Special Guests:
Jessica Lurie - Sax
JR Hankins - Trumpet
Influences
Max the Official Balkan Party Emperor of NYC sez:
i started this band because
i saw a wedding in northern greece
with roma musicians picking up the groom at his house
and then walking two blocks to the bride's house
to pick her up and take her to church
and i was really inspired by that
i wish i had a photo to put here of them
i put together this band
to bring this kind of life on the streets to new york city
Other influences:
Florina brass bands
Turkish bar bands
Romany wedding bands
Bollywood film music
Serbian brass bands
Artists we admire and listen to all the time:
Angele and Goce Dimovski
Astoriani
Balkan Beat Box
Boris Karlov
Brenna MacCrimmon
Catherine Foster
Curtis Mayfield
David Byrne
Edessa
Esma Redzepova/Stevo Teodosievsk
Ferus Mustafov
George Clinton
Gogol Bordello
Hungry March Band
Ivan Milev
Ivo Papazov
Luminescent Orchestrii
Pearls of Vranje
Raif Hyseni and Merita Halili
Rambo and Zahir of Queens
Ramo Bilyalov of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Romashka
Romski Boje
Samiov Orkestar
Slavic Soul Party!
Thanais Serkos
Yuri Yunakov
Zlatne Uste
And of course, we have to mention our teachers at the annual Balkan Music and Dance Workshops that have helped us enormously and taught us a great many things:
Adam Goood
Beth Bahia Cohen
Brenna MacCrimmon
Carol Freeman
Carol Silverman
Catherine Foster
Christos Govetas
Esma Redzepova
Ismail Luminovski
Ivan Milev
Kalin Kirilov
Mark Levy
Matt Moran
Merita Halili
Michael Ginsburg
Paul Brown
Peter Stan
Raif Hyseni
Seido Salisfoski
Steve Kotansky
Toni Jankuloski
Walt "Vlado" Mahovlich
And so many others! Musicians we've met in Eastern Europe. Dancers we meet in the parks of New York City. People who come to our show. It all inspires us.
Sounds Like
Five shots of strong homemade plum brandy, and two tiny cups of strong, sweet espresso. All at once.
A sip of a mysterious homemade drink from the old woman in the market that burns your lips, sweetens your tongue, lights the fire in your belly and makes you fall in love all over again with everything and everyone.
A Balkan wedding band that has unexpectedly found itself in Brooklyn and is making a life there filled with music, love, longing and passion.
A group of sharps guys in hats and suits playing the celebration, party and dance music of Eastern European villages with a gutsy and gorgeous singer leading the way.
Called "Rousing! Rollicking!" (Time Out NY), "Rowdy!" (New Yorker) & "NYCs Pre-eminent Balkan Band" (L Magazine), The Zagnut Orkestar is a Brooklyn-based Eastern European music ensemble that plays up-tempo, soulful and haunting songs and melodies of the Turkish, Slavic, Greek, Romani and Jewish people found throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Blending traditional music with up-to-date sounds, they are a village band walking from the groom's house to the bride's house on a warm afternoon suddenly meeting up with the funkiest and finest NY musicians and creating something new, unexpected and completely captivating. Their sound is audacious, unfettered, off the hook. Timeless grooves and beats outside the box create stirring concerts, all night dance parties and weddings that never end.
Get a babysitter, peoples...
...because Rock & Roll Burlesque is back on the scene this weekend and then we'll be gone again until August 13th.
Monday, July 6th at The Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street at the Corner of Stanton on Manhattan's Lower East Side
Doors at 8.00, Show at 8.30. $5 cover
with Clams Casino, Darlinda Just Darlinda and Miss Saturn!
Full 7 piece band featuring
Sean "Baby Boy" Dixon on the Drums
Mary "Freakin'" Feaster on the Electric Bass Guitar
Viva "Guitar Viva" on Guitar and Singing
Chuck "The Mac" MacKinnan on Trumpet
Matt Moon on Saxophone
David Gibson on the Trombone &
Matt Katz-Bohen on the Synths and Sounds
LuvLuvLuvLuvLuvLuv
Viva
www.electricviva.com
Friendly reminder to come out and see me and my 7 piece band teamed up with some AMAZING people culminating in a night of original rock music and sexxxxxy stripping, dancing and hula-hooping!!
Thursday May 14th, 10:30- 2 sets and only 5 bucks!! The Slipper Room 167 Orchard Street at Stanton on Manhattan's Lower East Side
That's Right! Oh yes. Me and my 7-piece band are teaming up with the amazing Hula-Hoop Queen Miss Saturn to bring you night of Original Rock Music and Sexy Sexy Sexy Stripping and Dancing featuring Clams Casino and Darlinda Just Darlinda.
Pinch me--is this really my life?
Come on out this Thursday, May 14th at the Slipper Room Two sets starting pretty sharply at 10.30 pm.
The band features:
Mary "Freakin" Feaster on the Electric Bass Guitar Sean "On it" Dixon on the Drums Chuck The MacKinnon on the Trumpet Tina "Bo Bina" Richarson on the Tenor Saxophone Young Danny Lubin on the Slide Trombone and Matt Katz-Bohen on the Synthesizer
+ + + It only costs $5. The Slipper Room is located at
167 Orchard Street at Stanton on Manhattan's Lower East Side
Sunday, May 3rd, 8. 30 pm Rose's Live Music 345 Grand Street Brooklyn Seven piece band! $5 Suggested Donation
Wednesday, May 6th Independent Music Awards with Ekayani Chamberlain Wicked Willy's 149 Bleeker b/w Thompson and Laguardia Evening starts at 8 pm, We play at 10, $8 Power Trio!
De Gentse Bolwerkfanfare is reeds verdwenen sinds 10 januari 2009. Doorgedreven speurwerk heeft niks opgeleverd De onzekerheid van haar lotsbestemming maakt het nog zwaarder om dragen,maar we moeten sterk zijn en aanvaarden:
DE BOLWERKFANFARE IS NIET MEER
Wij willen op 17 april samen met u een laatste eerbetoon brengen aan de Bolwerkfanfare. Blijf niet met je verdriet zitten, gedeelde smart is halve smart!
De dienst wordt ingekleed door de dames van RouwendeVrouwen.com en om 20h30 opgeluisterd door Rat Ka Bay Bal, een gezelschap dat ons eigenlijk volslagen vreemd is, maar dat beweert de Bolwerkfanfare zeer goed gekend te hebben.
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La cérémonie sera conduite par les dames de RouwendeVrouwen.com et accompagnée musicalement par Rat Ka Bay Bal, une compagnie inconnue qui néanmoins affirme avoir connu la Bolwerkfanfare de tout près.
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The service will be led by the ladies from RouwendeVrouwen.com and musically accompanied by Rat Ka Bay Bal, a band we’ve never heard of, but who claims having known the Bolwerkfanfare very well.
