Pharaoh's Daughter at the Knitting Factory 9/19/

[Basya Schechter <basya...>]

    Tuesday, September 19th, Pharaoh's Daughter is performing two sets at the 
Knitting Factory's Old Office.
74 Leonard St. Bet. Broadway & Church Ave. 8 & 9:30pm
212-219-3006 - $7 + 1 drink min.
 
Basya Schechter-oud,guitar,vox: Tracey Love-Wright- flute, kornermuse, 
clarinet; Martha Colby-cello,vox; Jen Gilleran-tabla, percussion; Benoir - 
electric guitar, percussion; Tomer Tzur - drums, percussion. 


We'll be performing some new material and material from "Out of the Reeds," 
which has been getting really wonderful reviews:

"This is the album that Brooklyn-basyed Basya Schechter waws born to make - 
reverent, intelligent and exiting settings of classic Jewish liturgy and 
folksongs with superb backing by her own band and a distinguished group of 
guests including  Anthony Coleman and Matt Darriau.  From a haunting "Hevel" 
through a; niggun created from a West african melody, from an eerie "Eicha" 
through the best new "Lecha Dodi" I've heard in years, a powerhouse "Shnirele 
Perele," "Ira Mia" a wonderful Ladino closing - well there simply isn't a false 
step. A bona fide, genuine, gilt-edged masterpiece"  - George Robinson, Jewish 
Week

"Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Basya Schechter is that rare artist who 
bridges the East-West gap, veritably incarnating Ashkenazic-Sephardic 
duality... On Pharaoh's Daughter's "Out of the Reeds" produced by downtown 
denizen, Anthony Coleman, guitarist/vocalist Schechter puts her diverse array 
of influences together in a remarkable acoustic, world-beat fusion, in which 
Malian melodies meet Hasidic chant, Indian tabla music dances with klezmer, and 
African percussion propels King Solomon's Songs .. Schechter who works mostly 
with traditional and liturgical texts is a compelling, insinuating vocalist, 
who navigates the snakelike melodies with the acrobatic lure of a belly dancer. 
 Pharaoh's Daughter is also a groove band of sorts, and the sextet of msuicians 
all contribute vocals as wellas tabla, guitar, cello oud, woodwinds and 
percussion ...."  - Seth Rogovoy,  Bibelot's Audition

"Older than the hills and younger than tomorrow, here is the ancient and most 
folk-oriented voice of Judaic expression - it is one you will remember!  There 
is musicianship here that had me riveted from the start because it has a raw, 
yet sophisticated flow and is of a calibre I've not heard in Jewish social 
music since the days of Hillel and Akiva... I want more of this band, much 
more! They are so good! - Derek Reid, Folk Roots Magazine