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West Philadelphia Orchestra Open for Gogol Bordello Tonight
Lime Wire Music Blog, NY - "I had never heard that feeling of life expressed so well in music before," says Gregg Mervine of first hearing Balkan Brass and the WPO's other source … |
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Word watching answers: January 1
Times Online, UK - Also Balkan Sobranie. Proprietary name, from Sobranye, the parliament or national assembly of Bulgaria. 1966: “She put the pistol away in her bedside drawer … |
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Drumming up enthusiasm for Balkan music. Goran Bregović in action. “It’s music Frankenstein-style,” Goran Bregović says, “and I come from a Frankenstein country, made up of pieces stuck clumsily together that did not function perfectly.”
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(SPARKLING CHANUKAH) JConnectLA is encouraging members of the young professional (YoPro) community to “get sparked for the Festival of Lights” by partaking in a little Fire and Ice. There to help fuel the fire will be the Chai Center, the Happy Minyan, Jewlicious, LimmudLA, Meir Panim, StandWithUs and the ZOA. The huge panorganizational party, set on the night before Chanukah begins — perhaps a …
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J…germeister Tour at House of Blues on Saturday, December 20 You know Hinder, the headliners of this year’s J…germeister Tour. Or at least you’ve heard Hinder on the radio. Probably a lot. You’ve maybe even seen their picture. They’re that band from Oklahoma that wants to be Motley CrŸe and had a girl with prominent, um, assets on the cover of their 2005 debut, Extreme Behavior. They’re …
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A Very Good Year
Metro Santa Cruz, CA - He doesn't so much borrow directly from Brazilian choro, blues, Balkan and Hebraic cadences as weave seemingly disparate strands into a sumptuous sonic … |
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“Coppelia: The Doll with the Porcelain Eyes” Puppet show at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. at Children’s Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave., Oakland. Cost is $6. 452-2259. www.fairyland.org
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Seasonal Greetings from Norway
All About Jazz, PA - Then there's a hilarious rockabilly/country arrangement of "Jesus Kristus," that sounds as if it's paying tribute to wild Balkan speed boogie of … |
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Best of 2008: Dave Holland, Saxophone Summit, Dafnis Prieto, Bobo …
Hartford Courant, United States - Elsewhere, he's slapping the double bass while his cohorts beef up Balkan dance melodies with searing post-bop horn solos. Later, Polish-born vocalist … |
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Defence package awaits seal of approval
European Voice, Belgium - Upgrading existing instruments and capabilities, rather than building major new institutions, was a declared goal of the French presidency of the EU, … |
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