August 20th Lincoln Center/Damrosch Park Bandshell W 62nd Street & Amsterdam, Manhattan 6:00-10:00 PM Free to the Public THE EX with GETATCHEW MEKURYA MAHMOUD AHMED and ALEMAYEHU ESHETE w/ EITHER/ORCHESTRA EXTRA GOLDEN Produced by Lincoln Center in collaboration with WFMU Radio. Part of WFMU's 50th Anniversary celebrations, and its Free Concert Series.

This is the first ever NYC appearance of avant-punk Dutch band the Ex with the legendary Getatchew Mekurya on saxophone. Lincoln Center's addition of singers Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete with the Either/Orchestra offers a great, historical presentation of classic Ethiopian artists (all of whom have been showcased in the famed Ethiopiques series of recordings). Extra Golden's recordings forge a fusion between American rock and Kenyan Benga sounds, and have issued releases on the Thrill Jockey label. WFMU is a freeform, listener-sponsored radio station in Jersey City, NJ, broadcasting at 91.1 fm (NYC/Metro NJ) and 90.1 fm (Catskills, Hudson Valley, W.NJ, Eastern PA) called by Rolling Stone critics "the Best Radio Station in America", and publicly lauded by the likes of Lou Reed, Matt Groening, Jim Jarmusch, Julian Cope, the WIRE, the New York Times, John Peel, and more. www.wfmu.org. The entire event will be broadcast live on WFMU and wfmu.org. WFMU also lent special support to the July 4th Battery Park show with SONIC YOUTH and the reunited FEELIES, produced by the Downtown Alliance and River to River Festival. Past concerts in our Free Music series in 2007: Jonathan Kane/DJ Rupture/Flaming Fire/Major Stars Simply Saucer/Oneida/Alan Vega/Old Time Relijun (both at Southpaw in Brooklyn) Future WFMU Free Music Series event: WIRE at The Fillmore NYC at Irving Plaza on Thursday, October 9th. See WFMU's site (www.wfmu.org) for further info.