![]() For over 100 shows a year, Williams has proven himself to be a master of improvisational performance art. He's been called a "one-man band." A "solo cult-hero." "Music's mad-scientist." All of which are clever labels for what seems to be an essential truth: On stage, Keller Williams works alone. Keller Williams has built a career on his uncanny ability to captivate a packed house-all by himself. Rolling Stone praises "Dark Star Orchestra's fanatical attention to detail." USA Today says DSO is "channeling the Dead" and the Washington Post declares them "the hottest Grateful Dead tribute act going." Dallas Morning News affirms DSO is "the next best thing to being there", the Denver Post describes Dark Star Orchestra as a perfection-oriented practitioner of homage and the Associated Press notes that DSO takes its act to a level of detail that befits a rock band famous for its fanatical following. DSO is drawing national attention with their true-to-life performances. As a chamber orchestra interprets Bach or Mozart, Dark Star Orchestra presents the complete original set list, song by song, and in order, recreating historic music with uncanny faithful interpretation. Each night, the Chicago-based band decides on performing one show from the 2,500 that the Grateful Dead performed during their 30 year tenure as fathers of improvisational rock. $40 adv, $45 at door - Ticket Includes roundtrip Ferry to the Island NB: SRO, Visit The Beach online for more info and up-to-date ferry schedules ![]() PETE FRANCIS OF DISPATCH and BAREFOOT TRUTH ![]() For more information about the series, transportation to the venue, artists and performances, general restrictions and rules and the latest updates and additions to the lineup, visit The Beach at Governors Island website at and Saturday, July 11 Ferry schedules for each show will be posted at least two days prior to each event on The Beach at Governors Island website. ![]() Ticket price to all shows will include round-trip ferry passage from the Battery Park Maritime Building to the island. More shows through October will be announced shortly updates will be released as dates are added.īeer, liquor, non-alcoholic drinks and food will be available for purchase. Currently announced acts include a Saturday July 11th Dark Star Orchestra show with Keller Williams and Pete Francis of Dispatch Rachel Trachtenberg's Homemade World tribute to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and an afternoon hip hop and dance party with DJ kHZ on July 12 a heavy metal tribute to The Bee Gees with Tragedy and The School of Rock All-Stars an afternoon dance party with The Beatards on July 25 soul superstar Erykah Badu on August 4 sing along with The Hip Hop Karaoke Barbecue on August 15 pop sensations The B-52s on August 18 hip hop's poet laureate Mos Def on September 12 and the hard-rock guitar wizard Buckethead on September 26. Programming for the over two dozen shows that are a part of The Beach reflects the excellence and diversity of booking that has become the signature of The Highline Ballroom. Tickets to all shows are available to the general public via. Shows on The Beach will be rain-or-shine, all-ages performances on the newly constructed waterfront sand Beach venue on beautiful Governors Island, located only 800 yards off of Lower Manhattan. The Highline Ballroom and Liberty Event, in conjunction with Water Taxi Beach and AEG Live are proud to announce the new and permanent home for our annual Governors Island Concert Series at Water Taxi Beach Governors Island, The Beach at Governors Island. Working closely with big hitters from across hip-hop including the likes of The Roots, De La Soul, Madlib, Common, DJ Shadow, Kanye West (signing to G.O.O.D Records for a spell) as well as musicians from outside of the rap sphere including Gil Scott Heron, Bobby Womack, The Gorillaz and Robert Glasper (as part of the Mos Def Big Band) amongst countless others, Mos Def has never been shy in sharing his genius with other artists to create something special.ĭon’t miss one of rap’s true greats in what will be the most talked about hip-hop events ever.Live Music and Family Entertainment Minutes Off the Coast of Lower Manhattan July thru October 2009 The near two decades since then have seen an unprecedented output of critically acclaimed work, both as a solo artist and fierce collaborator. Mos Def really doesn’t need any introduction: Exploding into public consciousness as part of Blackstar (with Talib Kweli) in 1998, it was Mos’ debut ‘Black On Both Sides’ a year later that rocketed the New York rapper to astronomical heights, propelled by universal acclaim for the LP, which continues to be held up as one of the genre’s greatest ever albums. Yasiin Bey comes to Manchester’s o2 Ritz for a one-off performance of the classic Mos Def album The Ecstatic as well as other classic Mos Def material. Yasiin Bey performs Mos Def - The Ecstatic
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