Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Nublu Jazz Festival

For the eighth year in a row Ilhan Ersahin, the owner and creative mind in front of Nublu and the Nublu Orchestra, has assembled a super stellar lineup to see out the year with a major celebration of its jazz roots in December. Drawing from its regular roster of renowned  musicians who regularly grace its two
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Forum & The Lewis Center for the Arts

The newly opened Lewis Center for the Arts is designed to put the creative and performing arts at the heart of the Princeton experience. This mission is based on the conviction that exposure to the arts, particularly to the experience of producing art, helps each of us to make sense of our lives and the
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Brooklyn Museum, December’s “First Saturday” Programming & Sponsors

Sugar Family  for public transportation directions to the Brooklyn Museum we suggest taking either the Two or Three Train to the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum Stop/Station.  The Museum will appear across the roadway as you exit the station.  As you’ll notice … we get to kick out the jams right at the tippy top of the
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

Suprise show at Zebulon LA & Sweetback screening.

Thrilled to announce a second LA area hit. Beyond thrilled to be reunited with our dear friends at Zebulon LA. Many a sweet memory was made at the dearly missed outpost in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. To make it extra special, our performance will be preceded by a screening of “Sweet Sweetback’s Badassss Song”. Written, edited, directed
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Burnt Sugar at the Crocodile Cafe

More About November 2nd and The Crocodile Cafe

The evening of November 2nd at the Crocodile Cafe will start at 8pm with the Black Rock Coalition’s Get Down Revue, the mighty, rhythm, blues & soul coalition, celebrating the 1947-1974 Atlantic Records box set recording artists such as Ruth Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles.  Launching the certified dance party will be Luqman Brown (musical
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More About The Sunday Bump & The W.O.W. Hall & Community Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA)

The Sunday Bump is an eight-piece neo-soul fusion band from Eugene dedicated to pushing the boundaries of funk, jazz and pop to the absolute limit. Band members are Lee Burlingame, Luke Broadbent, “The” Sam Dale, Charles DeMonnin, Ian Michael Lindsay, Ken Mastrogiovanni, Max Pinder, Souvagini Paul, Keenan Dorn and Justin Kiatvongcharoen. Facebook Bandcamp The corner
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Burnt Sugar at National Sawdust

Burnt Sugar at National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

ational Sawdust welcomes Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, the “jam army” that never plays a song the same way once, for a rare evening of two distinctively different songbook performances back to back.
With special guests Val-Inc & Marque Gilmore the inna•most.

Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

What’s in a Sweet Sticky Songbook …

How about a dollop of The Ohio Players … Roger Troutman & Zapp … Lakeside … Junie Morrison … Heatwave … Slave … Aurra & … Steve Arrington’s Hall of Fame. Then there might also be a dab of Faze-O … Sun … Dayton and Platypus.   Sugar Family and Friends … can you “taste” the
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