Skirball’s Sunset Concerts 2016: 20th season kicks off July 21
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* Updated with lineup change
Along with Grand Performances at California Plaza, the Skirball Cultural Center’s Sunset Concerts are the most genre-spanning of any local concert series. And there is a typically eclectic lineup when Sunset Concerts return for a 20th season, starting July 21 with San Francisco-based Thao & the Get Down Stay Down.
The free Thursday night series runs six weeks. Doors open at 7 p.m. each night and parking is $10.
Besides, Thao Nguyen and her band, whose heralded album “A Man Alive” was released in March, the series features:
* ► July 28: Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Sinkane brings his genre-mashing music to the Skirball. [Songhoy Blues originally were scheduled to play this night.]
► Aug. 4: Thalma de Freitas, the trilingual Brazilian star who performs an exhilarating blend of samba, jazz and bossa nova.
► Aug. 11: M.A.K.U SoundSystem, the New York City-based punk-funk-jazz fusionists with wicked Afro-Colombian grooves.
► Aug. 18: Music Maker Blues Revue, an all-star band of veteran soul, funk and R&B players who formed out of the North Carolina nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation, which helps musicians in need.
► Aug. 25: Shai Tsabari and the Middle East Groove All Stars, the Israeli outfit that combines Middle Eastern music and modern rock.
The Skirball Center, whose exhibitions are open during the concert series, is located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
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