BC-Suga Folk we had such a fab experience the first time, that we decided to schedule another “Dazzle/Blisluth Pt. Two” listening party for this Sunday, Jan 26 at 8:30pm EST.
We’d like to send a caramelized “thank you” to all those who riffed, grooved and moved with us for the first listening party. We look forward to reprising that funkified fresh vibe when we run it back this Sunday.
In the meantime and in between time … please let your people know. Cheers!
Join us for two-nights in The Burnt Sugar SmokeHouse as we kick off our 26th year of “never playing a song the same way once”. Featuring two tasty lineups of Burnt Sugar Folk, each with their own caramelized flavor.
Friday, January 24 & Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm
David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
61 West 62nd St. NYC 10023
Free for The People.
There are 2 ways to access this event:
1. General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up!
2. Fast Track, opening Tues Jan 21 at noon.
LaRonda Davis – MC
Ms. Olithea Voice/Electronica & Jared Michael Nickerson on Electric Bubble Bass keep the vibe flowing in between sets
Michael Veal’s Aqua lfe
Michael Veal – Electric Bass/Compositions
Camerahn Alforque – Trumpet
Joey Lamb – Trumpet
Kelvin Walters – Alto Saxophone
Anthony Ware – Tenor Saxophone
Courtney Wright – Bari Saxophone
Jack Broza – Electric Guitar
Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar
Justin Rothberg – Electric Guitar
Holman Alvarez – Electric Piano
Donald Eaton – Congas
Larry Washington – Shekere
Chris Eddleton – Drums
Honeychild & Biz (The 1865)
Honeychild Coleman – Vocal/Guitar/Electronica/Compositions
Jason “Biz” Lucas – Drums/Backing Vocals
B MACK
Bruce Mack – Vocals/Compositions
Sharif Kales – Trumpet
Michael R. Cox – Electric Bass
Ben Tyree – Guitar
Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards
Chris Eddleton – Drums
Julia Kent
Cello/Electronica/Compositions
Rivers On Mars
Avram Fefer – Tenor & Alto Saxes/Compositions
Anders Nilsson Musician – Electric Guitar
Hill Greene – Acoustic Bass
Reggie Nicholson – Drums
Biscuit’s Buddy Miles Band
James “Biscuit” Rouse – Drums/Lead Vocals
Mark Bowers – Electric Guitar
Al “Boogie” Carty – Electric Bass
The Black Sound Salon Collective
LaFrae Sci – Electronic Drums
Ms. Olithea – Vocals/Electronics
Shelley Nicole – Vocals/Electronics
Jasmine Wilson – Vocals/Electronics
Keyanna Hutchinson – Electric Guitar
Unruly Neighbors
Sameer Gupta – Tablas
Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar
My Brother’s Dream
Jason Murden – Ld Vocals/Electric Guitar
Rodman Delcastillo – Electric Guitar/Bck. Vocals
Aalics Bronson – Electric Bass/Bck. Vocals
Damon Mendes – Drums/Bck. Vocals
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Vocals/Electronics/Compositions
Electric Powered Soul
V. Jeffrey Smith – Vocals/Electronics/Electric Guitar
Howard Alper – Electronics/Wave Drum
Jerome Jordan – Electronics
The Tao of Abbey Lincoln feat. Shelley Nicole
As always, Burnt Sugar gives tribute to Maestro Lawrence ‘Butch’ Morris (1947-2013) for showing them the way and to Gregory Stephen ‘Ionman’ Tate (1957-2021) for creating the BSAC sonic spaceship, with gratitude to Jared Michael Nickerson who continues to steer BSAC through a many-splendored realm of cosmic noise and riddim.
Burnt Sugar Index and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber would also like to acknowledge the ongoing “love”showered on us by Lincoln Center’s Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer Shanta Thake and Vice President of Artistic Programming Jordana Leigh along with their “stellar funk” staff of Mengtong Guam, Monifa Brown, Godfrey Palaia, Konrad Custer, Courtney Banks, Skye Pagon and Paloma Estevez!
We greatly appreciate You !!!
A smorgasbord of avant groidd rock, soul, jazz, electronica, funk and hip hop featuring Brooklyn, New Jersey, New York, French and Swedish BSAC-member-led acts. This specially curated “savory & smokey” line-up reflects and honors the vibrant cultural mix the Brooklyn Museum has cultivated over it’s two-hundredth-year history. Folks … tell everyone … this is going to be special!
BURNT SUGAR SMOKEHOUSE BKM TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION LINEUP
“SmokeHouse” MC ~ Black Rock Coalition’s LaRonda Davis
“SmokeHouse” Stage Manager ~ Aalics Bronson
Top of the Show & BtwSets ~ Ms. Olithea & Jared Michael Nickerson on Vocals/Electronica & Bubble Electric Bass
6:30pm – 6:45pm ~ SMOOTA (BK) : Smoota – Ld Vocals/Keyboards/Trombone/Compositions ~ Yvonne Ambree & Kendra Morris : Backing Vocals ~ Daniel Collas – Keyboards ~ Jerome Jordan – Electric Guitar ~ Tony Jarvis – Electric Bass ~ Chris Eddleton – Drums
6:55pm – 7:10 pm ~ FRAE FRAE : DAUGHTER OF DREXCIYA (NY) : Electronica
7:20pm – 7:35pm ~ JUBA LEE 4TET (BK) : Avram Fefer – Alto & Tenor Saxes/Compositions ~ Jonathan Goldberger – Electric Guitar ~ Hill Greene – Acoustic Bass ~ Reggie Nicholson – Drums
7:45pm – 8pm ~ GILMORE BROTHERZ (UK/SWE) : David Gilmore – aGizmotronics ~ Marque Gilmore tha ‘Inna Most’ – Acousti-Lectric Drumz
8:10pm – 8:25pm ~ MOISTURIZER (BK) : “Moist’ Paula Henderson – Bari Sax ~ “Moist” Gina Marie Rodriguez – Electric Bass ~ Chris Eddleton – Drums
8:35pm – 8:50pm ~ NAPOLEON MADDOX (FR) – Hip Hop
9pm – 9:15pm ~ ELECTRIC POWERED SOUL (NJ) : V. Jeffrey Smith with Howard Alper & Jerome Jordan – Electronica
9:25pm – 9:40pm ~ ACTIVATOR TRIO (BK) : Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar/Compositions ~ Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards/Samchillian/Keyboard Bass
9:50pm – 10:10pm ~ The 1865 (BK) : Honeychild Coleman – Ld. Vocals/Electric Baritone Guitar ~ Sacha Jenkins – Lead Electric Guitar ~ Anthony Solis – Lead Electric Guitar ~ Flora Lucini – Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals ~ Jason ‘Biz” Lucas – Drums/Backing Vocals
The Brooklyn Museum Birthday Bash on Saturday, October 5th will go from 10am to 10pm. This is a full family event featuring karaoke, dance and poetry, art-making (materials provided on a first-come, first-serve basis), music, gallery tours, pinatas and so so much more.
The program is free; registration is required and includes museum general admission.
Read up on all of the exciting Birthday Bash programming and register right here
Tickets will be released on a rolling basis starting September 20th for BKM members and on September 23rd to the general public.
For visitors with disabilities or accessibility needs, including ASL interpretation … email the BKM at access@brooklynmuseum.org.
Headlining the 8th Annual Sugar Hill Music Festival is Harlem’s own Allan Harris, a renowned jazz vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Described by The New York Times as having a “formidable baritone with husky edges and deep resonant low notes,” Harris has received numerous accolades, including the Down Beat “Rising Star Jazz Vocalist” award, the prestigious 2022 Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition, and three New York Nightlife Awards for “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist.”
The festival will also honor the memory of Greg Tate, the esteemed African American writer, musician, and producer who passed away in December 2021. A long-time resident of the Harlem community, Tate was a critic for The Village Voice, focusing on Black music and culture. He was also a guitarist and founded and co-led with Jared Michael Nickerson the improvisational band Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber in 1999. Tate was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize for “Excellence in Journalism and the Arts” earlier this year.
One of the Festival’s highlights will be a tribute to Tate’s “FlyBoy in the Buttermilk.” Burnt Sugar will accompany excerpted readings by Nelson George, an author, columnist, music culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker; Harlem native, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, a renowned poet and sound artist; and Carl Hancock Rux, a historian, social activist, writer, and multidisciplinary artist.
The festival lineup also includes:
The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, performing danceable Afro-Cuban, salsa, and mambo classics. This big band has shared the stage with Latin luminaries such as Rubén Blades, Eddie Palmieri, and the late great Celia Cruz, la Reina de la Salsa.
Marcus Persiani and the Uptown Hi-Tones, led by the world-renowned musician Marcus Persiani, who has shared the stage with greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and Tito Puente.
Jennifer Jade Ledesna, a jazz vocalist who has graced New York’s top-tier venues like Carnegie Hall, Minton’s Playhouse, and Jazz@Lincoln Center, as well as stages across Europe, including Switzerland’s Chorus Jazz Club and Norway’s “Silda Jazz Fest.”
The 8th Annual Sugar Hill Festival will be presented at the Sugar hill Luminaries Lawn, Edgecombe Aveune and 155th Street. Bring your chairs and blankets. This event is free and open to the public. While We Are Still Here welcomes donations to help support their public programming. Suggested donations are $25.00.
For more information, visit www.harlemnyc.org.
Ronny Drayton aka Draytone aka WirePuller was an acclaimed guitarist known for his versatile playing style that spanned genres such as rock, funk, jazz and R&B. Born in 1953 Drayton’s career took off in the 1970’s where he became a sought-after session musician that collaborated with numerous artists. Drayton was celebrated for his innovative approach to the guitar and ability to seamlessly blend different musical influences, and his legacy continues to inspire musicians and fans alike. Drayton surprisingly passed away in 2020 much too soon, losing his battle to cancer but leaving behind an immensely rich musical heritage.
Ronny’s unique playing style was an electrifying blend of technical proficiency and emotive expression which enabled him to bless the musical careers artists such as James Blood Ulmer, Edwin Birdsong, Wilson Pickett, The Chambers Brothers, Roy Ayers, Taylor Dane, Nona Hendryx, Defunkt, 24/7 Spyz, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber and many more.
Those of us who are part of this vibrant and important music scene, who were lucky enough to call him a friend and brother will gather the evening of August 27th to pay him a much-deserved musical tribute. The concert featuring Living Colour, 24/7 Spyz, Bernard Fowler (of The Rolling Stones), the Burnt Sugar Arkestra and more, will also be a benefit with 100% proceeds of ticket sales going to Ronny’s family.
Artsplosure’s mission is to produce quality events that make the works of the most imaginative and celebrated artists accessible to the public – all in an effort to enrich our community and inspire greater love for the visual and performing arts.
Artsplosure, conceived in 1978 by subcommittees of the newly formed City of Raleigh Arts Commission, is dedicated to a citywide arts festival that would combine an “explosion” of art activity with people’s “exposure” to all types of art. The following year, Artsplosure was incorporated to produce high quality and accessible arts festivals and to identify, nurture, and showcase artists seeking to reach wider audiences. Since its first festival in April 1980, Artsplosure has presented thousands of established and emerging artists whose works span across many disciplines and art forms in both traditional and non-traditional indoor venues and outdoor settings.
Kidsplosure is a free, kid-centric section of Artsplosure (all of the festival is totally family friendly, but Kidsplosure is ALL about kids). There will be musical performances, a magic show, and tons of crafts including paper marbling, foam soap prints, community weaving and so much more!
The two-days of performances will be accompanied with an Art Market featuring over 170 vendors from around the country. The market will be open from eleven am to seven pm on Saturday and ten am to six pm on Sunday. Note the Sunday Art Market will be open specifically for folks with accessibility needs from ten am to eleven am.
The performance schedule is as follows :
Club Cardio: 11:00am-12:00pm
The River Otters: 12:30pm-1:30pm
Squonk Opera: 1:30pm and 4:30pm
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Sabrosura: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Charly Lowry: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Sun Ra Arkestra: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Vinyasa Core Focused Flow with Doug Watson: 11:00am-11:45am
Paradise Motel Lounge: 12:15pm-1:00pm
Squonk Opera: 1:00pm and 3:30pm
Zach Person: 1:30pm-2:10pm
Yasmin Williams: 2:35pm-3:40pm
Cha Wa: 4:00pm-4:45pm
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber: 5:00pm-6:00pm