The Amigos
THE AMIGOS (New York City, NY) are a collective dedicated to performing and creating American music through the traditions of collaboration and improvisation. Built on the belief that all strains of American music are branches of the same tree, the Amigos return to their roots and bring together every form from bluegrass to jazz, with intricate vocal harmony and a style all their own. The Amigos have appeared in recent performances with Pete Seeger, David Amram, New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ranger Doug, The Time Jumpers, and Nellie McKay. They recently gave sold-out performances at New York City’s Lincoln Center and their semi-regular “The Amigos Band Presents” series at New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola has appeared in previews and critics picks in the New Yorker magazine and the Village Voice. In 2012-13 the Amigos performed over 40 concerts in New York City schools, hospitals, and community centers as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s outreach programming. The Amigos will appear on Nashville’s Music City Roots in summer of 2013, and at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in the fall. They are currently recording an album in collaboration with iconic New York composer, musician, and “beat,” David Amram for release in spring of 2014.
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