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Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries

Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries consist of Nihal Şentürk (Fatima Spar - vocals), Andrej Prozorov (sax), Alexander Wladigeroff (trumpet), Erwin Schober (drums), Franz Grützner (trombone), and Philipp Moosbrugger (bass). They were formed in 2004 - an Austrian folk brass band with a Turkish singer that integrates jazz and many musical styles mainly from southeastern Europe. www.freedomfries.at

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The Penny Black Remedy

The Penny Black Remedy Don’t Play Venues, More Like Storm Them…. They Remind You Just How Powerful Live Music Can Be… ================================================================ THE PENNY BLACK REMEDY BIOGRAPHY Keith Thomson - Guitars / Vocals Marijana Hajdarhodzic - Vocals / Percussion Steve Nelson - Bass / Vocals Wilco van Eijk - Drums / Vocals You have probably read one or two band biographies in your career and are expecting some facts, statistics and even a few half-truths regarding The Penny Black Remedy.

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Svjata Vatra

Svjata Vatra is an Estonian-Ukrainian folkband. The musicians themselves call their style „firefolk“. The band’s composition is unique: the temperamental trombone together with the Estonian bagpipes produce amazing sound patterns. Duduk’s deep southern tones bring in more distant melodies and the dialogue with the northern horn sweeps away even the last shadows of cultural barriers. The melancholy accordion balances and ties the wind and percussion instruments (djembe, tarbuka and buhalo) together.

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Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar

Clad in a suave white suit, it’s not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Marković with getting his homeland out of a recent jam: Marković’s spit-fire precision is rumored to have so seduced Bill Clinton that the saxophone playing president called off the further NATO bombing of Serbia. True or not, one thing is clear: Marković and his son, prized protégé Marko, are the bomb in Balkan brass dance music, harnessing the absolute flexibility of Miles Davis and the cool funk of Herb Alpert in the ultimate expression of their Southern Serbian Rroma roots.

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