Artists Space

Alsarah & the Nubatones

Concert
April 5, 2024, 6pm

Please join us for a concert of Alsarah and Brandon Terzic (Alsarah & the Nubatones) performing 40 minutes of original compositions and Nubian covers arranged for voice and oud, followed by a Q&A with Rubens De La Corte. Organized by the CUNY GC Ethnomusicology collective around the theme of diasporic currents, with funding from the Doctoral Student Research Grant.

Flyer featuring a white background with black text that provides the event details. In the center of the flyer is a photograph of two figures. The left figure is seated, and playing an oud. On the right, a woman stands with her hand raised to her chin.
[Flyer featuring a white background with black text that provides the event details. In the center of the flyer is a photograph of two figures. The left figure is seated, and playing an oud. On the right, a woman stands with her hand raised to her chin.]

Alsarah is a Sudanese singer, songwriter, and ethnomusicologist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the leader of the band Alsarah & the Nubatones, which has released 2 full studio albums and 2 remix albums since its inception in 2011. A self-proclaimed practitioner of East-African retro pop, she has worked with a variety of internationally acclaimed artists and producers. You can find more info about her here.

Iconoclastic oudist Brandon Terzic has performed with everyone from rising Sudanese pop Diva Alsarah to master composer Henry Threadgill. Drawing on his blues guitar roots, he has absorbed the well spring of Malian griot and Moroccan Gnawa traditions, as well as the downtown NYC improv aesthetic, and forged it into the sonic calligraphy of the Arabic Oud.