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12 Aug 2011
Orkestra del Sol’s Top Trumps show is an inspired concept for a live music performance. Flyers bearing each band member’s vital statistics are handed out prior to the gig, so that audience members can pick a favourite from the nine musicians. The…
11 Jun 2009
FOLK The boisterous yet melancholy sounds of Eastern European folk music have long entranced Western musicians, from avant-jazzer John Zorn to indie-pop cosmopolitan Beirut. But few have gone as far as A Hawk and a Hacksaw in their exploration of…
1 Jun 2009
Balkanarama is a Balkans influenced night of music, dance and revelry. But, as Anna Docherty discovers, it’s the passion of the performers that raises the event above the crowd.
5 Feb 2009
Balkan nights of gypsy jazz mashed with folk and klezmar tunes are always riotous affairs. This month Balkanarama have live music from Black Cat and Jani Lang Band as well as Balkan beats DJ DD (from Turin), all topped off with Hungary’s Kalam Balogh.
8 May 2008
BALKAN/FOLK Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May Saska Haramina, who organises Balkanarama, tries to sum up the night: 'It evolved out of a celebration of the Balkans' cultural diversity reflected in its musical diversity; upbeat riotous gypsy brass…
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