Need to chill a bit? Check out one of the coolest bands of the past decade as they arrive in Amsterdam in early June. As a duo with a pretty strong (but not at all heavy, if that makes sense) socio-political message, they are from the unlikely homebase of Washington, D.C. They partner with the UN World Food Programme and collaborate with artists from Nigeria, Brazil, India and Slovakia. Their music, for us layfolk, is probably best described as ambient or chill-out. Their message is probably best described by Rob Garza, one half of the duo: "We definitely want to contribute to the opening of ears, eyes, and minds. With our live shows it’s a poignant example of music and culture mixing together in an explosive vibrant way. To see a Persian singer singing in Farsi, as America debates on a war with Iran, next to other band members from all corners of the earth singing in Spanish, Portuguese, French and so on, it makes people wonder... and if you can get people to question the things around them, just a little, then that’s not such a bad thing."
Thievery Corporation, tickets 25 Euros plus service charges and cheap Melkweg membership (total about 30 Euros), at Melkweg June 7th, 2010. You can buy tickets online here or in person at the Melkweg ticket office after 16:30 every day just off Leidseplein.
- tip from Jeff Funnekotter, check out his Big City Blog about life in Amsterdam and everywhere else the road takes him.
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