David Bixler Auction Project Featuring Arturo O'Farrill at Irish Repertory Theatre

The documentary Two Roads is a shared story told by legendary folklorist and banjo rambler Mick Moloney and ‘catalytic agent’ and performer Lenwood Sloan. It explores how, despite the troubled backdrop of racism and discrimination, Irish people in the United States and African Americans found common ground and shared humanity through music, song, dance, and humor. The screening is followed by a live concert featuring: The Auction Project Fusing Celtic, jazz and Afro-Latin influences, super group The Auction Project — led by saxophonist, flutist, and composer David Bixler, and featuring Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill — create a surprising, richly textured and thoroughly enjoyable sound...

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The documentary Two Roads is a shared story told by legendary folklorist and banjo rambler Mick Moloney and ‘catalytic agent’ and performer Lenwood Sloan. It explores how, despite the troubled backdrop of racism and discrimination, Irish people in the United States and African Americans found common ground and shared humanity through music, song, dance, and humor. The screening is followed by a live concert featuring: The Auction Project Fusing Celtic, jazz and Afro-Latin influences, super group The Auction Project — led by saxophonist, flutist, and composer David Bixler, and featuring Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill — create a surprising, richly textured and thoroughly enjoyable sound. The Auction Project explores how a traditional fiddle phrase fits atop a breezy, post-bop groove as this quintet makes history and stakes out uncommon musical territory. In addition to O’Farrill and Bixler, The Auction Project features All-Ireland medalist violinist/fiddler Heather Bixler, Grammy Award-winning percussionist Vince Cherico, and bassist Raul Reyes, and stars the dancer media sensation Kaitlyn Sardin (Kaitrock).

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