Komedia, BrightonSun 25 Nov
A big, brassy, hoot! Rough at the edges, and fun from start to finish, which only came after they got down and did a 15-minute walkabout. See the gig photos on Flickr, and listen to a few tracks on their MySpace.
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Showing posts with label Balkan music. Show all posts
Monday, 21 April 2008
Mahala Rai Banda
Komedia, BrightonSun 25 Nov
A big, brassy, hoot! Rough at the edges, and fun from start to finish, which only came after they got down and did a 15-minute walkabout. See the gig photos on Flickr, and listen to a few tracks on their MySpace.
Friday, 1 June 2007
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Wed 30 MayBarbican
Fanfare Ciocarlia's Queens & Kings - gypsy musicians from all over Eastern Europe, and Perpignan. FC are a blast - 9 brass and 2 percussion, I bet you could hear them from Blackfriars. They are from Rumania, and their guests included Esma Redzepova (Macedonia), Jony Iliev (Bulgaria), Kaloome (Perpignan) & Mitsu (Hungary) - Esma & Mitsu - what voices! This was the only UK performance - sorry! The CD must be a cracker - listening to it now (Sun), and it is!
Preceded by an illustrated talk by Garth Cartwright, author of Princes Amongst Men: Journeys With Gypsy Musicians.
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