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  • ICMCA presents MAGIC BOW - Bharatanatyam Dance/Music/Storytelling

    ICMCA presents Magic Bow - a spectacular dance performance by world renowned Bharatanatyam dancers Sheejith Krishna and Anjana Anand choreographed by musician/playwright/director Gowri Ramnarayan. This unique event combines dance, music and storytelling to recreate the visual scenarios as imagined by the legendary composer Lalgudi Jayaraman. Info and tickets available online.
    Sun. Apr. 28, 5pm  
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    East View Theater
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    General Smiley & Lakandon, Dre Z Melodi, Mister Kali, Kiko Villamizar, DJ Jah Bill

    On 2021 single "How You Doing," overlaying a sunny mountaintop riddim with the sweetened greeting, "Is everything irie?" 65-year-old Jamaican vocalist General Smiley shows he can still command a microphone. The Kingston-born Rastaman, who pioneered the dancehall genre in 1978 with Michigan & Smiley, absorbs life's blessings in Los Angeles, but considers Austin – from where his Lakandon backing band hails – a second home. He throws down at Antone's alongside the Colombian/Caribbean stylings of Kiko Villamizar, New Mexican reggae singers Mister Kali and Dre Z Melodi, plus DJ Jah Bill.
    Sat., Aug. 21, 8pm
    Antone's Nightclub

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    Capyac (album release), Eimaral Sol, the Bishops, 1222 (DJ set), BoomBaptist, Alesia Lani, Chucky Blk, Mama Duke

    Some bands are merely groups of people playing music, and others, well, they're a wild extrapolation of the members' utmost imaginations. Capyac's that kind of band: a marvelously executed dance funk art project, replete with a menagerie of guest vocalists, instrumentalists, dancers, costumes, gags, and decor. Every time the now-L.A.-based project returns to Austin, where they originated in 2016, it's an all-out thematic spectacle. Past motifs include "under the sea," a sky party, and outer space. This weekend's two-night run at Empire, however, contains no overarching concept. "We deliberately decided not to do a theme this time to make the show more about the album," reasons keyboardist/vocalist Delwin Campbell. Still, the concerts do feature a costume contest. Asked for recommendations on how attendees dress, Campbell arrives at a succinct description: "Halloween at the Bellagio." Expect to hear the 10-piece live ensemble go deep on recent third LP, Capyac Forever, an adventurous collection touching upon house, nü-disco, hip-hop, funk, and downtempo synth, oten veering cheekily romantic. Swooning "Best Friend" intones: "When she crawls into the bed/ It's like a limousine/ Like a Russian doll/ Like a 'cuzzi tub way up in the sky." Singer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Pena says the album's title reflects "the legacy of music outliving our human forms, but also the feeling of enjoyment the band had working on it. Capyac Forever is a celebration and a distillation of all our creative forces together."
    Sat., Aug. 21, 8pm
    Empire Control Room & Garage

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    Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Vallejo, Fea

    "Joan Jett doesn't play rock & roll," I wrote about two years ago about the iconic chainsaw rocker. "She is rock & roll." This has been true since the Runaways' 1976 debut. Few match Jett & the Blackhearts for consistently delivering pure, unadulterated 4/4 raunch live, chock-full of hits like "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Bad Reputation" that cut across all parameters. Opening is San Antonio's Fea, neo-riot grrrl signees to Jett's Blackheart Records who rock hard enough to destroy the patriarchy with one power chord.
    Sat., Aug. 21, 6pm
    Nutty Brown Cafe

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    Parker Jazz Club House Band, Marquis Hill (8:00)

    Trumpeter Marquis Hill had already self-released four albums before winning the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition in 2014, so he already had a body of work once his name was suddenly on the jazz world's lips and he earned a contract with Concord. No traditionalist, Hill has since filled up his discography (back on his own label) with records blending hard bop, hip-hop, and electronic experimentalism. His latest, Soul Signs, doubles as jazzy groove music and a lesson in the significance of the astrological signs. Hill brings an all-star quintet including rising stars Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott, and Walter Smith III, so expect fireworks.
    Fri., Aug. 20
    Parker Jazz Club
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