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Boban I Marko Markovic in Utrecht
For our Dutch readers: Boban I Marko Markovic will perform in Utrecht, the Netherlands on may 6th, Boban's birthday!
All info is here.
BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR + DJ RROMANO SUNO
Donderdag 6 mei 2010 | 21:00 | afterparty 22:30 | Euro 19 |
kortingspas Euro 16,15 | RASA-pas of U-pas Euro 11,40
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
All info is here.
BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR + DJ RROMANO SUNO
Donderdag 6 mei 2010 | 21:00 | afterparty 22:30 | Euro 19 |
kortingspas Euro 16,15 | RASA-pas of U-pas Euro 11,40
In memoriam Ljiljana Buttler
Ljiljana Buttler, the queen of "gyspy soul" has died. She was 66 years old.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Looking for Balkan Band to play at wedding
We received a request from a frequent visitor of our website, Alexia from Lebanon:
"Hello, my name is alexia and my fiancé and I are huge fans of Balkan music specially Emir Kusturica's and the Non Smoking Orchestra's music,
We are getting married on October 2nd in Beirut, Lebanon, and we are interested in having a gypsy Balkan band at our wedding. It is impossible to find such bands in Lebanon, this is why we thought about contacting you in order for you to help us in this matter, we are ready to get the band over here and pay for their tickets, hotel and fees..."
If you can help Alexia please drop us a line at info@balkanbrassworld.com
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
"Hello, my name is alexia and my fiancé and I are huge fans of Balkan music specially Emir Kusturica's and the Non Smoking Orchestra's music,
We are getting married on October 2nd in Beirut, Lebanon, and we are interested in having a gypsy Balkan band at our wedding. It is impossible to find such bands in Lebanon, this is why we thought about contacting you in order for you to help us in this matter, we are ready to get the band over here and pay for their tickets, hotel and fees..."
If you can help Alexia please drop us a line at info@balkanbrassworld.com
Hungry March Band to Embark on West Coast U.S. Tour
Hungry March Band, New York's inimitable music and performance ensemble, will begin their week-long West Coast tour, "It Came From New York!" in Seattle on Friday, April 9 at the third annual HONK! West Festival. HMB plays their final West Coast show Sunday, April 18 in San Francisco. For more info on scheduling, visit www.hungrymarchband.com.
Founded in Brooklyn in 1997, HMB's global brass repertoire and carnivalesque theatricality have taken them from coast to coast and to Europe, where they've been enveloped into a longstanding tradition of community and professional brass bands. Veterans of six European tours, "It Came From New York!" is the group's second voyage to the West Coast, and their California debut.
Why the West Coast? If the invitation to attend HONK! Fest West convinced HMB to return for a second visit, another possibility made this trip hard to resist. For many in the project, "It Came From New York!" holds special importance: it's their first-time ever playing in San Francisco, home to many fellow brass travelers and to the Burning Man organization, whose East Coast followers have especially supported HMB over the last decade as their original sound and presentation has developed.
HMB arrives on the West Coast fresh from a summer that included the Pouet Pouet Circus Festival in France's Loire Valley and the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival in Sardinia, where they collaborated with American conductor Butch Morris. In October, HMB attended Boston's fourth annual HONK! Festival of activist street bands as well as the Brooklyn HONK! Festival. Though different in content, together these festivals highlight HMB's unique ability to effortlessly meld improvised music and movement with catchy hooks and social dance.
Imagine if the conservatory jazz ensemble kidnapped the local marching band's baton twirlers and pom-pom dancers. Inspired by the wild Gypsy brass bands of Macedonia, sprinkled with the surrealism of Fellini, and a deep dish of New Orleans' Second Line, this crew runs loose in Coney Island while playing original compositions flavored by Latin, Balkan, Indian, Salsa, Afrobeat, Punk, Jazz, New Wave, No Wave, Caribbean, Swing, Hip Hop, Techno and oh, a few good old sing-a-longs. Ladies and gentlemen, this blazing entity of flesh, brass, blood, steel and wood could be no other than Hungry March Band.
More info: www.hungrymarchband.com.
Founded in Brooklyn in 1997, HMB's global brass repertoire and carnivalesque theatricality have taken them from coast to coast and to Europe, where they've been enveloped into a longstanding tradition of community and professional brass bands. Veterans of six European tours, "It Came From New York!" is the group's second voyage to the West Coast, and their California debut.
Why the West Coast? If the invitation to attend HONK! Fest West convinced HMB to return for a second visit, another possibility made this trip hard to resist. For many in the project, "It Came From New York!" holds special importance: it's their first-time ever playing in San Francisco, home to many fellow brass travelers and to the Burning Man organization, whose East Coast followers have especially supported HMB over the last decade as their original sound and presentation has developed.
HMB arrives on the West Coast fresh from a summer that included the Pouet Pouet Circus Festival in France's Loire Valley and the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival in Sardinia, where they collaborated with American conductor Butch Morris. In October, HMB attended Boston's fourth annual HONK! Festival of activist street bands as well as the Brooklyn HONK! Festival. Though different in content, together these festivals highlight HMB's unique ability to effortlessly meld improvised music and movement with catchy hooks and social dance.
Imagine if the conservatory jazz ensemble kidnapped the local marching band's baton twirlers and pom-pom dancers. Inspired by the wild Gypsy brass bands of Macedonia, sprinkled with the surrealism of Fellini, and a deep dish of New Orleans' Second Line, this crew runs loose in Coney Island while playing original compositions flavored by Latin, Balkan, Indian, Salsa, Afrobeat, Punk, Jazz, New Wave, No Wave, Caribbean, Swing, Hip Hop, Techno and oh, a few good old sing-a-longs. Ladies and gentlemen, this blazing entity of flesh, brass, blood, steel and wood could be no other than Hungry March Band.
More info: www.hungrymarchband.com.
