Confessional, raw, poetic-alt-art-pop-piano in Spanish. From Chile to the world. Francisca is one of the boldest and daring artists of her generation in the Spanish language. From Santiago, Chile, to the world, album after album, era after era, she explores themes that are tremendously personal and intimate, raw, in an unapologetic confessional, poetic, piano-based form, with stories and truths that are very universal and compelling.

A collaborative series exploring boleros, boogaloo and afrolatin rhythms. Born from a love of boleros and the community spirit of spaces like the Nuyorican Poets Café, Salón Parcha is a welcoming space for experimentation and collaboration, for flirting with strangers and singing with friends. Our next edition features a special set by Gabriel Garzon Montano doing his takes on classic and original boleros and salsa tunes he loves, with the powerhouse Ella Bric as music director and her backing band. El Garo holds it down with vinyl selections throughout the night.

The album is the invitation. The live performance is the encounter. Grammy-nominated Argentine-American mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and Grammy-nominated Argentine bandoneonist JP Jofre bring a distinctive voice to Argentine music today. For Daniela, SUR began with a memory: hearing Astor Piazzolla from the back seat of her father’s car. That sound, with its intensity, melancholy, and freedom, and its unmistakable connection to Buenos Aires, stayed with her. Years later, as an artist with an international career in opera, she returned to that music from a different place. SUR became a way to reconnect with a part of her identity, and to ask what Piazzolla can mean now, in the voice of a contemporary classical singer.

Meditations on the Gift of Awe :: love songs for earth & survival is an immersive, prayerful and celebratory, genre-defying song cycle. This work steadies its sonic gaze on healing and cultivation of calm via vocal soundscapes, rhythm & improvisation. With vocal trio and chamber ensemble, songs from Meditations on the Gift of Awe :: love songs for earth & survival and others from Morley’s catalogue will speak to the tenderness of our individual journeys towards collective liberation and love. Featuring Morley with Chris Bruce, Daniel Mintseris, Jack DeBoe, Chris St. Hilaire, Levon Henry, Arun Ramamurthy, Trina Basu, Kenita Miller and Justin Hicks.

Bailen is a songwriting-forward, indie pop, folk-rock band that has captivated audiences with their musical dynamism and the three-part “blood harmony” of siblings Julia (guitar), Daniel (bass), and David (drums). The trio was raised by two freelance classical musicians in New York City who steeped them in Rock & Roll and Brahms. Their close familial bond is evident in their tight-knit musical arrangements and rich, emotive harmonies.

For Diles que no me maten, every note is a small step into the unknown. The five-piece Mexico City band have always operated on a first-thought, best-thought basis, drawing on a jam-based, krautrock philosophy to craft intricate constructions of wiry art rock spiked with bluesy balladry and poetic mysticism. While their fourth album Escrito en Agua (Writ in Water) is their most consciously crafted and accessible to date, their founding principle of slow, wide-eyed exploration is alive and well.