The album Brasses for the Masses from Macedonian brass band Džambo Aguševi Orchestra tops the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2020. The ensemble from…
View More Džambo Aguševi Orchestra Reaches Number 1 at the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2020Tag: Balkan music
Balkan Souls in New Orleans
Blato Zlato – In The Wake (Blato Zlato, 2019) In The Wake is the second album from New Orleans-based Balkan music band, Blato Zlato. Although…
View More Balkan Souls in New OrleansInterview with World Fusion Band Solana And Video Premiere
Solana is a world music fusion band originally founded in Valencia, Spain in 2012. Solana combines rhythmically complex and harmonically rich music inspired by folk…
View More Interview with World Fusion Band Solana And Video PremiereArtist Profiles: Mames Babegenush
Mames Babegenush was founded in Copenhagen in 2004. It is a six-piece ensemble that combines klezmer music, Scandinavian roots and Eastern European traditions. The 2029…
View More Artist Profiles: Mames BabegenushArtist Profiles: Marcel Stefanet
One day, Marcel Stefanet’s parents left the five year-old boy in the care of his grandparents. Everything seemed idyllic until Mom and Dad stepped out…
View More Artist Profiles: Marcel StefanetArtist Profiles: Ori Kaplan
Ori Kaplan studied Klezmer clarinet in Jaffa at age 11, yet was exposed to the Arabic culture around him. Each week he would sneak into…
View More Artist Profiles: Ori KaplanArtist Profiles: Slonovski Bal
Slonovski Bal plays the sounds of the central European Balkans, blending the music of the Gypsies with a unique mix of European, Slavic, Turkish and…
View More Artist Profiles: Slonovski BalArtist Profiles: Les Yeux Noirs
The Les Yeux Noirs is a multicultural band based in Paris led by the Belgian Slabiak brothers. With the help of other musicians from Belgium,…
View More Artist Profiles: Les Yeux NoirsArtist Profiles: L’Attirail
L’Attirail was born from a road encounter in February of 1994. Xavier Demerliac (guitar & brass) and Jean Stephane Brosse (piano & accordion), met while…
View More Artist Profiles: L’AttirailWest Philly Orchestra’s Balkan Party
West Philly Orchestra (WPO) – Tour De Filli (Fly Bottle Records, 2016) On Tour De Filli, the West Philly Orchestra Album plays fun, infectious Balkan…
View More West Philly Orchestra’s Balkan Party