Spanning Two Stages Inside BRIC House, Series Explores a Wide Array of Genres in Extraordinary and Inventive Ways

Every Thursday this winter and spring, BRIC's new concert series BRIC House Sessions explores a wide array of genres - like a playlist come to life - with musicians who are pushing music forward in extraordinary and inventive ways. Spanning two stages, BRIC House Sessions starts with a set by local musicians and DJs on the Stoop overlooking the Gallery, followed by a session with a featured artist inside the state-of-the-art BRIC House Ballroom - one of the best new spaces for live music in Brooklyn. The series continues on April 6 with a performance headlined by celebrated Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré and featuring an opening set by Innov Gnawa.

Tickets for the concert, which begins with a set by DJ P.U.D.G.E. at 7pm, start at $15 and may be purchased online at BRICartsmedia.org or via phone at 866.811.4111. The Box Office at BRIC House is open on performance days, one hour prior to the event. BRIC House is located at 647 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. BRIC House is open weekdays and Saturday at 8am and Sundays at 10am.

Touré began studying music in secret until his Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist father Ali Farka Touré gave his blessing for his talented son to deviate from their tribe's lineage of soldiers and become a professional musician. Since then, the younger Touré has collaborated with gifted artists across the world including Israeli star Idan Raichel and more recently, Brooklyn's own Julia Easterlin, who performed with Vieux in an unforgettable show at the 2015 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. While drawing links between West African music and American blues forms, Touré imbues his music with politics and will ignite this BRIC House Session in a display of stunning dexterity and charisma. He's currently on tour for his new album, Samba, out April 7. Recorded in front of a live audience, Samba captures the unique energy of a live performance on a studio album. The result is Touré´s finest, deepest and most dynamic album to date.

Bringing traditional gnawa music to BRIC's Stoop, Innov Gnawa pays tribute to Morocco's black communities with their own interpretation of this African desert blues. Innov Gnawa is sure to mesmerize audiences with lilting tunes and a dazzling intergenerational band.

About BRIC

BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City. The organization presents and incubates work by artists and media-makers that reflects the diversity of New York. BRIC programs reach hundreds of thousands of people each year.

BRIC's main venue, BRIC Arts | Media House, offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio and artist work spaces.

Some of BRIC's most acclaimed programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park, several path-breaking public access media initiatives, including BRIC TV, and a renowned contemporary art exhibition series. BRIC also offers education and other vital programs at BRIC House and throughout Brooklyn.

In addition to making cultural programming genuinely accessible, BRIC is dedicated to providing substantial support to artists and media makers in their efforts to develop work and reach new audiences.

BRIC is unusual in both presenting exceptional cultural experiences and nurturing individual expression. This dual commitment enables BRIC to most effectively reflect New York City's innate cultural richness and diversity. Learn more at BRICartsmedia.org.

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