The music of the Balkans is so interesting and challenging that we can’t help but feel blessed for being able to interpret it and present it to you, our audiences, in its typical form, with only a slight flavor of our own. The instrumentation that we use is typical for most wedding bands popular today throughout the Balkans. The clarinet, the saxophone, the keyboard and the bass/rhythm guitar — all modern electric instruments of the West — give this music of odd modes a very peculiar sound. It is truly appealing to younger crowds because it’s loud, exciting and very driving, even somewhat hypnotic. And because we play generally traditional tunes, we can characterize the product as “old music for the new generations.”

Naturally, purists and traditionalists do not prefer this fusion of genres and instrumentation but it certainly has a lot to offer if you ask the youth attending our gigs.

Currently we are the only band of its kind in the Washington, D.C. area. At our gigs, we love to see both young people as well as our friends and extended families who represent the previous generation of folkies in this neck of the woods. Thank you all for your continuing support and let the party begin!

These are snippets from our demo recording. Please contact us if you would like to get a copy of our demo CD.

NOTE: You need to have an MP3 player installed on your machine to listen to these. If you don’t have one, you can download Windows Media Player (Windows) or iTunes (Mac).

Muzikantska Maika [1.3MB]
Las Magi [1.7MB]
Maale [1MB]
Opa Cupa [1.4MB]