Watcha Clan interview
Keith Wolzinger's latest Klezmer Podcast features an interview with Watcha Clan, the Balkan-influenced band from Marseilles, France.
Go to Klezmerpodcast.com for more info.
Monday, April 20, 2009
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Orkestra del Sol and Ivo Papasov
The world of ORKESTRA DEL SOL, your favourite musical toreadors of the BRASS BULLRING, is about to rupture. Yes, RUPTURE...into a kaleidoscope of CLARINETIC HAPPINESS! Friends, the Orkestra will appear for ONE, yes ONE NIGHT ONLY at the EDINBURGH PICTURE HOUSE along side one of the GREATS of BULGARIAN MUSIC - no, not OLGA, great though she is - but IVO PASASOV!
Ladies and gentlemen, MAY 5th 2009 at EDINBURGH'S PICTURE HOUSE will be a spectacular before your every ears! For anyone not familiar with Mr Papasov, he is THE KING OF WEDDING BAND MUSIC - his music not only blows you away, it comes back, spins you round, dusts you down and buys you a pint.
Howsabout that for a Tuesday night? Bring your dancing shoes, dancing socks, dancing trousers or skirt, dancing underwear, best dancing shirt and a hat..... for dancing in. And adjust your watches to the correct GMT - the fun starts EARLY, with Orkestra del Sol appearing on stage at 8pm.
The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ Tuesday 5 May 2009 - Doors 7pm - Tickets £14.00 - 24hr Ticket Hotline 0844 847 1740
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen, MAY 5th 2009 at EDINBURGH'S PICTURE HOUSE will be a spectacular before your every ears! For anyone not familiar with Mr Papasov, he is THE KING OF WEDDING BAND MUSIC - his music not only blows you away, it comes back, spins you round, dusts you down and buys you a pint.
Howsabout that for a Tuesday night? Bring your dancing shoes, dancing socks, dancing trousers or skirt, dancing underwear, best dancing shirt and a hat..... for dancing in. And adjust your watches to the correct GMT - the fun starts EARLY, with Orkestra del Sol appearing on stage at 8pm.
The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ Tuesday 5 May 2009 - Doors 7pm - Tickets £14.00 - 24hr Ticket Hotline 0844 847 1740
50th Klezmer Podcast online now
Our friend Keith at Klezmerpodcast.com has posted his 50th Klezmer Podcast, with guests Ljova and Inna from the group Ljova And The Kontraband. You can listen from iTunes, the Klezmer Podcast site and Blubrry.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Watcha Clan Digital Diaspora remix
On their never-ending tour trail, Watcha Clan have met many talented DJs, fellow musical travelers on dance floor journeys. Friendship and mutual inspiration blossomed, communicated in the languages of dub, ragga, reggae, drum'n'bass and electro, sung to melodies traditional or modern, spiced with arabic and Mediterranean flavors.
As of 3 April, a tuneful travel diary of these encounters, "Diaspora Remixed", is available for download. The authors of these audio chapters include pioneering London collective Transglobal Underground, Balkan breakbeat maestri and kazoo virtuosi Shazalakazoo, EarthRise SoundSystem (NYC), Viennese sound-spice mixer Dunkelbunt, Dj Click (Paris), Gaetano Fabri (Brussels), BalkanXpress Soundsistema (Cologne), Spark (Berlin), Undergang & Mars Exist (Marseille), Barrio Populaire (Hamburg) and Stratman (Athens).
Each give Watcha Clan's music a new, individual interpretation.
Have a listen and take a sound trip.
More info here
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
As of 3 April, a tuneful travel diary of these encounters, "Diaspora Remixed", is available for download. The authors of these audio chapters include pioneering London collective Transglobal Underground, Balkan breakbeat maestri and kazoo virtuosi Shazalakazoo, EarthRise SoundSystem (NYC), Viennese sound-spice mixer Dunkelbunt, Dj Click (Paris), Gaetano Fabri (Brussels), BalkanXpress Soundsistema (Cologne), Spark (Berlin), Undergang & Mars Exist (Marseille), Barrio Populaire (Hamburg) and Stratman (Athens).
Each give Watcha Clan's music a new, individual interpretation.
Have a listen and take a sound trip.
More info here
New Mahala Rai Banda album in autumn
Asphalt Tango Records reports:
MAHALA RAI BANDA signed to Asphalt Tango Records and Romania's hottest young Gypsy band from Bucharest will release a second album in autumn 2009.
More info about Mahala Rai Banda here.
MAHALA RAI BANDA signed to Asphalt Tango Records and Romania's hottest young Gypsy band from Bucharest will release a second album in autumn 2009.
More info about Mahala Rai Banda here.
