Miriam Elhajli & Victor Campbell
Miriam Elhajli, Victor Campbell
Bar LunÀtico486 Halsey Street, New York 11233
Miriam Elhajli and Victor Campbell bring their burgeoning collaboration to LunÀtico for two sets. Campbell is a Cuban pianist based in New Orleans; together, the pair explore material rooted in Cuban, Venezuelan and Argentine musical traditions.
Elhajli is a Flatbush-based song-improviser, geographer and musicologist whose work is voice-driven and exploratory. The New York Times has described her voice as “haunting.”
A basement club in Bedford-Stuyvesant, LunÀtico is a musician-owned space where live music starts at 9pm nightly, following dinner service. The stage is modest, with a single chair for the band, and the audience sits on wooden booths or the floor, close enough to feel the energy. The room is lit by dim bulbs, with walls lined with vintage posters and a few well-worn speakers. There's a bar with original cocktails, craft beer, and wine, and a dinner menu available from 6pm to 11pm. Shows are donation-based, with a $10 recommendation in cash. It's a place where people listen to music and talk afterward, in a familiar, unpolished setting.