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Forthcoming August shows in Washington/DC: the 3rd invasion!

 

Photo by Maria Teresa Henderson
Photo by Maria Teresa Henderson

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2014
Time: 7:00pm to 7:45pm – A WORTHLESS HOMESTEAD
8:00 – 9pm – SoSaLa
Venue:  An Die Musik (409 North Charles Street, 2nd Fl., Baltimore, Maryland 21201)
Tickets: $15 (students $10)
Description: The Baltimore progressive rock trio A WORTHLESS HOMESTEAD will open up for SoSaLa. Playing nu jazz-progressive rock which could remind you of the British legendary prog-rock band Soft Machine.

SoSaLa will be: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax and vocals, Rob Coltun on electric guitar, Luke Stewart on electric bass guitar,  Warren G. Crudup III on drums and Kamyar Arsani on daf and vocals.

Date: Sunday, August 3, 2014
Time: 8pm & 9:15pm
Venue: Bossa Bistro + Lounge (2463 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009)
Tickets: $5

8pm – opening band is I m U r w. Rob Coltun on guitar, Kamyar Arsani on daf, kuzeh, percussions & vocals, Abhik Saha on percussion & vocals; and Joey Jenkins on bass. They play some Sufi songs and improvised music with poetry.

10pm – SoSaLa is: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax and vocals, Rob Coltun on electric guitar, Luke Stewart on electric bass guitar,  Warren G. Crudup III on drums and Kamyar Arsani on daf and vocals. This band will play “nu world trashy” music which will excite your body and brain.

Baltimore/DC video tour report (May 15th through May 18th, 2014)

Nasser drawing, May 18, 2014This time SoSala consisted of three DC musicians: Rob Coltun on electric guitar, Luke Stewart on electric bass guitar and Warren G. Crudup III on drums and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi on sax and vocals. Warren played for the first time.

10373730_476705922463137_1056647229418327920_n1. Fifth Dimension, Baltimore, May 15: SoSaLa shared the stage  with 2 local bands: Twisted Circles and A Worthless HomesteadJamal Moore on alto sax guested in a couple of songs.

Radio interview by Doc George Manning at WEAA 88.9 FM (Baltimore)

2. Shaw’s Tavern, Washington DC, May 16SoSaLa played 2 sets of 45 minutes

MOM2 w. Sohrab
MOM2 w. Sohrab

3. The Goethe-Institut Washington DC, May 17: Sohrab was invited by MOM2 – a Washington DC electronica duo wth Thomas Stanley on synths, effects, mbira-tron; and Luke Stewart on synths, effects – to play on the last song of their set.

Photo by Maria Teresa Henderson
Photo by Maria Teresa Henderson

3. Bossa Bistro + Lounge, Washington DC, May 18: SoSaLa played a long set with guest: Kamyar Arsani on daf (Persian frame drum)

Radio interview by Luke Stewart/WPFW 89.3FM