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Looking for a serious violinist

Wine and Alchemy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:49 GMT

"Wine and Alchemy" is now taking applications for a full-time violinist.

Wine and Alchemy is a serious performing band based out of San Antonio, Texas. Though some venues played are in the state of Texas, performances are wide spread throughout the U.S. - so this position will involve some considerable travel.

The band performs a world fusion style music with influences from "Gypsy", Greek, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Celtic music.

For more information about the band visit:
www.wineandalchemy.com
and/or
www.myspace.com/wineandalchemy

For serious inquiries email Mark at:
alchemy@wineandalchemy.com

Best wishes to all!

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Annual balkanian rroma summer dance workshop in Serbia

Simona JOVIC — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:04:19 GMT

***** ANNUAL SERBIAN BALKANIAN RROMA DANCE WORKSHOP *****

Belgrade, August 1st to 7th, 2008

As each year, Simona Jovic will welcome you in her country for a 20 hours rroma and balkanian dance workshop. The workshop will be teached by Simona Jovic, Dobrosav Grocic and live musicians. Join us to learn more about how to dance on the rromani and traditionnal music from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia. The workshop will be teached in english, french and serbian.

* Dance programme :

Cocek rroma dance from Southern Balkans
The biggest part of this 20 hours serbian workshop will be dedicated to this gracefull and joyfull dance, danced in the rromani communities in Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria and south of Serbia. Danced by women and men, it remains very oriental with the big turkish influences thanks to the 5 centuries ottoman occupation of that area.

Vranjanska svita (with the tamburine)
Vranjanska svita is a dance and song from Vranje in south of Serbia. It is composed of three parts : first women dance part on the beautifful song "Sano duso" (7/8 rhythme). Second, the men dance called "Tesko oro". And the third part is the women cocek rromani dance danced with the tambourine on the 9/8 very fast rhythme. It is the most oriental of all traditionnal serbian dances and one the most beautifull.

Rromani Oros
Cercle or line dances from south of the Balkans. According to the rhythme, if it's regular or irregular, if it's 7/8 or 9/8, if it's slow or fast, the step of the oro will change. In this workshop will be teached only those danced by the Rroma in their mariages and festivities.

Serbian kolo
Kolo is the synonym for oro, also a cercle or line dance, but this appelation is used in Central Serbia and it is mostly assimilated to the "two bite rhytme kolos" and not the "oriental" ones. Lively and friendly, kolo is the dance of sharing between Gadje and Rroma that will give you the liberty to have fun at any balkanian festivity.

* Prices :

* The price of 320 euros including :

- Rroma dance workshop with Simona Jovic and the rromani musicians
- Balkanian dance workshop with Dobrosav Grocic accompanied by an accordionist
(20 hours dance workshop)

* The price of 650 euros including :

- Transferts airport/hotel/airport
- Accomodation in a hotel**
(city center facing the dance school, double rooms)
- Serbian breakfast for the 6 days
- Rroma dances workshop with Simona Jovic accompanied by rromani musicians (in the second part)
- Folkloric dances workshops with Dobrosav Grocic accompanied by an accordinist

* The price of 550 euros including :

- Transfert airport/hostel/airport
- Accomodation in a hostel
(city center, 5 min from the dance school, in the 4 or 6 persons rooms)
- Rroma dances workshop with Simona Jovic accompanied by rromani musicians (in the second part)
- Folkloric dance workshop with Dobrosav Grocic accompanied by an accordionist

Bookings :

If you wish to join us for this annual serbian workshop, the booking is to made with Simona Jovic. Please, confirm first your booking by email at contact@simonajovic.com The payment should be made by bank transfert, western union or cash in two parts : first 50% while booking and the other part not later then 3 weeks before the departure.

Important :

The dates of 1st and 7th of august are the arrival and departure days. The dance workshop will take place between 2nd and 6th of august. You are requested to participate to the whole workshop, 2 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon. The rest of the time, you are free to discover the city, the museums, the restaurants, the life and the festivities of Belgrade. If you need an advice, where to listen and dance, where to eat a traditionnal meal, where discover the nice costumes or how to reach Guca (for the last three days of the brass bad festival), Simona will be happy to help you.

Simona Jovic
www.simonajovic.com

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! need vegan and vegetarian musicians !

intentionalsound — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:44:19 GMT

I'm a vegan singer, songwriter and nylon-string guitarist (and djembe-ist of course) living in Montreal, Canada. I'm looking to start or join a preferably vegan band in the east (or west, if you're so freakin amazing that we absolutely have to be together, I can move).

I think it would make meals on the road easier! I'm only into making a serious group, not just jammin for fun, although it will be fun of course. I'm looking for highly skilled musicians who are into travelling and working their butts off, and not blowing their brains out every weekend. I'm looking for one or more very special individuals to spend the next several years with, if we manage to pull off something successful. Which I'm sure we will. We will live and create side by side in respect, love, understanding and devotion (to our music).

I'm looking for cellists, DJs, guitarists, bassists, other string instrumentalists, drummers, hand drummers, absolutely any and all instruments. Surprise me! I'm not putting limits on genre or band makeup, or even the number of people in the band. I WOULD like one of the males in the group to be able to sing, at least backups, so that we can have both male and female (mine) vocals. I'd like that coed vocal dynamic. Also no smoking cigarettes around me, I'm a serious vocalist.

I firedance and hope to set up pretty intense stage shows.

Maybe we'll come up with something completely different, but here are some ideas:
-operatic metal
-alternative folk band
-electronica and whatever other instruments band
-alternative classical tribal band

so if you or anyone else you know might be interested, please send me a PM :)

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SAD DAY FOR THE ROMANI MUSIC-SABAN BAJRAMOVIC DIED!!!!

julia_voiceofroma — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:08:54 GMT

SABAN DIED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NIS IN SERBIA. HE HAD SEVERAL HEART ATTACHS IN THE PAST.
HE WROTE OVER 700 SONGS..
I SAW HIM LAST YEAR IN ZAGREB HE IS A TRUE LEGEND.
LOVE YOU SABAN, YOU WILL BE ALWAYS IN OUR HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!

LETS SING FOR HIM;

Gelem, Gelem

Gelem Gelem lungone dromenca,
Maladilem chorore romenca
Gelem Gelem lungone dromenca,
Maladilem baxtale romenca.

Ooo, romalen,
Ooo, chavralen.

Ala voliv lake kale jakha,
Kaj si gugle sar duj kale drakha.
Ala voliv lake kale jakha,
Kaj si gugle sar duj kale drakha.

Ooo, romalen,
Ooo, chavralen.

Kindem lake lolo dikhlo tursko,
Ni volil man achel latar pusto.
Kindem lake lolo dikhlo tursko,
Ni volil man achel latar pusto.

Ooo, romalen,
Ooo, chavralen.

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Intensif summer rroma dances workshop

Simona JOVIC — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:10 GMT

INTENSIF SUMMER RROMA DANCES WORKSHOP
Paris, July 21st to 26th, 2008
With Simona Jovic
www.simonajovic.com

Join us for this unique opportunity to understand the evolution of the rromani dances from India to Europe, during the "Roma dances of the world" one week workshop in the most reputaded dance school in Paris:

Programme :

* July 21st : Rroma dance from North-Western India
Kalbeliya/sapera dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all levels
Bring a long skirt, a long head scarf and the ankle bells

* July 22nd :Rroma dance from Afghanistan
Afgani nomad dance, from 2pm to 5 pm, all level
Bring a long skirt and a long head scarf

* July 23rd : Rroma dance from Upper Egypt
Ghawazee dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants or a skirt and the finger cymbals

* July 24th : Rroma dance from Turkey
Karsilama dance, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants and the finger cymbals

* July 25th : Rroma dance from Southern Balkans
Cocek and ora dances, from 2pm to 5pm, all level
Bring the wide pants and a small hand scarf

* July 26th : Rroma dances from Central/Eastern Europe
Cingerica,manela, russian, from 11:30am to 2:30pm
Bring a wide skirt and a schwall

Adress :
Centre de danse du Marais
41 rue du Temple, 75004 Paris

Price : 270 euros

Bookings : Payment of 50% at the following bank account :
Name : Simona Jovic
Bank name and adress:
BNP Paribas, 9 rue de la Gare
77360 Vaires sur Marne
FRANCE
International bank account number :
FR76 3000 4016 4000 0100 2432 139

Please confirm, first, your participation by email on contact@simonajovic.com

Important : For those who cannot follow this one week workshop in july, two individual workshop will take place on May 25th (turkish and balkanian rroma dance) and on June 15th (kalbeliya rajasthani nomad dance). For more information, check Simona Jovic's website : www.simonajovic.com

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To Anyone Interested in Studying Music in Turkey... We've finally got a Guest House designed for musicians!

Nick — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:39:40 GMT

...Hey guys, I'm very excited to finally be spreading the word about this. For those of you who know me or have followed my blog postings in the past, you probably already know that I've been involved in a long term project in Istanbul. I'm proud to say that Sound Fabrika Studios has finally finished preparations and we're open for business!

What we're doing here is trying to help foreigners who come to Turkey connect with some of the great musicians in the city here for lessons and music research. Right now we're running this place as a sort of guest house, but a guest house with a sound-insulated practice space, and some of the best of the youngest generation of musicians teaching and helping people like us network and get involved in the diverse and wonderful music scene here.

For a price comparable to most pensions in the area we are offering a warm bed, bathroom w/ shower, turkish breakfast and free reign to use the practice rooms here from 8am-midnight whenever classes or private lessons aren't going on. (and finding somewhere to play a davul at 11pm at night is no easy task here!). We've also spent a lot of time working out agreements with some really phenomenal musicians, and we can arrange lessons with all forms of percussion (darbuka, bendir, kudum, asmi davul, udu drums etc.) as well as oud, baglama saz, kanun, clarinet, roman violin and many more....

I'd be happy to send you more information about specific teachers and more details about our lesson programs if any of you guys are interested in what we're doing here. I'm also happy to provide some references from some of the americans that I have met coming through who have studied with some of these teachers as well, so feel free to ask. We also have connections with some prominent oriental dance teachers in the city and are happy to help dance students connect with them as well.

I got involved in this project originally because of my own experiences living in the city here my first year and trying really hard to find good teachers.... it's no easy task. I've recently been making an effort to get more video online of what some of these guys can do. You can check out Hakan, our resident percussion teacher on some of the clips I've uploaded the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh93KRxAp7w

I love being able to find these great musicians work as much as I love being able to help students find really good teachers, and I think the sentiment is shared by everyone working on this with me. I hope some of you guys get a chance to take advantage of this stuff!

Feel free to drop me an email at raghebn@gmail.com with any questions, or you can try me on tribe (though I check my account here less often lately)

Kolay gelsin!

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Kosmos Music & Dance Camp, June 5th-8th,,,

Matthew — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:20:00 GMT

Kosmos Music & Dance Camp
June 5th-8th, 2008
Sonoma County, California

Check out the website:

www.kosmoscamp.com

The warm summer days at Kosmos Camp are filled with music and dance workshops. Dancers learn and perform on finished dance floors, with wall mirrors in the main lodge. Musicians enjoy instruction and practice opportunities in our open-air venues. Both dancers and musicians study with world-renowned professional teachers in a wide variety of styles from different cultures.
And all campers enjoy the natural charm of Camp Cazadero, located just an hour outside Santa Rosa in the rolling hills north of the Russian River among Redwood trees. Aquatic types will enjoy lounging by the pool and hiking to the nearby waterfall. All meals are provided by our professional chef, the popular Siam Moeini, and feature a gourmet menu with an eclectic array of world cuisines and a full bar serving reasonably priced mixed drinks, beer, and wine after dinner. Evenings feature concerts and dance performances by students and staff in the open-air amphitheatre, and open-floor dancing with late-night jamming afterwards.

Ultimately, Kosmos is both a school of music and dance, as well as an unforgettable celebration among friends. It is a special getaway where people bond their passions and talents. We hope you join us and help create a unique community that we all can cherish in the years to come.

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help

doesnt matter — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:09 GMT

i am a musician from morocco , just an autodidact.. i do appreciate gypsy guitar a lot , if someone can help me finding a good internet site or something where i can get theory and methods to play django reinhard's music i'll be really thankful....in this country it's hard to find and buy music books ...thanks in advance

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the underscore orkestra

tathargrovealchemy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:02:47 GMT

For those interested, the Underscore Orkestra is busy booking shows throughout the Portland OR area and planning a summer tour down through CA, to the Bay and beyond. If you havent heard the Orkestra, we are an eclectic mix of Balkan, Eastern European, Gypsy Jazz and Swing music played on an array of instruments including violins, viola, accordion, guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, clarinet and piano. Often accompanied by variey show acts. Surely a show worth seeing. And rarely do we charge a cover. Keep a lookout for upcoming shows, and hey, ... we love meeting new musicians to jam with and share songs.

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Ukulele building kit

janathemama — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:12:58 GMT

Hi all, here a post in the DIY tribe.
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I am wondering if any of you can help me on this question.. ?

Thanks ;-)

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Call for some help July 5th Santa Clara Ren Fair Charity Day

shadow — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:05:17 GMT

Hi folks-- we put on an annual charity drive on July 5th-- and this years theme Ren Fair needs some music! i am seeking folks who would like to volunteer in exchange for day pass and a full meal to give us an hour or 2 of period music that will enhance our theme...
contact me off list at i999shadow@aol.com for more info and exchange of possibilities.
thanks
shadow

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alo

Luzelena — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:17:47 GMT

my name is luzelena and i am going on a lil touri... planning to go to california and looking to play in topanga
does anyone know of and bands i could play with?
you could listen to my music www.myspace.com/ylabamba

onward

y la bamba

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looking for bands...

Whisky — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:06:55 GMT

for a monthly balkan, gypsy, punk night at amnesia in San Francisco.

anything goes, ability to get down and dirty in the crowd a plus.
pays in cash and good times.

hit me back with a pm

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vino

budgie — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:47:21 GMT

viajan los gitanos no atrapas y cantaron el cancion no entender,sonaron guitarras disafinadas y todos empiezaron a beber.
vino,no me duele la cabeza,pero duele a todos los k no toman nada'aaaaa.

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Help for roma children

Simona JOVIC — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:37:31 GMT

My dear friends,

I am leaving in a few days to a rroma village in south of the Balkans where I will spend some time. It is a very joyfull village, where young rroma sing and dance but unfortunately live poorly. So if you have anything that I could take there for children, clothes, medicins, toys, cosmetics, school needs or anything else, please contact me as
soon as possible.

Thank you in advance,

Simona Jovic
Humanitary and Cultural Organization of the Rroma of the world
www.simonajovic. com
rromaorganization@gmail.com
France : +33 6 34 25 72 52 (until October 16th)
Serbia : +381 64 499 05 19 (from October 16th

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Rumen Shopov teaches at Kosmos Camp in 2008...

Matthew — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:59:57 GMT

Rom Gypsy mulit-instrumentalist Rumen Shopov will be teaching at Komsos Music & Dance Camp from June 5th-8th, 2008. Check out the website for more details:

www.kosmoscamp.com

The warm summer days at Kosmos Camp are filled with music and dance workshops. Dancers learn and perform on finished dance floors. Musicians enjoy instruction and practice opportunities in our open-air venues. Both dancers and musicians study with world-renowned professional teachers in a wide variety of styles from different cultures.
And all campers enjoy the natural charm of Camp Cazadero, located just an hour outside Santa Rosa in the rolling hills north of the Russian River. The site is on 1,000 acres of open meadow and has groves of redwoods, madrones, firs and oak trees. Aquatic types will enjoy lounging by the pool and hiking to the nearby waterfall. All meals are provided by our professional chef, the popular Siam Moeini, and feature a gourmet menu with an eclectic array of world cuisines and a full bar serving reasonably priced mixed drinks, beer, and wine after dinner. Evenings feature concerts and dance performances by students and staff in the open-air amphitheatre, and open-floor dancing with late-night jamming afterwards.

Ultimately, Kosmos is both a school of music and dance, as well as an unforgettable celebration among friends. It is a special getaway where people bond their passions and talents. We hope you join us and help create a unique community that we all can cherish in the years to come.

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Nomadiqa Ethnic Fusion and Arabesque Beats

nomadiqa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:25:52 GMT

Hi Folks,
we recently released our debut album. It's a mix of electronic and arabian styles with some eastern european influences also. Just thinking it might be of interest to folks who like this kind of material.

There's four full tracks available to listen online.

http://www.myspace.com/nomadiqa
http://www.nomadiqa.com

Have a listen and see what you think. Sorry for the self promotion.

Many thanks,

Nomadiqa

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are you a great drummer with strong legs and a kickass attitude?

Kipchoge — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:46:06 GMT

On October 31, 2007, our band, The Ginger Ninjas (www.myspace.com/gingermyninja.com), and SHAKE YOUR PEACE! (www.ShakeYourPeace.com), launch the "Pleasant Revolution Tour," a rock & roll bicycle tour spanning over 5000 miles and playing over 90 shows from the Sierras in N. California, to the pyramids of Chiapas, Mexico. No sag-wagons, and no buses hauling gear: everything, including the 800 Watt human-powered PA System, will be hauled entirely on bicycle! A 14-person entourage makes the core, joined by bicycle and music enthusiasts all along the route. The tour is expected to last about 4 months.

The goal of The Pleasant Revolution Tour is to share the joys of sustainable and creative living through the spectacle of the bicycle rock & roll road show; to show America that a different way of living is not only possible, but more rewarding; to bring something positive from the U.S. to Mexico. We also hope to promote our music and of course, rock.

We're looking for a professional drummer who also loves biking and adventure to accompany us. YOU NEED TO BE EASY TO GET ALONG WITH AND A STOKED TRAVELER or we obviously won't make it to far before meltdown.

Since we're primarily a music tour, and secondly a bike tour, we're not going to be covering 100 miles a day or anything crazy like that. We'll average 20-30 miles a day, but you'll need to be in hearty condition. WE HAVE NO SUPPORT VAN! So all of the drums will be distributed and hauled by members of The Caravan on bicycle.

Compensation: All your food will be provided by the tour. Additionally all your bicycle gear needs will be totally taken care of including your Xtracycle Freeradical (www.Xtracycle.com). You will also share in gig revenues and merchandise/cd revenues.

Due to the extreme adventure nature of this expedition, it's CRUCIAL that you can imagine seeing it through to the end ~ we need someone who's going to roll as strong and long as the tour will.

Organized by the minds behind The Bicycle Music Festival (www.BicycleMusicFestival.com), and the Xtracycle sport utility bike (www.Xtracycle.com).

Yes, we're crazy. Are you?

please contact me ASAP kipchoge at gingerninjas do t com

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Open Drum & Dance!!

gypsydrum — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:56:23 GMT

The Nadastati Kumpania Gypsies will be drumming and dancing this Thurs. night (10/25/07) at Trick Shot Pool Hall. Trick Shot is located on the Southwest corner of 43rd Ave. and Cactus Road in Phoenix, AZ. The fun starts at 7:30pm, all are welcome!

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Music, dance and language rromani tours in the rroma villages

Simona JOVIC — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:55:48 GMT

UPCOMING RROMA MUSIC, DANCE AND LANGUAGE TOURS ORGANIZED BY SIMONA JOVIC
In the heart of the rroma villages of Rajasthan and Macedonia

RAJASTHAN - INDIA (January 14th to 21st, 2008)
Dancing the kalbelya dance with the rajasthani nomad dancers and musicians

It has been now a long time since I've been taking you each year to the heart of Rajasthan to meet this extraordinary cast of nomad musicians, dancers and snake charmers living in the Thar desert. They are nomad, each year I have to find their new camp location and it is always a big joy to find it. As always, it is going to be a several days workshop with these dancers and musicians, as always it is going to be a wonderfull human aventure, a warm welcom in their village (a very bi privilege) and of course a small performance improvised only for us. If you want to go back to the origins of Rroma people and their dances, this is a trip to do.

MORE DETAILS : http://www.simonajovic.com/v2/voyages/rajasthanUS.html
PHOTOS FROM THE SAME TRIP ORGANIZED IN 2007: http://www.simonajovic.com/v2/voyages/indeUS.html

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SKOPJE, VELES - MACEDONIA ( May 1st to 8th, 2008)
History, language, music and dance of the Macedonian Rroma and the Hederlezi celebration

The journey will start in Skopje with the semiran on the rroma history and language classes, both presented by my friend Mr Ljatif Demir, the writter of "Brief History of the Rroma" ("Tikni historija e Romengiri" published in rromanès and macedonian with Mr Rajko Djuric) and the rroma language specialist. We will also visit the Suto Orizari (Sutka), the biggest rroma community of the Balkans.
Then, we will spend a few days in a small town of Veles, in a rroma comunity, called "Small Istanbul", for the turkish influences on their music and dance that are very big! We will be there with the rroma musicians and dancers, during the day learning with them, and in the evening just having fun!
We will finish this journey with the Ederlezi celebration- this is the biggest celebration of the balkanian Rroma (celebration arrival of the spring). Very impressive!!!
Details coming soon...

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For any information about, Simona Jovic, Demiran Cerimovic orchestra or Humanitary and Cultural Organization of the Rroma of the World, we invite you to visit our website : www.simonajovic.com

Simona Jovic
Dances and music of the Rroma
http://www.simonajovic.com
contact@simonajovic.com

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kobi — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:53:06 GMT

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Demiran Ćerimoivć again the best orchestra!

Simona JOVIC — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:00:41 GMT

This year again, like in 2002 and 2006, the Demiran Ćerimović rromani orchestra from Vranje in Serbia won the price of the best balkanian orchestra on the Guca Festival 2007. The Guca Festival is the biggest brass band festival of the world and this year it took place between the August 8 and 12.
Demiran Ćerimović orchestra is well known for playing the authentic rromani music from the Balkans, especially from South of Serbia, and he won this price by playing his "Čoček de Vranje". His percussionniste, also won the price of the best percussioniste of the Festival.

To know more about his artist, you can check on www.simonajovic.com

Rroma Organization
Ljubomira Ivkovica Suce 29
11000 Beograd, SERBIA

Le Petit Montmirail
84190 Gigondas, FRANCE
www.simonajovic.com
manager@simonajovic.com

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rainbow gipsy reforestation in mexico

budgie — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:12:27 GMT

<http://www.reforest a.nomadsunited. com/>
VERY SOON INFORMATION ON THE INTERGALACTIC RAINBOW GATHERING TO TAKE
PLACE IN <http:///>
MEXICO ON NOVEMBER 2007 <http:///>
LOCATION:
The event will take place north of Chiapas, Mexico. Close to a village
called Ostuacan.
Camping is on the shores of a deep river, where swimming is fantastic.
Nearby is the Chichonal Active Volcano, that in it's crater holds a lake
with emerging volcanic hot water, an unforgettable experience. (swimming
is possible with a bit of common sense and taking certain precautions)
There will are also many beautiful horses, and a few excursions will be
arranged, though we cant guarantee that everyone will be able to take
part in this activity.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions.
The event is non-commercial, and is free for all, we maintain a
vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be shared equally
by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.
Fruit orchard planting in School (21st of May)
For more info on our environmental education program please check:
www.edu.nomadsunite d.com <http://www.edu. nomadsunited. com/>
COMMUNITY OUTREACH MULTI ETHNIC PERFORMANCE
7th of May Community annual Fair,
24th May Post Reforestation Performance offering.
In our reforestations we seek to reach out to the local community by
creating a multi-ethnic show, so after the end of the festival we
usually offer this event to the community, which usually includes music
from all over the world, ethnic dances and several other performances.
For more info please check
www.shows.nomadsuni ted.com <http://www.shows. nomadsunited. com/>
Bring:
We suggest to bring essentials for camping in nature.

- Tent and tarp
- Waterresistant raincoat
- Sleeping bag
-Own plate, spoon and cup.
- Musical instrumments, if you have
- Flashlight and candles

DonÂ´t bring!
-Plastic, each person is responsable for his/her own waste.
-There is no electricity in this area so avoid to bring electronic
devices. No hay energÃa elÃ©ctrica en esta zona, evita traer
aparatos que la requieran.
-DonÂ´t bring alcohol nor drugs !
PARTICIPATE!
Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.

If you are interested in participating please register so we can
coordinate how many trees will be planted as well as general food
supplies and so that the event does not exceed the maximum capacity of
the area. Location will also be announced to those registered. Please
mail us at:
reserve@nomadsunite d.com

Don't forget to bring your musical instruments, camping gear, rain is
scarce though we recommend to come prepared.

Bring positive vibrations and the will to serve eachother and the earth.
We hope to see you here to share 7 days of magical planetary healing.

Nomads United

www.nomadsunited. com <http://www.nomadsun ited.com/>
March for global Cooling

This reforestation will be the launch of
a new campaign to help revert global warming.

Remember that the earth does not belong to Mankind
But Mankind to the earth.

We march with the earth
and for the earth

and her voice is our voice!

www.march.nomadsuni ted.com <http://march. nomadsunited. com/>

Why reforest

Reforestations are essential activities to help revitalize the health of
the Earth and combat climate change. Today around the world the
deforestation has grown to an alarming rate exceeding by far the index
of reforestations, this brings catastrophic consequences to the
atmosphere as well as for other organisms that's depend on these forests
for habitat..

We have but a short time to avert damaging and economically debilitating
climate change. We also have all the economic, intellectual and
technological know-how to head off this calamity and avoid the
disruption and misery that inaction would entail.
The solutions are numerous and, as many economists say, affordable when
compared with the costs of complacency.

Globally, forest cover is at least one-third less than what it once was.
It is time to reverse the trends, it is time to act.

Climate change confronts us now. There is no longer conjecture or debate
around an abstract or hypothetical future. We need action. We need to
plant trees and in doing so send a signal to the corridors of political
power across the globe that the watching and waiting is over â€"
that countering climate change can take root via one billion small but
significant acts in our gardens, parks, countryside and rural areas.
Achim Steiner, Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme

â€ The question is not whether climate change is happening but
whether, in the face of this emergency, we ourselves can change fast
enoughâ€
Kofi annan
<http://www.unep. org/billiontreec ampaign/>

Our reforestation programs.

Our innovative reforestations combine the plantation of trees fused with
a multicultural events, workshops and temporary ecologically friendly
living spaces that last from a few days to several weeks. This promotes
reforestation events not only as necessary duty of each individual to
combat climate change, but coordinating a culturally appealing and
spiritually earthbinding.

Through the reforestations and creative activities and workshops we
intend to generate a deep and lasting effect, as much for the local
communities as well as for the participants and simultaneously create a
forest or of fruit orchard that can also help as nutritious source of
food of the communities, as well as to absorb carbon dioxide emissions
which are exceeding on our planet.

Another key point is the life and direct experience of participating in
an temporal ecological community with all the benefits and complications
that this carries, thus also promoting ecovillage living and a more
sustainable lifestyle. Workshops are offered on a volunteer basis, We
ask from those attending consideration in order to maintain a
harmonically working community as well promoting principals of respect
towards the environment.

Participants upon arrival are advised to sign in agreement to a letter
of terms conditions that are provided upon entry, in this way the basic
concepts of communitarian life are established and the people are
informed regarding basic notions of how to behave in the environment,
preventing the space from suffering negative ecological effects.
We use horses to transport the baby trees to their location minimizing
our carbon emissions. The event is non-commercial, and is free for all,
we maintain a vegetarian food diet, basic maintenance choirs should be
shared equally by all those attending.
We count on donations to feed everyone as well as support from
environmental institutions, we also raise funds through the shows we
offer in the communities.

We consider essential to compliment the reforestations with
environmental education initiatives thus helping raise awareness of the
importance of planting trees and conservation. We work together with
governmental and nongovernmental organization to help monitor the trees.
We organize plantations in schools accompanied by the students, in this
case we prefer to plant fruit trees which also helps the students to
have fresh fruits right in school, this being specially very beneficial
in low income villages.

I Reforestation Festival
Palenque, Chiapas
Mexico
December 2005
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>

Temporary ecovillage habitat.

Participants have the opportunity to offer workshops with a cultural or
ecological focus, like for example: Acoustic Music, permaculture, cob
brick building, African Dance, collective Intelligence, consensus and
facilitation, handcrafts from recycled materials, Horse maintenance and
care, temascal (sweat lodge), Maya calendar, African percussion, yoga,
martial arts and capoeira

In order to be able to live in this communal space that hosts a
considerable amount of people, it is necessary to distribute the work
equitably. For that reason we created the energetic administration that
equilibrates workload. Which is vital in successfully maintain an
organic community in a natural context.

In the morning, after the breakfast we form a circle of discussion where
people take responsibility for choirs and activities. The tasks are
distributed according to the amount of people that attend, divided by
the amount of necessary activities.
Usually during or after every reforestation we take the time to organize
a show for the village, that combines ethnic music, dances and many
acts. We also use the space and time to respectfully transmit ecological
messages.

This innovative initiative seeks to venture into new way of creating
events without a negative impact to environment, as well also to raise
awareness in the participants and the local communities, on the
importance of reforestations and sustainable development in a creative,
dynamic, attractive and effective method.
II Reforestation Festival
Chapultenango, Chiapas
Mexico
Augst 2006
Click here to see the full size poster
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta1. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/events/ reforesta2. htm>
<http://nomadsunited .com/>

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Balkanic sundance

Canyella — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:13:21 GMT

its been raining nonstop in london uk for i dont know how long...inspired by my travels with a friend recently i bring you balkanci sundance..

check it out.

http://canyella.podomatic.com

xx
Canyella

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Rromany music and dance tour in Serbia - last call!

Simona JOVIC — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:39:28 GMT

Simona Jovic
Authentic dances of the Rroma
www.simonajovic.com

Dear friends,

In a few days, july 5, we will be at one month before the departure to the
Romany music and dance tour in Serbia this summer, and starting that day, the
bookings will be completely closed. So this is the last call for those who
would like to join us in August. Serbia is my country and me and my serbian and
rromany friends will be happy to welcome you. I remind you that this trip will
take place between August 5 and 13, 2007 and here is one more time the resume
of the programme :

* Romany dance workshop - authentic rroma dances from the Balkans
With Simona Jovic and romany musicians

* Workshop : traditionnal dances from South of Serbia
With the local folkloric dancers

* A 3 days stay in Guca during the Romany brass band music festival
(with the last year's winner Demiran Cerimovic)

* Nights in the best rroma festivities of the Balkans!

* An interesting cultural program
(ethnograpic museum, historical boat ride on the Danube etc.)

And a lot of other surprises...!!!

You can find all the information here : http://www.simonajovic.com/v2/voyages/serbie/serbieUS.html

If you have any other question, please drop me mail at contact@simonajovic.com

Simona Jovic

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The winners of the Guca Festival on tour with Simona Jovic

Simona JOVIC — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:01:47 GMT

Simona Jovic (Rromani dancer and singer, President of World Humanitary and Cultural Rroma Organization)
&
Demiran Cerimovic orchestra (Winners of the 2006 Guca Festival)

ON TOUR June/July/August 2007

Demiran Cerimovic and his orchestra « The Perles of Vranje » are Rroma living in a small town of Vranje in Southern Serbia. With their traditonnal rroma music, they’ve been playing on all kind of rroma and world music festivals in Serbia and above since 1997. Seven times they won the price of the best brass band rroma orchestra at « Vlasinsko leto » summer festival and twice (in 2002 and 2006) at the famous Guca brass band festival, the most important of its kind in Europe. It is also in Serbia, her country, that Simona Jovic, famous romani dancer, specialized in rromani dances, made her first dance steps. But even before dancing, already as very young, she sang the traditionnal rroma songs. With Demiran Cerimovic and his nine musicians, she will return to the source of her passion for the rroma culture. Together, they present the joy of traditionnal rroma music and dance from the Balkans, especially the famous coceks so typical for the Vranje area.

Titov Veles - MACEDONIA
June 30th 2007

Pula- CROATIA
July 7th 2007

Surdulica - SERBIA
July 8 to 10, 2007

Escoeuilles- FRANCE
July 14th 2007

Aubange -BELGIUM
July 20th 2007

Guca- SERBIA
8 to 12 august 2007

THE BOOKINGS FOR THE SEASON 2007/2008 ARE OPENED !

www.simonajovic.com

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new episode

Canyella — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:59:03 GMT

Ok. This week's podcast episode is not strictly manouche but the manouche is in there...check it out.

http://canyella.podmatic.com

lots of love
Canyella

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Simona Jovic rromani dances newsletter

Simona JOVIC — Wed, 30 May 2007 09:56:00 GMT

Simona Jovic
Dances of the Rroma
www.simonajovic.com

Dear friends,

I am leaving in a few days to Serbia, to see my family, to see my Rroma friends
and of course, prepare everything for the Serbian rromany music and dance tour
that I organise in august. A lot of people contacted me for this trip and I am
very happy to see that people are finally opened to visit these countries ad to
meet Rroma as they are! They will be very happy to welcome everyone who is truly
interested in their culture. So if you wish to join us for this trip, please let
me know as soon as possible. I prepared for you a lot of fun : dancing with the
rroma musicians, going out to some very funny places, cultural visits and of
course a stay in Guca during the famous Guca brass band rromany festival.
There, we will have the great Demiran Cerimovic (Rroma from south of Serbia, the
last year's winner) playing just for us! This trip will take place between
August 5 and 13, 2007.

For those who can't come to Serbia and wish to hear Demiran Cerimovic, it is
possible in july in Western Europe! We will be playing in Belgium (for the
national hollidays) and France (Escoeuilles first and at Avignon Festival
then). We still have a date available between july 15th and 19th. If you would
like to invite us, here is your chance to do it without paying the travel
costs! We present together the rromany music and dances from the Balkans. Nine
musicians and myself (singing and of course dancing).

And finally, I decided not to continue teaching for a long time anymore. I have
other plans and finally, these dances are difficult to teach. How to explain to
people something they you don't explain, that you feel only? But I still have a
few upcoming workshops, the next one is Athens where I will be teaching the rromany dance from Rajasthan and Egypt and then in Paris on june 23 and 24.. I will teach 4
differents workshops, rroma dances from Rajasthan, Turkey, Serbia and Central Europe. You are welcome to book your places.

For any information, you can contact me at contact@simonajovic.com

Devlesa,

Simona Jovic

Upcoming dates :

Athens - GREECE
June 16 and 17, 2007

Paris - FRANCE
June 23 adn 24, 2007

Escoeuilles - FRANCE
With Demiran Cerimovic
July 14, 2007

Surdulica - SERBIA
Demiran Cerimovic
July 8 to 10, 2007

Escoeilles - FRANCE
With Demiran Cerimovic
July 14, 2007

Aubange- BELGIUM
With Demiran Cerimovic
July 20 and 21, 2007

Avignon - FRANCE
With Demiran Cerimovic (Avignon Festival)
July 24, 2007

Belgrade, Guca - SERBIA
August 5 to 13, 2007

Timisoara - ROMANIA
"So keres Europe?" International Romani Art Festival
August 31, 2007

Ohrid - MACEDONIA
International Rromany Festival (Feryd)
September 1 to 7, 2007

Caen - FRANCE
Festival Visages d'Orient
November 17 and 18, 2007

Calendar 2008 coming soon.....

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Music lover in Southern Callie

Leanne — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:32:50 GMT

I love to watch people and especially when they have a desire to play music, I would hang at the beach and although I couldn't play an instrument I would sometimes sing along to the songs or just listen. Some of my best memories. Music brings people together!

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Come play in the parking lot!!!

sean — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:58:21 GMT

DYNAMIC GROOVES WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
WWW.DYNAMICGROOVES.COM
May 25 - 28th 2007
SOLID ROCK RANCH
222 COUNTY HWY 143
NORTHVILLE,NY 12134

Friday

11: 30-12:20pm No Band
12:45- 1:35 pm No Band
1:55 - 3:00 pm Tba
3:30 - 4:40 pm 420 w/Free Grass
5:05 - 6:20 pm Tba
6:20 - 6:45 pm The Bus People *Bus Stage
6:50 - 8:15 pm Orient Point Sessions
8:15 - 9:05 pm The Bus people *Bus Stage
9:10 - 12:00am Mecca bodega
12:30 -1:30 am Sound Riders W/The Sun Gets Down
1:50 -2:30 am Dj Brandon elsbree

Saturday

11: 30-12:20pm Foxy Moon Baby
12:45- 1:35 pm Juice
1:55 - 3:00 pm Lewd Budda
3:30 - 4:40 pm Bomb Squad
5:05 - 6:20 pm Scarecrow Collection
6:20 - 6:45 pm TBA *Bus Stage
6:50 - 8:15 pm Mystic Bowie and Jen durkin Funky Ska allstars
8:15 - 9:05 pm Fire Performance *Bus Stage
9:10 - 12:00am Taj Weekes and Adowa
12:30 -1:30 am One Eyed Jack W/Unexplained Bacon
1:50 -2:30 am Fire Performance w/ TBA

Sunday

11: 30-12:20pm Finally Balanced
12:45- 1:35 pm Dave Christian
1:55 - 3:00 pm BuzzUniverse
3:30 - 4:40 pm Dr Jah and the love Prophits
5:05 - 6:20 pm One eyed jack
6:20 - 6:45 pm TBA *Bus Stage
6:50 - 8:15 pm Licorice
8:15 - 9:05 pm Fire Performance *Bus Stage
9:10 - 12:00am Tony Vacca and World Rythyms
12:30 -1:30 am Peace Storm Wind
1:50 -2:30 am Fire Performance w/ TBA

4Day 3Night weekend Pass:
$65 in Advance
$70 @ Gate

www.dynamicgrooves.com

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new klezmer tribe

rachel_may — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:40:16 GMT

a discussion for all things klezmer. check it out: http://tribes.tribe.net/klez

*rachel

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Orkestra Del Sol EP launch

bluecat — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:21:21 GMT

ok, so its over in the uk, but i thought some of ya might like the tunes :)

all info on www.orkestradelsol.co.uk or www.myspace.com/orkestradelsol

the new ep, 'Road to Thermosa' is the first that is all self penned by the orkestra, and we're a busy bunch this summer - gigging pretty solidly from now until october... anyone who would like to invite us somewhere interesting, feel free....

Rob Thorbone...

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Jalsah - palooza weekend in Pittsburgh April 27-29

melissaclarinetchick — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:06:11 GMT

www.jalsah.org - for all the details!

Jalsah Pittsburgh IV on April 27. at the Zenith (86 South 26th St) This event is open floor bellydancing all night! If you would like to sit in with the band, you are more than welcome to do so! Ishtar (Pittsburgh's Classic Bellydance Band) will be playing music with special guests Umut Yasmut of Istanbul on kanun and Carmine Guida of NYC on oud. Bring any instrument, sit in with us and we'll coach you thru the songs!

<We are also having a practice jam session with Ishtar on April 26 at 4607 Corday Way Pittsburgh, PA 15224.>

Drum workshops with Carmine Guida (www.carmine.com) and Turkish Oriental Bellydance workshop with Kristina Melike (www.kristinamelike.com) April 28 and 29. www.jalsah.com for more info.

April 28: Live Middle Eastern music and dance show at Khalil's (www.khalils.com) with Ishtar, Carmine Guida, and Umut Yasmut. Featured dancers are Berna of Khafif, Zafira Dance and Kristina Melike!

Any questions, drop me a line.

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Call to street performers for Brooklyn Parade and Art Festival!

!Jeff! — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:46:27 GMT

ArtsInBushwick.org

We're looking for individual performers and troupes to perform at Maria Hernandez park after a parade through Bushwick on Saturday June 2nd. We are also accepting any and all types of performers for different venues throughout the weekend. Register at ArtsInBushwick.org or email performance@artsinbushwick.org.

Artists and residents of Bushwick are creating the Bushwick Open Studios & Arts Festival to bring to light the hidden aspects of Bushwick.

Breaking with the past and taking inspiration from the self-organizing structure of Web 2.0, the event and its planning is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Currently, more than 80 artists and community members are involved in planning and producing the event. The festival is an open and inclusive event that benefits the entire community by sharing artistic projects and encouraging community interaction and dialogue.

Walking or driving through the industrial area of Bushwick, you might miss the hundreds of artists working in the area’s lofts. The Bushwick Summer Arts Festival brings these artists and performers out into the streets and into view of each other, other community residents, and the general public. The community organizers hope to inspire a diverse group of participants, such as local high school students, car art painters, and a variety of musical groups, to share their work in an open, welcoming and inclusive forum. Organizers are working with local businesses, nonprofits, and arts organizations, which may provide venues, create events, or offer funding. Some volunteers are planning interarocess itself. The June 07 event will be amazing, but equally important is what’s happening right now. By coming together to plan a creative event, people are connecting and collaborating, thereby strengthening our community.”

Artists and organizers are available to talk about their plans and process.

Last year, more than 120 artists participated and hundreds more community residents and others attended the event. This year the organizers expect even more participants. New activities this year will include more performances, more outdoor events, and a series of facilitated discussions and panels. The panels will focus on the past, present, and future of the Bushwick community, the role of the arts in Bushwick and other neighborhoods in New York City, and the question of gentrification and sustainability in our community.

The festival is organized by a group of volunteers under the name Arts in Bushwick, and in cooperation with other area nonprofits and businesses. This is the third Bushwick Open Studios event since 2005, but the first to be organized by Arts in Bushwick.

Register at ArtsinBushwick.org

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Call to Austin Texas Hand Drummers for 1st Thursday show

AmberBarbara — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:29:59 GMT

Hi All,

WyldeFyre Productions puts on a live show every 1st Thursday at Amy's Ice Cream on Far South Congress. The next show is April 5, 2007. The event opens at 6 with fire spinning classes, then belly dancing performances, then we have fire dancing performances & then we have open performance with live drumming & dancing (all types). We need live drummers (all style welcome - middle eastern is great for the belly dancers, african for the fire dancers, etc) & dancers (belly dancers, fire dancers or other ethnic dancers are all wanted). Please feel free to email me at AmberBarbara@hotmail.com or here within Tribe - Austin - AmberBarbara for more information.

I hope the drummers can make it out with us. Live drumming makes the show for me!

Ethnic Drumming & Dancing exhibitions/performances will also be considered.

Thanks in advance,

AmberBarbara

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Master Classes in Romany (Gypsy) style Doumbek, Clarinet & Frame Drum

Kostana — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:14:37 GMT

Music Classes taught by Masters of Roma technique at Baltimore Washington Herdeljezi Festival
*Saturday, April 21, 2007
St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville, MD

1) Seido Salifoski - Intermediate/Advanced Darabuka (Doumbek): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkkdHXTwI_c
2) Ismail "Smajko" Lumanovski - Clarinet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNk-NNwt9U
3) Hearn Gadbois - Rajasthani Frame Drum Technique:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=83658082

Evening Party with Live Music of Seido Salifoski's Romski Boji & DC's own The Balkanics (6pm-10pm)
For details go to: www.wmfolklifecenter.org or email kostanadancer@yahoo.com
Kostana

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Kosmos Music & Dance Camp, June 14th-17th...

Matthew — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:36:10 GMT

@ Saratoga Springs Resort, Lake County, CA

Including Rom Gypsy teacher Rumen Shopov...

Check out the website at:

www.kosmoscamp.com

The warm summer days at Kosmos Camp are filled with music and dance workshops. Dancers learn and perform on finished dance floors, with wall mirrors in the main lodge. Musicians enjoy instruction and practice opportunities in our open-air venues. Both dancers and musicians study with world-renowned professional teachers in a wide variety of styles from different cultures.
And all campers enjoy the luxuries of Saratoga Springs Resort, nestled just over 2 hours north of both San Francisco and Sacramento in 260 private acres of forest. Miles of hiking trails with breathtaking views of nearby Clearlake and access to natural mineral springs, surround a pair of lodges with both indoor sleeping accommodations and clean camp grounds, complete with a spacious pool and large jacuzzi. All meals are provided by our professional chef and feature a gourmet menu with an eclectic array of world cuisines and a full bar serving reasonably priced mixed drinks, beer, and wine after dinner. Evenings feature concerts and dance performances by students and staff in the immaculate Heart Lodge, and open-floor dancing with late-night jamming afterwards.

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help - last three days!

michaelgarfield — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:15:15 GMT

Help support a fellow gypsy musician...

So it's down to the wire, people. I apologize for this impersonal message,
but I'm at a point where I need to call upon the resources of
everybody I know, and everybody THEY know...

I'm in a battle of the bands, the Deadwood Derby - or I WILL be if I
can stay in the top 16 for three more days. Everyone has one vote per
24 hours, and I humbly request that you go to the website below and
vote for me at least once, and please three times if possible. If you
can convince anyone else to help out as well, I'd be very grateful -
the bands who have secured their place in the competition have turned
their fans' votes towards their friends' bands, and so I stand to be
removed from the line-up by rampant croneyism if I don't have your
help.

Here's the page where you can go to vote:

www.lawrence.com/contests/deadwoodderby2007/

The last day of voting is 18 March. If you'll vote for me (such a
minimal investment) I will write your name on a list which I will bear
on my sleeve and wear into battle - that is, I will perform at this
battle of the bands in honor of everyone who supported the underdog
and allowed me to show them what I've got. No kidding.

Again, forgive me for the impersonal message...I doubt something like
this will come up again for a long time.

much love
Michael

--
"There's no time for hatred - only questions..."
- Jeff Buckley

myspace.com/michaelgarfield
(EPK: audio, video, bio, reviews, calendar)

s147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/michaelgarfield
(visionary art and scientific illustration portfolios)

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Play Naked at the Boulder Creek Country Club!

meghanjean — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:00:15 GMT

That's a band name, not an instruction.

Please come join us this Saturday, march 17 from 7-9!

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Instructional Middle Eastern music CD and guitar tablature

melissaclarinetchick — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:45:54 GMT

Hi everyone!

If you or a loved one are interested in learning traditional Middle Eastern music and the rhythms that accompany those songs, well look no further!

Carmine Guida and I (Melissa Murphey) have recorded an instructional CD that has 12 plain straightforward songs that will enable drummers or musicians to learn to play the traditional tunes.

This CD includes such classics as Layla, Misirlou, Shisheler, Fire Dance and Sulukule. There are no distracting vocals or excessive ornamentation here, just the plain songs for learning purposes. The MP3s are available for immediate download at www.dorku.com. they are only 1 dollar each!

All soundfiles are in the same key as the sheet music available at www.dorku.com.

In addition, GUITAR TABLATURE is now available for select Middle Eastern songs at www.dorku.com. Sheet music is available for key of C instruments, B flat instruments (trumpet, clarinet , soprano and tenor sax) and Bass clef instruments (cello, trombone, baritone)

www.dorku.com - for all your Middle Eastern Music needs!

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Live in Paris Gitanes-Gypsy

jody — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:33:28 GMT

Coming to the old world?
Come live with us in a caravan.
Real Gypsy Road
Music and Tour.
Play on the streets of Europe
with REAL Gypsies,
Romanian Gypsies, jazz, and tsigane
Rooms with gypsies,
gyspy food and jewelry
Paris Hot Gypsy Spots,
Hot Club in shadyplaces,
Book now,
Gypsy House

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Know a Falmenco Guitarist who interested in playing with Pele's Tears?

Outlaw — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:20:35 GMT

This Winter percussionist Kashia put together a group of musicians, including Estas Tonne, myself on Didjeridu and original Mystical Spoken Word ( a la Rumi/Hafiz) and Papillon , an enigmatic Ritual Belly Dancer as well as Kashia on Dumbek. We played Live and it was truly something. We are wanting to recreate this magic with a new guitarist, as Estas has continued to follow his Muse and moved on from the Bay Area. We put a second grouping of musicians together and performed at the Sea of Dreams with Ken Becker on Cello as the ensemble 'Pele's Tears', and to date are still seaching for a new hand on guitar.
My music and poetry are accessible at www.cdbaby.com/traviswernet as well as www.myspace.com/traviswernet
and I can be reached at e-mail: didjfish@sbcglobal.net, or cell 510-301-6165... All Blessings, Travis

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Drummer and bassist moving to Ashland, Oregon

Sy — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:06:09 GMT

Anyone play a real instrument and live near there?

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Christina of Black Lotus Clothing is Hipdrop's Featured Artist of the Month for February 2007

Steve — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:02:00 GMT

You can read all about Christina and see some of the pictures of her and her clothing line - Black Lotus Clothing on our website www.hipdrop.com

Make sure you also click on the Hipdrop Radio icon and listen to her interview with Aneaj.

If you missed last month's interview with Carmine, or would like to listen again. You can still hear it on Hipdrop Radio. Just click on the Hipdrop Radio icon from our website.

If you, or someone you know would like to become a Hipdrop Featured Artist or have a question or a comment about our website or our radio station. Please feel free to send email to Aneaj at: aneaj@hipdrop.com

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Estradasphere West Coast Tour

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:15:01 GMT

02/03/07 Sat @ The Knitting Factory - Hollywood, CA
02/05/07 Mon @ The Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
02/07/07 Wed @ The Clipper - Olympia, WA
02/08/07 Thu @ Hell's Kitchen - Tacoma, WA
02/09/07 Fri @ Someday Lounge - Portland, OR
02/10/07 Sat @ The Speakeasy - Sacramento, CA
02/12/07 Mon @ The Attic - Santa Cruz, CA

While most progressive minded bands (for lack of a better term) pride themselves in mixing and matching unrelated musical genres together, Santa Cruz's Estradasphere take it a step further by inventing and then naming entirely new hybrid styles! Among the crossbreeds slated for inclusion in 2006's Palace of Mirrors: "Romanian Gypsy Death Metal," "Spaghetti Eastern," "Bulgarian Surf," and damn it if these outrageous cocktails aren't masterfully realized in the likes of "Smuggled Mutation," "Six Hands," and "The Terrible Beautypower of Meow," respectively. Also to be found on this wild ride of an album are the industrial noises of "The Unfolding Pause on the Threshold," the beautifully arranged soft jazz of "The Debutante," the far-Eastern-funk-video-game-jingles of "Those Who Know," and symphonic orchestrations both lush, stately and relaxed (see the title track), and swinging, strutting, pouncing and lounging like a Monty Norman Orchestra James Bond theme (see "Colossal Risk"). Elsewhere still, the nightmarish "Flower Garden of an Evil Man" comes off all growling bass and ominous tones, while "Palace of Mirrors Reprise" wafts from polka, to circus music, to music box lullabies, to haunted castle organ music, and, finally, "Corporate Merger" trades in keening Arabic violins for metallic blastbeats and heavy electric guitars during a cathartic finale that's pure post-Mahavishnu (mountain-toppling closer "The Return" is even more intense in that last regard). Oh yeah, and all this without a word -- Estradasphere have gone instrumental on the whole of Palace of Mirrors, which winds up shining an even brighter spotlight on their impeccable and astounding musicianship.
- by Eduardo Rivadavia (allmusic.com)

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The Balkan Brothers on YouTube!

kazuki_kozuru — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:42:31 GMT

I finally put one whole song - Fire Dance - from their concert in last March. image and sound quality doesn't really do them justice, but they kicked ass, so I wanted to share it with my friends on Tribe!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW6YCWDUgso

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anyone recognize these tracks?

diMon — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:04:05 GMT

http://www.julianneeggold.com/gb/fiddle.mp3
http://www.julianneeggold.com/gb/italian.mp3
http://www.julianneeggold.com/gb/kheroro.mp3

taves baxtalo

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Turkish Roman ("Gypsy") Dance in Berkeley, CA

elizabethstrong — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:03:01 GMT

Hello Fellow Lovers of Rom Arts!

I would like to announce a class series taught by myself, taking place in Berkeley mid-January thru mid-February:

Here are the details:

January 15th - February 12th
Mondays 8-9:30pm
Spring Fall Studio
2547 8th St. (between Dwight and Parker Streets)

Drop in$14
Series $60

I have been studying Turkish Roman dance in Istanbul from Rom men and women since 2000 and have much to share!

Also, the final class (Feb. 12th) we will have the pleasure of dancing to live music with Dan Cantrell (of the Toids, Joanna Newsom, Tom Waits, Composer for Kitka, www.bellowhead.com), and Rumen Shopov, a renowned musician from Bulgaria, and the finest percussionist of Turkish Rom and Balkan music!!

Dancingly Yours,
Elizabeth Strong

www.strongdancer.com

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Zlatne Uste Golden Festival, NYC

melissatheloud — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:47:26 GMT

Everyone's going to Zlatne Uste's Golden Festival this weekend, (Friday and Saturday the 12 and 13) right? I'd be going even if my band, Djinn, weren't playing there. Check out the amazing schedule:
http://www.zlatneuste.org/
Lots of gypsy music, plus lots of Balkan, Middle Eastern, etc.

Those of you with a literary bent can read my blog about last year's festival:
http://people.tribe.net/melissatheloud/blog/f59308df-bc72-4e23-9477-453009d3d3a0

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music camps?

emars — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:20:50 GMT

cross posted in wherever...

does anyone happen to know of any gypsy music camps abroad. You know in the heart of it.. bulgaria, prague, whatever. I have a thing for traveling abroad by sticking around in a town a long time learning things and i would love to learn how to play this kind of music. so if anyone has heard of anything like this please contact me!

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nomads united crossing mexico on the horses for the enviromental education and intercultural exchange for peace.

budgie — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:36:16 GMT

hellow all the beautifull people here to come to tell you about the nomads that crossing mexico on the horses check the website www.nomadsunited.com there youll see alot of information about the project of enviromental education,recicling with arts,shows,world music,tribal dance,acrobatics,and fire shows.intercultural exchenge.the people from all the planet are living together and make a reforestation festivals.planting trees all over mexico.so its really amaizing project.all your help is welcome.everyone is a part of all of the world conection and we all can make it better.big hug from mexico.

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Art SF is looking for some gypsy / roma style musicians and bands for benefit

ArtSF — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:48:50 GMT

Art SF is looking for some gypsy / roma style musicians and bands for benefit. We are an all volunteer group of artists, musicians, and performers raising money to buy a warehouse and create a new community art center. Our current space is at 110 Capp St. For more info about us check out our tribe page. There are some Balkan music specialists organizing this event. DJ Zeljko will be mixing Balkan music from Saban Baramovic to Boban Markovic. Part of the funds raised will go to help the Hleb i Sir Cirkus (Bread and Cheese Circus) who go to Kosovo and make free circus shows for Serbian and Roma refugee children. Next summer they will go on their 5th annual trip to Kosovo.

joe

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The Saddest Music in the World-the film

august — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:06:49 GMT

This movie so f*ing funny. Warning, it has that really dry Canadian humour, it is synical of everything and totally immature, but funny.
It includes music from all over the world. Schopenhauer would think that it is blind and struggling, and funny.
Cheers.

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KAL Romany Band from Serbia on USA Tour __NOW***

julia_voiceofroma — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:12:15 GMT

Featured Music Preview
9/21/2006

Kal
Serbs from the Urbs

Writer: MANNY THEINER
info@steelcitymedia.com

Dragan Ristic is more than happy to ride the bandwagon of interest in Balkan-influenced punk (Gogol Bordello, Devotchka) and Eastern European brass bands that’s sweeping through hipster circles from Brooklyn outward. Just don’t tar Ristic, or his acclaimed band Kal, with the term “gypsy.” A resident of Belgrade, and Serbia’s stark apartment blocs, he would prefer to see the word become politically incorrect.

“In the Romani language, the word doesn’t exist. We call ourselves Rom,” he explains, “like Americans call themselves American. To 90 percent of the world’s population, the term ‘gypsy’ is pejorative — it means dirty and untouchable. And another reason: In 1971 in London, the Romani International Union decided on our flag, our anthem, and our official name. So that’s what should be used.”

He also believes that a united Europe isn’t taking Romani culture as seriously as it should. “Europeans aren’t conscious of how important Romani are for their culture. Cervantes, Garcia-Lorca, Bartok, Pushkin and others used Roma issues and themes as central in their books or music. And don’t forget about Bizet’s Carmen. We deserve to have a place in European culture.”

That said, Ristic’s not surprised that electronica stars Basement Jaxx released the Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers compilation, then incorporated its influence on their recent Crazy Itch Radio album. And don’t get the impression that the current craze for Romani style is anything new, either, he stresses — and we’re not just talking about the Gypsy Kings. “In the ’70s in Russia, Roma music was very prominent. During the ’60s, Serbian director Alexander Petrovic won first prize in Cannes with Roma themes in The Buyer of Feathers. Now, with the new wave again emphasizing Romani culture, it’s time to use it for our own rights.”

Ristic thinks the preservation of Romani culture is so important that he runs a summer program (Amala Summer School, near his home village of Valjevo) to teach Roma language, music and history to people from all over the world. His brother Dushan, who co-founded Kal (which means “black” in Romani but “good” or “correct” in Greek) has since retired from the band and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area as a professional painter, but returns to Serbia each summer to help out. “You need some kind of music skill,” Ristic explains. “Students stay two weeks in our houses. We bring them to weddings and baptisms, we show them Serbian historical monuments, and we welcome them to the Romani ghetto.”

Much like his urbanized countrymen, Ristic loves modern pop music, from B.B. King and Deep Purple to Manu Chao and Lambchop. And adaptability is a hallmark of the Roma people, so Kal’s new album straddles the line between “world beat” and traditional strains. But don’t get Ristic started on the flagrant abuse of electronic keyboards.

“In the Balkans during the ’90s, when the Communist regime fell down, moral values were destroyed, and it showed up in the music. [Romani] started to use ’80s keyboards, and the arrangements and lyrics were cheap, bad and kitsch. If you were living in Serbia, you couldn’t avoid hearing it. I think that I’m doing this in a proper way because I belong to this generation and it’s natural for me. It’s a matter of aesthetics.”

While refreshingly free of cheesy synths, Kal boasts its share of electronic rhythms, melding Balkan melodies on violin, guitar, accordion, brass — and irresistible percussion — with bhangra, hip hop and drum and bass, courtesy of producer Mike Nielsen, who’s worked with Underworld, Jamiroquai and Natacha Atlas. With a bit of Middle Eastern mystery, and freshness of beats from the street, it’s easy to picture Kal whipping any young crowd into a dancing frenzy.

Kal’s German-based record label, Asphalt Tango, specializes in Roma music, which could be an asset if it recognizes the growing potential of the “alternative” Roma genre, says Ristic. But he may find more success with stateside labels. “Americans know better than Europeans that this is a business. I would like to make Roma music closer to the mainstream, but in a natural way — instead of Buena Vista Social Club, there could be a Roma Vista Social Club,” he says. “It’s just a question of working hard on it, good publicity, and good fortune.”

And good luck, perhaps?

Kal. 10 pm. Fri., Sept. 22. Gooski’s, 3117 Brereton St., Polish Hill. $8. 412-681-1658

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Gypsy Fiddling on Bass - Gypsies on YouTube

lautari — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:44:43 GMT

Share your amazing clips from YouTube... it is really a fantastic musical resource. Here are two of my favorites:

Gypsy fiddling on Bass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIqBtKJ2T_M&mode=related&search=gypsy%20violin

Wicked Fast Romanian Step Dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5HU5tWZb2s&search=gypsy%20dance

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Movie: Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul / 6-30-06 / Los Angeles, CA

djlerman — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:01:43 GMT

http://www.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2006/filmguide/event.php?EventNumber=2447

Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul

2005, 92 min
In English, German, and Turkish with English subtitles

Directed By: Fatih Akin
Screenwriter: Fatih Akin
Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Sandra Harzer-Kux, Christian Kux
Cinematographer: Hervé Dieu
Editor: Andrew Bird
Music: Alexander Hacke
Featuring: Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkin Koray, Ceza, Istanbul Style Breakers, Mercan Dede, Selim Sesler, Brenna MacCrimmon, Siyasiyabend, Aynur, Orhan Gencebay, Müzeyyen Senar, Sezen Aksu

While working on music for Fatih Akin’s Head On, Alexander Hacke, a member of the seminal German band Einstürzende Neubaten, first came in contact with the lively music scene in Istanbul, which blends traditional and modern sounds. Returning with Akin to further explore the city’s exciting mix of styles, Hacke finds the vibrant music and extraordinary personalities who create it know no bounds. Together they create a rich and entertaining look at one of the world’s cultural and musical crossroads.

Screening Schedule
Fri, Jun 30 9:45 pm The Majestic Crest Theatre

Crest Theatre
(310) 474-7824
1262 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

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theoretically

Asp1 — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:54:14 GMT

Does anyone know of any scale or note progressions or chords or song structures that would be particulary gypsy like in sound?

true, we can travel and play what we want, but still, historically, the rom were/are their own cultures and cultures tend to develop patterns in their music and i'm wondering if anyone knows of their progressions

thanks!

- L

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travelling with instruments

stacia — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:56:20 GMT

Namaste,

I am preparing to embark out upon the world, and I would like to take an instrument along with me. I'm not picky, I'll play, or learn to play, anything. Currently I am lugging along a fretless acoustic bass, a little to bulky and fragile, really, for the type of long haul international backpacking I envision. I would, ideally like something that fits into my pack. I had a clarinet for a while, it was a little fragile, worrying about the keys, and the reeds. Maybe a flute? A mandolin?

How do you travel with your instruments, and what do you travel with?

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Get ready for the 16th Annual Cotati Accordion Festival!!! August 26th & 27th

accordionapocalypse — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:09:43 GMT

This accordion event is not to be missed! August 26th and 27th (Saturday and Sunday) 9:45AM-8:30PM both days
A Non-Stop Multicultural Extravaganza at La Plaza Park in Downtown Cotati-the hub of Sonoma County
Starring Dick Contino, Joel Guzman and the Aztex, Rosie Ledet "The New Queen of Zydeco"
San Francisco's Culann's Hounds, Polkacide, Tango No.9, Those Darn Accordions, The Mad Maggies, and Bella Ciao plus....many other bands and accordion soloists!
The Cotati Accordion Festival is a non-profit Organization which benefits the Cotati/Rohnert Park schools performing arts and music programs and other local youth organizations.
http://www.cotatifest.com or (707) 664-0444 for info

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Rare L.A. Performances - Som'ma & Selim Sesler / 8-10-06 / Los Angeles, CA

djlerman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:30:44 GMT

Unless you go to Turkey this may be the ***ONLY*** time you will EVER get to see the wonderful musician Selim Sesler!!!!!!!!! And a trip to turkey to see him would probably be worth it.

Here is information about one of his CD's and you can hear a little of him playing on the web site..
- The Road to Kesan
Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace Featuring Selim Sesler (clarinet, voice) * Nusret Sute (violin) * Bulent Sesler (kanun) * Turan Gumus (cumbus, voice) * Selahattin Kocan (darbuka, daire) * Ramadan Borozan (davul)on Traditional Crossroads Records:
http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com/catalog.htm

(the wesite wont let me link directly to this CD's page so you half to surf to it. Go to the site, select turkey and it's the 6th CD down)

Please come & Enjoy.............
~Donavon

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http://www.levantinecenter.org/pages/aug10flyer.html

Aug. 10 (Thurs), 8 pm—"Levantine Worldbeat" Features Persian electronica with Bay Area-based Som'ma, and the Istanbul-based Greek-Turkish Gypsy master Selim Sesler &
Friends, Live at Fais Do-Do

SELIM SESLER's music fuses the driving improvisational energy of Thracian (Northwestern Turkish) Roman (Gypsy) wedding bands with the expressive power of Balkan Turkish folk songs. He recently appeared in director Fatik Akin's "Crossing the Bridge" documentary about musicians bridging east and west in Turkey. Selim is a descendent of a family of professional zurna players from Drama, Greece. They emigrated from Greece, settling first in Kesan's Übriktepe village as a result of the 1923 population exchange, and then relocated to Ke{an's Yeni Mescit neighborhood. Selim began by playing zurna, but
took up the clarinet in his early teens, just as many younger members of davul-zurna families began to adopt çalge wedding band instruments in the 1960s. He began
playing village weddings at age 14 and also performed in regional fairs, called panayers. In the 1980s he moved to Istanbul to develop his musical talents, joining the many
regional town Roman musicians who gravitated to larger urban centers. In Istanbul he played Turkish light classical fas?l music in restaurants, provided music for Ferhan }ensöy's musical theater, played Roman and non-Roman weddings, and made many recordings of Roman dance music Roman oyun havasa). He has performed internationally in Germany, France, Romania, Israel, and Canada, representing Roman, light classical and his own Rumeli (Turkish Balkan) musical styles. During these experiences, he has maintained his vast regional repertoire and playing style, serving as a living regional archive, as recorded on the Kalan cd, Roads to Kezan. He is renowned among Roman and non-Roman for his improvisational virtuosity, and as a premier interpreter of wedding and Roman dance tunes. This is a rare performance of Selim and friends in Los Angeles.

http://www.sommamusic.com/
Som'ma is Shirzad Sharif, Jef Stott and friends. Shirzad studied the Tonbak under the supervision of Ostad Bahman Rajabi in Iran. Since then he has adapted his own unique
style of playing enabling him to play melodic rythyms on the Tonbak while accomponying various instruments, (Melody-Navazy). His skillful presentation and comprehensive teaching technique has lead to him performing and conducting seminars at prestigious
institutions such as the University of Maryland, University of Utah, UCSF, San Francisco State University UCLA.

http://www.sommamusic.com/music.htm
Listen. Shirzad is among the first Tonbak players to have researched & performed other Middle Eastern, Arabic & non-Persian techniques, rhythms & compositions on the
Tonbak, accompanying instruments such as the Riqq, Mazhar, Darabuka and Indian Tablas while preserving the unique technique and sounds distinctive to the Persian
Tonbak.

He has composed and performed many percussive compositions using Arabic, Persian and Indian drums thus connecting and creating a triangle within the three ancient regions of Persia, India the Middle East. He is also the founder of Som'ma and pioneer of a new sound he refers to as avant-garde Persian music that has its roots in Persian classical music and abstract avant-garde ideas.

Advance reservations are suggested. Tix are $15 general admission.
Purchase your tix online by clicking below to access our

Verified and secure Paypal checkout, or call 310.559.5544:
https://www.paypal.com/us/verified/pal=LevantineCenter%40levantinecenter%2eorg

http://www.faisdodo.com/
Levantine Cultural Center @ Café-Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 West Adams
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016, a few blocks east of Fairfax Ave., south of the 10 freeway. For more information contact Levantine Cultural Center, 310.559.5544.

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Seido Salifoski's dumbek solo video on You Tube

kazuki_kozuru — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:18:49 GMT

Hello all!
Please check this out and let us know what you think.
Thank you!! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=033596989E6DA568

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seeking gypsy band

zoela_dubnikova — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:57:10 GMT

I am throwing an 80th birthday party for my papa in October. ... Want to hire a rockin' gypsy or klezmer type band... Any reccomendations?

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GyPsy--Full Moon Open (mix)

GyPsy-Nate — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:08:52 GMT

This is my latest Mix ,it was recorded at Doorway Recordings on 6/10/06
Its a Psytrance set I put together for the Full moon show last month.
Hope you like it...

Here you go:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2AX279PX

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Gypsy Radio Show 123radio.com

Rick — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:32:09 GMT

Greetings in the Names of the Most High, Najis devleske!
Akharimata sa Chovihanos thaj Chovihani! (Calling all Holymen and Holywomen!)

My name is Ricardo, I am a painter & Musiscian and generally a lover of life, I live in Miami Florida USA and I do a radio show on Gypsy music.
My show airs on the FM in miami and also via the internet on 123radio.com worldwide, we have a large listening audience from all around the world and I would like to encourage anyone to take the opportunity of Radio time.
To make mention of any topics that relate to the Romani people (the beauty and the struggle).
I think that It is a very rare opportunity to have a voice for the Roma on the Radio, in a time where there still exists a bad attitude towards the Roma and also that there is now surfacing a little acceptance to this beautifull culture. Please help me to bring awareness to the people, so as to encourage equal rights, Justice and a generally favorable attitude to this beautiful culture.
My goal is to bring awareness to the general population about the romani people's stuggle and also to create a greater repect for the roma people by exposing to others and to the Roma this beautiful music and message.

Kusthi Bok!
Najis tuke!

Tune in on 105.5 FM in Miami or 123radio.com Worldwide wed. from 8-10PM USA (EST) Kushti Drom!

What do you think is of Importance in these times?

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