THE 2ND ANNUAL HOTLANTA SALSA CONGRESS™
Atlanta’s PREMIER Latin dance and music event.
The city of Atlanta is preparing for a salsa renaissance as Hotlanta Salsa, in association with Mambo Fateegz Inc., presents the second annual Hotlanta Salsa Congress September 29th – October 3rd, 2011 at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel on Peachtree Street. The Hotlanta Salsa Congress will mark the triumphant return of a full-fledged salsa congress to a city that has previously been host to some of the country’s most memorable and infamous Latin dance events. During this weekend, the tradition will continue, as Atlanta salsa dance and music enthusiasts are treated to the best in Latin dance workshops and performance showcases given by some of most talented local and world renowned ... Go to event
Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of The Ventures, The Shadows, Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, high-energy brand of original rock & roll around the world. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the “Jackets” have delivered their trademark guitar licks to 10 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of films and TV shows.
They will release their 10th album, Jet Set!, later this year.
When: June 8, 6pm seating, 9pm show
Where: City Winery,
155 Varrick Street, New York
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There’s a palpable sense of remove from the normal life in High Sierra. Every Fourth of July weekend for 16 years, a few thousand folks have climbed above the city bustle to enjoy a temporary reprieve from the 24-hour-a-day rush below…There’s an informality and camaraderie that’s unlike any other music festival I’ve attended. You frequently find yourself sharing beers with the artists who floored you earlier in the day. The musicians seem to enjoy the atmosphere as much as the attendees, and it inspires relaxed, spontaneous performances… Musicians can whisper, tentatively bringing their soul out into the light and mountain air, and audiences hush up. It’s strikingly different than most festivals and speaks to the abiding love of music that fills this place.
When: July 5-8, 2012
Where: Quin ... 
Western listeners have heard the ecstatic drone of the African rock known as desert blues — modal, one-chord songs driven by electric guitars, traditional instruments, hand claps and call-and-response vocals — from bands like Tinariwen and Etran Finatawa. But neither one has a singer like Khaira Arby, a Malian whose voice rings like a cry from the battlements. On “Timbuktu Tarab” (Clermont Music), her singing ricochets against eager backup choruses and lead-guitar lines that can hint at both Hendrix and Ali Farka Touré. Her band, mixing Western and African instruments, clearly knows its rock and reggae but keeps its African perspective, while a sinewy production flaunts every contrapuntal cascade. It’s world music that grabs and doesn’t let go.
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July 24
@ Underground music ... 
