Tako Lako is a Balkan band from Copenhagen, Denmark, whom is about to release their first album. The style is very fluid, mixing up classic balkan lyrics and songs with modern day instruments and lends from both rock, punk and r'n'b in what is one of the most charismatic live acts on the danish balkan and punk scene. http://www.myspace.com/takolako http://takolako.mymusic.dk/ http://takolako.dk/
Based in Glasgow since their formation in 2001, KOSHKA (formerly Kesha) came together as a result of Oleg Ponomarev, Nigel Clark and Lev Atlas’ mutual love of music as diverse as classical, folk, and hotclub. Although no strangers to the big stage, having played to thousands during their respective careers, KOSHKA honed their sound playing intimate shows at Russian Café Cossachok and have rapidly become an in demand world music act.
Viza has infiltrated the global music scene with an explosive sound of international rock. You can hear the blasts and screams from the depths of Eastern Europe to the deserts of the Middle East. Formerly known as Visa, Viza exchanged the audio passport with a carte blanche for invasion.
Viza is a brigade of 9 international musicians from Los Angeles, integrating duduk, percussion and oud with the hard edge of rock.
La música de Zíngaros es sensible, descriptiva.
Evoca con acordes y sonidos las vivencias de gitanos de Europa del Este, con tonos que emigran del tango argentino.
En octubre de 2004, presentaron su primer C.D “Ojos negros” compuesto por melodías folklóricas rusas y gitanas de Europa del Este. Cantadas en romaní y ruso, o sólo instrumentales, las melodías de su colorido repertorio se transforman en verdaderas historias que recortan tradiciones y escenarios gitanos: mañanas de primavera, rondas en torno al fuego, noches de frío, viento, bailes, amores, sueños.
Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries consist of Nihal Şentürk (Fatima Spar - vocals), Andrej Prozorov (sax), Alexander Wladigeroff (trumpet), Erwin Schober (drums), Franz Grützner (trombone), and Philipp Moosbrugger (bass). They were formed in 2004 - an Austrian folk brass band with a Turkish singer that integrates jazz and many musical styles mainly from southeastern Europe. www.freedomfries.at
Rupa and the April Fishes is a musical group based in San Francisco, California and is fronted by Rupa Marya. Their songs are a mixture of international musical styles and the lyrics are sung in multiple languages, primarily French, Spanish and English.
The Klezmatics are an American klezmer band based in New York City. Formed in New York's East Village in 1986, the band plays an updated form of the music, mixing it with other musical traditions, singing in English and Yiddish. They have also participated in cross-cultural collaborations, most notably with the Palestinian musician Simon Shaheen.
DeVotchKa is a four piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble that fuses Romani, Greek, Slavic, and Bolero, music with American punk and folk roots. They take their name from Anthony Burgess' Nadsat (the self created language of 'A Clockwork Orange's main character, Alex) word for "young girl," which is itself derived from the Russian word devochka(девочка) of the same meaning. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of Nick Urata, who sings and plays theremin, guitar, bouzouki...