Melvis Santa -vocals, hand percussion & compositions
Ahmed Alom -piano
Carlos Mena -bass
Enoch Jamal Strickland -drums

sets at 7.30pm + 9.30pm
$25/$15 members; reserved table seating $35/$25 members

Afro-Cuban music can transform time and consciousness with its multilayered polyrhythms and hypnotic chants, taking us out of our ordinary state of mind and invoking the spirits of the Afro-Cuban pantheon of orishas. 2018 Grammy nominee Melvis Santa brings her quartet Ashedí (translated to ‘invitation’ in the Lukumi dialect of Cuba) with this powerful, ecstatic tradition to new spaces.

"Sharing my music and my voice is telling my story and those of my ancestors. It allows me to bring tradition, culture, and community to new spaces. This is why this performance is special to me, because I believe in healing and transforming social consciousness through music and cultural collaboration." - Melvis Santa