A Jewish Cantor meets a Gypsy Flamenco guitarist. Sparks fly. They add percussion, a Blues guitarist, a Rock & Roll bassist and Lyla Canté is born
Date/Time: Mar 9 2017, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, The Norman Rothstein Theatre | Event calendarCost: $36.46
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A celebrated NYC Jewish Cantor (Alty Weinreb) meets a renowned Gypsy Flamenco guitarist from Argentina (Cristian Puig). Sparks fly. They add a percussionist, a Blues guitarist, a Rock & Roll bassist and Lyla Canté is born.
Amazing world musicians from NYC, Argentina, Japan and Israel explore the intersection of Sefardi, Flamenco & Ashkenazi music. New York City based Lyla Canté makes music that is sensuous, passionate & infectious and is being hailed for their terrific performances and for being “generous, warm, energetic & unique.”
Featuring: singer Cantor Alty Weinreb (USA), flamenco guitarist Cristian Puig (Argentina), bassist Yonit Spiegelman (Israel), guitarist Adam Stoler (USA) and percussionist Hiroyuki Matsuura (Japan)
“Incredible world fusion.” – WICN Public Radio
“Lyla Canté gives the listener a feel of bursting into a dance party that you don’t want to leave.” – Algemeiner
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