Silent Films/Live Guitars

Thursday, January 30, 2014
7:30 PM

Toubab Krewe + Joseph Arthur PREMIERE SCORES TO CLASSIC SILENT FILMS

Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Music Center 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)

(212) 501-3330

http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/new-york-guitar-festival-silent-films-live-guitars-4

Tickets: $25 (students $15)

The West African-inspired Asheville, North Carolina-based ensemble Toubab Krewe plays Malian-accented world-pop that’s imbued with laconic, Southeastern minimalism. Their cross-cultural flair will take a turn to the East as the band premieres an original score to Japanese director Yasujirô Ozu ’s boisterous 1932 comedy I Was Born, but… . Two young brothers, outsiders in a new town, skip school to dodge a bully and fret over their father’s lowly social standing as an office clerk.

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur tunes his jangly, pop guitar to “Fatty” Arbuckle’s 1917 comedy Oh Doctor! with Arbuckle taking the lead as Dr. Holepoke. Once again, Buster Keaton contributes a share in slapstick mayhem.