This special concert will consist of songs reflecting the ethnicity of the Irish, Italian, Jewish, Hispanic and Afro-American residents of New York’s Lower East Side, including Jazz, Opera, Irish, Latin, Italian and Yiddish music, along with historical narration and video by Charles R. Hale. This show premiered at Rockwood Music Hall in 2015 to a packed house of standing room only. With Ashley Bell (opera singer), Deni Bonet (vocalist, violinist), David S. Goldman (singer/songwriter, producer), Charles R. Hale (producer, writer), Noah Hoffeld (cellist), Niamh Hyland (vocalist, songwriter), Yuri Juárez (guitarist, arranger / composer) Jhair Sala (percussionist), Basya Schechter (vocalist, guitar, oud and saz) and Mala Waldron (vocalist, pianist). Photo is of Yuri Juárez.
A Musical History of the Lower East Side