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Ivan Milev Band

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  • Genre: Folk

    Location NEW YORK, New York, US

    Profile Views: 81524

    Last Login: 10/14/2011

    Member Since 3/27/2006

    Website www.ivanmilevband.com

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..MyGen.. ..Profile Generator.. .. .... Ivan Milev Band opens the boundaries for an amazing journey into the depths of Bulgarian and Balkan music. A musical genius and legendary performer, accordionist Ivan Milev has established the rules that govern Bulgarian Folk Music throughout his 30-plus year career. He is the mastermind behind Ivan Milev Band, having gathered a group of musicians from Eastern Europe to record a landmark album of Balkan folk music. .... Ivan is an accordionist of incredible virtuosity and technique, and his vision of combining multiple ethnic styles has produced tunes with daring key changes and dizzying tempos. Battling solos between the veteran accordionist and his apprentice, violinist Entcho Todorov, deliver energizing performances of Bulgarian and Balkan folk music. .... Ivan Milev Band is the vision of two musical talents and two friends – Ivan and Entcho, that see the potential of Balkan music extending far from the Eastern European region and thrilling audiences from different cultures and musical backgrounds around the world..... .. ....Some recent Ivan Milev Band reviews:...... .... "The opening band was amazing in a different way. Ivan Milev played. He is from The Balkans and is an accordionist, he was accompanied by an violinist. This guy was truly amazing. His fingers flew across the keys and the crowd was enraptured.".... http://divine-failure.livejournal.com/32588.html...... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .... .... "Now here is the crowning touch. You need to hit the road to Louisville early enough to hear the show-opening Ivan Milev band. Accordionist Milev has been a prime ambassador of Balkan and Bulgarian folk music for over three decades. While he resides in New York, his band still consists exclusively of Eastern European players. Among them is Milev’s apprentice, violinist Entcho Todorov. Together they create positively mad and boundlessly enthusiastic acoustic music. It’s a soul sound from, literally, another world.".... http://musicalbox.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/a-lil-dapll-do-ya/...... ::::::::::::::::::::::::: .... .. If you were one of the lucky ones to catch Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at Walters on Washington you witnessed two extraordinary events. One was Sharon and her amazing band, the other was the opening act - the Ivan Milev band. Milev a Bulgarian accordion legend played his brand of Bulgarian folk music with violinist Entcho Todorov to an astonished crowd at the fabled Walters. As the two took the stage the sold out crowd didn’t know what was about to hit them. Playing song after song of dizzying time changes the crowd gave them cheer after cheer. This seemed to really get Milev and Todorov pumped stating that Houston was the best crowd that they had played to on this tour. Rarely have I ever seen an opening act get so much response from a crowd..... http://canerican.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sharon-jones-and-the-dap-kings/>..
  • Members

    Ivan Milev - Accordion .. Entcho Todorov -Violin .. Vasko Angelov - Guitar, Tambura.. Seido Salifoski Drums, Dumbeck.. Panagiotis Andreaou - Bass.. Maria Koleva - Vocals..
  • Influences

    Bulgarian Folk Music.. Romanian Folk Music.. Serbian Folk Music.. Hungarian Folk Music..
  • Sounds Like

    ....Ivan Milev Band at Joe's Pub........ .. .. .. .. .... ....Buy the Ivan Milev CD "The Flight Of Krali Marco" below!.......... ....Ivan Milev Band ...... ....The Flight of Krali Marco........ ........ .... ....Order it at i-tunes ......HERE!

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  • Richard Harris


    SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT AND VOTE ON NOV 6TH Ivan!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA ...

    Our President NEEDS and DESERVES our support!

    We didn't get into the mess HE INHERITED overnight,

    and we won't get out of it overnight.  But we are making

    real PROGRESS!  He needs your help on Tuesday!

    PLEASE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND

    VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    What do YOU have to be Thankful For Ivan?
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT GRATITUDE ...

    I have so very many things to be THANKFUL FOR.

    The SUN that rises every morning, the BIRDS that

    sing their sweet song.  Clean AIR to breathe, good

    FOOD to eat, and beautiful MUSIC to play.

    WHEN WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE

    HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!

    With Love, Respect, and Peace, my dear friend

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    LOTS OF SUNDAY LOVE FOR YOU Ivan!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT SUNDAY ...

    Have a beautiful relaxing Sunday my friend!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Faith, Hope and Love together can raise POSITIVE KIDS
    in a NEGATIVE WORLD Ivan!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT A SPECIAL MESSAGE ...

    I have just returned from Michigan, where I recorded

    my BRAND NEW CD  "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE

    OF A CHILD".  I believe it is the very best music that I

    and the band have ever recorded!  Watch for it later

    this fall @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Ivan!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES ... 

    “Never underestimate the POWER OF DREAMS and the influence of the HUMAN SPIRIT. We are all the same in this notion: The POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS lives within each of us.”

     ~ Wilma Rudolph - Olympic Champion

    Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings;  Rudolph contracted infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) at age 4.  She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot (which had become twisted as a result) until she was 9.

    Wilma Rudolph was considered the FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.

    In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 GOLD MEDALS in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com"

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Children are the hands we take hold of Heaven with Ivan!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN ...

    "Whatever they grow up to be,

    they are still OUR CHILDREN, and the one most important

    of all the things we can give to them is UNCONDITIONAL

    LOVE.  Not a love that depends on ANYTHING AT ALL

    except that they are OUR CHILDREN.”

    ~ Rosaleen Dickson

    CHILDREN ARE THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE

    RESOURCE AND ITS BEST HOPE FOR THE FUTURE!

    LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONALLY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    10 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Uncle Sam wants YOU Ivan!
     

    TO BE ENERGETIC AND ENTHUSIASTIC!

    I AM RECORDING A BRAND NEW CD THIS SUMMER! WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT ENTHUSIASM ...

    "NOTHING GREAT

    was EVER ACHIEVED

    without ENTHUSIASM."

     ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

    IT'S FAITH IN SOMETHING AND ENTHUSIASM FOR

    SOMETHING THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING!

    GET FIRED UP!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Have a Heart Ivan!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE HEART ...

    “The HUMAN HEART FEELS THINGS the eyes cannot

     see, and KNOWS what the mind cannot understand.”

    ~ Robert Valett

    ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART ~

    ONLY LOVE CAN MEND IT AGAIN!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    11 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Ivan!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MOTHERS ...

    "MOTHERS hold their children's HANDS

    for a SHORT WHILE,

    but their HEARTS FOREVER."

    HAVE AN AWESOME MOTHER'S DAY!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Happy Easter Ivan!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT EASTER ...

    "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him."

    ~ John 3:16-17

    And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him."

    ~ Mark 16:6

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
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