Ethiopian evening at Tigermen Den, Sunday, June 7, with a performance by K8A, doors at 6pm
Join us at Tigermen Den(3113 Royal) Sunday evening for a snippet of Ethiopian sounds and flavors. K8A, who has a new LP on Domino Sound, will be visiting from New York to play a set of mesmerizing solo violin with pedals, loops, and a trippy light show. DJs Preservation and Prince Pauper will be playing 45’s before and after her set from the golden years of Ethiopian music, and food will be available from our friends from Addis Nola. Doors at 6pm, K8A wows us at 7:30pm, and then more shoulder shaking music via records as the night continues on. $15 cover, $10 plates, and a bar to refresh yourself
“JUMBO DOMINOES”-Domino Sound DJ’s at Vaughan’s Lounge, Sunday, June 28, 2026
Come on down to Dauphine and Lesseps for some lovely records, good company, and a dance if you are feeling it. The Domino Sound stable of DJ’s (Precious Cargo, Prince Pauper, & C’Est Funk) will be playing vinyl records through speakers located on a fine dancing floor at Vaughan’s. Sunday, June 28th, from 8pm until midnight. Free rice and beans. Beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty after beauty.
Thank You Ali Birra for all of the beautiful music!
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Ali Birra has passed on November 6th, 2022 after long battles with his health. A loving, warm, and very fun friend has left us, and he will be missed. The most beloved of the Oromo singers of Ethiopia, he was a star for over fifty years, and wrote songs that are the classics of the Oromo people. I consider myself so very lucky to have met him, and shared some epic conversation on a multitude of topics, as wells as some downright fun. Domino Sound, along with Little Axe, released a record of collected songs from the mid-1970’s of Ali’s music, and although it is out of print, a few of them can be listened to here- https://www.dominosoundrecords.com/label/
The world will miss you Ali Birra, the “Urji Balkkalcha” of Oromo music. Thank you for the beautiful music that you left for all of us to enjoy. Please tune into WWOZ, 90.7fm in the New Orleans area, and available worldwide at www.wwoz.org this Sunday, November 20th from 8-10pm CST for music and talk to celebrate Ali Birra’s contribution to our world. (This show has been archived by Lisa G on Mixcloud at this web address. https://www.mixcloud.com/lotide-lisag/prince-pauper-for-ali-birra-wwoz-spirits-of-congo-sq/)-Matt Knowles
