The WAITIKI 7: New Sounds of Exotica

Waitiki 7 begins its inaugural tour this Sunday, 9/20, with its Washington DC debut. All tour dates, info, etc. is below:

Sunday 9/20: Washington DC
Bossa Bistro & Lounge, 2463 18th St. NW, Adams Morgan
$8. Tix at waitiki7.com/shop/#calendar/ or at the door. Show at 8pm.

Monday 9/21: Philadelphia
The Manhattan Room, 15 W Girard Ave.
$9 at the door. Doors at 8pm, Gina Ferrera at 9pm, Waitiki 7 at 10pm

Tuesday 9/22: New York City
Drom, 85 Avenue A, btwn 5th and 6th St.
$12 at the door. Doors at 6pm, Waitiki 7 at 7pm. 2 item minimum.

Thursday 9/24: Boston
Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St, Inman Sq (Cambridge)
$10 at the door. Doors at 8, Waitiki 7 at 9pm.

While everyone is having fun on the WFMU Booze Cruise, radio host Gaylord Fields has to work! So he’s decided to bring his show onboard to lead an oceanic expedition to the tropics! The program will feature a solid two hours of the finest exotica this side of Waikiki, Hong Kong and Nairobi, with the centerpiece being a live performance by the Waitiki 7. Hailing from both mainland coasts and Hawaii, this septet carries on the Polynesian pop tradition of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, down to the expertly human-sung bird calls. If Thor Heyerdahl had a band like this on the Kon-Tiki, he never would have gone ashore!

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