Magnolia Street String Band - Brakeman’s Blues - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Magnolia Street String Band performed American bluegrass music and gave a brief history of the genre at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster relief and recovery in Puerto Rico.
Raíces Digital Archive Collection of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018:
http://raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/collections/show/16
Magnolia Street String Band Members
Matthew Backes - Mandolin/Vocals
Sheila Shukla - Guitar/Vocals
Paul Prestopino - Dobro
Bobby Baxmeyer - Banjo/Vocals
Ron Greenstein - Bass
About Magnolia Street String Band
Magnolia Street String Band started in 2013 as an informal project among some friends, meeting and picking in Highland Park, NJ. Originally there was a cellist. And no banjo. In the summer of 2013, they stumbled into a booking for a local festival gig opening for Tony Trischka. To get ready for the performance, the band invited Paul Prestopino (illustrious backing player for Peter, Paul and Mary, The Chad Mitchell Trio and many others) to join their ranks. A couple months later, they added veteran NYC musician and master of all things stringed, Bobby Baxmeyer. The new members, along with the original core of Matthew Backes and Sheila Shukla, played their first gig in March 2014. Not long thereafter, renowned Philly-area bassist, Ron Greenstein (Lewis Brothers, Skookil Express, Travis Wetzel Trio), joined the group, bringing rock solid, driving rhythm. Since 2014 the band has played dozens of shows each year to ever larger and more appreciative audiences. They have played festival stages, state fairs, radio stations, hootenannies, honkytonks, and more refined events as well. Their music is grounded in traditional bluegrass with some folk, country, and old-time elements mixed in. The band’s sound often features three- (and sometimes four-) part harmonies and thoughtful instrumentals. Overall, their take on bluegrass feels old but relevant, traditional but personal, and well-crafted but soulful and direct.
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Raíces Roots Music Concert Series - Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Members of Grupo INKHAY share their talents and knowledge of traditional indigenous Andean music with audience members at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in 2018.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
Iván Vele
Rothman Teran
Pepe Santana
César Vele
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Highland Park, NJ
Andean Dance Music
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Members of the audience were up and dancing during Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY’s concert in November 2018 in Highland Park, NJ. Members of the audience from the cultures being presented were quick to teach others who were not from those cultures some basic dance step, helping to fulfilll the program mission of bridging cultures through the universal language of music.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
Iván Vele
Rothman Teran
Pepe Santana
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Highland Park, NJ
Music - The Universal Language
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
César Vele of Grupo INKHAY plays at the Raíces Roots Concert Series 2018, a program with a mission to bridge cultures through the universal language of music.
Nicole Wines
11/10/2018
César Vele
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Highland Park, NJ
César Vele - Violin
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
César Vele plays violin during Grupo INKHAY’s presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.
Nicole Wines
11/10/2018
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Highland Park, NJ
Grupo INKHAY
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
INKHAY is a Quechua verb that means "to tend the fire". The members of the group have chosen this name to symbolize their commitment to keep alive, expose and spread the beautiful music of the Andes mountains of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.
Nicole Wines
Pepe Santana
11-10-2018
Iván Vele
Rothman Teran
Pepe Santana
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Highland Park, NJ
Violin
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Grupo INKHAY member César Vele plays the violin at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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20181110PepeSantana&GrupoInkhay14.JPG
Highland Park, NJ
César Vele
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Grupo INKHAY member César Vele plays the violin at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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en
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20181110PepeSantana&GrupoInkhay10.JPG
Highland Park, NJ
Instruments of the Andes - Guitar and Violin
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
The influence of European colonization is reflected in the folkloric music of the Americas, even in Indigenous music, as is seen with the use of European instruments like the violin in Andean folkloric music.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
Pepe Santana
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Highland Park, NJ
Instruments of the Andes - Violin
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Grupo INKHAY member César Vele plays the violin, which is used in different strains of Andean folkloric music.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Still Image
20181110PepeSantana&GrupoInkhay08.JPG
Highland Park, NJ
Sharing Andean Culture in New Jersey
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY, along with the other performers and groups who shared their talents and knowledge in the 2018 Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, provided the opportunity to bridge cultures through the universal language of music in Raíces Cultural Center’s home community in Central NJ.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
Iván Vele
Rothman Teran
Pepe Santana
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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en
Still Image
20181110PepeSantana&GrupoInkhay07.JPG
Highland Park, NJ
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series - Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY
Performing arts
cultural arts
Andean
folkloric
music
Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY shared the folkloric music of the Andes, especially of the indigenous traditions. Throughout the concert, they also educated the audience about Andean traditions, people’s instruments, and genres of music.
Nicole Wines
11-10-2018
Iván Vele
Rothman Teran
Pepe Santana
César Vele
©Raíces Cultural Center
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en
Still Image
20181110PepeSantana&GrupoInkhay06.JPG
Highland Park, NJ
Magnolia Street String Band
Performing arts
cultural arts
bluegrass
folklore
music
Magnolia Street String Band started in 2013 as an informal project among some friends, meeting and picking in Highland Park, NJ. Originally there was a cellist. And no banjo. In the summer of 2013, they stumbled into a booking for a local festival gig opening for Tony Trischka. To get ready for the performance, the band invited Paul Prestopino (illustrious backing player for Peter, Paul and Mary, The Chad Mitchell Trio and many others) to join their ranks. A couple months later, they added veteran NYC musician and master of all things stringed, Bobby Baxmeyer. The new members, along with the original core of Matthew Backes and Sheila Shukla, played their first gig in March 2014. Not long thereafter, renowned Philly-area bassist, Ron Greenstein (Lewis Brothers, Skookil Express, Travis Wetzel Trio), joined the group, bringing rock solid, driving rhythm. Since 2014 the band has played dozens of shows each year to ever larger and more appreciative audiences. They have played festival stages, state fairs, radio stations, hootenannies, honkytonks, and more refined events as well. Their music is grounded in traditional bluegrass with some folk, country, and old-time elements mixed in. The band’s sound often features three- (and sometimes four-) part harmonies and thoughtful instrumentals. Overall, their take on bluegrass feels old but relevant, traditional but personal, and well-crafted but soulful and direct.
Nicole Wines
Magnolia Street String Band
08-11-2018
Ron Greenstein
Paul Prestopino
Sheila Shukla
Matthew Backes
Bobby Baxmeyer
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Highland Park, NJ