MUSIC
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
7:30 PM

Tiê & Rubel
Brasil Summerfest
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$20 advance; $25 door
https://lpr.com/lpr_events/brasil-summerfest-august-4th-2018/

Why are Brazilian folkie singer-songwriters better than their American counterparts?  Because they lilt.* Brazilians can't help but lilt, in whatever they do.  Stan Getz got rich in the '60s reproducing that Brazilian lilt -- but Brazilians do it better.  Tiê has been a very good practitioner of the Brazilian folkie singer-songwriter style over the last several years; I'm not totally in love with the rather insipid pop moves inserted on her latest album -- but, hey, she still lilts.  Rubel, making his U.S. debut here, is an up-and-comer in the Brazilian folkie singer-songwriter field.  He lilts, too.  (Brasil Summerfest and LPR probably don't want me to tell you this, but just so you know, Tiê is also doing a free show under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO next week.)

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Before the show:  Llamita (see above).  After the show:  Existing Conditions* is a new avant-cocktail bar from avant-cocktail king Dave Arnold, cocktail publisher/entrepreneur Greg Boehm, and cocktailian secret weapon (until now!) Don Lee.  The cocktails are stunning, superb, great (right now I'm pretty hot for the Canary -- but don't rule out the Helicopter).  I haven't tried Chef Josh Eden's food yet, but it looks really good as well.