Club d’Elf

Boston-based world-dub-jazz collective Club d’Elf will perform at Spire Performing Arts Center in Plymouth, MA on Friday May 3. The band consists of a rotating cast of musicians, which for these shows will feature founding member Mike Rivard (bass & Moroccan sintir), along with Lyle Brewer (guitar), Paul Schultheis (keyboards), DJ Mister Rourke (turntables) and Dean Johnston (drums). While the music the band performs defies category, Club d’Elf was the recipient of the 2023 Boston Music Award for Jazz Act Of The Year.

The show will include a heartfelt tribute to recently deceased core band member Brahim Fribgane, who hailed from Casablanca, and represented the spiritual connection to the Moroccan traditions such as Gnawa that have heavily influenced the bands music.