Re:(pre)Purim, Metropolitan Klezmer+Sharqija @Knitting Factory 3/19-Sunday

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A pre-Purim & Band Birthday show is set for Sunday, March 19 at the Knitting 
Factory, featuring the soon-to-be six-year-old Metropolitan Klezmer on a 
double bill with the rowdily elegant Sharqija ("Balkan and Beyond," including 
Shushan Top 40 specials).  Special prizes for original and outrageous Purim 
costumes.

Sharqija opens @ 7:30pm, led by Ismail Butera on accordion/saz/kashkar rabab/ 
vocals and featuring Basya [Pharaoh's Daughter] Schechter on 
oud/guitar/vocals, Harris Wulfson (violin),  Kazuke Kozaru (dumbeq/frame 
drum), Sprocket Royer (bass), and Michael Hess (kanun).  Metropolitan Klezmer 
starts @ 8:15pm, our full eight-piece lineup & plenty new material.  All for 
just $12 at 74 Leonard St, NYC: info & reservations 212-219-3006 or 
www.knittingfactory.com (*also see www.metropolitanklezmer.com for more 
dates, band bio's, and our new CD update! --Metro's long-awaited next disc is 
now in the mix!!)  

Metropolitan Klezmer:
ISMAIL BUTERA-accordion/bendir
STEVE ELSON-clarinet/tenor sax
PAM FLEMING-trumpet/flugelhorn
MICHAEL HESS-viola/ney flute/kanun [zither]
DAVE HOFSTRA-bass/tuba
DEBORAH KARPEL-vocals
EVE SICULAR-drummer/leader
HARRIS WULFSON-violin

hope to see you soon,
Eve for MetroKlezmer (& Isle of Klezbos!)
151 First Avenue #145, NYC  10003    tel: 212-475-4544
www.metropolitanklezmer.com

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