TABLE POUNDING RECORDS: NEWS
June 5, 2020
Music to Benefit NAACP Legal Fund & the ACLU
For the month of June, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of five tracks from Abraham Inc.'s album Together We Stand will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund & the ACLU which are fighting to protect our democratic system along with our fundamental right to speak up for the basic freedoms of all human beings.
Link to all 5 tracks on Bandcamp
Tracks can be purchased individually or together.
Abraham Inc stands in solidarity with people around the world who are protesting peacefully for social justice and an end to systemic racism. In January 2017, the band Abraham Inc. (co-led by me, funk legend Fred Wesley and hip-hop renegade Socalled), was inspired to create the album Together We Stand both to express outrage over the worldwide rise of xenophobia plus to put forward a message of justice, tolerance and peaceful cooperation among all people. It seems that right in this moment in history, the message of Abraham Inc. & Together We Stand is more important than ever. Thanks so much in advance for your support.
April 15, 2020
Upcoming Concert and Release: KRAKAUER & TAGG INTIMATE LIVESTREAMED ALBUM RELEASE CONCERTS
ON SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020, DAVID KRAKAUER & KATHLEEN TAGG will perform two intimate live-streamed interactive concerts online to replace their Breath & Hammer album release tours that were set to happen in May and June 2020 in the USA, Europe and North Africa.
Listen to the album preview now!
Tickets for the 7 PM New York/EDT (UTC-04:00) Time Zone Livestream available here
Tickets for the 7 PM Paris/Cape Town (UTC+02:00) Time Zone Livestream available here
August 21, 2019
Upcoming Tour: Announcing the September 2019 USA Tour of the Tagg-Petersen South African Duo, including material from the 2017 Table Pounding Records Release Where Worlds Collide.
Follow the news at www.taggpetersenduo.com
Music to Benefit NAACP Legal Fund & the ACLU
For the month of June, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of five tracks from Abraham Inc.'s album Together We Stand will go to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund & the ACLU which are fighting to protect our democratic system along with our fundamental right to speak up for the basic freedoms of all human beings.
Link to all 5 tracks on Bandcamp
Tracks can be purchased individually or together.
Abraham Inc stands in solidarity with people around the world who are protesting peacefully for social justice and an end to systemic racism. In January 2017, the band Abraham Inc. (co-led by me, funk legend Fred Wesley and hip-hop renegade Socalled), was inspired to create the album Together We Stand both to express outrage over the worldwide rise of xenophobia plus to put forward a message of justice, tolerance and peaceful cooperation among all people. It seems that right in this moment in history, the message of Abraham Inc. & Together We Stand is more important than ever. Thanks so much in advance for your support.
April 15, 2020
Upcoming Concert and Release: KRAKAUER & TAGG INTIMATE LIVESTREAMED ALBUM RELEASE CONCERTS
ON SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020, DAVID KRAKAUER & KATHLEEN TAGG will perform two intimate live-streamed interactive concerts online to replace their Breath & Hammer album release tours that were set to happen in May and June 2020 in the USA, Europe and North Africa.
Listen to the album preview now!
Tickets for the 7 PM New York/EDT (UTC-04:00) Time Zone Livestream available here
Tickets for the 7 PM Paris/Cape Town (UTC+02:00) Time Zone Livestream available here
August 21, 2019
Upcoming Tour: Announcing the September 2019 USA Tour of the Tagg-Petersen South African Duo, including material from the 2017 Table Pounding Records Release Where Worlds Collide.
Follow the news at www.taggpetersenduo.com
August 15, 2019
Upcoming Tour and Release: Multi-genre klezmer-funk sensation Abraham Inc. releases its sophomore album, Together We Stand, on Table Pounding Records on October 15, 2019 across multiple digital platforms. Abraham Inc. will be touring throughout Europe during the month of October in support of this release.
Read more about the project and music at www.abrahamincmusic.com/media
Find a list of dates and where to purchase tickets at www.abrahamincmusic.com/shows
Upcoming Tour and Release: Multi-genre klezmer-funk sensation Abraham Inc. releases its sophomore album, Together We Stand, on Table Pounding Records on October 15, 2019 across multiple digital platforms. Abraham Inc. will be touring throughout Europe during the month of October in support of this release.
Read more about the project and music at www.abrahamincmusic.com/media
Find a list of dates and where to purchase tickets at www.abrahamincmusic.com/shows
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 20, 2017
Announcing the release today of the Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records across multiple digital platforms.
Read more about the project and music at www.taggpetersenduo.com
Listen to the album on Bandcamp HERE
Announcing the release today of the Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records across multiple digital platforms.
Read more about the project and music at www.taggpetersenduo.com
Listen to the album on Bandcamp HERE
September 15, 2017
Announcing the USA Tour of The Tagg-Petersen South African Duo in support of the upcoming digital album release of Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records on October 20, 2017. Follow the news at www.taggpetersenduo.com
September 1, 2017
Upcoming Release: The Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records on October 20th, 2017 across multiple digital platforms.
Read more about the project and music at www.taggpetersenduo.com
August 21, 2017
NYCLU Benefit: Abraham Inc, Marc Ribot, members of Silkroad Ensemble, Tagg-Petersen Duo
In this benefit concert for the NYCLU/American Civil Liberties Union, a mix of high profile artists join forces in a wild genre-bending concert.
Co-sponsored by JFREJ
LINEUP:
- 10-piece supergroup ABRAHAM INCORPORATED
- GUITAR LEGEND MARC RIBOT with "Songs of Resistance"
- Members of the renowned Grammy-winning SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Opening Act- KATHLEEN TAGG & ANDRE PETERSEN: "Where Worlds Collide"
- SPEAKER: DONNA LIEBERMAN, Head of the NYCLU.
ABRAHAM INC. (led by DAVID KRAKAUER, FRED WESLEY, SOCALLED)
with SHERYL BAILEY, JEROME HARRIS, MICHAEL SARIN, TARON BENSON, EDDIE ALLEN, BRANDON WRIGHT, ALAN WATSKY, ALICIA KRAKAUER
Special Guest: FRANK LONDON
ABRAHAM INC. is a ten-piece big band that brings together African American and Jewish traditions, mixing hip-hop, rap and beats with funk and klezmer. The three leaders are klezmer legend David Krakauer, legendary funk trombonist and arranger Fred Wesley, celebrated for his work with James Brown and George Clinton; and hip-hop renegade and beat architect Socalled. www.abrahamincmusic.com
Representing a global array of cultures, the SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE musicians co-create art, performance, and ideas. The Grammy Award-winning Silk Road Ensemble has been called “vibrant and virtuosic” by the Wall Street Journal, “one of the 21st century’s great ensembles” by the Vancouver Sun, and a “roving musical laboratory without walls” by the Boston Globe.
Made up of performers and composers from more than 20 countries, the Silk Road Ensemble was formed by Yo-Yo Ma in 2000. Since then, audiences and critics in over 30 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and North America have embraced these artists passionate about cross-cultural understanding and innovation. The group has recorded six albums. Their new album, Sing Me Home, was released in April 2016. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, a documentary about Silkroad musicians directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), was released in June 2016. http://www.silkroadproject.org/ensemble
MARC RIBOT has released over 20 albums under his own name over a 30-year careerRolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985's Rain Dogs, and since then he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Neko Case, Diana Krall, Elton John/Leon Russell’s The Union, Solomon Burke, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithful, Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Medeski Martin & Wood, Caetono Veloso, Susana Baca, Allen Ginsburg, Madeline Peyroux, Nora Jones, Jolie Holland, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others. www.marcribot.com
WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE features 2 of South Africa's most acclaimed pianists in a unique South African soundworld.www.taggpetersenduo.com
ALL ARTISTS ARE PERFORMING FOR FREE TO SUPPORT the work of the NYCLU/ACLU.
PRESS CONTACT:
Alanna Stone
alannamaharajh@yahoo.com
917-359-4449
March 15, 2017
Table Pounding Presents announces a series of benefit concerts at Symphony Space in New York City to benefit the ACLU.
One hundred percent of the artist fees will be donated to the ACLU.
CONCERT 1: MUSICAL MAVERICKS
April 15, 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
For more info and tickets, please visit: http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9650/Music/aclu-benefit-concert-musical-mavericks
Some of New York City's leading musical mavericks join forces to raise money to benefit the ACLU in a boundary-pushing, genre-bending concert. Join us for a great concert, and to show that the arts are alive, kicking, and a force for good.
ARTISTS:
Burton & Musto (Amy Burton, soprano and John Musto, piano)
Krakauer & Tagg (David Krakauer, clarinet & Kathleen Tagg, piano)
Lara St. John, violin
Alicia Svigals, klezmer violin
Todd Reynolds, violin
9 Horses (Joe Brent, acoustic & electric mandolin; Sara Caswell, violin & Hardanger d'amore; Andrew Ryan, bass
CONCERT 2: ABRAHAM INC. & FRIENDS
September 24, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
Peter Jy Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
Main Act Artists:
ABRAHAM INC.
David Krakauer, clarinet
Fred Wesley, trombone
Socalled, producer and beat architect
with
Allen Watsky, guitar
Brandon Wright, tenor sax
Jerome Harris, bass
Michael Sarin, drums
Sheryl Bailey, guitar
Taron Benson, vocals
Additional lineup TBA- includes:
Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo (Kathleen Tagg, piano & Andre Petersen, piano)
PRESS CONTACT:
Organizers: David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Press Contact: Kathleen Tagg / Paige Butz- 646-294 3333
info@tablepoundingmusic.com
March 8, 2017:
Upcoming Releases- The Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records in Fall 2017.
Announcing the USA Tour of The Tagg-Petersen South African Duo in support of the upcoming digital album release of Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records on October 20, 2017. Follow the news at www.taggpetersenduo.com
September 1, 2017
Upcoming Release: The Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records on October 20th, 2017 across multiple digital platforms.
Read more about the project and music at www.taggpetersenduo.com
August 21, 2017
NYCLU Benefit: Abraham Inc, Marc Ribot, members of Silkroad Ensemble, Tagg-Petersen Duo
In this benefit concert for the NYCLU/American Civil Liberties Union, a mix of high profile artists join forces in a wild genre-bending concert.
Co-sponsored by JFREJ
LINEUP:
- 10-piece supergroup ABRAHAM INCORPORATED
- GUITAR LEGEND MARC RIBOT with "Songs of Resistance"
- Members of the renowned Grammy-winning SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Opening Act- KATHLEEN TAGG & ANDRE PETERSEN: "Where Worlds Collide"
- SPEAKER: DONNA LIEBERMAN, Head of the NYCLU.
ABRAHAM INC. (led by DAVID KRAKAUER, FRED WESLEY, SOCALLED)
with SHERYL BAILEY, JEROME HARRIS, MICHAEL SARIN, TARON BENSON, EDDIE ALLEN, BRANDON WRIGHT, ALAN WATSKY, ALICIA KRAKAUER
Special Guest: FRANK LONDON
ABRAHAM INC. is a ten-piece big band that brings together African American and Jewish traditions, mixing hip-hop, rap and beats with funk and klezmer. The three leaders are klezmer legend David Krakauer, legendary funk trombonist and arranger Fred Wesley, celebrated for his work with James Brown and George Clinton; and hip-hop renegade and beat architect Socalled. www.abrahamincmusic.com
Representing a global array of cultures, the SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE musicians co-create art, performance, and ideas. The Grammy Award-winning Silk Road Ensemble has been called “vibrant and virtuosic” by the Wall Street Journal, “one of the 21st century’s great ensembles” by the Vancouver Sun, and a “roving musical laboratory without walls” by the Boston Globe.
Made up of performers and composers from more than 20 countries, the Silk Road Ensemble was formed by Yo-Yo Ma in 2000. Since then, audiences and critics in over 30 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and North America have embraced these artists passionate about cross-cultural understanding and innovation. The group has recorded six albums. Their new album, Sing Me Home, was released in April 2016. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, a documentary about Silkroad musicians directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), was released in June 2016. http://www.silkroadproject.org/ensemble
MARC RIBOT has released over 20 albums under his own name over a 30-year careerRolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985's Rain Dogs, and since then he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Neko Case, Diana Krall, Elton John/Leon Russell’s The Union, Solomon Burke, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithful, Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Medeski Martin & Wood, Caetono Veloso, Susana Baca, Allen Ginsburg, Madeline Peyroux, Nora Jones, Jolie Holland, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others. www.marcribot.com
WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE features 2 of South Africa's most acclaimed pianists in a unique South African soundworld.www.taggpetersenduo.com
ALL ARTISTS ARE PERFORMING FOR FREE TO SUPPORT the work of the NYCLU/ACLU.
PRESS CONTACT:
Alanna Stone
alannamaharajh@yahoo.com
917-359-4449
March 15, 2017
Table Pounding Presents announces a series of benefit concerts at Symphony Space in New York City to benefit the ACLU.
One hundred percent of the artist fees will be donated to the ACLU.
CONCERT 1: MUSICAL MAVERICKS
April 15, 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
For more info and tickets, please visit: http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9650/Music/aclu-benefit-concert-musical-mavericks
Some of New York City's leading musical mavericks join forces to raise money to benefit the ACLU in a boundary-pushing, genre-bending concert. Join us for a great concert, and to show that the arts are alive, kicking, and a force for good.
ARTISTS:
Burton & Musto (Amy Burton, soprano and John Musto, piano)
Krakauer & Tagg (David Krakauer, clarinet & Kathleen Tagg, piano)
Lara St. John, violin
Alicia Svigals, klezmer violin
Todd Reynolds, violin
9 Horses (Joe Brent, acoustic & electric mandolin; Sara Caswell, violin & Hardanger d'amore; Andrew Ryan, bass
CONCERT 2: ABRAHAM INC. & FRIENDS
September 24, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.
Peter Jy Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025
Main Act Artists:
ABRAHAM INC.
David Krakauer, clarinet
Fred Wesley, trombone
Socalled, producer and beat architect
with
Allen Watsky, guitar
Brandon Wright, tenor sax
Jerome Harris, bass
Michael Sarin, drums
Sheryl Bailey, guitar
Taron Benson, vocals
Additional lineup TBA- includes:
Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo (Kathleen Tagg, piano & Andre Petersen, piano)
PRESS CONTACT:
Organizers: David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Press Contact: Kathleen Tagg / Paige Butz- 646-294 3333
info@tablepoundingmusic.com
March 8, 2017:
Upcoming Releases- The Tagg-Petersen South African Piano Duo Release Where Worlds Collide on Table Pounding Records in Fall 2017.