 Telegraph.co.uk |
Tigran Hamaysan, The Stables, Wavendon, review
Telegraph.co.uk Hamasyan has become fascinated by the folk music of Armenia, which in his hands sounds more Balkan than near Eastern, turning round and round a plangent modal note with folk-like obsessiveness. Hamasyan is a slight, narrow-shouldered, darkly intense … |
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 Romania-Insider.com |
Bucharest welcomes Al Jawala's big Balkan beats this February
Romania-Insider.com German Balkan Big Beat band Al Jawala are coming to Bucharest as part of the tour for their latest album 'The Ride', released in November 2011. The concert will be held in the Kulturhaus club, Bucharest on February 2. The band have been on the Balkan… |
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Photograph by: LEON NEAL AFP, GETTY IMAGES, The Gazette
Montreal Gazette Saturday: Balkan Beat Party with La Tourelle Orkestra. Sunday: Throw Poetry Collective, 7: 30 pm Tuesday: Mind That Bird, Lakes of Canada and Heirloom. Shows at 9: 30 pm Call 514-840-9090. Crowley Centre, 5325 Crowley St. Feb. 4: The Beatles Experience … |
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World folk traditions
Mail Tribune By John Darling It's Rogue World Ensemble's mission to bring international folk songs to Ashland, performing in chorale fashion and, if it's part of the tradition, with dance. The 30-member ensemble will sing Caribbean, West African, Northern European, … |
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Balkan band face-off
Kyiv Post (subscription) Along with gypsy ethno, the musicians add some archaic jazz and Balkan rhythms to the mix. Mon, Jan. 30, 8 pm, Crystal Hall, 1 Dniprovsky Spusk, 288-5069, get tickets at www.parter.ua, karabas.com, bilet.open.ua, tickets: Hr 250-350. |
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Simple but sensational
Jerusalem Post … draws people around the world to my music,” says internationally renowned kaval player Theodosii Spassov modestly in an interview from his home in Sofia. Spassov, who has already performed in Israel, returns to appear in The Balkan Pearl concerts, … |
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Honoring the Hot Club
San Jose Mercury News With musicians based in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, Fishtank Ensemble has gained an international reputation with a wantonly promiscuous blend of Gypsy laments, klezmer, French chanson, hot jazz and Balkan blues. Featuring Ursula Knudson's ravishing … |
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A new take on Dionysis
Cyprus Mail Through his poetic lyrics and his musical pursuit, he has exercised a great influence on the contemporary and subsequent songwriters by transferring and mixing national, Balkan and western sounds, always in a personal and unique way. |
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Lache Cercel and Roma Swing Ensemble come to White Rock
Peace Arch News Roma Swing's style, showcased in the group's first album, Musika Konkordo, has been described by reviewers as a mix of "roots, ethnic and Balkan music, with fancy jazz chords and advanced jazz bass lines." "I think that's an accurate description," … |
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Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies At 76
NPR Angelopoulos told NPR he was inspired to make his 1995 story of a filmmaker in the Balkan conflict, "Ulysses' Gaze," by a report of an individual's resilience. THEO ANGELOPOULOS: (Through Translator) I had heard and I had read that whenever the … |
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