It’s been a kind of odd season for the Afro-Semitic Experience. Either we’re busy, or we’re going through a moment where there’s just nothing on the books. Right now, we’re experiencing a good moment as we’ve got four performances coming up this month. Two here in Connecticut where we’re based and one in Vermont and one in Plainfield, New Jersy.
This Monday, August 12, we are playing for the Paul Brown Monday Jazz Series, Bushnell Park. The evening begins with a set by our friend Sarah Uyar at 6 pm, and we are on at 7:30 pm. We’re going to be joined by a small choir that includes Tara Chapman, Cantor Sabrina Lipman, and Jonathan Berryman as we’ll feature music from our most recent album, Our Feet Began to Pray. (The weather is looking good, but should it rain, there is a rain venue, Asylum Hill Congregational Church at 814 Asylum Ave, Hartford). For more information please visit the Hartford Jazz Society’s site.
Then, on Thursday, August 15 we are traveling to Barnard, Vermont for a performance in the BarnArts Music Series 2024, @ Feast and Field. We’re playing two sets and the first set begins at 7 pm. The venue is a big tent so once again, it’s rain or shine. Feast and Field is located at 1525 Royalton Turnpike, South Royalton, Vermont. Here’s a link to the BarnArts Music Series 2024.
On Tuesday, August 20 Afro-Semitic Experience will play an outdoor concert in Redding, Connecticut. Rain date is the following night. We’re playing at Topstone Park for a 7 pm concert. The address is 72 Topstone Road, in Redding. It’s a cool location right by a lake. For more information, click here.
On Saturday, August 24 the Afro-Semitic Experience will perform in concert at the Plainfield Performing Arts Center, 1111 E. 2nd Street, in Plainfield, New Jersey The concert starts at 7:30 pm. We’ll have even more information about that event soon, they haven’t uploaded it yet to the performing arts center website, but it will be there soon.
The video for our song, Unity in the Community now has close to 1,000 views. If you haven’t seen it yet, perhaps now’s the time. What we especially like about the message is that it’s for everyone. It’s not a blue message or a red message—it’s a message for us all. If you like this song, please share it with your friends.
Unity in the Community: https://youtu.be/7c0jfuGA2BY?si=HLNJeM1TRLkZ83KA
Hope you can come see us before the summer ends!!
Àse and Shalom,
Alvin, David, Jocelyn, Orice, Saskia, Warren, and Will
The Afro-Semitic Experience
We merge our musical roots, Jewish and Afro-diasporic melodies and grooves, combining the core concepts of àse and shalom - power, action, unity, and peace.