John Kruth – Mandolin, Mandocello, Flutes, Banjo… (Pattie Smith,

Violent Femmes, Ween)

Claire Daly – Baritone Sax, Flute (James Brown, Taj Mahal)

Matt Darriau – Alto Sax, Clarinet, Gaida (The Klezmatics)

Todd Isler – Drums (Mike Gordon of Phish)

Jeff Greene – Yayli Tambur, Ukulele, Marimba, Double Flutes…

Kenny Margolis – Accordion, Organ (Cracker, Mink Deville)

Chris Morrow – Trombone (Kokolo)

John Turner – Trumpet (Baraka Orchestra, Ivy)

Ray Peterson – Bass (Eddie Harris)

Boris Kinberg – Percussion (Willy DeVille)

Tribecastan are the most hellishly heavenly world music band you’re

ever going to hear, with The Washington Post hailing them as “an

international jazz and folk festival unto themselves, fusing Balkan,

Middle Eastern, Indian, Latin American, and African musical elements

to bold and dazzling effect.”

However you describe it, the final package is the result of an

adventurous and exuberant collaboration of some of New York’s finest

world, folk, and jazz musicians. Together and individually, they’ve

spent decades traveling to the most distant corners of the world,

lovingly collecting hundreds of instruments along the way, and have

collaborated with everyone from James Brown, Patti Smith, and Ornette

Coleman, to John Corigliano, Allen Ginsberg, and Taj Mahal.

Clever, mischievous, and poly-stylistic to the marrow, the band

continues to look outward and inward. Whether it’s the far-away folk

traditions of the world, or the Rock’n’Roll and bluegrass of their

home country, at the end of day, writes TimeOut New York, “Tribecastan

builds their own mythology around one simple construct: just play

music that you haven’t heard yet.”