Blue Curtain Kicks Off Its Free Concert Series with Mystic Bowie and Sasha Masakowski And The Sidewalk Strutters

Blue Curtain, in co-operation with the Princeton Recreation Department, kicks off its free concerts on Saturday, July 15 at 7 p.m. with the New Orleans sounds of Sasha Masakowski and The Sidewalk Strutters; and Mystic Bowie, the internationally revered reggae star and former lead singer of the Talking Heads offshoot band Tom Tom Club. Blue Curtain concerts are held at the Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater in Community Park North, Route 206 and Mountain Avenue.

Sasha Masakowski was born into a family of musicians in New Orleans and has been a leading voice on the city's music scene since 2009, when she was awarded "Best Emerging Artist" by the Big Easy Association. An exciting vocalist whose repertoire spans from the early 1920s to present day, Sasha leads three bands of her own, including the traditional New Orleans jazz and R&B band, Sidewalk Strutters. She has performed five consecutive years at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and has toured across the U.S., Asia, Europe and Central America.

Since the 1980s, Mystic Bowie has been keeping the art of music alive - entertaining audiences from New York to Japan with his vibrant music and high-energy performances. From humble beginnings in Jamaica, Mystic has become of the Reggae's hardest working independent artists, compared to musical legends Jimmy Cliff, Lucky Dube and Toots and the Maytals.

For his Princeton appearance, Bowie promises "an energy filled show with positive messages and plenty of dancing!"

The music continues on Saturday, July 22, 7:00 p.m., with a concert featuring Venezuelan music icon Betsayda Machado and her group La Parranda El Clavo; and Sammy Figueroa and his double-Grammy nominated band, the Latin Jazz Explosion.

For more information: info@bluecurtain.org.

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