# TriBeCaStan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/TriBeCaStan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/TriBeCaStan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriBeCaStan > Source revision: 1349775738 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = TriBeCaStan | image = TriBeCeStan at Hillside Festival 2015.jpg | caption = The band TriBeCeStan performing at the 2015 [Hillside Festival](/source/Hillside_Festival) | origin = New York City | genre = World Music }} '''TriBeCaStan''' is an American [world music](/source/world_music) ensemble from [New York, New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York).{{cite news|last=Farber|first=Jim|title=Jim Farber's top ten in music for the week of Feb. 12|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jim-farber-top-ten-music-week-feb-12-article-1.1019736|publisher=NY Daily News|accessdate=18 September 2013|location=New York}} The band was co-founded by multi-instrumentalists [John Kruth (mandolin, banjo, sitar, flute, and harmonica)](/source/John_Kruth) and Jeff Greene (marimba, yayli tambor, Jew's harp){{cite news|last=Friskics-Warren|first=Bill|title=TriBeCaStan's 'New Deli': Fusing international jazz and folk|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tribecastans-new-deli-fusing-international-jazz-and-folk/2012/02/10/gIQAyVXnBR_story.html|work=Washington Post|accessdate=18 September 2013|date=13 February 2012}} and includes baritone sax player [Claire Daly](/source/Claire_Daly), percussionist Boris Kinberg and Kenny Margolis on accordion and keyboards (both formerly with Willy DeVille), Premik Russell Tubbs (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Carlos Santana, Sting) - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet and lap steel guitar, bassist Ray Peterson (Eddie Harris), trombonist Chris Morrow, John Turner on trumpet and drummer Kirk Driscoll. Referred to as 'genre-bending' by [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times){{cite news|last=Maurer|first=Daniel|title=Watch Violent Femmes Frontman 'Save the Village' With 'Blister in the Sun'|url=http://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/40005/|publisher=East Village Local - New York Times|accessdate=18 September 2013|date=11 October 2012}} and Alarm Magazine{{cite web|last=Morrow|first=Scott|title=This Week's Best Albums: January 10, 2012|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/best_albums/this-weeks-best-albums-january-10-2012/|publisher=Alarm Magazine|accessdate=18 September 2013}} the band has been known to defy musical genre description, with several publications describing their music as fusing [avant-garde jazz](/source/avant-garde_jazz), [klezmer](/source/klezmer), [Balkan](/source/Music_of_Southeastern_Europe), [Indian](/source/Music_of_India), [Middle Eastern](/source/Middle_Eastern_music), Afghani folk, [Afrofunk](/source/Afrobeat), [Chinese traditional music](/source/Chinese_music), [African](/source/Music_of_Africa), [Latin jazz](/source/Latin_jazz) and [surf rock](/source/Surf_music){{cite web|title=TriBeCaStan|url=http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/tribec-12.shtml|publisher=Roots World|accessdate=18 September 2013}} and has been compared to the British world music band [3 Mustaphas 3](/source/3_Mustaphas_3) by [All Music Guide](/source/All_Music_Guide). Other musicians who have been known to play with the band include tabla player Badal Roy (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin) Bachir Attar (of the Master Musicians of Jajouka) bassist [Dave Dreiwitz](/source/Dave_Dreiwitz) of Ween, trombonist [Steve Turre](/source/Steve_Turre).{{cite web|last=Slawecki|first=Chris M.|title=TriBeCaStan: New Deli (2012)|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/new-deli-tribecastan-evergreene-music-review-by-chris-m-slawecki|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|access-date=18 September 2013}} guitarist [Scott Metzger](/source/Scott_Metzger), .{{cite web|title=TriBeCaStan|url=http://evergreenemusic.com/tribecastan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218032719/http://evergreenemusic.com/tribecastan/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 18, 2012|publisher=Evergreene Music|accessdate=18 September 2013}} and Matt Darriau (alto saxophone, clarinet, kaval) of the Klezmatics. == Discography == The cover for their album ''New Deli'' was created by [Cal Schenkel](/source/Cal_Schenkel).{{cite web|title=New Release from Little Known Government of TriBeCaStan: Capital New Deli Found to Have Irregular Time-Space Continuum|url=http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/583.cfm|publisher=Rock Paper Scissors|accessdate=27 September 2013}} Regarding the release of their album ''New Songs from the Old Country'', journalist Richard Gehr called it "the fourth (and best) album by a band specializing in making old and foreign music new again."{{cite web|last=Spanos|first=Brittany |title=The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 9/27/13|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/09/best_concerts_9_27.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130239/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/09/best_concerts_9_27.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2013|publisher=The Village Voice|accessdate=27 September 2013}} {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" border="0" cellpadding="1" style="color: black; background-color: #FFFFFF; font-size:90%; width="45%" ! Year !! Album title !! Label |-valign="top" | width="7%"|2009 | width="37%"|''Strange Cousin'' | width="35%"|Evergreene |- | 2010 | ''5-Star Cave'' | Evergreene |- | 2012 | ''New Deli'' | Evergreene |- |2013, Oct 1 |''New Songs from the Old Country'' | Evergreene |- |2015, Oct 15 |''Goddess Polka Dottess'' |Evergreene |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:American world music groups --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [TriBeCaStan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriBeCaStan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriBeCaStan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.