Bestelling Artists from Eastern Europe on Calabash Music

Sevara Nazarkhan

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Sevara Nazarkhan, a twenty-six-year-old, Uzbek singer, songwriter and musician, is a direct descendent of the legacy of a lone woman singing and accompanying herself on a string instrument.

Warsaw Village Band

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

"Hardcore Folk" from Poland, reminds you of Scandinavian music with it's dark beauty

Nightlosers

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Authentic jazz-blues band with folkloric influences from Romania.

Fanfare Ciocarlia

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Fanfare Ciocarlia manages to set off a musical firework display of traditional gypsy music from Romania and rhythms from Turkey, Bulgaria, and Macedonia.

Iva Bittova

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Iva Bittova, the Czech avant-garde violinist and singer, has synthesized the classic folk and gypsy music of the tiny Moravian villages where she grew up.

Boban Markovic Orkestar

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Reinvented "traditional" brass music with injections and adaptations of sounds from around the globe. Strongly influenced by the old traditions of the Roma.

Klezmatics

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

...the best band in the klezmer vanguard; on a good night, they can rank among the greatest bands on the planet.

Tara Fuki

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

The musical style of these two cellists is so original that it escapes all possible classification.

Rona Hartner / DJ Click

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Dj ClicK’s no visa musical process Boum Ba Clash is exploring Eastern Europe borders : a meeting between Rona Hartner, Tony Gatlif’s fetish actress staring in "Gadjo Dilo".

Vera Bila

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:19 -0600

Vera Bila is a Czech Gypsy singer who can out-soul Billie Holiday and out-rumba the Gypsy Kings.