Corazón Cultural Arts Center

Yasmine Azaiez, Miles Jay, TJ Troy play Corazon 9 Year Anniversary Party!!
2024-05-05 21:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Tunisian violinist & vocalist Yasmine Azaiez, bass player Miles Jay,and percussionist TJ Troy. Mesmerizing! with special guests!

SUNDAY, May 5th 9PM (doors open 8PM) in eclectic Topanga Canyon. An electrifying night, an extensive palette of sounds with Tunisian violinist, composer & Vocalist Yasmine Azaiez joined by talented bass player Miles Jay and percussionist TJ Troy. Be mesmerized and dance and celebrate Corazon’s 9th Year along surprise secret musical guests! Yasmine’s two sets will bounce between traditional and genre-bending and will include playing her latest works.

$25 Sit Down Chair Seating
$20 Pillow seating, standing or garden areas ( 2 people for $30)
2 Sets of Extraordinary Musicianship
Corazon Monthly Members FREE (must have active membership)

(1ST SET 9ishPM ) (2ND SET 10:15ishPM)

D OORS OPEN 8:30PM . BYOB allowed and encouraged.

YASMINE AZAIEZ:
Tunisian/British Violinist, Composer and Vocalist Yasmine Azaiez studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK and went on to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Well-versed in a diverse array of genres such as Experimental, Jazz, Rock and North African music, she has performs internationally. She has been sponsored by Wood violins and her Album ‘Fabulous’ was sponsored by Samsung, Tunisia.
Yasmine Azaiez has been elected one of the 100 future leaders of Tunisia. She was also a finalist of nine violinists in the Global youth competition representing Africa and the Middle East and won second prize in the Young Musician of the Year Sevenoaks at the age of seventeen.
In her other interests, Yasmine and her mother run an Animal Rescue in Tunisia, ‘The Yasmine Azaiez Animal rescue’ which works to find homes for abused, homeless and sick animals.

MILES JAY ~ Multifaceted virtuoso Double Bass, Buzuk & LyraMiles Jay is a composer and instrument maker, and an active performer with many prominent artists around the world. Broad in range of his musical influences and communities, Miles has lived abroad for years absorbing styles from many traditions.

T.J. Troy-Multi Percussionist
Grammy® Award-winning artist T.J. Troy combines an eclectic knowledge of percussion from around the world with his innate musicality to create a distinct and powerful voice in the world of contemporary percussion. A prolific force in the studio or the concert hall, T.J. has established himself as one of the most multifaceted and sought-after percussion artists in Los Angeles music circles. He has received global recognition for his virtuosic performances on traditional Arabic percussion instruments and has performed with such artists as Mamak Khadem, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Sahba Motallebi, Emil Richards, and Cirque du Soleil.

Mariee Siou in Topanga Canyon
2024-05-16 20:30 - 22:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Mariee Siou is a healing singer, wordsmith and visionary artist, channeling and transmitting medicinal qualities through her folk music

Don’t miss the magic and wordsmithing of this visionary folk artist (and peace activist) in Topanga Canyon on Thursday May 16th! Mariee Siou is coming to Corazon and we are honored! Prepare for a very special evening in the heart vessel of this creative hub and eclectic space with the Corazon Secret Garden under the sycamore trees, frogs and crickets will surely serenade!

Doors 8:15pm
PERFORMANCE: 8:30pm
$25 chair / $20 pillow seating

Mariee Sioux Sobonya was born on the Humboldt coast in Arcata, California. When she was two her family moved to the Sierra Nevada foothills in the Yuba River watershed in Northern California, to pursue their dream of farming and living off the land. She was raised on their small farm whose surrounding lands were originally occupied by the Nisenan people before the cultural and environmental decimation that occurred at the hands of expansionist migrants and settlers during the gold rush, and has come to be known as Nevada City (the Nisenan still survive in tragically small numbers and continue to fight for visibility and Federal recognition).
Mariee grew up surrounded and deeply touched by music—going to bluegrass festivals and listening to her father’s bluegrass band—but held no particular personal musical ambitions. However, she taught herself to play the guitar at 18 while volunteering at a school for Mapuche children in Patagonia, Argentina, and wrote her first songs here while taking refuge from the Patagonia winds indoors. She continued finger picking and writing songs and would make two home-recorded albums purely at the urging of friends. In 2007 she released her first studio album, Faces in the Rocks, on which she collaborated with Native American flutist Gentle Thunder and which achieved a dedicated cult following that would propel her career to this day. She began touring Europe as well as North America and has continued ever since.
Mariee Siou has learned to more consciously embrace her role in the ancient and new tradition of healer-singers who have always helped hold the human social fabric together. Through music she attempts to fill a cultural void left by severed connections to her Polish, Hungarian, and Indigenous North American heritages and to thereby address the broader cultural voids felt by Americans today. She does this “with hopes of enticing the sacred work of grief back into our lives from the exile American society has placed it in”—and this is strongly evident in her 2019 release Grief in Exile, as well as in her forthcoming EP Circle of Signs.
The songs continue to come to Mariee Siou, and her approach as a singer continues to mature. The flowing melodies and quivering vibrato of her voice, as well as the poetry itself, continue to locate themselves and their work with a more solidly grounded precision as to just what that work is. Her most recent songs most deeply reflect this clarity of vision and acceptance of both her role as an artist and the endless need for that role in this changing world. Mariee Siou brings us back to the child and the grandmother in ourselves, in a time in which it has never been more needed — and she intends to keep it up as long as she has a voice.

Qwanqwa - ቋንቋ Experimental Ethiopian Supergroup in Topanga Canyon
2024-05-17 21:00 - 23:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Qwanqwa is a supergroup of musicians from the baddest bands of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Corazon is honored to announce Fri May 17th, 2024 at 9pm, live and direct from the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s QWANQWA return to North America–and to Corazon’s eclectic ethnic music hub in Topanga Canyon.
Qwanqwa is a supergroup of musicians from the baddest bands of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Brought together by a shared passion for the power of Ethiopian music, this 5-piece shines with an experimentalism and virtuosity based in deeply rooted traditions. With swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah-violin, bass krar boom, and the unstoppable rhythm of heavy kebero (goat-skin drum) beats, powerful traditional lead African diva vocals, Qwanqwa keeps the people wrapped in celebratory attention. After making a splash at world-renowned festivals Roskilde and WOMEX and three successful European tours under their belt, this world-traveling ensemble is hitting the road for a MacArthur Foundation-backed debut US tour in 2022.

TICKETS ARE $45 or 2 for $80
$25 Corazon members (must have an active monthly membership of any level)

Qwanqwa draws inspiration from East Africa regions of Ethiopia and beyond. Delving deep into regional beats and moods, the repertoire ranges from the trance-like songs of the Eritrean tribe of Blen to Somalian rock numbers to Mahmoud Ahmed sing-a-longs. The music is characterized by tight arrangements and extended improvisation. The live show ranges from intimate to wild, from whispery conversations to full blown rock show, with psychedelic sounds that are hard to believe come from traditional harp and violin. It is driving, powerful, and different than anything else coming out of Ethiopia in this current Golden Age of Ethiopian music.
The ensemble was founded in 2012 by American violinist Kaethe Hostetter, who first worked in Ethiopian music as a founding member of critically acclaimed Sub Pop recording artists Debo Band. Since relocating to Addis in 2009, she has participated in numerous exploratory and professional projects, as she honed her sound and immersed herself further into the culture of her surroundings. In this sense, Qwanqwa, the Amharic word for “language,” is a project creating dialogues between cultures.
Current members of Qwanqwa are Endris Hassen (masinko), Kaethe Hostetter (violin), Bubu Teklemariam (bass krar), Selamnesh Zemene (vocalist), and Misale Legesse (kebero). They have appeared internationally with Getachew Mekuria, The EX, Thurston Moore, Fred Frith, Butch Morris, Debo Band, Nile Project, Fendika, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatke, Addis Acoustic, Ethiocolor, Atse Teodros, Mohammed “Jimmy” Mohammed, and Imperial Tiger Orchestra, and have played stages from Lincoln Center to Bonnaroo, Jazzfest (New Orleans), Moers Festival, Roskilde, WOMEX, WOMAD and more.
An integral and constant presence in Addis Ababa nightlife scene, Qwanqwa has released three albums: Volume One (2014), Volume Two (2015), and Volume Three (2020).

Hardship tickets are also available. BYOB is fine. Enjoy dinner prior at Endless Colors Pizza next door…Outside listening areas are available as well!

The Pickle Mafia | Arena Jazz Fusion in Topanga Canyon
2024-05-18 21:00 - 23:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
The Pickle Mafia is a dynamic trio from New York, garnering nationwide attention through groundbreaking, unique brand of Arena Jazz Fusion

The Pickle Mafia is a crushing high energy piano power instrumental trio from Rochester, New York, garnering nationwide attention through their groundbreaking, unique brand of Arena Jazz Fusion. The visual appeal the band brings to audiences across the globe is an important element that adds to their musical artistry.
This act has racked up 10,000+ viewing hours on YouTube and has developed an extremely loyal fan base that continues to grow with each performance. The Pickle Mafia has a fresh approach, seamlessly blending elements of jazz with hip hop, latin and pop sensibilities, bringing their sound of Arena Jazz Fusion to life
T HE PICKLE MAFIA , SAT MAY 18th 9PM 2 SETS!!

Piano: Charlie Lindner
Bass: Ben Chilbert
Drums: Marco Cirigliano

Pillow seating/Standing/Garden $20 or Companion Tix for 2 are $30.
Guaranteed Sit down Chair & Full Musician Support: $30 or 2 people for $50.
Corazon Membership & Financial hardship Discount is available at $12.

Dead Marley Matthews
2024-05-25 20:00 - 23:59 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA, 90290, United States
This Saturday May 25th at 8:00 PM till…(whenever) come and continue the party at Corazon after @topangadays !! The Official Unofficial Afterparty for Topanga!!!
We will be hosting Beautiful Reflections, a jazz/funk/improv group which will get your bones and booties shakin! Followed by Dead Marley Matthews which is exactly like it sounds!
Live and improvised versions of the music of the Grateful Dead, Bob Marley and the Dave Matthew’s Band! We will have our usual donation libations available and plenty of music and vibes to continue the party after Topanga Days!!
We may have some very special surprise guests show up to add to the fun!!

Topanga After Dark
2024-05-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Come join us for Topanga After Dark, where the night comes alive with music, dancing, and good vibes!

Welcome to Topanga After Dark! Join us for a night of music, art, and community at Corazón Performing Arts. Get ready for an evening filled with live performances, local vendors, and good vibes. Whether you’re a music enthusiast, art lover, or just looking for a fun night out, this event is perfect for you. Come and experience the magic of Topanga After Dark with us!

Planet Us Topanga
2024-05-27 20:00 - 2024-05-28 02:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Disco and dancing after Topanga Days in the heart of Topanga!

Keep the party going after Topanga Days with great DJs spinning great disco so you can dance the night away as Corazon Performing Arts!

The Secret Story of Earth & How The Stars Got Their Names
2024-05-29 19:00 - 21:00
A Story Ceremony that will turn your idea of the state of the world inside out and u leave you with a skip and hop in your step

Let’s journey into the greatest and most mysterious stories of our time… the story of Earth.
Join storyteller, Leah Lamb, and muscians for an event that weaves story, music, community, and song on a journey through one of the most mysterious stories of our time: the story of Earth’s Initiation.

A portion of the profits will be given to the Surfrider Bay Area and the Conservation Lands Network.

P LEASE add to our community altar.

Let’s feed the spirit of our story through flowers, candles, fruit, crystals, chocolates…
If there is something you are grieving and want to release, you may want to bring something that symbolizes what you are tending through symbol or a photo.
All items placed on the altar can go home with you.

Prepare to explore your pivotal role within the unfolding drama as you immerse yourself in a communal ceremony designed to navigate through the maze of individual challenges that unite us all during this monumental epoch of change.

Expect to find another way of seeing our world and your role as a player in this story of Earth.

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“Leah lives in story, it resonates in her being – as a teller, as a writer/thinker, as an activist/world changer, as a contemporary artist rooted in the ancient. She knows the alchemy of myth and the miracle of life, and the tangible magic of language performed.”
-Joe Lambert, The Story Center
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6:30pm: doors open and we co-create our community altar. Due to the ceremonial nature of what we are doing if you are not able to arrive before the doors close we thank you for not interrupting, and please come join the next event!

7pm: we begin. Due to the ceremonial nature of this evening we will close the gate and door at 7pm. If. you are not able to arrive by this time please join us for the next event.
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Want to tell your own story?
Learn more about The School for Sacred Storytelling

Question: How much do I have to participate in a community ritual?
Answer: This is a pick your own adventure!
No one will be put on the spot and the journey is experienced as a collective. This is not performative, but you will be given the opporuniy to speak in small groups as we process the story. You can participate as much or as little as you like — or stand out of the crowd and witness
Come, rest in the receiving of a story and music….and then alchemize the shifts you want to see in your own life in a community ritual.

YOUR GUIDES THROUGH THE EVENING…..

Dimitris Mahlis trio featuring Jerry Watts and Chris Wabich
2024-05-31 21:00 - 23:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Join us on the last day of May for an evening of musical conversation. This stellar cast of musicians brings a truly original blend of music

Join us on the last day of May for an evening of musical conversation. This stellar cast of musicians brings a truly original blend of musical experience spanning 20 plus years of collaboration together.
Dimitris Mahlis -Ouds and guitars
Chris Wabich– Drums and percussion
Jerry Watts– Basses

Trillium and The Donkey Bone Chronicles (Tim O'Gara)
2024-06-01 20:00 - 22:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
8pm Trillium’s folk & harmonizing 9pm Tim O’Gara’s Donkey Bone Chronicles…jaw harp smithing, doney bone rattling, songs of being human

Sat June 1st 8PM Trillium brings folk and harmonizing and 9PM Tim O’Gara’s Donkey Bone Chronicles. Tim will be singing some new songs, some old…he’ll be jaw harp smithing and making us laugh and cry. It’s a beautiful night planned, and Corazon heart space can’t help feeling wonderfully full as we see Theo O’Gara with Trillium (trio with fellow Topangans) and his father Tim O’Gara with Donkey Bone Chronicles.
Join the evening’s magic. It’s gonna be fun! Bring your own beverages or buy from General store or Endless Colors.
7:45PM DOORS OPEN
$20 Sit Down Chair (2 for $30)
$10 Pillows, Standing and Gardens
$5 hardship
Corazon Youth Memberships admitted FREE

AXON ORKESTRA Balkan, Romanian, Gypsy Jazz, Middle Eastern, & Looping
2024-06-08 21:00 - 23:45 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
AXON ORKESTRA | Ibiza-bound!!Farewell Concert! Electric & Eclectic Balkan, Romanian, Gypsy Jazz, Middle Eastern, Original Music & Looping

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FABRICE You, Violin Virtuoso
Between busking in a mule-drawn, handmade wagon across Europe performing Eastern European gypsy music to mixing world, jazz, and gypsy music in artistic haunts of Los Angeles, it’s no surprise that Fabrice has spent his life absorbing the culture and music of every country he’s traveled through. This is why the Paris-born, L.A.-based artist is considered one of the most versatile and musically diverse violinists today.
DUSTY BROUGH, GUITAR Guitarist Dusty Brough brilliantly combines his roots in Flamenco with Jazz, Folk, Brazilian, Gypsy and Balkan music. As a composer, he integrates these eclectic influences with his unique approach to music and a “blatant disregard for genre boxes” (Joe Bendel, Epoch Times). Brough’s nylon-string guitar playing is marked by an unparalleled agile technique that supports a buoyant aesthetic. Dusty creates something truly remarkable by seamlessly blending lush harmonies, intricate rhythms and improvisation, with a fluidity, presence, and rhythm that can only be compared to the rolling waves of the ocean.
* MILES JAY ~ (Multifaceted virtuoso Double Bass, Buzuk & Lyra )Miles Jay is a composer and instrument maker, and an active performer with many prominent artists around the world. Broad in range of his musical influences and communities, Miles has lived abroad for years absorbing styles from many traditions, and has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, and the United Nations.
From 2005 to 2012, Miles lived in Egypt and Lebanon, performing and collaborating with many beloved artists of the region, including Youssou N’Dour, Ziad Rahbani, Naseer Shamma, Ross Daly, and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. During this time he co-founded and co-produced several ensembles and albums, as well as traveled extensively around the region for concerts in Dubai, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, Oman, Algeria, Senegal, Syria, and Western Europe. Active in studios as well, Miles worked with composer Khaled Mouzannar as music consultant and instrumentalist on the score to Nadine Labaki’s latest film “Where do we go Now,” an official selection of both Sundance and Cannes. Throughout all of this valuable experience, Miles focused on re-imagining the bass’s role both as an accompanying instrumental and as a melodic lead, adapting a wide range of Arabic, Greek, and Turkish ornamentation to develop his own extended technique when playing with a bow.
Some of Axon’s special collaborators are
Dan Cantrell, Noam Israeli Devon Taylor “TUBA RED”

Up The Drone: 44-Hour Ambient Soundsmithing -- CANCELED
2024-06-14 19:00 - 2024-06-16 16:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
44 Hours of Unbroken Drone & Ambient Artistry inside the Beating Heart of Topanga Canyon,
Corazón Performing Arts

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FRI, JUNE 14TH @ 7PM — SUN, JUNE 16TH @ 3PM
“Up The Drone” is an ambient, immersive sound experience featuring 44 straight hours of performances of uninterrupted drone music with a no-dead-air protocal.
hours upon hours, a new journey through the carrier wave.
Artist Lineup below, subject to evolve.
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Live painting, silk screening, custom merch and other garden surprises including a raffle for original artwork by James Mathers. ????
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TICKETS = DroneUp Pass: 44 hours
Suggested donation $20
Proceeds support the artists contributing their spesh
Space limited, advanced reservations recommended.
DroneUp passes are good for unlimited reentry so you can come and go as needed. Bring cozy clothing and drop in to the full potential of this uniquely transformative portal. ????️
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ORIGINAL ART: Limited edition collectible zines, live paintings and silk screenings freshly made for your droney appreciation by James Mathers and other artists. Upcycled clothing available for custom requests or bring your own and leave with a physical imprint of this transformative experience.
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INQUIRIES: For press, performers, participants: Please contact xzorloc13@gmail.com or gio@corazonperformingarts.com / 213.713.2457 / SeaDonkey@Substack.
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ABOUT CORAZÓN PERFORMING ARTS
Since 2015, Corazόn Performing Arts space has been a Heart hub for cultural dance performances and classes as well as intimate music concerts in the still-wild and wonderful Topanga Canyon. We are a hub for our local community and a haven for those kindreds coming from elsewhere in the world, who share the same love of great music, soulful living, and a desire to make a positive impact on their community and those around them.
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Please watch schedule as times may SHIFT…
FRIDAY JUNE 14, 2024
7pm-8pm
DJ Nanny Cantaloupe
8pm-9pm
You, Me & the Whales
9pm-1am
Sharkiface
Slurred Oath
Nora Keyes
Lord Blobbie
Droni Mitchell
Scalpy
Michael Bailey
Sleepwalkers Local
Camila Alvarez
1am-3am
The Zero Collective
(7 member ensemble)
3am
Donkey Bone Chronicles

SATURDAY JUNE 15, 2024
4 AM – Poet Strangelove
5AM –
6 AM –
7 AM –
8 AM –
9 AM –
10AM –
11:30AM- 1PM
3-4 PM –
4-7 PM – Hamscholar
7-9 PM – Electric Coyote & Norton Wisdom
9-10:30 PM –
10:30 PM –
SUNDAY JUNE 16TH, 2024
Vikain Sound Odyssey
Gnu Normal
Skinny Britches
Loop Zeppelin
3PM-4PM Herkimur Girl Sound Bowl
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Where Olive Trees Weep
2024-06-22 19:00 - 21:30 | 125 S Topanga Canyon Blvd, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons. Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?
This film is offered for free, but donations would greatly appreciated.

Sachiko Kanenobu with DJ sets by Carlos Niño
2024-06-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Please welcome legendary Japanese singer-songwriter on her first ever performance in Topanga Canyon, with Carlos Niño as your DJ host.

Sachiko Kanenobu is generally acknowledged as Japan’s first female folk-rock singer-songwriter. She was discovered as a precocious 18-year-old in 1968 and signed to Japan’s first independent record company URC (Underground Record Club), which changed Japan’s musical landscape. In 1972, the label released her first album, ‘Misora,’ co-produced by Haruomi Hosono (bassist and creator of Happy End and, later, Yellow Magic Orchestra, as well as a solo artist in his own right).

A few months before the release of her debut album in 1972, Sachiko left Japan and married music critic Paul Williams, with whom she had two sons. In 1976, she met world-renowned science fiction author Philip K. Dick. When PKD heard her album ‘Misora,’ he encouraged her to return to writing songs and in 1981, he released her first American single ‘Fork In The Road / Tokyo Song.’ Sachiko started performing again and PKD planned to produce her first full-length English-language album, but unfortunately died by stroke in March, 1982.

Sachiko continued to perform and release albums with her rock band Culture Shock, as well as solo. Starting in the 1990’s, her debut album, ‘Misora,’ found a new generation of fans in Japan. In 2019, the Light In The Attic label reissued ‘Misora’ in the US, which led to greater international awareness of her music. A new version of her second album, ‘Fork In The Road,’ produced by Makoto Kubota, was released by Better Days / Columbia Records in Japan in 2023.
At 76 years of age, Sachiko continues to write and perform. Tours have taken her to Japan, Europe, LA and NYC, where she played at the annual event SummerStage in Central Park. Her song ‘Aoi Sakana (Blue Fish)’ from ‘Misora’ was used in the soundtrack of Wim Wenders’ film ‘Perfect Days,’ which was nominated for ‘Best International Feature’ at the 2024 Academy Awards.

Yuval Ron Ensemble Summer Dance Night in Topanga Canyon
2024-06-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Mystical Music to Dance to featuring the stunning and inspiring Yuval Ron Ensemble in Topanga Canyon

Saturday June 29th 8pm at Corazon in Topanga Canyon, Yuval Ron Ensemble featuring the stunning and inspiring mucianship brings Summer Dance Night with Mystical Music concert.
You are invited you to join us to dance, sing, and be elevated with the mystical and inspiring music and dance of Yuval Ron Ensemble!
YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE

Yuval Ron – Oud, Story Teller & Musical Director

Join us for an inspiring and uplifting experience.
$35 GUARANTEED SIT-DOWN CHAIR SEATING or Discount for 2 people $60
$20 First Come first serve Pillow, standing, garden. Bring Your Own refreshments.
$ 20 GUARANTEED SIT-DOWN CHAIR CORAZON MONTHLY MEMBERS
DOORS OPEN 7:30PM
CONCERT 8PM
Limited inside chair seating with first come first serve, pillows and standing, and secret Corazon garden outdoor courtyard and spaces for enjoyment.

Txana IkakuruBatani - Huni Kuin - Hapé and Music Circle in Topanga Canyon
2024-08-08 19:00 - 22:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Hapé & music, FundRaiser, cultural event,Txana Ikakuru & Batani, Spiritual Leader & Musician from the Huni Kuin tribe, deep in the Amazonas

Hapé And music, FundRaiser and cultural event, with Txana Ikakuru & Batani, Spiritual Leader and powerful Musician from the Huni Kuin tribe, deep in the Amazonas of Brazil.
Large Indigenous Tribal Market.
Donations $50 and up.
Preferably, RSVP your advance booking via Venmo : @amir-leron Or at the door cash /CC
Txana Ikakuru and Batani live in their native Huni Kuin village in the Jordao region of Acre-Amazon-Brazil. He is the grandson of Romao Sales (who was one of the main guardians of the Sacred and ancient Huni Kuin chants of Nixi Pae) and the grandson of the Master Kaxinawa Shaman Mukaya that passed away in 2015 at the age of 105.
Taxana Ikakuru was chosen to carry the ancient Huni Kuin lineage of the sacred chants of the Nixi Pae & the healing knowledge. He is the Spiritual leader and Paje’ of his village Boa Vista which is located deep in the Amazon forest in Jordao, his knowledge of the medicine plants, sacred chants and healing is vast.

JEREMY SOLE AT CORAZON
2024-08-10 21:00 - 23:59 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Collecting vinyl from around the world for over 30 years, Jeremy Sole’s DJ sets and remixes juxtapose global sounds into a sonic ritual

Jeremy Sole plays SAT AUGUST 10th 10PM Topanga Canyon…perhaps one of the most unique, wild and untamed areas in Los Angeles. For Real. Come enjoy the night!!
9PM opening set by singer/songwriter Dylan Bailey.

$30 bucks or 2 for $40.
Corazon monthly members 50% discount (at door). BYOB allowed.

JEREMY SOLEKCRW Radio Host / DJ / Recording Artist / Event Producer
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Jeremy Sole is on a mission to show how music is a singular universal language, and that each culture’s rhythms and melodies are no more than slang – different accents of the same mother tongue. Collecting vinyl from around the world for over 30 years, his DJ sets and remixes juxtapose global sounds into a sonic ritual for the “genre non-conforming”, blending or downright transcending era, style and tempo.
Sole has had the honor of sharing the stage and/or recording in the studio with hundreds of his inspirations over his career including Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, Parliament Funkadelic, Chaka Khan, Moses Sumney, James Blake and many more. Gilles Peterson named Sole “#2 DJ Of The Year, 2011” as well as “Radio Show Of The Year, 2014”.
Sole was the last DJ to open for both Ray Charles and Gil Scott-Heron on what turned out to be their final concerts. He deejayed for Sly Stone’s birthday party, worked on music for a year with Ms. Lauryn Hill and enlisted the same Daptone musicians as Amy Winehouse to produce a live, all-analog reimagining of the 1976 classic “Golden Years” for David Bowie in his final days. He was asked to spin traditional New Orleans funeral dirges atop a giant animatronic octopus with Susan Sarandon, leading a procession of hundreds through Burning Man to bring Timothy Leary’s ashes to the temple. It’s been a wild and freaky ride.
Sole is most widely known for his weekly KCRW radio show, now approaching its 17th year, where he helped break many now-major artists with their first radio plays including Black Pumas, Hiatus Kaiyote, Michael Kiwanuka, The Shakes (now Alabama Shakes). He aired the world radio debuts of music for Santana, Chicano Batman, Gary Clark Jr, Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Aaron Frazer, Gaslamp Killer, Saul Williams and countless others. This is his weekly “mixtape love letter” to the world, weaving a rich, soulful tapestry of culture and emotion. LISTEN BACK TO THE ARCHIVES AT WWW.KCRW.COM/JEREMYSOLE
As Co-Founder and resident DJ of AFRO FUNKÉ, Sole and his partners drew a loyal crowd to the now-legendary Zanzibar in Santa Monica every week for 15 years. This was his arena for Afrobeat, Latin, Brazilian, Jamaican and other sounds from around the world. Hundreds of international artists and deejays joined him on stage over the years – memories of Prince and his entourage on the dancefloor and impromptu jam sessions with Stevie Wonder, Zap Mama and other legends.
LE FRIQUE SONIQUE, his newest incarnation, is the only recurring event he currently curates and produces, flying in his absolute bucket list of world renowned DJ and musician friends to join him at his monthly soundclash at the Moroccan Lounge, on the outskirts of Little Tokyo and the DTLA Arts District.
Sole has also produced official remixes for BECK (US), FEMI KUTI (Nigeria), JAZZANOVA (Germany), THIEVERY CORPORATION (US), ALSARAH (Sudan), SOLA ROSA (New Zealand), NOVALIMA (Peru), ROCKY DAWUNI (Ghana), QUANTIC (Colombia), DOM LA NENA (Brasil) and others.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .• CLIENTS: Apple, Ace Hotels, David Lynch Foundation, Ford Theatre, The Getty Museum, Grand Park, Grand Performances, Herman Miller, Hollywood Bowl, House Of Blues, Mike D (Beastie Boys), The MOCA, NeueHouse, Nike, Obey/Shepherd Fairey, Paul Allen, Quincy Jones, Sony, Tourism Australia.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• PRESS/ARTIST QUOTES:
“Jeremy Sole is one of the deejays that we both admire hugely and certainly check his lists and radio show …a real sort-of bohemian of the old school variety. There aren’t enough people like him left in the world of music.” – Gilles Peterson (excerpt from Bonobo interview)
“If I was a DJ full time, I would most likely spin like Jeremy Sole. His mind and soul hears exactly what I hear.” – Raphael Saadiq
“Beautiful choices of music… a whole different vibe.” – David Lynch
“As a selector and tastemaker Jeremy is one of the true eclectic visionaries, joining the dots of new global music.” – Bonobo
“Jeremy Sole is a man of good taste & tasteful mixing. Los Angeles is lucky to have him …he’s a goldmine of music.” – Quantic
“Jeremy Sole is not only a world class DJ, but a world class citizen of the world. One of my favorite dudes in the game hands down, and a phenomenal talent.” – Rich Medina
“Jeremy Sole is perhaps the most consistently versatile performer we’ve ever featured!” – The Do Lab (Coachella / Lightning In A Bottle)
“Jeremy is a great DJ, presenter, producer and knower-of-music …an extremely cool dude. I cannot stop listening to his remix of ‘I Put A Spell On You’ …it’s irresistible.” – Henry Rollins
“Jeremy’s in my top 2 for good Global dancefloor DJs.” – Nickodemus
“One of the only successful AND good DJs in LA (those are usually mutually exclusive).” – Peanut Butter Wolf (owner, Stones Throw records)
“Jeremy Sole is one of the consummate tastemakers in the U.S. and a bad ass DJ to boot! I’m honored to have played alongside him and I’m proud to call him a friend.” – DJ Day
“Jeremy constantly shatters World Music boundaries and catapults his audience on a sublime international journey.” – DJ Nu-Mark
“Jeremy has that rare mix of not only being an exquisite and eclectic selector but also a fabulous human being. He never ceases to amaze with his ever changing but always interesting selections. It’s always a joy to hear him play, a true legend.” – Danny McLewin (Psychemagik)

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Sam Small & Tyler Ballgame Live at Corazon
2024-08-16 20:00 - 23:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Come hang out with us at Corazon for a live performance by Sam Small & Tyler Ballgame – it’s gonna be a blast!

Sam Small & Tyler Ballgame Live at Corazon
Join us for an unforgettable evening of stellar songwriting and radical presence with Sam Small and Tyler Ballgame live at Corazon!

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and poet, Sam Small, transforms deeply personal storytelling into lush lyrical tapestries carried by infectious and hauntingly familiar modern melodies punctuated with dazzling solos. The band comprises Sam Small on lead vocals and guitar, John Would on guitar and lap steel, Nigel Wilson on keyboards and synthesizers, Wayne Whittaker on bass, and Amy Wood on drums.

Launching his project in 2023, Tyler Ballgame is blending the sounds of the 60s and 70s with timeless pop melody writing and a pure joy for performing. Tyler studied voice and songwriting at Berklee College of Music and now applies a rock/crooner vocal technique in front of a 7 piece band. Tyler Ballgame has just released his debut single “Help Me Out” which evokes comparisons to artists such as Roy Orbison and Fleet Foxes.

Seffarine: Music of Morocco, Spain and Beyond
2024-08-23 20:30 - 23:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Saffarine merges continents with Spanish flamenco, Arabic and Andalusian music, Persian classical, & jazz in eclectic Topanga Canyon space

Join Seffarine on Friday August 23rd at Corazón Performing Arts for an unforgettable evening of music that will transport your thirsty spirit. The sounds that stir the dry winds of Southern Spain and Morocco, two countries separated by only a whisper of the Mediterranean, are the musical DNA of the beautifully complex music of Seffarine. Seffarine’s unique blend of traditional Moroccan music with jazz, flamenco, and classical influences will leave you mesmerized. Don’t miss out on this cultural experience that will take your senses on a journey of musical traditions. Get ready to be swept away by the enchanting melodies and rhythms of Seffarine!

ABOUT SEFFARINE
The musicians of Seffarine, soulful singer Lamiae Naki who sings in Arabic, Farsi, Spanish and French and musician Nat Hulskamp who plays the flamenco guitar and oud, are joined by bassist Damian Erskine and flamenco dancer, singer and cajon player Manuel Gutierrez wows with explosive flamenco dance footwork. The result is a lively and enriching musical journey throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East.
The evening’s ensemble explores the musical traditions of both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar with a culturally rooted yet thoroughly contemporary nod to the long period between the 9th and 15th centuries when Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures lived side by side and largely peacefully on the Iberian Peninsula, influencing one another’s cultures, including musically.
“Although we all have training in the traditional musical cultures represented in the group — Spanish flamenco, Persian classical, North African and Arab Andalusian — our music is a contemporary reflection of the centuries of exchange that happened at the mouth of the Mediterranean,” Hulskamp says. “Morocco and Spain — Africa and Europe — are only separated by a few miles at the Straits of Gibraltar, and of course this made Morocco a crossroad of Arabic, Iberian, Amazigh, Sephardic and West African music. Although Lamiae and I write the music, everyone in the group has learned a lot about each other’s traditions, which while giving color and texture to the music, also gives our originals a unified sound, rather than a patchwork.”
Naki was born in the old Moroccan city of Fez, where she began singing at an early age, learning Moroccan and flamenco music and eventually also studying classical Turkish singing in Istanbul. Hulskamp was born in Portland, where he began studying with acoustic guitar master Paul Chasman as a teenager. He soon began to study flamenco guitar as well, and then, in Morocco, the oud.
Rhythms are an integral part of the ensemble’s music-making: The name Seffarine comes from “the ancient metalworking square in Fez, which is famous for the complex rhythms that ring out from the blacksmiths’ hammers.”
ABOUT THE EVENING:
Doors Open 8:15. Concert begins 8:30 with two sets of music. Enjoy intermission as the crickets and frogs serenade in the Corazon Secret Garden. All Ages welcome.
$30 sit down chair seating
$20 pillow seating
Discounted financial hardship and Corazon members: $15
Corazon does not sell food and beverage. Enjoy the delicious food next door to us at Endless Color, or within walking distance is Topanga Bistro and Inn of the Seventh Ray.
You may BYOB, no hard alcohol please. Topanga Canyon General Store next to us, closes on weekends bwteen 9:30-10pm. They have a wonderful selection of all kinds of beverages. Otherwise, you’re driving down the hill.
Please, do not park in front of the General Store while they are open for business. Please do not park along walls that would not leave room for large vehicles, such as a fire truck.

ToGather Voices Singing Circle in Topanga Canyon
2024-08-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
A singing circle where your voice can experience belonging. Centered around creating vocal rootedness, connection, safety, and play within

ToGather Voices : A community that sings together has a strong foundation that is rooted in ancient tradition and ritual
What: A singing circle where your voice can experience belonging. Our time will be centered around creating vocal rootedness, connection, safety, and play within guided exercises, songs, and exploration
When: This Tuesday, August 27th, from 7:30 – 9pm
Where: Corazon Performing Arts
Join us through the wild somatic landscape of what it takes to be fully vocally EMBODIED. Go beyond the tender walls of our limiting beliefs, and expand generously outward to allow your voice to be heard, felt, and joined by others. Learn to harmonize and listen with the whole body so that collective resonance can emerge. Come sing and explore. You belong here. All levels are welcome, if you have a voice, you ARE singer. Yes, you.
Yours in songAnne Walsh
$30 pay ahead/$35 at the door
spots limited – recommend reserve ahead
venmo: Anne-walsh-6paypal: walshanne001@gmail.com(Cash also accepted)

Rivers of Raga for Climate Consciousness Paul Livingstone Vishnu R and
2024-09-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Raga meditations, nature soundscapes, dynamic improvisations for LA Climate Week with Paul Livingstone, Vishnu R & Shubha Chandramouli

Rivers of Raga for Climate Consciousness
Paul Livingstone, Vishnu R and special friends
Sunday, September 8th, 7:30 doors / 8pm concert

Paul Livingstone , Vishnu R and Shubha Chandramouli join Collidescope Foundation and LA Climate Week, with a special Raga offering.
Recently returning from his 10th musical sojourn in India, Paul , Vishnu and Shubha will be offering an intimate evening of raga meditations, nature soundscapes, and dynamic improvisations.
DOORS OPEN 7:30pm CONCERT 8PM

$25 Guaranteed CHAIR SEATING or Discount for 2 people is $40
$15 Pillows
Corazon monthly Members are FREE

BYOB allowed and Corazon does not sell beverages or food.
www.collidescope.foundation / www.laclimateweek.com
Paul Livingstone , Born in Beirut, Lebanon, international performing artist Paul Livingstone is one of the leading sitarists in America today and dedicated teaching artist & community activist. He has focused his studies in the creative tradition of Indian classical raga music in which he has been rigorously trained for the past 25 years in India and the US studying under the late Amiya Dasgupta, Rajeev Taranath and the living legend Pandit Ravi Shankar.Paul has performed in around the US, Mexico, Europe & Asia and has just returned from a major concert tour performing Indian music in Nepal, India, Czech & Germany.

Vishnu R is an award-winning Indian Classical & Jazz performer and inventor of the new, unique 9-string instrument NAVTAR (patented). He is a Fellow of the US Govt State Department, a Mentor of the British Council India-UK Exchange and is a recipient of the Best Composition award from the Beyond Music International Project (Switzerland) and Grade 8 distinction holder from the Trinity College of London.

Shubha Chandramouli is an accomplished artist in the field of Carnatic music. A current disciple of Sri. Patri Satish Kumar and initially trained by Sri. Poovalur Srinivasan, Shubha is one of only a handful of performing female mridangam artists in the world. As a collaborator in diverse genres of music and dance ensembles, Shubha performs regularly at numerous global music festivals, most recently the Reflektor festival in Hamburg, Germany curated by Anoushka Shankar, the Festival of Tabla, and Geeva Arts Festival.
Shubha is also a performing vocalist, having given several vocal concerts around the US and India. Additionally, she was a prior member of the Arpana Dance Company, having been trained in South Indian classical dance (Bharata Natyam). Shubha regularly gives lecture demonstrations on South Indian music, primarily focusing on rhythm while incorporating aspects of vocal music and dance into her lectures. Shubha’s unique mridangam accompanying style incorporates her vocal and dance training to deliver a scintillating musical experience.
An MBA graduate from Boston University, Shubha currently resides in Los Angeles working in Corporate Finance.

ToGather Voices Singing Circle in Topanga Canyon
2024-09-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
A singing circle where your voice can experience belonging. Centered around creating vocal rootedness, connection, safety, and play within

ToGather Voices : A community that sings together has a strong foundation that is rooted in ancient tradition and ritual
What: A singing circle where your voice can experience belonging. Our time will be centered around creating vocal rootedness, connection, safety, and play within guided exercises, songs, and exploration
When: Wedmesdays from 5:30pm-7pm
Where: Corazon Performing Arts
Join us through the wild somatic landscape of what it takes to be fully vocally EMBODIED. Go beyond the tender walls of our limiting beliefs, and expand generously outward to allow your voice to be heard, felt, and joined by others. Learn to harmonize and listen with the whole body so that collective resonance can emerge. Come sing and explore. You belong here. All levels are welcome, if you have a voice, you ARE singer. Yes, you.
Yours in songAnne Walsh
$30 pay ahead/$35 at the door
spots limited – recommend reserve ahead
venmo: Anne-walsh-6paypal: walshanne001@gmail.com(Cash also accepted)

MESTIZO BEAT LATIN FUNK
2024-09-14 21:00 - 23:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
MESTIZO BEAT Latin Funk & Soul, Latin Jazz, Afrobeat, Psychedelic Rock & Hip-Hop in Topanga Canyon for Second Saturday dancing!! 8pm doors

Get your dancing shoes on for Topanga Canyon’s Second Saturday happening (5pm the town becomes alive with community!!) 2 SETS! DOORS OPEN 9PM!
Mestizo Beat is a Latin Funk Ensemble, brings dancing and vibes, sure to blast the roof off Corazon, Topanga Canyon’s cultural, live music hub. Mestizo Beat is an instrumental group that blends the sounds of early 70’s Funk & Soul, Latin Jazz, Afrobeat, Psychedelic Rock and Hip-Hop. The group is highly inspired by artists such as War, James Brown and The J.B.’s, Mongo Santamaria, Fela Kuti, Parliament Funkadelic, and The Meters.
Mestizo Beat was formed in late 2016 in Topanga, CA by the Magaña Brothers, Aquiles and Agustin Magaña. The band name is influenced by their Salvadoran roots, they combine efforts to focus on elements of tight rhythms, big horn sections, and instrumental arrangements.

MESTIZO BEAT IS:

Agustin Magaña -drums
Aquiles Magaña-Guitar
Doug Organ-Keyboards
Fabio Santana-Trombone
Jesse Audelo-Saxophone
Jose Castro-Bass
Max O’Leary- Trumpet
Pedro Flores-Percussions

Limited seating as this is a groove/move night to let loose and enjoy!!

MESTIZO BEAT: $20
DISCOUNT TICKET FOR 2 PEOPLE: $30
Monthly Corazon members: 10 bucks

You may BYOB but no hard alcohol is allowed. No food and beverage is sold at Corazon, so support the local restaurants and General store—all close by 10pm.

Möonbabe Listening Party + Fall Equinox Celebration
2024-09-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Let’s vibe under the stars, listen to Möonbabe’s tunes, and celebrate the Fall Equinox together!

Möonbabe Listening Party + Fall Equinox Celebration
Come join us in magical Topanga Canyon for an unforgettable night at Corazón Performing Arts as we celebrate the changing of the seasons with the ethereal sounds of Möonbabe. This in-person event promises to be a night filled with enchanting music, good vibes, and community spirit. Let’s welcome the fall equinox together in style! Don’t miss out on this special gathering under the stars.
Featuring live performances, elixirs, scents, and a premium listening party experience, this all ages event will captivate your heart and give us all a night to remember as well call in Fall Equinox in ritual community activation together.
Schedule:
7 pm – Mingle, elixirs
7:30 pm – Autumnal Ritual
8 pm – Moonbabe the Artist EP listening + dance performances
8:30 pm – Special surprise performances
9 pm – Möonbabe Fall Equinox Listening Experience
For sliding scale-based pricing, please visit https://www.universe.com/events/moonbabe-listening-party-fall-equinox-celebration-tickets-YFQN3C

Inidan Harp and Bansuri flutist Sheela Bringi and Clinton Patterson
2024-09-27 21:00 - 23:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Indian harpist, singer, bansuri flutist Sheela Bringi & Clinton Patterson rooted in Black Americana, elements of spirituals, soul, hip hop

Sheela Bringi and Clinton Patterson – Double Bill
Friday September 27th doors open 8:30pm Concert Begins at 9PM sharp
$30 sit-down chair seating (discount for 2people is $50)
$20 pillow seating.
Hardship and Corazon monthly members: $10

Sheela Bringi is a world music artist who sings and plays rāga harp, harmonium and bansuri. Though classically trained in the North Indian tradition, her unique way of weaving in heart vibes and traditions from around the world makes her music a special experience. Sheela’s Indian vocals, soaring bansuri flute, and harp have graced 50+ world & chant albums (including the Grammy-nominated Bhakti Without Borders) and her music has been profiled by NBC News, NPR, Public Radio International, and others.
indian vocals + deep rhythms + heart strings + bansuri

Sheela Bringi – voice, harp, bansuri
Clinton Patterson – voice, flugelhorn, guitar, synthesizer
Tina Raymond – drumset
Lalita Balakrishnan – tabla
Bill McCrossen – double bass, ngoni

“What do you get when you cross British-Tamil Pop, avant-garde piano and ancient Vedic chanting? Sheela Bringi.” – Public Radio International
Clinton Patterson is a versatile musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, originally from Southwest Atlanta. His music is deeply rooted in Black Americana, blending elements of spirituals, soul, and hip hop with influences from various cultural traditions from around the world. Clinton has been active in the LA music scene since 2005 and has collaborated with high-profile artists and projects, including ESPN, Disney, The RZA, A Tribe Called Quest, and Sesame Street.
Patterson often performs with Sheela Bringi, combining his “Temple Blues” with her Indian classical music background to create a unique and transcendent sound. This collaboration has been showcased in places like the Treefort Music Festival, Udaya Live, Wanderlust, Columbia University, and intimate performances in venues around the United States. Beyond performing, Clinton is also a veteran music educator and has contributed to various music programs in LA, sharing his rich musical heritage with younger generations.
rich vocals + lush brass + beats for the body + words for the soul

Clinton Patterson – vocals, flugelhorn, guitar, synthesizer
Vikram Devasthali – vocals, laptop, trombone, synthesizer
Greg Swiller – bass
Caleb Veazey – guitar

BYOB allowed. No hard alcohol. Beverage can be purchase at General store or Endless Colors Pizza.
“Meet the harpist using traditional Indian music and American jazz to ‘bridge worlds'”(read feature article here). – NBC Asian America
“This music isn’t just for your yoga practice” – National Public Radio

The Debashish Bhattacharya Trio in Topanga Canyon
2024-09-29 19:00 - 21:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
The Debashish Bhattacharya Trio presents their 2024 Legacy Tour: Pure classical Indian repertoire

The Debashish Bhattacharya Trio in Topanga Canyon! Join us for a mesmerizing evening of pure Indian classical music at Corazón Performing Arts. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable live performance in an intimate eclectic space!

The Debashish Bhattacharya Trio
presents
Legacy: The music of pioneering Indian recording artists
The Trio
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is an award-winning artist known worldwide as the unrivaled master of Hindustani slide guitar. A product of the demanding tradition of the ancient guru-student training system, he has received numerous international awards and accolades, including two Grammy nominations, Billboard Top 10, and the BBC Planet Award.
Rounding out the Trio are Debashish’s daughter Anandi, a gifted vocalist and a rising star in her own right, and Debashish’s younger brother Subhasis, who is recognized as one of the greatest percussionists of his generation.
The Legacy
The concert program for the Fall of 2024 consists of a unique tribute to the pioneering Indian recording artists of the early 1900s. In those days, small shellac disks captured succinct renditions of Hindustani classical ragas and popular songs, creating a sensation among the wider populace. Indeed, this golden era saw the rise of the first celebrity musicians; household names of the time.
As a direct descendant of this illustrious past, both spiritually and in terms of training, Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya has created a program that links this legacy to the present and forges a path to the future with new compositions.
The Performance
The Ensemble will recreate the spirit and character of those early recordings. Dressed in the fashion of the period, they will transport us to those early days, when a family might have huddled around a radio to hear their favorite stars in, say, 1915.
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya has not only been recognized as the globe’s finest slide guitarist, he is also an innovator and inventor. Indeed, a major highlight of the performance will be the ornate stringed instruments of Debashish’s own creation, each of which are manufactured and sold by his company Trideb International Guitars. These include the Chaturangui (Chatur = 4, ang = color,“gui” from guitar), a 26-string slide guitar; Pushpa Veena (Pushpa = “flower” Veena = “stringed instrument”), a 25-string hybrid of the Rabab sarod and slide guitar, and more.
With lilting, elegant vocal lines, labrynthine slide guitar, driving complex rhythms of tabla, and the luminous sparkle of the Swarmandal, the evening will feature various combinations of members and instruments: the full ensemble, duets, and solo pieces. On full display in each work will be the combination of virtuosity, finely filigreed ornamentation, and emotional expression that makes Hindustani music so appealing.

Laughable
2024-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Stacie Burrows brings her new solo musical comedy Laughable to Topanga Canyon. One night only.

Parking is available in front and behind the venue. Please don’t park in front of the General Store.
Restaruants nearby include: Endless Color and Canyon Bistro.

SOULSONG a Spiritual Song Journey with KID BEYOND and ELISE DIVINE
2024-10-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
SOULSONG is a Spiritual Song Journey guided lovingly by singer / Buddhist teacher Kid Beyond, and songleader Elise Divine

SOULSONG: a Spiritual Song Journey with KID BEYOND and ELISE DIVINE
SOULSONG is a spiritual song journey —from heartful meditation…to joyful group singing…to soulful ecstatic dance.

It’s guided lovingly by singer / Buddhist teacher Kid Beyond, and songleader Elise Divine.

The songs are easy to learn.
You don’t need to be a “good singer.” If you want to sing, we welcome you!

This beautiful evening will open your heart, move your body, and nourish your soul.
All ages welcome!

SAT OCT 12Doors 6:00Event 6:30-9:00
Don’t miss out on this unique experience!

Will Worden plays the Topanga Film Festival After-Festivities
2024-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Come hang out with us after the Topanga Film Festival and enjoy live music from Will Worden!

Will Worden brings something special to the Topanga Film Festival After-Festivities! Join us at Corazón Performing Arts for a night of fun together. Let’s keep the celebration going as we honor this year’s filmmakers. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience with the talented Will Worden. See you there!

Blaec Elite DJs at Topanga Film Festival After Party
2024-10-18 21:00 - 23:30 | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
Get ready to party to celebrate the Topanga Film Fest with Blaec Elite DJs for Topanga Film Festival After Party!

Blaec Elite DJs for Topanga Film Festival After Party
Come join us at Corazón Performing Arts for an unforgettable celebration! TheTopanga Film Festival will be wrapping up day #1 with Blaec Elite DJs . The evening is the perfect way to unwind after a day at the Topanga Film Festival. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity to mingle with fellow film enthusiasts . See you there!
