Badi Assad & Kaki King: New York Guitar Festival

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Guitarists Badi Assad and Kaki King perform to Wu Yonggang's film 'The Goddess' and Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's 'The Garage' respectively. Enjoy Silent Films / Live Guitar's at this year's New York GUitar Festival at Merkin Concert Hall.

The extraordinary Brazilian guitarist/singer Badi Assad premieres her score for one of the best‐known films of China's cinematic golden age: Wu Yonggang’s 1934 debut 'The Goddess', the story of a prostitute working the seamy streets of Shanghai to afford an education for her young son.

With six albums as well as collaborations with Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters and The Mountain Goats to her credit, Kaki King brings her spare, understated style to Arbuckle’s 1920 short comedy 'The Garage'.

Born at Merkin Concert Hall more than 10 years ago, the city‐wide New York Guitar Festival explores the many aspects of the guitar’s musical personality through commissioning new work and supporting innovative, multi‐media collaborations among outstanding artists.