Tribecastan Live in DC. – May 1st 2013

Tribecastan are playing two sets on Wednesday May 1st at 8PM and 10PM at Washington D.C.’s legendary club, Twins Jazz. Not only has this iconic venue been named one of the “Top 100 Jazz Clubs in the World,” but its restaurant also serves delicious Ethiopian food all evening long. Please share this event with your friends, get your tickets early, and we hope to see you in DC!

Tickets are $10.

Tickets for the 8PM show are here: http://tinyurl.com/apqg6lv
Tickets for the 10PM show are here: http://tinyurl.com/a5ssut5

RELIX – On The Verge feature

RELIX writes: “TriBeCaStan plays a jazzy, global folk hybrid inspired by New York City’s cross-pollinating musical and cultural community. They blend free jazz, Afghani rhythms, boogie-woogie and Balkan wedding music with an effortless grace that’s always musical and often danceable.”

Read the whole feature here.

TriBeCaStan and Gordon Gano from Violent Femmes

Not too long ago TriBeCaStan shared the bill with Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and John Zorn for the “Save the Village” benefit at Poisson Rouge. The New York Times, who called us a “genre-bending jazz and world-music outfit” shot this video of us playing “Blister in the Sun” with former Violent Femmes singer, Gordeon Gano. Good times! Click here to read the full post.

John Kruth and the Green Machine! (aka. Bulbul Tarang)

John Kruth shows off a green zither from Mumbai. Nicknamed “The Green Machine” by the band—and looking a bit like a cross between a guitar, a button accordion, and a piano—this puppy produces some serious sound! CLEARLY, this is what the next Van Halen tour needs.

TriBeCaStan “NEW DELI” now available world-wide!

TriBeCaStan - NEW DELI


This is an exciting day! After much hard work, love, and mischievous world-domination plans, our third album, New Deli, is officially available world-wide!

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It’s TriBeCaStan’s most adventurous and danceable record to date, with The Village Voice calling it a mixture of “New York cool, explorer energy, and outer space vibes” and Time Out Magazine calling it “a crowded caravansary alive with music to feed the hungry soul.” Please take a moment to check out New Deli. All of us here hope you enjoy listening to it, as much as we loved creating it!

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Thanks for being part of this great ride!

With our very best wishes and gratitude,
- Jeff & John

Daddy Barracuda (Live Video)

In this excerpt from a live concert video shot by Anthony Pepitone, TriBeCaStan play “Daddy Barracuda” at Joe’s Pub in New York City on March 12th, 2011.

Chris MorrowJeff GreeneJohn KruthKenny MargolisScott MetzgerTodd IslerJohn TurnerClaire DalyDavid Dreiwitz

TriBeCaStan Portrait Shots (Gallery)

All portrait shots by the amazing photographers, Paul Hoelen & Mandarine Montgomery

God Rest Ye 3 Kings Christmas Mashup (Music Video)

John Kruth – penny whistle, sitar, mandocello, vocal; Jeff Greene – yayli tambor, sarod, morsing (Jews harp), vocal; Todd Isler -Pakistani gaval, uduboo, lap drum, bells, drum kit; Chris Morrow – trombone, vocal

Produced by John Kruth & Jeff Greene; Recorded at Park West Studio, Brooklyn, November 2011; Engineered by Jim Clouse; Arrangement by John Kruth/Sonic Kruth/BMI 2011; Video by Erik Spink

New Deli is a perfect snapshot of an increasingly interconnected world

“New Deli is the latest irreverent music album by TriBeCaStan, a band so eclectic they practically form their own musical nation. Freely borrowing rhythm, instruments, traditions, and the simple love of music from cultures across the world, their performance includes melodies of the charango (a stringed instrument) and the marimbula (a large thumb piano) drawn from jams with Cuban musicians, to the baritone saxophone strains of Claire Daly, the newest addition to TriBeCaStan’s tight-knit group. The extraordinary, world-spanning nature of New Deli is a perfect snapshot of an increasingly interconnected world as reflected in music, and an excellent, fresh addition to international music CD collections.” (Midwest Book Review)

A grand bunch of musical jokers write music for sophisticated listeners

Our first album review for ‘New Deli’ is in!

“Strap on your sense of humor now or go home. A grand bunch of musical jokers, comprising some of the heavy duty jazz and world cats in New York, launch into another journey through a cosmos of their own making, as they serve a kaleidoscopic run through a world of jazz fusion. The kind of stuff many attempt, but where few succeed, this is sophisticated listening that borrows as much from Raymond Scott as it does Hossam Ramzy. It’s a musical literacy that hip tastes hunger for. Fun stuff for the open-eared looking for something they won’t find on ‘X Factor’”. (Midwest Record)

Uzbeki musicians play the song “Tanovar” in Samarkand

Uzbeki musicians play the song “Tanovar” in their instrument store in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Dolan Muqam with Dancing in Xinjiang, China

Uyghur dolan muqam with dancing in the village of Makit, Xinjiang, China.

Saddadin Gulov playing the Uzbek Tambor in Bukhara

Saddadin Gulov playing the tambor at the Shashmaqam Music Conservatory in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Mugham Recital in Baku, Azerbaijan

The following is a student recital of Mugham music, performed for us at the Youth Conservatory in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 2010. The female singer, a 17-year old refugee, is singing about her lost homeland in Nagorno, Karabakh.

Mugam also known as Azerbaijani Mugham (Azerbaijani: Muğam) is one of the many styles of folk musics from Azerbaijan. Mugam draws on Iranian-Arabic-Turkish Maqam. It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes.

Georgian Folk Music from Sighnaghi

Spontaneous singing at a barbecue in Sighnaghi, Georgia. Schmagi Pirtskhelani on Panduri with his 3 year old son on Dholi, and his wife and brother, Shergil, singing.

This video was shot by Jeff during one of his musical research adventures to Georgia.