Janam ("My Soul") presents dark love songs from Bulgaria, Greece, West Virginia, and beyond for a different spin post-Valentine's Day.
FEATURING:
Dan Auvil - percussion, vocals
Tom Farris - laouto, guitar, percussion
Juliana Graffagna - vocals, accordion
Gari Hegedus - oud, saz, mandocello, mandolin
Shira Kammen - violin, harp, vocals
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Combining funky Balkan rhythms, gritty Appalachian ballads, arresting vocal harmonies, and enchanting acoustic textures, ...
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Alex Hand Band: Eastern European Folk Jazz
The Alex Hand Band is riding the wave of its first full-length album, 2018's Traders of the Lost Arts, with performances featuring songs from this record as well as an upcoming one. The music is a mix of Romanian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian traditional folk dance tunes with original compositions inspired by years of playing these styles and studying music in Eastern Europe.
FEATURING:
Alex Hand - guitar
Gabe Case - bass
Kevin Gerzevitz - accordion, keys
Isaac Schwartz - drums
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MoreTaraf de Akácfa: Eastern European & Balkan Folk Music
Drawing from many Eastern European musical traditions, Taraf de Akácfa performs a broad set of music ranging from danceable Macedonian coceks and complex odd time Bulgarian melodies, to Romanian horas and heart-wrenching Transylvanian songs.
FEATURING:
Lulu de la Rue (USA/ France) - violin
Johannes Olsson (Sweden) - accordion
Isaac Misri (USA) - guitar
Ábel Dénes (Hungary) - double bass
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Taraf de Akácfa is an international six-piece ensemble based out of B...
MoreAlex Hand Band: A Balkan Jazz Quartet
With a setlist that ranges from Bulgarian wedding tunes to hot club jazz, the Alex Hand Band mines the common ground between swing and Eastern European folk dance music–the soundtrack of Western music moving across Balkan borders and being changed by European village music.Featuring:
Alex Hand - guitar
Kevin Gerzevitz - keys, accordion
Gabe Case - bass
Valentino - percussionAlex Hand, who has traveled to the Balkans to study folk music, is involved with various projects in the Bay Ar...
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