The Idan Raichel Project will be at the Katz JCC on Saturday, March 6 at 7 p.m.

The Idan Raichel Project envisions a modern, multicultural nation where voices of young and old, Ethiopian and Yemenite, are all heard in songs devoted to love and tolerance.

Idan Raichel is the keyboardist, songwriter and producer behind the scenes, and he’s clearly as familiar with Peter Gabriel as with Middle Eastern traditions.

His arrangements bind the voices together in somber minor-mode anthems paced by electronic beats, earnestly seeking to uplift.

The music is smooth, lush, and dense. Balancing ancient traditions with today’s technology, The Idan Raichel Project delivers a smoky, impressionistic mix of bright trebly guitars, wailing vocals, effectthickened keyboards and spare, measured percussion programs to produce a simmering global groove.

Known around the world, especially in circles of Jewish, Ethiopian and Israeli communities, the Idan Raichel Project regularly sells out concerts in large

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The Idan Raichel Project has headlined at New York’s prestigious Central Park SummerStage, the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, the Sydney Opera House and performed across Europe as well as in Mexico City, Sydney, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Singapore, and Mumbai.

Wherever they perform, The Project unifies the audience in a celebration of that which is unique about the cultures of the world, as well as that in which we are all alike.

This is a one-night only engagement and seating is reserved. Tickets are $58, $45 and $35. Call 822-1167 for more information.