Name: IronFest V: Night One – Asrar Quartet + Jessica Ackerley Trio
Start: 2024-11-01T20:30:00-07:00
Location: The Ironworks

$IronFest V: Night One \u2013 Asrar Quartet + Jessica Ackerley Trio$

Asrar Quartet
Iranian folk and classical music luminaries Ali Razmi tar/setar/vocals, Saina Khaledi santour/vocals and Ali Sajjadi oud/vocals bend Persian musical tradition with the addition of veteran Vancouver drummer Kenton Loewen. Ali Razmi’s sublime compositions, set with the words of mystic poets Rumi, Khayyám and Hafez, bridge old and new in a patient crescendo that speaks to the intensity of a screaming timeless world with an open hand of peace. Asrar (Farsi for mystery) is precisely what is unveiled by this ensemble’s entrancing interplay.
Jessica Ackerley Trio
Jessica Ackerley is a Canadian guitarist/improviser/composer currently on tour promoting their latest release, All Of the Colors Are Singing, out on AKP Recordings. Their music is a hybrid musical language drawing on the influences of Black American Music and avant-garde improvisers, as well as the culture of the thriving New York City rock and noise scenes. Since 2017, Ackerley has released 19 albums to much critical acclaim with features in Wire Magazine, Pitchfork, BBC Radio, and BandCamp. As an active performer, Ackerley has toured extensively throughout North America, performing at noteworthy venues like The Met Breuer, The Stone, Something Else! Festival, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and countless underground venues ranging from the basements of houses to record shops. Featuring Jessica Ackerley electric guitar, Walter Stinson upright bass, and Aaron Edgcomb drums.
This is 19+ event.
Presented in collaboration with the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.
For 21 years, the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in the Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices. The Festival works with, for and about the Downtown Eastside community to weave our community’s stories, ancestral memory, cultural traditions, lived experiences, and artistic practices to create a fabric of resistance and resilience.