NICA live: Beha // Volkmann present Miriam Elhajli solo // Witch 'n' Monk

In the organizer's words:

20:00 I Concert I 💿 JAKI

"Authentic, heartfelt and sincere" is Miriam Elhajli 's path that has led her to her own unmistakable sound on voice and guitar. The singer, composer and improviser lives and works in New York and is also a researcher at the Association for Cultural Equity. A non-profit organization dedicated to researching and preserving music, dance and oral traditions. Elhajli spent many summers of her childhood in Venezuela, singing with her grandmother and was also influenced by Irish, British and Scottish folk music through various stages of her life. "I'm always drawn to what feels alive, and it doesn't matter what idiom the music is in, it only matters how alive it feels to me," says Elhajli, who released her debut "Observations" in 2020 on the independent label Numina Records, which she founded. To get you in the mood for Miriam Elhajli's solo set, we recommend "Caramba / Shula" from her most recently released live album "Live At Noguchi". Heartwarming.

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Witch 'n' Monk is the duo of Colombian flautist Mauricio Velasierra and British soprano and guitarist Heidi Heidelberg. By combining a wide variety of instruments - traditional Latin American flutes, unconventional vocals, electric guitar and bespoke electronics - they create a sound that is entirely their own. The duo has developed an uncompromising new musical language of composition and improvisation that moves fluidly between forms. Radically manipulated flutes, anarchic soprano vocals and analog electronics mingle with a jazz-punk-guitar-bass hybrid. Their latest album "Witch 'n' Monk" from 2020 was released by John Zorn's label Tzadik Records and was named "Contemporary Album of the Month" by The Guardian and awarded the German Critics' Choice Award in the Crossover category.

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Miriam Elhajli (voice, guitar), Witch 'n' Monk: Mauricio Velasierra (flute), Heidi Heidelberg (vocals, guitar)