Celebrate The Creative highlights local international Artist Grant winners December 17, 2022 We are excited to introduce: Lakshmi Sriraman, from India, will present an original dance that incorporates Bharatanatyam folk dance, classical Carnatic music and poetry with music she’s recorded in India. Sophia Wiunda, from Tanzania, will provide a fashion show of African designs she has […]
Venezuelan Harpist & US Banjoist – Larry Bellorin & Joe Troop February 19, 2023 LARRY BELLORÍN from Monagas, Venezuela is a legend of Llanera music. JOE TROOP, from North Carolina is a GRAMMY nominated Bluegrass/ old time musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North Carolina. Joe’s acclaimed “latingrass” band Che […]
Renowned Ghanian Master Percussionist Gideon Alorwoyie and Afrikania August 5, 2023 Experience Afrikania’s high energy performance in traditional costume followed by Lee Carroll’s C the Beat. They’ll rock the house and get you moving! Sunday join a workshop a to learn African drumming and dance. Our travels to Gideon’s home in the Volta region of […]
“One Man, One Piano, One Extraordinary Experience” Grammy Award Winning Argentine Pianist – Leo Genovese July 15, 2023 Performing solo, improvisation, and Argentinian folk inspired piano. When we first saw Leo Genovese perform his fingers flew over the keys with such speed, precision, passion and intensity that it took our breath away. He performs with […]
Haitian Singer/Guitarist/Humanitarian Paul Beaubrun – Dec. 2, 2023 A multi-talented Haitian Roots and Blues musician. Paul has been lighting up European, Montreal and US festivals for years with his high energy and contagious rhythmic music. Paul weaves his impeccable guitar skills, rich vocal and musical ingenuity into something special. He is also well known for […]
Live Video Taping Session with Senegalese singer Alioune Guisse and his All-Star Band – February 17, 2024 GreenRoom Exchange Presented a Very Special PopUp Concert, a Live Video Taping Session with Senegalese singer Alioune Guisse and his All-Star Band. The album was recorded in Dakar Senegal and our hometown of Lexington KY using the finest […]
GreenRoom Exchange & Origins Jazz Presents The Leo Genovese Trio – March 17, 2024 Leo Genovese Trio includes: Leo Genovese – piano Jeff Williams – drums Francesco Marcocci – bass Leo’s brilliance is unquestioned, having recently received a Grammy Award for his solo on Wayne Shorter’s last record “Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival”, and […]
GreenRoom Exchange presents Malian Kora Master Youcouba Sissoko April 5, 2024 A renowned Kora Master, Yacouba Sissoko comes from a Djeli family of Malian musicians dating back centuries. He has modernized the Kora sound collaborating with contemporary music greats such as Harry Belafonte, Lauryn Hill and Paul Simon. For centuries, Djelis (or Griot in French) […]
Stars Of Cuban Jazz – Xiomara Laugart & Axel Tosca – September 7, 2024 GreenRoom Exchange & Transylvania University Mitchell Fine Arts Center brought Xiomara Laugart & Axel Tosca back to Lexington. There last appearance at the Downtown Arts Center Black Box Theater was amazing! Xiomara Laugart is considered a living legend in her native Cuba […]
LAS MIGAS: Winning flamenco from Barcelona, Spain – November 16, 2024 LAS MIGAS – All Female Latin Grammy winning Flamenco Band from Barcelona Spain. The passional Gypsy voice of Carolina Fernández “La Chispa,” the guitars of Marta Robles & Alicia Grillo, and Laura Pacios on the violin together create a modern flamenco accessible to all, […]