Music of Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall 3/6/2017

We'll be back at Carnegie Hall for the third time since 2014 performing as the house band for The Music of Aretha Franklin on Monday March 6, 2017.

The partial lineup of participating artists is already incredible and growing by the week. The show is a benefit and proceeds go to several NYC-based charities that bring musical experiences, training, and instruments to young people in the city.

We'll also be doing a warm-up show with some of the featured performers the night before at City Winery (NYC) on March 5. Big shout-out to producers Michael Dorf, Shlomo Lipetz and the entire City Winery crew for inviting us back.

Concert/Ticket Info HERE: http://musicof.org

To get you in the mood, here's a Spotify playlist of some of our favorites:

Antibalas horns at Carnegie Hall Bill Withers Tribute (VIDEO)

Last month, the Antibalas horns Martín Perna, Jordan McLean, Raymond Mason and Jas Walton were part of an all star cast recreating Bill Withers's legendary 1974 "Live at Carnegie Hall" concert. The band was composed of Greg Phillinganes, Steve Jordan, Willie Weeks, Felicia Collins, Bashiri Johnson, David Delhomme and an amazing massive string section.

Singers included Aloe Blacc, Dr. John, Gregory Porter, Michael McDonald, Anthony Hamilton, Jonathan Butler, Keb Mo, Valerie Simpson, Ledisi, Amos Lee, Kori Withers, Kathy Mattea, and Ed Sheeran.

Rolling Stone wrote about it HERE.

Okayplayer was on the scene documenting it. Photos and writeup HERE.

Okayplayer also put together this video from the rehearsals:

Also on the internet:

Here's a shaky fan video of Dr. John performing "Use Me." Here's a fan video from Carnegie Hall of us performing "Lonely Town, Lonely Street" with Ed Sheeran.

Another fan video of "Let Us Love" with Kori Withers and Kathy Mattea:

And the encore "I Wish You Well" with Keb Mo and the entire cast of singers:

Celebrating David Byrne and Talking Heads at Carnegie Hall

We'll be the house band for a celebration of the music of David Byrne and Talking Heads on March 23, 2015 at Carnegie Hall. We're excited to be backing / collaborating with over 14 featured artists including Sharon Jones, the Roots, Cee-Lo Green, Bebel Gilberto, Beth Orton, Steve Earle, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Santigold, and many others.

100% of the net proceeds from the show go to six charities connecting youth with music and the visual arts in New York City: Church Street School for Music and Art, Midori and Friends, Young Audiences NY, Little Kids Rock, The Center for Arts Education, and the Grammys in the Schools program of the Grammy Foundation.

The night before (March 22), we'll be doing a warm-up/rehearsal show at City Winery in NYC.

TICKETS/INFO: http://musicof.org

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(PS: We got to do this gig last year as well performing the music of Paul Simon. Read about it HERE or click on the image below.)