Balkan Brass Band workshop with Michael Ginsberg
Balkan Brass Band workshop with Michael Ginsberg
Sunday, May 3, 11 AM to 1 PM
Location: Electrik Maid 268 Carroll St NW Takoma Park, right at the DC- Maryland border
$30 For more information: Beth LeaMond, bleamond@gmail.com
Michael Ginsberg is the leader of Zlatne Uste ("Golden Lips"), an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States.
Michael teaches the Balkan Brass Ensemble at East European Folklife Festival camps each year. His teaching method is to play a recording of the piece, then to teach each part (by ear) to each group of instruments, and then to bring it all together. In the 2 hour time he plans to teach two pieces.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 11 AM to 1 PM
Location: Electrik Maid 268 Carroll St NW Takoma Park, right at the DC- Maryland border
$30 For more information: Beth LeaMond, bleamond@gmail.com
Michael Ginsberg is the leader of Zlatne Uste ("Golden Lips"), an internationally known group of American-born musicians playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the 12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan dance music in the United States.
Michael teaches the Balkan Brass Ensemble at East European Folklife Festival camps each year. His teaching method is to play a recording of the piece, then to teach each part (by ear) to each group of instruments, and then to bring it all together. In the 2 hour time he plans to teach two pieces.
New Klezmer podcast
Keith Wolzinger reports:
I have posted Klezmer Podcast 48, an extended special episode from the Jewlicious Festival 5.0 recently held in Long Beach, California. Interview guests and music include Aharit Hayamim from Jerusalem; Jewdyssee from Berlin; Inbar Bakal from California; and festival organizer Rabbi Yonah Bookstein.
The podcast is available from iTunes, Klezmerpodcast.com and Blubrry.com/klezmerpodcast
Sunday, March 22, 2009
I have posted Klezmer Podcast 48, an extended special episode from the Jewlicious Festival 5.0 recently held in Long Beach, California. Interview guests and music include Aharit Hayamim from Jerusalem; Jewdyssee from Berlin; Inbar Bakal from California; and festival organizer Rabbi Yonah Bookstein.
The podcast is available from iTunes, Klezmerpodcast.com and Blubrry.com/klezmerpodcast
Orkestra del Sol's "WORLD TOUR OF ENGLAND"
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Calling Oxford!.... Hailing Milton Keynes!.... Bothering London!.... Rocking Brighton!..... Getting on, Bristol!..... Hello, Bracknell!..... Ey Up Hebden Bridge!
Your friends the Orkestra are coming! Lock up your sheet music! Tether your gooses! Put those dancing boots on and join yourself to the Orkestra del Sol WORLD TOUR OF ENGLAND. Yes, loyal fans of the now locally-famous behemoths of brass, wherever you live in ENGLAND, the Orkestra are going to be within dancing distance. Set the dial to 'fanfare', look on the brass spectrum, and the Orkestra we will appear as a 10 piece carnival on your musical radar.
The Orkestra is in a very special preparation: Bad Tim Bones is polishing his Scottish-Cuban 'Thistle crisis' heels, Sincero Minimo is polishing his libido and Marco is mapping bakeries en route so he's no more than 2 km from a fresh sponge cake. Olga has packed her champagne and Cameron has cleared his 7 day release from the Island. The Orkestra are ready for YOU!
28th Mar 09
OXFORD
The Isis Farmhouse
tickets 01865 243 854
29th Mar 09
MILTON KEYNES
The Stables
tickets 01908 280 800
30th Mar 09
LONDON
Cargo
tickets 08444 77 1000
1st Apr 09
BRIGHTON
The Hanbury Club
tickets 01273 605 789
2nd Apr 09
BRISTOL
The Croft tickets 0117 987 4144
3rd Apr 09
BRACKNELL
South Hill Park Arts Centre
tickets 01344 484123
4th Apr 09
HEBDEN BRIDGE
The Trades Club
tickets 01422 845 265
And if you're not near England - don't worry - the Orkestra will be all over other places in 2009:
2nd May 09
GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, INVERNESSHIRE
Strathspey in May
5th May 09
EDINBURGH
MAY Extravaganza with the Ivo Papasov Wedding Band!!
The Picture House
tickets 0131 221 2280
8th May 09
LIVERPOOL
Bluecoat Arts Centre
tickets 0151 709 5297
10th May 09
BRIGHTON
The Parlure @ The Spiegeltent
22nd May 09
KNOCKENGORROCH FESTIVAL
Main Stage
28th May 09
SLIGO
The Clarence
29th May 09
DUBLIN
The Button Factory
30th & 31st May 09
DUBLIN
Maritime Festival
14th June 09
GLASGOW
Oran Mor
19th & 20th June 09
POLICKA, CZECH REPUBLIC
Colour Meeting Festival
21st 23rd June 09
BERLIN
(check our website for details as they emerge)
24th & 25th June 09
nr LARZ, GERMANY
Fusion Festival
26th June 09
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Avalon Stage
16th July 09
DIDCOT
Cornerstone Arts Centre
17th July 09
nr.WINCHESTER
The Glade Festival
7th August 09
BELLADRUM, INVERNESSHIRE
Tartan Heart Festival, Hothouse Stage
11th August 09
NORTH BERWICK
Fringe by the Sea
12th & 13th Sept 09
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bestival (Main Stage)
More info about Orkestra del Sol can be found here.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Calling Oxford!.... Hailing Milton Keynes!.... Bothering London!.... Rocking Brighton!..... Getting on, Bristol!..... Hello, Bracknell!..... Ey Up Hebden Bridge!
Your friends the Orkestra are coming! Lock up your sheet music! Tether your gooses! Put those dancing boots on and join yourself to the Orkestra del Sol WORLD TOUR OF ENGLAND. Yes, loyal fans of the now locally-famous behemoths of brass, wherever you live in ENGLAND, the Orkestra are going to be within dancing distance. Set the dial to 'fanfare', look on the brass spectrum, and the Orkestra we will appear as a 10 piece carnival on your musical radar.
The Orkestra is in a very special preparation: Bad Tim Bones is polishing his Scottish-Cuban 'Thistle crisis' heels, Sincero Minimo is polishing his libido and Marco is mapping bakeries en route so he's no more than 2 km from a fresh sponge cake. Olga has packed her champagne and Cameron has cleared his 7 day release from the Island. The Orkestra are ready for YOU!
28th Mar 09
OXFORD
The Isis Farmhouse
tickets 01865 243 854
29th Mar 09
MILTON KEYNES
The Stables
tickets 01908 280 800
30th Mar 09
LONDON
Cargo
tickets 08444 77 1000
1st Apr 09
BRIGHTON
The Hanbury Club
tickets 01273 605 789
2nd Apr 09
BRISTOL
The Croft tickets 0117 987 4144
3rd Apr 09
BRACKNELL
South Hill Park Arts Centre
tickets 01344 484123
4th Apr 09
HEBDEN BRIDGE
The Trades Club
tickets 01422 845 265
And if you're not near England - don't worry - the Orkestra will be all over other places in 2009:
2nd May 09
GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, INVERNESSHIRE
Strathspey in May
5th May 09
EDINBURGH
MAY Extravaganza with the Ivo Papasov Wedding Band!!
The Picture House
tickets 0131 221 2280
8th May 09
LIVERPOOL
Bluecoat Arts Centre
tickets 0151 709 5297
10th May 09
BRIGHTON
The Parlure @ The Spiegeltent
22nd May 09
KNOCKENGORROCH FESTIVAL
Main Stage
28th May 09
SLIGO
The Clarence
29th May 09
DUBLIN
The Button Factory
30th & 31st May 09
DUBLIN
Maritime Festival
14th June 09
GLASGOW
Oran Mor
19th & 20th June 09
POLICKA, CZECH REPUBLIC
Colour Meeting Festival
21st 23rd June 09
BERLIN
(check our website for details as they emerge)
24th & 25th June 09
nr LARZ, GERMANY
Fusion Festival
26th June 09
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Avalon Stage
16th July 09
DIDCOT
Cornerstone Arts Centre
17th July 09
nr.WINCHESTER
The Glade Festival
7th August 09
BELLADRUM, INVERNESSHIRE
Tartan Heart Festival, Hothouse Stage
11th August 09
NORTH BERWICK
Fringe by the Sea
12th & 13th Sept 09
ISLE OF WIGHT
Bestival (Main Stage)
More info about Orkestra del Sol can be found here.
Mondo Electrico
Lord Lingham hosts a radio show, Mondo Electrico, on PBS, a community radio station in Melbourne, Australia.
Mondo Electrico features cutting edge and otherworldly sounds of post-modern landscapes - the surreal zone where contemporary electronic dance music fuses with world and folk sounds. Call it the sounds of tomorrow, or the mashed-up beats and bleeps from a giant industrial-size culture-blender, or simply Post-World music. This is a show that explores the electronic interpretations of the rich and diverse sounds of the globe.
Mondo Electrico is essentially a dance music show - the first hour takes us through a head-nodding and feet-tapping trip of mid-tempo grooves, while the second hour gradually transports us to a netherworld of faster polyrhythmic beats and growling basslines.
The palate of musical styles include Future Electro-Funk, Glitchy Dancehall, Balkan Beats (Balkan Beat Box, La Cherga, DJ Click, Dunkelbunt, Shantel, Shukar Collective), Indietronica and Folktronica, Asian Massive, Bollywood club remixes, Turkish electro, Berlin Techno, Nu-Skool Afrobeats and local Australian releases.
Mondo Electrico on MySpace
Monday, March 16, 2009
Mondo Electrico features cutting edge and otherworldly sounds of post-modern landscapes - the surreal zone where contemporary electronic dance music fuses with world and folk sounds. Call it the sounds of tomorrow, or the mashed-up beats and bleeps from a giant industrial-size culture-blender, or simply Post-World music. This is a show that explores the electronic interpretations of the rich and diverse sounds of the globe.
Mondo Electrico is essentially a dance music show - the first hour takes us through a head-nodding and feet-tapping trip of mid-tempo grooves, while the second hour gradually transports us to a netherworld of faster polyrhythmic beats and growling basslines.
The palate of musical styles include Future Electro-Funk, Glitchy Dancehall, Balkan Beats (Balkan Beat Box, La Cherga, DJ Click, Dunkelbunt, Shantel, Shukar Collective), Indietronica and Folktronica, Asian Massive, Bollywood club remixes, Turkish electro, Berlin Techno, Nu-Skool Afrobeats and local Australian releases.
Mondo Electrico on MySpace
In the spotlight: Orkestra del Sol
We have a new featured band on our homepage: Orkestra del Sol, from Scotland, UK. You can read their full bio here.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
ITB Book Award for "Princes Amongst Men"
The German version of the book Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians
has won an ITB Book Award 2009. The book and the compilation CD of the same title will be awarded in the category "Most important Travelbook". The award show will take place on Friday 13 March on the ITB 2009 in Berlin.
More information on the book (in English)
More information on the book (in German)
Buy the CD Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians
from Amazon.com
Sunday, March 8, 2009
has won an ITB Book Award 2009. The book and the compilation CD of the same title will be awarded in the category "Most important Travelbook". The award show will take place on Friday 13 March on the ITB 2009 in Berlin.More information on the book (in English)
More information on the book (in German)
Buy the CD Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians
from Amazon.comStranger Than Paradise
Stranger than paradise (DJ Sacha Dieu, Malaka, Kobayashi & Mahnahmahna) - 14 Mar @ Dex Club (London, UK)
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Balkan Brass World @ Twitter
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/balkanbrass
Friday, March 6, 2009
Balkan Brass World @ Facebook
We now have an official group on Facebook. Come and join us here.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
STriCat release new CD
Dutch Balkan jazz trio STriCat will release their new CD "Jab" tomorrow, march 5th. The official presentation of the CD will take place at the Tropentheater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More info here.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
La Cherga on tour
"Electro-roots music with a pan-Balkanic consciousness!"
