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About a month and a half ago I reached a personal milestone that felt important to me but I was very busy and I didn’t have time to write about  it, but for the first time in a very long… Read more

Last Sunday several band members were invited to accompany Cantor Jack Mendelson at a baby naming. Jack was in great voice and we all had fun making music together.

Here are some candid shots from the day.
Jesse Chevan
Will… Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience is saddened by the events in Ferguson, Missouri. We mourn the killing of Michael Brown and we are troubled by the violence that has been inflicted upon the community.  We are reminded once again that the Civil… Read more

How great it is to be a part of a summer series. Hope you go out and enjoy some of these other groups.  See you on August 4 in Thomaston!

Here's another video of the Afro-Semitic Experience from the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival.  This video from the festival is a story about the band and an interview with Warren Byrd and David Chevan that was aired on the Atlanta Interfaith…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience is coming off of a pretty busy Spring concert season as we promote and perform music from our new CD, Jazz Souls on Fire.  We began our season with a visit to Atlanta where we performed at… Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience is proud to announce the release of its ninth CD, Jazz Souls on Fire.  Jazz Souls on Fire pays tribute to some of the Afro-Semitic Experience's  favorite composers, ones whose own creativity inspired that of the members… Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience visited Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia for an outdoor performance on September 11.  We honored the memories of those who had fallen on that day and celebrated our ancestors.  The band played music that covered our…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience played in the park by Mitchell Library in the Westville section of New Haven this past Monday.  A good crowd turned out and there was a lot of dancing and celebration.  Warren sang many of the songs…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience performed in the Sunken Garden at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley, Massachusetts on June 19.  The Sunken Garden is a beautiful setting for music and long time friend of the band, Julie Chevan (and our bass player's…Read more

Earlier this month the Afro-Semitic Experience had a great time playing at the New Britain Museum of American Art.  (By the way the current exhibit of the works of Toulouse Lautrec is great!)  Everyone was in such great spirits.  There…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience had a great performance last weekend at the Hebrew Institute in White Plains. The band played a show that lasted just over two hours and included music for Hanukkah as well as a…Read more