Kid favorite Zanes returns to BAM

Dan Zanes is back.

The Grammy Award-winning musician plays BAM February 6 with his band, as part of Sounds Like Brooklyn, a series celebrating Brooklyn’s diverse music scene.

Performing songs in English and Spanish, Zanes and his band will be joined onstage by special guests such as tap dancer Derick K. Grant, buzuq player Tareq Abboushi and young artists from The Brooklyn Symphony Youth Orchestra and the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble from Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Youth Arts Academy.

Dan Zanes and Friends occupy a unique place in American music where sea shanties, Broadway standards, North American and West Indian folk music, fiddle tunes, and the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll collide.

There will be two performances in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.), at 2 and 5 p.m. The BAMcafé is open for brunch at 3 p.m. For tickets, priced at $15 and $25, call 718-636-4100.

Dan Zanes and Friends will also present a performance for school audiences, only on February 4 at 10:30 a.m. For information, call 718-636-4130 extension 1 or visit wwww.bam.org/education.