Monthly Archives: August 2015

SpotlightJimmyRose

Saturday night, Marine Corps veteran and America’s Got Talent finalist Jimmy Rose will take the stage at the Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series, playing a free show in partnership with Freedom Fest 2015. The festival, presented by nonprofit organization Veterans Serving Veterans, celebrates the service of veterans and helps spread awareness about PTSD.

Learn more about Rose before his free show! Continue reading

Spotlight_Series_Rekha

This Friday, London-born and Brooklyn-based DJ Rekha returns to Levitt Westport with her one-of-a-kind bhangra dance party.

Rekha Malhotra, commonly referred to as DJ Rekha, is a musical force in her own right! For 17 years, she has spearheaded a bhangra dance movement in NYC and beyond. In 1997, she solidified a place for bhangra music—a dance and music that originally comes from India’s Punjab region—in New York City’s club scene with the launch of her popular Basement Bhangra parties. These once-a-month culturally immersive dance parties are still in full force today. The experience begins as a happy hour, moves into a bhangra dance lesson and explodes into a hip-hop and house infused bhangra dance party. Continue reading

USE_Music_moves_dazzling-dance-partnersThank you to Levitt AMP Lafayette for reminding us that in times of great sorrow, we need to come together more than ever.

Last Wednesday, music filled the air and brightly colored flagslike the one young Laila holds in the picture to the leftmoved in the wind, honoring the victims of Lafayette’s recent shooting. A special thanks to @musicjunkie42 for capturing your community’s beautiful prayer flag tribute and sharing how #musicmoves and strengthens you.

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