PUTNEY-The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents five-piece band Bombay Rickey, on Saturday, July 27, at 6 p.m. at New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), 10 Town Crier Drive.
"[Bombay Rickey is] easily one of the most adventurous and daring artists we've worked with - how many ensembles are fronted by an opera singer and can count cumbia, spaghetti-Western, and Bollywood as influences?" Keith Marks, executive director of Next Stage Arts, said in a news release. "I saw them in New York in January, and they made my jaw drop on the floor. I'm over-the-moon excited to present them to our Vermont community."
Praised as "(1)a true treat for the adventurous ear" (TimeOut NY), Bombay Rickey is a five-piece band with a sound evocative of 1960s movie soundscapes. The group plays both covers and original music.
Since its inception in 2012, Bombay Rickey has become a fixture at Brooklyn mainstay Barbés, played live on WFMU, opened up for Cambodian American psychedelic band Dengue Fever, and was featured in an ad for Citibank. Bombay Rickey's debut album, Cinefonia, was (2)named best debut of 2014 by New York Music Daily(3) .
Most recently, according to the artists' website, Bombay Rickey was invited to create an opera cabaret based on the life of Yma Sumac for the prestigious Prototype Festival in New York City. The show ran for seven sold-out performances and was hailed as a "rocking musical show" by The Wall Street Journal.
The band features Kamala Sankaram: vocals, accordion; Drew Fleming: guitar, vocals; and Jeff Hudgins: alto saxophone, vocals; with Nick Cuduahy: bass; and Brian Adler: percussion. All longtime New York musicians, the five members of Bombay Rickey have worked with John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Chicha Libre, and Alarm Will Sound, to name a few.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the gate, and kids under 12 get it free. Advance tickets are available online at nextstagearts.org. For more information, call 802-387-0102.
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