Sariyah Idan, July 9, 8 PM, Green Kill Sessions
Green Kill Sessions presents Sariyah Idan Wednesday, July 9, 8 PM.
Green Kill Sessions presents Sariyah Idan Wednesday, July 9, 8 PM.
Sariyah Idan (fka Saria Young) is a New Orleans based artist who grew up in Ulster County, and is best known locally for dancing, singing, and teaching with The Vanaver Caravan for many years. She is a dynamic performer, powerful songwriter, and unique guitar player with a big and palpable heart. Her music sits at the intersection of acoustic soul and world folk with influences extending into jazz and hip hop. Her evocative lyrics weave stories of resilience, betrayal, healing, and social justice spun by vocals of both ethereal softness and earthy grit. Read more about Sariyah Ida below the ticket information..
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Sariyah Idan
Sariyah Idan (fka Saria Young) is a New Orleans based artist who grew up in Ulster County, and is best known locally for dancing, singing, and teaching with The Vanaver Caravan for many years. She is a dynamic performer, powerful songwriter, and unique guitar player with a big and palpable heart. Her music sits at the intersection of acoustic soul and world folk with influences extending into jazz and hip hop. Her evocative lyrics weave stories of resilience, betrayal, healing, and social justice spun by vocals of both ethereal softness and earthy grit. Her percussive guitar playing has been described as hypnotic. When playing solo she leans on her background as a dancer and plays percussion with her feet on an electronic kick drum and foot tambourine. With an extensive background as a poet and theater artist, she crafts her music sets into arcs of catharsis to offer a space of both entertainment and transformation for her audiences.
From the hills of Woodstock NY, now based in the New Orleans swamps, Sariyah Idan is an awarded singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and captivating performer. Jazz and folk trained, hip-hop educated, and influenced by Latinx/Caribbean sounds and her Jewish roots, she possesses an "ability to seamlessly combine a wide variety of disparate styles and sonics into a memorable sound all her own," (Tinnitist). She views honoring traditions of both influences and ancestors as a form of cultural activism. Her lyricism is hailed as "powerful, soulful, spirited songs filled with stories of struggle, love and social justice" (Fusicology).
Sariyah’s music has featured on NPR, WWOZ, Pacifica, college and online radio. She has rocked iconic venues The Kennedy Center (DC), Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles), Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NYC), PANDA Platforma (Berlin), The Jazz Museum (New Orleans). She produces and hosts the monthly multi-genre round-robin “Songs For The People” benefitting local community organizations. “Breaking Shadows” (2019) her debut solo LP addressing trauma and patriarchy was recorded in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Lisbon. “Glitter & Blood” (2023) focusing on transitions and healing was recorded in New Orleans as a continued collaboration with Berlin engineer Andy Schlegel. Her album "Solo Live In Berlin" drops summer 2025.
Ms Idan has shared stages with legends Pete Seeger, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Yusef Lateef. When not touring or playing local venues she can be found many nights playing the famed busking scene on Royal St. and is known among locals and tourists as “the most hauntingly beautiful voice of the New Orleans’ streets.”
LINKS:
WEBSITE: https://www.sariyahidan.com/
STREAMING LINKS ALL PLATFORMS for album GLITTER AND BLOOD (new album): https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sariyahidan/glitter--blood
SOLO LIVE SINGLES on spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3h1csUuWeMVjXZp2crlk30?si=wm9azWrjT6SW4kb_M8T-hQ&pi=u-KOOm6Z9TR8mb
MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/JWv9_jyUZag?si=_g19VtV39zW7PdKe
SOLO LIVE VIDEOS:
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxNOW38ShWI
Latin Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccwMWp-WFo
Scott Kent, Sound Engineer
Scott Kent originally came to Woodstock in 1988 to work for Bearsville Studios. He taught guitar at Abrams Music and the Kingston Conservatory of Music before moving to San Diego in 1993. He taught Band and Orchestra for San Diego Unified School District for 18 years and returned to Mt. Tremper in 2016. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music and a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University.
