Balkan music is dance music. Electronic music is dance music. Mix the two and you’ve got a double-dose of upbeat and body-moving rhythms, although their mating isn’t something that’s part of everyday ...

At first glance, the Rickshaw Stop is an unlikely spot to host one of the world’s most celebrated Balkan musicians. For one, the Civic Center venue lacks a marquee to promote upcoming acts. It’s ...

The fourth annual Balkan Night Northwest brings together an astonishing array of music and dance from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Greece, along with the raging sounds of ...

FEELGOOD FOLK Clarinet master Ismail Lumanovski (left) and Marco Peris, Inspector Gadje manager and drummer, are featured in ‘Balkancisco.’ (Photo courtesy of Balkcancisco) Once a week, in San ...

On the walk; Warriors’ time; Balkan groove; Sarakino mome; Mish mash club; Something in 7; Shepherd’s feast TRIO Grekow / Peev / Tsvyatkov is a Polish-Bulgarian instrumental fusion of accordion, ...

Dana Foote, known as her stage name Sir Chloe, exploded onto the scene last year with the single “Michelle” off the debut EP Party Favors. The project came into existence during Foote’s final year of ...

PLATTSBURGH — The genesis of the name Slavic Soul Party! was band leader Matt Moran’s machinations as he was trying to create a new music and a new band. “That combined both the wonderful improvisers ...

Visitors and locals pass “The Embrace” memorial on Boston Common every day where a loving hug between Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King is solidified in bronze. Many people know ...

Live music abounds in Denver, but there’s nothing quite like Festo Festo. The monthly gathering of musicians, dancers and artists showcases Jewish klezmer music and a wide range of Balkan musical ...

Roma musicians in the Balkans are renowned for playing exuberant brass band tunes at weddings. Now the brash, electric keyboard-based party sound known as ‘tallava’ is making an impact outside the ...

Markelian Kapedani was one of the most emblematic exponents of the Albanian social and cultural renewal in the years following the fall of the Berlin wall. One of the basic and peculiar aspects of his ...