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Salmon Arm Observer
Also featured will be Popoleko Singers, who sing a haunting blend of a cappella Balkan music. Dance instructor Kristy Christian will perform Middle Eastern dance, while local group O Nosso Amor, will blend in spicy music from Brazil.

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Straight.com
Orkestar Slivovica embraces its Balkan inspiration
Straight.com
After years of playing in a variety of roots-music outfits based around the Drive, he and Zalite were looking for a new direction, and it was to take them to the Balkans. “The tune we heard was by Boban Marković, an ambassador of this music to the west

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Park Ridge orchestra salutes romance
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
that evokes the joyous and danceable rhythms of Eastern European Jewish music, as well as Middle Eastern, Balkan and gypsy music. In addition to Taylor and Golden, the piece will feature Alan Steiner on double bass and Joe Lill on trumpet.

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CBC.ca
(Dejan Rafajlovic)
CBC.ca
The two other players, bassist Julian Bradford and drummer Curtis Nowosad weren't familiar with the complicated time signatures that Balkan music is known for and for Dejan that was a real plus since it brought a fresh approach and intensity to the

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Yorkshire Post
Visit from Princess as Serbian culture celebrated
Yorkshire Post
A BALKAN princess took part in weekend celebrations at a church in Yorkshire small and modest in appearance but boasting a rich tapestry of royal history. Princess Katarina Karageorgevitch, 52, a descendant of Queen Victoria, joined scores of

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Budapest Café Orchestra in Goodrich Village Hall
Hereford Times
The New Budapest Café Orchestra play powerful and driving folk-based music from Eastern Europe, inspired by the music of European gypsies. The richness and dynamism of Balkan music is on display in all its untameable glory in a wide-ranging programme

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Leading World Fusion Band Zoobazar Announces Spanish Tour
World Music Central
Jones on drums and percussion; and Hector Tellini on bass. Zoobazar's music straddles various Mediterranean genres (Iberian folk music, Turkish, Balkan, Greek, Middle Eastern, North African) fusing it with western elements such as funk, rock and jazz.

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GondwanaSound's Album of the Week: Rangarang
World Music Central
Other highlights this week include another fascinating comp on the Honest Jon's label, Delta Dandies, Balkan Tango with Alejandro and the Magic Tombelinos's Full Attack with Sudden Defences, a Finnish Waltz by Lepisto and Lehti from the album Radio

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Los Angeles Times
World Cinema: Emir Kusturica's 'realized utopia'
Los Angeles Times
Korean director Kim Ki-Duk, with a smile on his face, carries an intricate carving of a tree, the "Award for the Future Movie," back to his cabin, and American director Abel Ferrara, after screening "4:44 Last Day on Earth," dances to Balkan music till

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Winnipeg Free Press – PRINT EDITION
Winnipeg Free Press
This really is 100-proof hurtin' country music just like Tammy, Loretta and Dolly used to make. Four stars — Bruce Leperre JAZZ DEJAN RAFAJLOVIC TRIO Balkan Folk Tales (Independent) GUITARIST Dejan Rafajlovic jazzes up his heritage on this disc

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