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Sariyah Idan

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(Sariyah rhymes w/ Aria)
NOLA street siren | bandleader | community organizer
7/25 @courtyardbrew

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Moments from the LIVE IN BERLIN album release concert last week collaborating with the live rendered light painting projection by @monicakellystudio Professional video coming soooooon :) Thank you everyone who sent me these clips!!!! ✨💓 -S taken in Hotel Peter & Paul by @sariyahidan

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Beautiful People— it’s been a while since I properly introduced myself. I’m often promoting concerts here, but here’s a bit about the person behind the music. My name rhymes with the music form the “aria” :) I was born near Woodstock NY at a Sufi commune. I have family roots in NYC. My dominant ethnic background is Ashkenazi Jewish. I believe that honoring both ancestors & influences is a way to bring greater harmony & justice to the planet; this is something I’ve learned from having many Black American & Cuban mentors, & Chicana friends. I believe all humans deserve human rights. I spent time in both Israel & Palestine. I lived in California, North Carolina, spent long spells working on both experimental theater & music projects in Europe. I’m technically an introvert & get pretty awkward in social environments. I’m a catharsis junky & believe communal catharsis creates healing & justice. I’m a healer & worked for many years as a massage therapist.

I first recorded at age 8 singing in 10 languages on a children’s album in a basement in the Mid-Hudson valley on 2 inch tape. My mom is a classically trained pianist & my first music teacher. She gave me a journal when I was 7 & I’ve been writing poems since. I used to compete in spoken word slams. I taught writing/performance in youth prisons & teen afterschool programs; I still facilitate workshops. Working with youth is a passion. I first taught as a teenager when I was a professional dancer in New York in a modern dance & world folk music/dance company. I still dance every morning, it informs the way I feel music & compose for a full band. My background in flamenco inspires my foot percussion when I perform solo, & the percussion in my guitar playing. In high school I sang jazz & was a crate carrier for a reggae DJ; both genres left their finger prints on my world view & the way a engage music.

I currently make most of my income performing on the street in New Orleans. Offering my authentic expression in public space allows my music to touch people outside of structures of capitalism; I find this meaningful in so many ways. I recently started learning to play clarinet, loving practicing :) 💕

📸 @artworx5150 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @sariyahidan

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SATURDAY 7/25 6-10pm I’ll be playing originals and covers with @marco.heard on drums in the courtyard at @courtyardbrew 1160 Camp St New Orleans. Mexican food by @swordandstone.nola no cover, support the business & toss some love into our bucket. 💚

#summervibes☀️ #livemusic #tracychapman #cover #revolution taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @sariyahidan

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SATURDAY 6-10pm find me at @courtyardbrew on the edge of The Garden District and The CBD, 1160 Camp St, New Orleans. Enjoy brews from the tap room, Mexican food from @swordandstone.nola and our tip bucket will be open. 🌻💚 taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @sariyahidan

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On my way to New Orleans….. this has been a particularly intense “homeland” trip with many beautiful moments & dynamic surprises. Thank you everyone who came to a show, shared a meal, a hike, a catch up in a park, who supported me in so many ways to be a touring homecoming artist. I’m looking forward to getting back to my house, my kitty friends, my regular New Orleans gigs, and for Mercury to go direct. 💗 taken in Jfk- John F. Kennedy International Airport New York Terminal 1 by @sariyahidan

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NEW ORLEANS: this Sunday 11am donation yoga & vocal beats will be back at Mandeville Wharf at the upriver start of Crescent Park. Our teacher will be the wonderful yogi & dancer @rxchel.moves Looking forward to movement & music ritual with you and the Mississippi River!! 🤸‍♂️💗✨

#yoga #vocallooping #soundbath #livebeats #neworleans taken in Mandeville Wharf by @sariyahidan

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TOMORROW Sunday July 19th, after the World Cup finale, come bring your exuberant joy or your deep sorrows to @silvanaharlem 300 W 116th St and let @anjalirosemusic and I play your heart strings with our songs. 💗🌻⚽️ taken in Harlem, New York City by @sariyahidan

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A moment from an encore on Weds….Sunday 7/19 find me at @silvanaharlem with @anjalirosemusic opening at 8pm. No cover, Silvana has delicious food & drinks and our tip bucket will be open.

Thank you @unicornkingston for having me on your disco ball stage earlier this week. 🙏💗🪩🦄😘

#feelinggood #encore by @sariyahidan

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TONIGHT!! A night of soulful songs with two deep feeling and complex thinking singer-songwriters, with a dash of humor. Tickets $10-25, no one turned away for lack of funds. Doors 7pm, first set (Buggy) 8pm, second set (Sariyah) 9pm.

BUGGY JIVE is a somewhat reclusive soul rock singer-songwriter quietly uploading music from a basement in Upstate New York. Equal parts Zeppelin and D’Angelo and Prince and Joni in sound and sensibility, his lyrics often mine the literature of the past to make sense of the present – from Ellison to Morrison to Eliot to Didion – delicately balancing the heaviness with humor.

SARIYAH IDAN is an Ulster County raised, New Orleans based, internationally touring singer-songwriter, captivating performer, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and community organizer. Known among New Orleans locals and tourists as “the most hauntingly beautiful voice of the French Quarter streets”. Jazz and folk trained, hip-hop educated, and influenced by Latinx/Caribbean sounds and her Jewish roots, she possesses an “ability to seamlessly combine a wide variety of disparate styles and sonics into a memorable sound all her own,” (Tinnitist). She views honoring traditions of both influences and ancestors as a form of cultural activism. Her lyricism is hailed as “powerful, soulful, spirited songs filled with stories of struggle, love and social justice” (Fusicology). taken in Kingston, New York by @sariyahidan

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Slice of a new tune I may bring out for northeast shows this week :) “Don’t Let Them Steal Your Joy.” ✨🤸‍♂️

✨7/15 - Kingston NY, at @unicornkingston with @buggyjive 7pm doors $10-25 suggested TICKET LINK IN BIO

✨7/17 - Southampton MA House Concert (in a beautiful barn) 60 High St, 7pm $10-25 suggested

✨7/19 - Harlem NYC at @silvanaharlem with @anjalirosemusic 8pm taken in New Paltz, New York by @sariyahidan

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