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Electric Kulintang

Fri., Jan. 7, 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., free with admission of $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

Published: Jan 5, 2011

[ world/jazz/electronic ]

"Kulintang" refers to both Filipino folk music and the eight-gong instrument used to create it. What the "electric" refers to is obvious, though the music made by this duo is anything but, a richly colored wash of folk music, electronica and trance. Filipina-American percussionist Susie Ibarra, best-known for her mid-'90s stint behind the drum kit in David S. Ware's fabled quartet, inaugurated the project, which weaves field recordings of traditional musicians into the nontraditional manipulations created by Ibarra's composer/husband, Cuban-born Roberto Rodriguez.

Fri., Jan. 7, 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., free with admission of $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

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