Maria Grand Quartet at Black Squirrel Club

With this new ensemble, Grand focuses on drums & rhythm and goes back to her New York roots. In this band, universals and a focused intention of collective ritual meet with the great continuum of Black music, honoring the tradition of music that Grand stands firmly in and bringing an almost folkloric intention; functional music, tangible music, music as a user’s manual- music that is designed to help live and thrive in strange, tribal modern times.

The music is, in its essence, a meditation that travels gently and spontaneously between screeching sounds of creation to sparse emptiness...

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With this new ensemble, Grand focuses on drums & rhythm and goes back to her New York roots. In this band, universals and a focused intention of collective ritual meet with the great continuum of Black music, honoring the tradition of music that Grand stands firmly in and bringing an almost folkloric intention; functional music, tangible music, music as a user’s manual- music that is designed to help live and thrive in strange, tribal modern times.

The music is, in its essence, a meditation that travels gently and spontaneously between screeching sounds of creation to sparse emptiness. This is Grand’s most intense project, promising to deliver concerts with extremely high energetic inputs and expressive introspection for both listeners and players. A communion of sorts, a ritual, an offering to the complicated Gods of our time.

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