2025 \nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 13-14\, 4-5PM) \nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 13-14\, 6-8PM) \nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 15\, 10AM) \nWe gather in Holyoke\, MA.\, to honor the cultural systems of the circum-Caribbean as an innovating force in Our Americas. This second annual Juneteenth event highlights the spirituality of Caribbean peoples. We recognize Holyoke as an extension of the Caribbean through its contemporary Puerto Rican\, Dominican\, Haitian\, Cuban and other island populations. Our program title\, ‘Afro-Caribbean history through the arts’\, is inclusive to welcome all to this occasion with some of the best folk artists of this genre\, who will guide and teach us about the collective genius of Caribbean peoples\, through inherited methods of evoking and memorializing their history within a sacred context. \nOur artists are initiates into Afro-Caribbean systems — traditions that have developed over the centuries to teach mutual respect and co-existence — whose performance art sustains collective support\nfor the expression of visions and sentiments. We are celebrating Juneteenth by embracing the African heritage of the Caribbean as integral to the history of New England. As evoked by Herman Melville in Moby Dick\, as exemplified by the DeWolf family of Rhode Island\, as well as the Amistad ship in Mystic\, Connecticut\, the historic wealth of our coastal communities was developed through Atlantic shipping routes and Caribbean plantations. Today\, this history is being recovered through research\, for example by members of the Congregational Church of Old Lyme\, who have worked to identify and memorialize the enslaved Africans and descendants in their community\, as reflected in their African burial ground. \nUnderstanding the value of ancestors in our lives (even if to appreciate the traditions and ideas they left for us)\, the artists will lead us through songs and dance to honor the deceased who impact our lives positively\, to evoke their legacies\, whether they came from the Kongo\, China\, Native America\, Europe\, and to recall how they fought colonial bondage to give us sovereignty. Responding to a sequence of images from paintings created by culture bearers in the Cuban ritual systems\, the artists will then evoke the Carabalí people\, whose presence in Santiago de Cuba lives through its carnival ‘comparsa’ groups\, and in Havana and Matanzas through the Abakuá society for mutual aid. \nThen they will evoke the West African deities known as Orishá\, who are structured into a group known as the Lukumí Confederation\, where they act essentially as a system of Laws to guide and heal those who serve them. Here in the northeast\, the closest equivalent might be the Iroquois Confederation\, or the Six Nations\, an egalitarian society whose ideas have contributed greatly to North American society.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/afro-caribbean-heritage-festival/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Two Brass Hit: Phil Haynes' Double Trumpet Trios
DESCRIPTION:From the  Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares Website: ” \nA 25 year veteran New York based artist now teaching at Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University\, Phil Haynes (June 15\, 1961) is featured on more than 85 LP\, DVD and CD releases by numerous American and European record labels. The international media have compared his drumming to masters Jack DeJohnette\, Roy Haynes and Elvin Jones\, and his compositions to Duke Ellington\, Charles Ives\, Charles Mingus and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. His recording credentials include many of the seminal musicians of this generation: saxophonists Anthony Braxton\, Ellery Eskelin\, and David Liebman; trumpeters Dave Douglas\, Herb Robertson\, and Paul Smoker; bassists Mark Dresser\, Ken Filiano\, and Drew Gress; keyboard artists David Kikoski\, Denman Maroney\, and Michelle Rosewoman; guitarists Ben Monder\, Steve Salerno\, and Jim Yanda; vocalists Theo Bleckman\, Nicholas Horner\, and Hank Roberts; violinist Mark Feldman\, and the composers collective Joint Venture. Current Haynes touring ensembles include his: definitive saxophone trio\, No Fast Food\, featuring NEA jazz master David Liebman; romantic Americana string band\, Free Country\, featuring vocalist/cellist Hank Roberts; Double Bill\, w/trumpeters Thomas Heberer & Herb Robertson with bassist Ken Filiano; plus the romantic piano trio\, Day Dream\, a cooperative w/ Yamaha artist Steve Rudolph and Drew Gress. \nThomas Heberer (born September 24\, 1965\, in Schleswig\, Germany) is a trumpeter\, quarter-tone trumpeter\, cornetist\, keyboardist and composer\, primarily focused on jazz\, creative improvised music and contemporary chamber music\, has lived in New York City since 2008. During his formative years in Germany\, he was a lecturer at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts\, and the recipient of both the prestigious “SWR Jazzpreis” and the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.” In addition to recording 100+ projects as sideman\, he has released 20 CDs under his own leadership. His current album ‘The Day That Is’ won critical acclaim around the world\, ranked among the top jazz recordings of 2021 in The New York City Jazz Record. Collaborators past and present include: Muhal Richard Abrams\, Pina Bausch\, Han Bennink\, Karl Berger\, Anthony Braxton\, Peter Brötzmann\, Eugene Chadbourne\, Chico Freeman\, Maria João\, Joachim Kühn\, Steve Lacy\, Oliver Lake\, Dieter Manderscheid\, Misha Mengelberg\, Butch Morris\, Alphonse Mouzon\, David Murray\, The Nu Band\, Evan Parker\, Michael Riessler\, Alexander von Schlippenbach\, Harald Schmidt\, Elliott Sharp\, Steve Swell and Aki Takase. Die Zeit critic Konrad Heidkamp called him “The master of German trumpet.” \nNate Wooley (b.1974) was born in Clatskanie\, Oregon and began playing trumpet professionally with his father\, a big band saxophonist\, at the age of thirteen. He made his debut as soloist with the New York Philharmonic at the opening series of their 2019 season. Considered one of the leading lights of the American movement to redefine the physical boundaries of the horn\, Wooley has been gathering international acclaim for his idiosyncratic trumpet language. Wooley moved to New York in 2001 and has since become one of the most in-demand trumpet players in the burgeoning Brooklyn jazz\, improv\, noise\, and new music scenes. He has performed regularly with John Zorn\, Anthony Braxton\, Eliane Radigue\, Annea Lockwood\, Ken Vandermark\, Evan Parker\, and Yoshi Wada. He has premiered works for trumpet by Christian Wolff\, Michael Pisaro\, Annea Lockwood\, Ash Fure\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Sarah Hennies\, Martin Arnold\, and Eva-Maria Houben. For ten years\, he was the editor-in-chief of their online quarterly journal Sound American\, which was dedicated to broadening the definition of American music via print and online publications. His essays have appeared in The Baffler\, The New York Review of Books\, The Nation\, and Contemporary Music Review. \nKen Filiano (born 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn\, NY\, and featured prominently on the international new music scene. Since the 1970s\, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton\, Nels Cline\, Bill Dixon\, Vinny Golia\, Fred Ho\, Paul Smoker\, and Fay Victor\, among many. Filiano serves on the teaching roster at the New School in New York\, providing master classes in bass and improvisation and maintains an active private studio in Brooklyn. Ken has appeared on literally dozens recordings since the start of the new century\, including on trumpeter Bill Dixon’s final recording\, ‘Envoi’\, as well as albums with Anthony Braxton\, Connie Crothers\, Herb Robertson\, Michael McNeil\, Taylor Ho Bynum\, Nate Wooley and Anders Nilsson\, among scores of others. Filiano’s performances continue to be featured at festivals and clubs around the world\, including his presentations for bass soloist\, alone.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/two-brass-hit-phil-haynes-double-trumpet-trios/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250626T193000
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SUMMARY:Masters of Sonic Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Masters of Sonic Liberation is a groundbreaking monthly music series aiming to captivate your senses and push the boundaries of sonic creation. Presented by Bonnie Kane and John Loggia of the KaneLoggiaHYPOTHESIS\, the series is a gateway to a universe of limitless musical exploration\, fueled by the expansive imagination of master musicians who have left the norms and abandoned the pop\, easy listening and pre-fab culture\, to continually investigate and create music of the greatest depth and personal expression that reaches directly into the algebra of the mind\, heart\, and soul. You are invited to witness wildly expressive improvisations\, scintillating in their immediacy\, an expression of the intersection of time and place known as the NOW. \nFrom improvisation and free jazz to noise\, avant-garde\, electronic manipulations\, and modern composition\, our lineup encompasses a wide spectrum of sonic expressions that defy conventional categorization. The unifying principle of these artists is their dedication to exploratory\, hypothetical\, investigational\, probing\, observational\, theoretical\, innovative\, inventive\, radical\, avant-garde\, anti-normative\, alternative\, fringe\, unfamiliar\, unorthodox\, unconventional\, unusual\, eccentric\, avant-garde\, avant-core\, free thinking\, way-out music. \nWhether it’s a solo performance that pushes the boundaries of traditional instruments\, or a dynamic ensemble blending a symphony of unconventional sounds\, we present encounters with the avant-garde that will leave you mesmerized. From hauntingly exquisite melodies to ear-bending dissonance\, Masters of Sonic Liberation offers an unique live experience with virtuoso artists\, where every note is a testament to audacious creativity. \nThe live shows are streamed at:\nhttps://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_facebook\nhttps://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_youtube \nPast performances can be found on Youtube. http://youtube.com/@mastersofsonicliberation \nMasters of Sonic Liberation: Where the intangible becomes tangible; where sound becomes magic.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/masters-of-sonic-liberation-10/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250627T190000
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SUMMARY:Odyssey Defiance Alliance Presents No Limit!
DESCRIPTION:This card is loaded with big-time matchups\, intense rivalries\, and jaw-dropping action that you won’t want to miss. Every day we’ll be dropping a new match – and trust us\, it’s  from top to bottom! Tickets are ON SALE NOW! Saturday\, June 27\, 2025 Holyoke Media – 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA Bell Time: 6:00 PMLive action. Real stories. Wrestling with a purpose.Let’s pack the house and show what Odyssey Defiance Alliance and the Odyssey of Hope Foundation are all about!
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/odyssey-defiance-alliance-presents-no-limit/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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