Archive for April, 2011

Singer-composer Moira Smiley to perform in Taft
Midway Driller
She also explores the depths of early American, Irish and Balkan traditional song. Moira is in high demand as a music director and vocal coach-giving master classes in vocal technique, traditional styles, physicality and improvisation.

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Relix
Sway Machinery: Shalom Africa
Relix
From klezmer revivalists like The Klezmatics to the avant-garde jazz of John Zorn to the bluegrass of David Grisman to the hip-hop of Balkan Beat Box, different artists have drawn from Judaic music's melodies, themes and rhythms.

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LISTINGS: Clubbing – April 28 – May 5
Sheffield Telegraph
Balkanarama, riotous night of live Gypsy / Klezmer / Balkan music, Balkan beats DJs, live visuals, belly dance performances and more, Plug, 10pm (£7). Covert Soundsystem, subversive blend electro, trance, psy trance, dubstep, DnB, grime and dancehall,

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Festival Fantastique
The Daily Advertiser
THE BEST BET: Balkan Beat Box. Taking the music of the Mediterranean and filtering through the lens of contemporary hip hop and urban electronica, Balkan Beat Box is one of the most distinctive and intriguing music acts out there.

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Music Box: Guster, Silver Liners, The Dan Band and more kick off the weekend
Annapolis Capital
Then stick around for a night of rock and reggae, ragga and hip-hop, Greek guitars and Nu Med mania with Balkan Beat Box (11 pm). Friday and Saturday nights it's a '70s folk rock summit at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis featuring Jonathan Edwards and

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College calls on experts to teach classes
Bath Chronicle
Anyone interested in joining a gospel choir for the day would be taught by experienced vocal tutor and gospel choir director Jo Sercombe, while respected local musicians will be teaching traditional Balkan folk music and Bhangra.

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The Buzz
The Daily Advertiser
This year's festival, the official opening for which will be downtown Thursday, will bring back some favorite performers like Balkan Beat Box, Rootz Underground and Locos Por Juana. You'll also get to see Keith Frank, Grammy-winner Chubby Carrier,

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Village Voice (blog)
Download: Balkan Beat Box's Riotous, Ebullient "Look Them Act"
Village Voice (blog)
​Tireless culture-clashers Balkan Beat Box can shout "dance, motherfucker, dance" in 20 different languages. Their third album, Blue Eyed Black Boy (Nat Geo/Crammed Discs), is a sweat-soaked all-night

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Jewish Chronicle
Beardyman – he's the coolest geek in hip hop
Jewish Chronicle
I Done A Album makes use of his classical music background (he was playing guitar and was writing songs on piano from the age of six) in its amalgam of genres, which includes Balkan folk music, dubstep and Aphex Twin-style beats.

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Goran Bregovic to give concert in Bulgaria on June 4
Focus News
The star will attend the award giving ceremony of Balkan Music Awards 2011. Bregovic and his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra will give a concert in Alexander of Battenberg square in the center of the capital, the organizers of the event announced.

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