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Wednesdays, July 9 - 30 | 5 - 7:30PM
Manhattan West Plaza, 385 9th Avenue, Midtown
Soak up some retro-soul vibes from a unique lineup of musicians creating new music with a nostalgic sound.
In the early 2000s, a tight-knit group of musicians sparked a soul revival, crafting fresh music with the warmth and grit of long-forgotten analog technology. Their sound helped ignite a movement—one that continues today—of artists and labels reimagining vintage soul with a modern and diverse edge. Largely rooted in New York, many of the musicians and label heads in this series—Chulo, Diamond West, and Big Crown Records—have been playing together for over two decades, sharing stages and studios with icons like Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones, Antibalas, and Charles Bradley. Though their individual paths have branched into new musical territories and genres, the constant is an embrace of musicianship and the shared belief that real music comes from collaboration, growth, and honoring tradition—all under a timeless, soulful umbrella.
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JULY 9:
Los Hacheros are the modern-day torchbearers of the Golden Age of Latin music. Their beat revives folkloric styles like son montuno, guaracha and salsa, and combines them with the firey rhythms of Puerto Rican Bomba and the grittiness of 1970s East Harlem. Producer / guitarist Jacob Plasse is the founder of the Daptone-distributed Latin revival label, Chulo Records.
Mickey Pérez, stalwart of the New York City DJ game, represents and presents a diasporic sound irrespective of national borders spanning many different rhythms of dance music across Africa, the Caribbean, South America & Black America.
JULY 16:
Rogê, a Latin Grammy nominee Rogê (pronounced haw-zheh) was once the prince of Rio de Janeiro’s nightlife, gaining an avid following for his swinging samba-funk, tinged with Brazilian Soul. His acclaim rose when he cowrote the theme song for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. His rise on the American scene has included a 2020 tour with Seu Jorge, Budos Band, and two nights at the Hollywood Bowl as the opening act for the Gipsy Kings. He has released nine albums, including his newest, Curyman, produced by the Budos Band’s Thomas Brenneck, a top session guitarist and collaborator with the stars (Lady Gaga, Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse) on Diamond West Records.
Binky Griptite is an American guitarist, record producer, and radio DJ. He is best known as a founding member and guitarist of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Soul Providers, and Antibalas, among other Daptone Records-related projects. From 2017 to 2021, he hosted the weekly radio program The Boogie Down on WFUV.
JULY 23:
Thee Heart Tones are a group of young musicians from Hawthorne, California, carrying the torch contributing to Chicano Soul while putting their own spin on it. Lead singer Jazmine Alvarado’s show stopping voice is nothing short of perfect over the band’s heavy duty downbeat ballad backings. These rising star teenagers represent a new era of Soul music, and influenced by the sounds of their own generation which they incorporate into songs that hold court with some of the finest in the genre. Their talent, charm, and taste are far ahead of their years, they are young people with old souls making songs that are loved by all ages.
El Michels Affair (Leon Michels) is the mogul behind Big Crown Records, producer for artists like Lady Wray, and crafter of his own layered soul compositions.
JULY 30:
Flor de Toloache, the Latin GRAMMY® Award-winning and two-time GRAMMY®-nominated all-female group, honors and revolutionizes mariachi with a bold, boundary-pushing spirit. They have played NPR’s Tiny Desk series, the Kennedy Center Honors (paying tribute to Linda Ronstadt), Coachella, and the steps of The White House and have collaborated with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, John Legend, Miguel, Café Tacvba, and Natalia Lafourcade. Like the legendary love potion from the Toloache flower, Flor de Toloache casts a spell with their genre-blending and powerful storytelling, captivating audiences worldwide.
Victor Axelrod's creativity has extended across more than two decades of the Daptone label’s releases. A founding member of Antibalas and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, he earned a Grammy Award for his contribution to Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” and has worked on dozens of projects (sometimes under the moniker “Ticklah”) with Mark Ronson and with artists including Lady Gaga, Adele, and Erykah Badu.
