A special free family program of Balkan folk music, sponsored by the Friends of the Carmel Valley Library will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 in the library’s community room. The Dromia ...

Vocalist and percussionist Natalie Nowytski rehearses with Orkestar Bez Ime, an Eastern European folk band, Monday, Mar. 24, 2014 in Minneapolis. The American Composers Forum offered the group a grant ...

They did the Macedonian mash! Thousands of concert-goers flocked to Park Slope last weekend for a two-day festival of folk music from southeastern Europe that transformed the dance floor of ...

NEW YORK - Here’s a concept: an American-based band that plays music inspired by the folk traditions of the Balkans in southeastern Europe, and that is actually led by someone from that region. This ...

And so we must choose: either identify an interested bassist and initiate him or her to the world of Balkan folk music, or go with Nickolai, who is steeped in the music but has never played the bass.

Zlatne Uste is a folk band, but it doesn’t play Pete Seeger or Joan Baez tunes. The local 12-piece outfit plays the modern folk music of south and central Serbia, Macedonia, northwest Bulgaria, and ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Kef will perform Balkan folk music for a dance at the Palindrome from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Admission will be $10 at the door of the Palindrome at 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road. An ...

Originally the solo project of high school dropout and Sante Fe native Zach Condon, Beirut has developed into an immensely popular six-man collective since its first full-length release in 2006 ...

Triism is a jazz trio from Northern California that plays creative arrangements of original compositions, Balkan folk music, pop songs, and jazz standards. Featuring saxophonist Levi Saelua, bassist ...

Music played a part in the political upheaval and conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s. Today it is crossing borders and offering hope. This post is also available in this language: Shqip Macedonian ...

Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic generation. Now they’re dismayed to see right-wing politicians seeking to ...