We're excited to bring BQP to Philly for this great free outdoor event called 40th Street Summer Series. Please tell all of your Philly friends to come out to the greenspace at 40th and Walnut Street, just behind the Walnut West Free Library. See you there!

Start your summer right! Squeeze into the barbes backroom and enjoy BQP upclose and personal! See you there!

This is where it all happens for BQP. Hot off recording our 2nd album, we're ready to go!

Brooklyn Qawwali Party headlines this year’s all-day free concert, bringing their funk/jazz tribute to legendary vocalist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Beacon’s Waterfront Park, steps from the Beacon train station. The third annual Riverfest boasts a diverse, high-energy line-up, including the swee, summery sounds of Bing Ji Ling, The Figgs (Graham Parker's backing band), Schwervon!, Beacon's own surf trio The Octomen, and M Shanghai String Band, "a modern-day medicine show according to Tommy Ramone. Vendors will be onsite serving food—from pulled pork to paletas. Handicraft artists will sell original work and handmade jewelry. beaconriverfest.com

We're recording our 2nd album with famed producer Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz, Joan Osborne) at his fantastic all-analog studio in Hudson, NY. Come join us for the after-party at Beaconfest!

Barbes, we love it. It's our home, our laboratory. This is where we take our music to new heights, try things we've never tried and do it with you only inches from us. Don't miss it.



http://barbesbrooklyn.com/

Put on your BOHEMIAN best, the GYPSY caravan is rolling into town. Our 3rd annual EARTH DAY celebration is going to be magical. Mark your calendar… and become a gypsy for the Earth!

Join us Friday night. Our evening reception will have you greeted by fortune tellers, tarot card readers, belly dancers, and music by Pamelech Klezmer Orkester.

Locally-made delectables from Mission Bar + Tapas, Y Bar, Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, The Meat Market, Brenda and Co., Alta Restaurant and Wine Bar, and Jessica Maruco (Pastry Chef at The Williams Inn). Beers brewed by Berkshire Brewing Heritage and Wandering Star Craft Brewery.

The Berkshire’s own cabaret and burlesque troupe GYPSY LAYNE, a curvaceous crew of girls and boys, will rule the runway. With a mix of burlesque performance and fashion modeling, these gypsies will showcase the exclusive up-cycled designer pieces made just for this event. Bid on these items in our Online Auction and walk home in style!

Then dance, dance, dance the night away to the buoyant rhythm of Brooklyn Qawwali Party. With horns, guitar, bass, harmonium, and three percussionists, they are bringing the gypsy beats!

Come on back Saturday from 1-4 for the infamous Clothes Swap. Just $2 at the door and $5 per pound, you can peruse through women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing, shoes and accessories with big donations from Green Eileen (Eileen Fisher) and Sideshow Clothing Co.!!

Get your tickets NOW at Dottie's Coffee Lounge (444 North St., Pittsfield) or at www.AlchemyInitiative.org/AlchemyEarth

Friday’s FULL EVENING:
$55 ticket includes ::: performance, locally made delectables, two complimentary drinks & dance party.

Friday’s DANCE PARTY:
$25 ticket ::: Dance Party with Brooklyn Qawwali Party (starting at 9pm).

Barbes, we love it. It's our home, our laboratory. This is where we take our music to new heights, try things we've never tried and do it with you only inches from us. Don't miss it.



http://barbesbrooklyn.com/

Part of the "Party Horns NYC" Series

Barbes, we love it. It's our home, our laboratory. This is where we take our music to new heights, try things we've never tried and do it with you only inches from us. Don't miss it.



http://barbesbrooklyn.com/

BQP supports Women for Afghan Women at this fundraiser featuring Christiane Amanpour. WAW runs an Afghan Community Center and women's shelters all across Afghanistan. They also run a residence in Kabul for children whose mothers are in prison. Until their residence opened these kids languised in prison with their moms. Now, they all (60 of them!) go to school, have art and sports, and see a counsellor. YOu can learn about their work at www.womenforafghanwomen.org. (click url link)

This event is sold out!

BQP will be one of several bands to perform at the Travel + Leisure Global Bazaar. We will be performing 3 sets: Friday 810-830 pm, Saturday 1:40-2:00pm, and Sunday 12:40-1pm. We will be in rare marching formation and have dancers. If you'd enjoy this sort of event, come on out. See link for details.

BQP to be on World Dance Stage 430 pm.

BQP joins this world famous dance workout crew to celebrate the 11th Anniversary of Masala Bhangra®!

the details:
OPEN BAR ALL NIGHT Courtesy of Anheuser- Busch, Iceberg Vodka, Berentzen
Liquor, food sponsored by AMMA Indian restaurant and much more! Please
print out your ticket and bring with you to the celebration! Special
Performance from The Brooklyn Qawwali Party which will start at
exactly 830am. Doors open at 7:45pm! We look forward to seeing you at
the 11th Anniversary Celebrations!
Pre-sale $40 or 2 for $75! $50 @ the door.

See link for advance tickets at discounted prices.

Private Event.

BQP takes barbes! Featuring special guest Tony Barba on tenor saxophone! Don't miss it....

barbesbrooklyn.com
Park Slope.

"Barbes Takes Manhattan Part II." An Evening of Music from Brooklyn-based Barbes Records.

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Doors - 6:30 pm
Les Chauds Lapins - 7:30PM
Pierre De Gaillande’s Bad Reputation - 8:15PM
Hazmat Modine - 9:00PM
Chicha Libre - 9:45PM
BQP - 10:30PM

at

DROM
85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th St.)
New York, NY – (212) 777 – 1157
Tickets: $10
For Table Reservations, call (212) 777-1156
* FREE to APAP badge holders *

More Info and adv tickets at http://www.dromnyc.com/events/564/barbes-takes-manhattan-ii

Don't Miss...

***BQP + Nation Beat + Tall Tall Trees + DJ Turmix***

"Is America Part of the World?" Concert Series. Part III.

Friday
December 10th
8 pm - doors

at

Littlefield
622 Degraw Street
between 3rd and 4th Avenue
Gowanus, Brooklyn

"Brooklyn's new Global Music series" (National Geographic) continues with its third installment on Friday, December 10. After two successful concerts at the Bell House and the BKLYN Yard we move to another Brooklyn hotspot, Littefield for Is America part of the World? Part III. In the past year, the series hosted such venerable artists as Forró in the Dark, Rupa & The April Fishes, Red Baraat and DJ Nickodemus. This time on we have Nation Beat, Brooklyn Qawwali Party, Tall Tall Trees and NY mixocologist DJ Turmix on the bill for another eclectic night of dance, beats and sounds of the East, West, North & South.

More Info at http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/20767

$10 adv tickets available at http://www.ticketfly.com, $13 at the door
21+ w/ ID

Click here for link to facebook event page.

At long last, BQP returns to perform in Manhattan at the outstanding venue, Le Poisson Rouge, for a night of incredible music shared with the Jerseyband and Dave Crowell Ensemble.

This will be like no other BQP performance because the unbelievably talented Jerseyband horn section will, for just this night, become BQP's horn section.

A night not to be missed. We hope you'll join us.

Come see BQP's first show of the year at our favorite local venue, Barbes.

Columbia University is hosting its annual Eid Al Adha dinner on Monday November 23rd from 7-9pm, officially titled "The Sights and Sounds of Muslims: Unity through Diversity". They will be showcasing the cultural diversity of Muslims and will feature BQP.

Private event.
For more info, click on the link.

The best venue to see BQP. Don't miss it.

BQP is excited to announce that we will be performing on the Damrosch Park Bandshell as part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors, August 12th. We will be sharing the stage with Susheela Raman and her latest artistic endeavor, OuterIndia. All Out of Doors Concerts are FREE, so come join us in the great out (of) doors!

CBS press Release:

FAITH, MUSIC AND CULTURE, an interfaith religion special, will be broadcast in NYC Sunday, June 14, on the CBS Television Network at 1 pm. Please check your local station for exact time outside of NYC. Will be broadcast nationally on WCBS local stations.

Music is often a vehicle for expressing religious faith and belief. This broadcast looks at some modern music inspired within the varied cultures of four religions.

...Profiled is the Brooklyn Qawwali Party, an eclectic 11-piece orchestra based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The group's founder, Brook Martinez, was inspired by the music of the late Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and formed his own band based on this style of music. The result is the sound of Qawwali with a funky jazz sensibility. Qawwali is the devotional music of Sufis, the mystical arm of Islam. The Sufis believe that communion with the divine is possible through this music.

The program will also feature other artists as well. Tune in!

BQP is pleased to be a part of Midsummer Nights in Midtown Detroit, a summer series providing a wide variety of free arts and cultural programming for all to enjoy. We'll be performing at the esteemed Majestic Theatre in downtown Detroit.

At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m.

We'll be playing from 5-7 in the Glass Pavilion and then again from 930 to 1045 pm.

CRY, Children's Right and You, a Non Profit dedicated to Children's rights around the world (cry.org), has asked BQP to perform at their fundraiser, being held at Crash Mansion in Manhattan and we're happy to support their cause. Please join us and help us support this honorable organization.

Come join us to celebrate the art opening of visual artist Sarah Martinez. BQP will be returning to it's birthplace, the Tea Lounge, to perform two sets of free music to accompany art opening.

BQP has always loved playing in Barbes - the intimacy of the room can create a most powerful energy among those in attendance and the lines between BAND and AUDIENCE get blurred as we all move and sing to one beat...come sweat and clap with us! www.barbesbrooklyn.com

BQP is kicking off '09 with a bang...Globalfest! It's happening this Sunday, January 11th at Webster Hall beginning at 7 pm. This is one of the most exciting World music showcases in the world, presenting thirteen of the hottest acts in World Music in one night on three stages.

The line-up features Calypso Rose, Chicha Libre, Hot 8 Brass Band, Kailash Kher's Kailasa, L&O, La Troba Kung-Fú, Marcio Local, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Shanbehzadeh Ensemble, Tanya Tagaq, Valkyrien Allstars, Watcha Clan, and BQP!

There are three stages, and BQP has been given the honor of playing in the main ballroom at 10:25 pm (sharp!)!

Tickets cost $40 for general admission and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com, or via telephone at 212-307-7171.

Tickets can be purchased with no service charges, cash only, at the Mercury Lounge 217 East Houston Street, Manhattan, Mondays - Saturdays, 12 noon - 7pm. For additional information, contact the World Music Institute box office at 212-545-7536.

Please come out and enjoy the music!

Special Event!

BQP Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the birth of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at Joe's Pub!

Sixty years ago from this October, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born into this world and brought with him a musical legacy beyond his own years. This show will honor the 60th anniversary of Nusrat's birth in October, 1948.

We are also honored to be a part of Joe's Pub's 10th Anniversary Celebration, celebrating 10 years of presenting great music. A Double Celebration!

So a doubly special event this will be! Be sure to pick up your tickets by clicking on "related site". $15 adv/$20 door

Thanks!

BQP will perform at KCC at the esteemed "Lunch Music Series." Be there and then go to the beach!

SPECIAL LIVE RADIO BROADCAST on WFMU. WFMU's radio show "Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg" will be coming to Barbes to broadcast BQP live! Want to hear yourself be the first to clap or scream after a song on the radio?! Now's your chance. We'll be performing live 8 to 9 pm on FMU, and then doing another full set at 10 pm. Be there!

BQP returns to Zebulon to celebrate the summer's arrival the following week.

Luna Lounge has closed due to permit issues, so our show was canceled. Come on out to Zebulon in June!

BQP has always loved playing in Barbes - the intimacy of the room can create a most powerful energy among those in attendance and the lines between BAND and AUDIENCE get blurred as we all move and sing to one beat...come sweat and clap with us!

BQP has been asked to headline the prestigious Naach Nation VI! Held at Columbia University, this South Asian Dance Showcase features some of the finest South Asian Dance troupes in the US, coming together not only to perform, but also to raise money for charity. Since 2002, Naach Nation has asked several well-known guests artists, such as Karsh Kale and others, to perform and BQP is honored to be opening the ceremony this year. We will be performing a short 20 set to open.

BQP has been invited to play at NYC's hottest new venue in the East Village of Manhattan, Drom. We're looking forward to debuting a lot of new material, and revisited some lost charts...

So for those who have seen us play our repertoire, prepare for some new music!

Including...

"Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar"

Click here to watch Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party perform. Also listen to NFAK speak so beautifully and humbly about the forefathers of Qawwali.

"Maki Madni"

I discovered this track on the NFAK album "The Last Prophet" and it's a true gem. Only after choosing to transcribe it for BQP did I discover that "Derek Trucks Band," an eclectic American jam band, has recorded this song with NFAK's nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. To listen to their version, click here. You can find the NFAK version on his records "Shahen-Shah" as well as "Live in London Vol IV" and "Sufi Qawwalis."

And back by popular demand:

"Yeh Jo Halka Halka"

Along side Allah Hu and Mustt Mustt, this is the most requested NFAK song for BQP. Also popularized by the late great Jeff Buckley, who was a huge NFAK fan ("Nusrat's my Elvis!" he proclaimed). Click here to listen to Jeff's impromptu version. For NFAK version, click here. For the NFAK version that Jeff Buckley had learned, you can find it on NFAK's record "The Day, The Night, The Dusk, The Dawn." on Shanachie records. Quite amazing.

So, we're happy to bring you this new music, as well as some of your old favorites. Please come and join us for this special event.

To get your tickets in advance, click here.

BQP is excited to headline Saturday night at Joe's Pub amidst one of the largest music conferences in the world, APAP. BQP is returning to this esteemed venue to show Manhattan just what Brooklyn can do. So please book your tickets in advance at Joespub.com.

BQP keeps it real in Brooklyn at Zebulon, in lovely Williamburg Brooklyn. No cover, great euro-style bar and paninis. Always a nice crowd and good atmosphere. Come on out!

BQP has always loved playing in Barbes - the intimacy of the room can create a most powerful energy among those in attendance and the lines between BAND and AUDIENCE get blurred as we all move and sing to one beat...come sweat and clap with us!

BQP returns to the Kripalu Yoga Center for a meditative evening of joyous music and relaxed yogis. A welcome change from the NYC nightclub, this peaceful and sacred environment allows the sacred element of BQP's music to shine through more than ever. If you need to get out of the city and stretch out, maybe this would be time and place to do it. Kripalu offers R&R weekend packages.

BQP is excited to announce that we're playing at the Highline Ballroom. We're sharing the stage with two other great ensembles: The Budos Band (www.thebudos.com) and Chicago Afrobeat Project (www.chicagoafrobeatproject.com). Come see us at Highline!

Tickets $12.00 in advance
$15.00 at door.

BQP's debut performance at this revered Manhattan venue is destined to be a joyous event. Please come out and join us on the last day of August!

Yes, it's also true, BQP has been asked to play in the Pakistan Day Parade as well, on a float, in front of 40,000+ spectators of this grand event. This is a truly remarkable opportunity for us and we are very excited to play for so many on Madison Avenue. The floats start at 1 pm on 41st and Madison and then slowly make their way down to 20th St. Come on out to another parade, it promises to be a blast!

Yes, it's true, BQP has been asked to play in the India Independence Day Parade, on a float, in front of over 100,000+ spectators of this grand event. This is a truly remarkable opportunity for us and we are very excited to play for so many on Madison Avenue. The floats start at 2 pm on 41st and Madison and then slowly make their way down to 20th St. Come on out to the parade, it promises to be a blast!

BQP has always loved playing in Barbes - the intimacy of the room can create a most powerful energy among those in attendance and the lines between BAND and AUDIENCE get blurred as we all move and sing to one beat...come sweat and clap with us!

After selling out Joe's in February, BQP is returning to this esteemed venue to show Manhattan just what Brooklyn can do. So please book your tickets in advance at Joespub.com. You'll save a couple bucks too!

This is a very important show for us, returning to our birthplace, the beloved Tea Lounge. I must tell you that this particular show is not to be missed...