Good Music New York - Eastern European

Yuri Yunako

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:32:53 -0700

Friday, April 7th
8:00 pm
The Balkan Cafe at the Hungarian House
213 East 82nd St
between 3rd & 2nd Ave
Manhattan
$12.00

The Yuri Yunakov Ensemble performs Bulgarian and Romani (Gypsy ) music from the Balkan countries of Bulgaria and Macedonia. This music is renowned for its haunting melodies, dense ornamentation, complex rhythms, and stunning improvisations. The geographical position of the Balkans in southeastern Europe and hundreds of years of Ottoman Turkish rule have created a wealth of influences from both East and West.

Zagnut Circus Orkestar

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:04:19 -0700

Friday, April 28th
10:00 pm
Barbes
376 9th St.
(at 6th Avenue)
Park Slope
Brooklyn

The Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar is a Brooklyn, NY-based 6-piece ensemble that plays traditional Balkan brass band music for enthusiastic audiences in the New York Area. They perform their exciting music by combining elements of Greek, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Roma (gypsy) and jazz.

The Zagnuts have played all over the New York region and even the most dance averse crowds are found swaying in their seats and hopping on the dance floor as they play.

Romashka

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:39:30 -0700

Friday, April 14th
11:00 pm
Free
Maia Meyhane
98 Avenue B
between 6th & 7th
East Village, New York
Full dinner menu

Gypsy music fans of New York unite! Get out of your tiny one bedroom share and go hear these intrepid explorers of gypsy music play their renditions of your favorite songs such as Loli Phabay and Manea Cu Voca. What, you can't hum them by heart? Well, you obviously haven't heard Romashka play recently.

Romashka is a fantastic troupe of local musicians who keep the melodies and songs of traditional gypsy music alive. Clarinet, accordion, saxophone, trumpet, sultry vocals and grooving rythms in 9/8 prevail as these folks rock the night.

Slavic Soul Party

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:40:30 -0700

Friday, April 21st
11:00 pm
Free
Maia Meyhane
98 Avenue B
between 6th & 7th
East Village, New York
Full dinner menu

Brash and strong as slivovitz, Slavic Soul Party! is downtown's answer to Balkan brass band music: equal parts fire and funk, free-form and old school exuberance. SSP! has made its reputation playing everywhere from downtown rock clubs to Balkan folkdances, from the Knitting Factory to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. They are sure to fill your 11/8 musical addiction. Don't m

Magges

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:24:13 -0700

Sunday, April 23rd
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
Free

So what does Magges mean? The Greek slang word "magga" or "manga" depending on which regional dialect you use, is the singular noun of a real cool guy or bad ass dude. When someone performs an incredible feat of daring or does something extremely wild and fun, Greeks call it a "maggia"...so we are 5 Magges, playing our instruments feverishly, drinking ouzo with our friends, yelling OPA! at the top of our lungs while our luscious bellydancer Jameela sways exotically, driving our fans into a frenzy...that my friends, is a "maggia"!!!

Klezmer Mountain Boys

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:49:24 -0800

Wednesday, February 15th
8:00 pm
Makor
35 West 67th St
Between Columbus and Central Park West
Manhattan

The Klezmer Mountain Boys bring together many of todays stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered. The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping.

Zagnut Orkestar

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:35:55 -0800

Friday, February 17th
8:30pm - Midnight
BYOB Balkan Dance Party
Hungarian House
213 East 82nd between 2nd & 3rd Ave
Upper East Side, New York
$10 Entrance

The Zagnuts have played all over the New York region and even the most dance averse crowds are found swaying in their seats and hopping on the dance floor as they play.

Greek Music Festival

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:15:09 -0800

Friday, January 27th
7:30 pm
Hungarian House
213 East 82nd St
between 3rd & 2nd Ave
Manhattan
$15.00

A Benefit Dance Party with Live Music from Greece and Neighboring Countries with eight bands and three dance teachers

Live music by:

*Astoriani* - Greek Demotika
*Beth Bahia Cohen and Friends* - Eastern & Western Pontic and Greek Island
*Carol Freeman & Friends* - Greek Smyrneika
*George Manioudakis* (clarinet) - Epirotika etc.
*Kavala Brass Band* - Greek Macedonian and Thracian
*Mavrouthi Kontanis Group* - Songs from the Greek Islands and Asia Minor
*Zagnut Orkestar* - Balkan Brass Wedding Music

Slavic Soul Party

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:14:03 -0800

Friday, January 27th
11:00 pm
Free
Maia Meyhane
98 Avenue B
between 6th & 7th
East Village, New York
Full dinner menu

Romashka

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:12:21 -0800

Friday, January 13th
11:00 pm
Free
Maia Meyhane
98 Avenue B
between 6th & 7th
East Village, New York
Full dinner menu

Magges

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:43:04 -0800

Sunday, January 15th
11:00 pm
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 E. 14th St.
btwn Ave. A & B
Manhattan
FREE

Golden Festival 2006

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:53:48 -0800

Friday, January 13th - Saturday, January 14th

Friday, Jan 13 at Jan Hus Church
7:30pm - Midnight
351 E 74th (1st & 2nd Aves)
Manhattan, New York
Donation: $16, students $12, children (6-12) $5

Sat., Jan 14 at Good Shepherd School
6:00pm - 4:00am
620 Isham (near 207th St. and B'way)
Manhattan, New York Directions
Donation: $30, students $20, children (6-12) $8

Two nights of Balkan music, dance and border-crossing celebration. The Golden Festival is New York's largest Balkan music event, with multiple stages, Balkan and Middle Eastern refreshments, Balkan arts vendors, as well as beautiful Balkan textiles on display. From international stars to local musicians, modern Balkan stylists to folk traditionalists, over 40 bands provide hours of ecstatic listening, dancing and partying. And it's a benefit besides! The profits from this year's festival go to the East European Folklife Center (EEFC) and relief organizations in the Balkans.

Golden Festival is one of New York's best music events. You should definitely add it to your calendar. There are entirely too many bands to list here so check out their website for all the gory details.

Balkan New Year

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:53:25 -0800

Saturday, December 31st
10:00 pm
Barbes
376 9th St.
(at 6th Avenue)
Park Slope
Brooklyn
$10.00

The Zagnut Orkestar is a Brooklyn, NY-based 6-piece ensemble that plays traditional Balkan brass band music for enthusiastic audiences in the New York Area. They perform their exciting music by combining elements of Greek, Turkish, Middle Eastern, Roma (gypsy) and jazz.

The Zagnuts have played all over the New York region and even the most dance averse crowds are found swaying in their seats and hopping on the dance floor as they play.

Zagnut Orkestar

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:29:13 -0800

Friday, December 16th
10:00 pm
Maia Meyhane
98 Avenue B
between 6th & 7th
East Village, New York
Full dinner menu
FREE

The Zagnuts have played all over the New York region and even the most dance averse crowds are found swaying in their seats and hopping on the dance floor as they play.

Greek Dance Party

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:06:20 -0800

Friday, December 9th
8:00 pm - Midnight
Hungarian House
213 East 82nd St
between 3rd & 2nd Ave
Manhattan
$12.00 Admission

ASTORIANI: Greek dance music with Matthew Fass (accordion), Greg Squared (clarinet) & Demetri Tashi (lauto). This lilting Greek/Macedonian/Albanian-flavored ensemble gets better & better as anyone who has heard their magical kafana set at Balkan Camp will attest.

DEMETRI TASHI with visiting violinist KEN MCCORMICK, who is a fine musician all the way from the West Coast where he plays with the popular band Anoush!