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Concert Sunday to Benefit Sikh Families in Oak Creek Temple Shooting
An impromptu concert will be held tonight — Sunday, Aug. 12 — at Shank Hall in Milwaukee, starring Hindu-based music to "calm and uplift concert goers."
A concert tonight will pay tribute to and benefit the families who lost loved ones in Sunday's mass murder at the Oak Creek Sikh temple.
Brian Ritchie, former bassist for the Violent Femmes and proficient musician on the Japanese bamboo flute Shakuhachi, and Ragani are creating an impromptu benefit concert and tribute to the Oak Creek Sikh Temple.
"The Hindu-based music of Kirtan Ragani and Zen-derived jazz of Brian Ritchie Shakuhachi Club MKE will calm and uplift concertgoers," said a release by Shank Hall, Ritchie and Ragani.
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Musicians will include Ragani, Brian, John Sparrow, Dave Gelting, Silas Ritchie, Michael Kashou and more.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee. All donations will go to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
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